http://odeo.com/channels/477153-Anderson-Cooper-360 no en 40 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:45:05 -0800 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:45:05 -0800 http://odeo.com/episodes/25449057-Live-Blog-from-the-Anchor-Desk-11-13-09 Is civilian court the right venue to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other suspected terrorists? You might be surprised to learn who we found even suggested the civilian trials. We're Keeping the Honest. Plus, the raw politics of Sarah Palin's new book. Hear what Sen. John McCain thinks of his former running mate's possible plans for 2012. Want to know what else we're covering? Read EVENING BUZZ Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules. Here are some of them: 1) Keep it short (we don't have time to read a "book") 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (there's no need to yell) 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated; PG at worst - and that includes $#&*) Is civilian court the right venue to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other suspected terrorists? You might be surprised to learn who we found even suggested the civilian trials. We're Keeping the Honest. Plus, the raw politics of Sarah Palin's new book. Hear what Sen. John McCain thinks of his former running mate's possible plans for 2012. Want to know what else we're covering? Read EVENING BUZZ Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules. Here are some of them: 1) Keep it short (we don't have time to read a "book") 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (there's no need to yell) 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated; PG at worst - and that includes $#&*) Is civilian court the right venue to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four other suspected terrorists? You might be surprised to learn who we found even suggested the civilian trials. We're Keeping the Honest. Plus, the raw politics of Sarah Palin's new book. Hear what Sen. John McCain thinks of his former running mate's possible plans for 2012. Want to know what else we're covering? Read EVENING BUZZ Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules. Here are some of them: 1) Keep it short (we don't have time to read a "book") 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (there's no need to yell) 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated; PG at worst - and that includes $#&*) tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25449057 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:45:05 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Live Blog http://odeo.com/episodes/25449058-Evening-Buzz-9-11-Terror-Trial-Decision Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Khalid Sheikh Mohmmed and four other Gitmo detainees with suspected ties to the 9/11 attacks are coming to New York. The five men will stand trial in a civilian court, just blocks from where the World Trade Center stood. The decision was announced today by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the case. "After eight years of delay, those allegedly responsible for the attacks of Sept. the 11th will finally face justice," Holder said. Some family members of 9/11 victims welcomed the decision, others disagreed. "I'm very, very disappointed in the government," Anne Ielpi told CNN, whose son, Jonathan, a firefighter, was killed in the WTC's south tower. "It definitely should have been finished in Cuba," she added in reference to her support of a mi... Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Khalid Sheikh Mohmmed and four other Gitmo detainees with suspected ties to the 9/11 attacks are coming to New York. The five men will stand trial in a civilian court, just blocks from where the World Trade Center stood. The decision was announced today by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the case. "After eight years of delay, those allegedly responsible for the attacks of Sept. the 11th will finally face justice," Holder said. Some family members of 9/11 victims welcomed the decision, others disagreed. "I'm very, very disappointed in the government," Anne Ielpi told CNN, whose son, Jonathan, a firefighter, was killed in the WTC's south tower. "It definitely should have been finished in Cuba," she added in reference to her support of a military trial, instead of a civilian ruling. Dozens of family members of 9/11 victims have also signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Pres. Obama and Secretary of State Robert Gates opposing the civilian trial. "It is incomprehensible to us that members of the United States Congress would propose that the same men who today refer to the murder of our loved ones as a 'blessed day' and who targeted the United States Capitol for the same kind of destruction that was wrought in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, should be the beneficiaries of a social compact of which they are not a part, do not recognize, and which they seek to destroy: the United States Constitution," the letter said. But Valerie Lucznikowska, whose nephew died in the attacks, approves of the decision to put the men on trial in a New York federal courthouse. "Here we can see what's going on. Everyone in the world can see what's going on," she said. John Leinung, whose stepson, Paul Battaglia, worked in the WTC north tower, also agrees with the decision. "I think our traditional court system is very capable of convicting guilty people," he told CNN. Attorney General Holder was asked today how would assure family members of those killed in the attacks that the men would not be freed on a technicality. "I am a prosecutor myself. I've looked at the evidence. I've considered the problems that these cases present. And I am quite confident that we're going to be successful in the prosecution efforts," he said. Do you agree with Holder's decision? Share your thoughts below. Join us for this story and much more starting at 10 p.m. ET. See you then! Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Khalid Sheikh Mohmmed and four other Gitmo detainees with suspected ties to the 9/11 attacks are coming to New York. The five men will stand trial in a civilian court, just blocks from where the World Trade Center stood. The decision was announced today by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the case. "After eight years of delay, those allegedly responsible for the attacks of Sept. the 11th will finally face justice," Holder said. Some family members of 9/11 victims welcomed the decision, others disagreed. "I'm very, very disappointed in the government," Anne Ielpi told CNN, whose son, Jonathan, a firefighter, was killed in the WTC's south tower. "It definitely should have been finished in Cuba," she added in reference to her support of a military trial, instead of a civilian ruling. Dozens of family members of 9/11 victims have also signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Pres. Obama and Secretary of State Robert Gates opposing the civilian trial. "It is incomprehensible to us that members of the United States Congress would propose that the same men who today refer to the murder of our loved ones as a 'blessed day' and who targeted the United States Capitol for the same kind of destruction that was wrought in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, should be the beneficiaries of a social compact of which they are not a part, do not recognize, and which they seek to destroy: the United States Constitution," the letter said. But Valerie Lucznikowska, whose nephew died in the attacks, approves of the decision to put the men on trial in a New York federal courthouse. "Here we can see what's going on. Everyone in the world can see what's going on," she said. John Leinung, whose stepson, Paul Battaglia, worked in the WTC north tower, also agrees with the decision. "I think our traditional court system is very capable of convicting guilty people," he told CNN. Attorney General Holder was asked today how would assure family members of those killed in the attacks that the men would not be freed on a technicality. "I am a prosecutor myself. I've looked at the evidence. I've considered the problems that these cases present. And I am quite confident that we're going to be successful in the prosecution efforts," he said. Do you agree with Holder's decision? Share your thoughts below. Join us for this story and much more starting at 10 p.m. ET. See you then! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25449058 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:28:27 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 The Buzz, Maureen Miller http://odeo.com/episodes/25447852-Beat-360%C2%B0-11-13-09 Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic: Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi Heene are flanked by members of the media after they both plead guilty to charges related to the alleged hoax of the couple claiming that their son, Falcon Heene was last month onboard a helium balloon, at the Larimer County Courthouse. Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post your comment. _________________________________________________________________________________ Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic: Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi Heene are flanked by members of the media after they both plead guilty to charges related to the alleged hoax of the couple claiming that their son, Falcon Heene was last month onboard a helium balloon, at the Larimer County Courthouse. Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post your comment. _________________________________________________________________________________ Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic: Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi Heene are flanked by members of the media after they both plead guilty to charges related to the alleged hoax of the couple claiming that their son, Falcon Heene was last month onboard a helium balloon, at the Larimer County Courthouse. Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post your comment. _________________________________________________________________________________ tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447852 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:36:38 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Beat 360°, T1 http://odeo.com/episodes/25447853-Affidavit-Yale-murder-suspect-tries-to-clean-up-blood-in-front-of-police Program Note: For more details on the killing of Annie Le, a Yale medical student, watch AC360° tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Le, 24, a Yale graduate student was found the day she was scheduled to marry her college sweetheart. Randi Kaye| BIO AC360° Correspondent I covered the brutal murder of Yale medical student Annie Le in September. She’s the 24-year-old lab student whose body was found stuffed inside the wall at one of Yale’s labs on campus. They arrested and charged an animal research technician, Raymond Clark III, who is still locked up. At the time, we all wondered, what the heck happened? Well, today, we know a lot more. I just got my hands on the arrest warrant affidavit which has some fascinating new details about what led police to arrest Ray Clark and charge him with strangling Le to death. The affidavit appears to show that Clark was trying to cover his alleged tracks right in front of the officers investigating the murder. Authorities say they found Le's body in the bas... Program Note: For more details on the killing of Annie Le, a Yale medical student, watch AC360° tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Le, 24, a Yale graduate student was found the day she was scheduled to marry her college sweetheart. Randi Kaye| BIO AC360° Correspondent I covered the brutal murder of Yale medical student Annie Le in September. She’s the 24-year-old lab student whose body was found stuffed inside the wall at one of Yale’s labs on campus. They arrested and charged an animal research technician, Raymond Clark III, who is still locked up. At the time, we all wondered, what the heck happened? Well, today, we know a lot more. I just got my hands on the arrest warrant affidavit which has some fascinating new details about what led police to arrest Ray Clark and charge him with strangling Le to death. The affidavit appears to show that Clark was trying to cover his alleged tracks right in front of the officers investigating the murder. Authorities say they found Le's body in the basement wall of a Yale medical research building. Police say Clark raised eyebrows immediately when he allegedly tried to move a box of wipes that were splattered with blood out of the direct line of vision of a police officer. The wipes were on a cart in the lab and according to the affidavit the officer says she watched Clark turn the box around in attempt to hide the blood. Also, while officers were casing the lab for clues, they say Clark began scrubbing the floor grate and drain with SOS pads and cleaning solution. That surprised them since they said it did not appear to need cleaning. And officers say Clark even changed his clothes at least once while the FBI was processing the scene. What’s up with that? Another disturbing find: a pair of men’s work boots with blood-like stains labeled “Ray C” written on the back of the boot. The shoelaces were missing. As if that isn’t enough, the affidavit says a sock found at the scene had both Clark’s DNA on it, as well as DNA belonging to Annie Le. The most damaging piece of evidence may have been found inside the wall cavity where Le’s body was hidden. There with it, a green ink pen. Why is that significant? Because Clark’s lab workers told police at the time of the murder that he would always sign in to the lab with a green ink pen to separate himself from everyone else. The day of the murder, police say Clark used a green pen to sign in to the building. Authorities say the pen was found under Le’s body and that it had her DNA on it as well as his. His DNA was found on the pen’s cap. Before they were finished, investigators say they also found a lab coat with blood stains on it that’s a size XL. Clark is seen on video taped footage from inside the lab wearing a lab coat on the day of the murder. Investigators say they also noticed Clark had a scratch on his left arm and one on his face, but that Clark told police his cat had scratched him at home. Also, Clark’s movements inside the lab building made police suspicious. They tracked his key card which is necessary for access and, according to the affidavit, Clark used his key card to gain entry into the room where Le worked and another room 55 times from 10:40 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. the day Le disappeared. According to the affidavit, Clark told police he knew the victim, Annie Le, for about four months but that she left the building about fifteen minutes before him the day of the murder. Clark has not yet entered a plea and is due back in court later this year. Do you think police have a solid case? Find the full affidavit here. Program Note: For more details on the killing of Annie Le, a Yale medical student, watch AC360° tonight at 10 p.m. ET. Le, 24, a Yale graduate student was found the day she was scheduled to marry her college sweetheart. Randi Kaye| BIO AC360° Correspondent I covered the brutal murder of Yale medical student Annie Le in September. She’s the 24-year-old lab student whose body was found stuffed inside the wall at one of Yale’s labs on campus. They arrested and charged an animal research technician, Raymond Clark III, who is still locked up. At the time, we all wondered, what the heck happened? Well, today, we know a lot more. I just got my hands on the arrest warrant affidavit which has some fascinating new details about what led police to arrest Ray Clark and charge him with strangling Le to death. The affidavit appears to show that Clark was trying to cover his alleged tracks right in front of the officers investigating the murder. Authorities say they found Le's body in the basement wall of a Yale medical research building. Police say Clark raised eyebrows immediately when he allegedly tried to move a box of wipes that were splattered with blood out of the direct line of vision of a police officer. The wipes were on a cart in the lab and according to the affidavit the officer says she watched Clark turn the box around in attempt to hide the blood. Also, while officers were casing the lab for clues, they say Clark began scrubbing the floor grate and drain with SOS pads and cleaning solution. That surprised them since they said it did not appear to need cleaning. And officers say Clark even changed his clothes at least once while the FBI was processing the scene. What’s up with that? Another disturbing find: a pair of men’s work boots with blood-like stains labeled “Ray C” written on the back of the boot. The shoelaces were missing. As if that isn’t enough, the affidavit says a sock found at the scene had both Clark’s DNA on it, as well as DNA belonging to Annie Le. The most damaging piece of evidence may have been found inside the wall cavity where Le’s body was hidden. There with it, a green ink pen. Why is that significant? Because Clark’s lab workers told police at the time of the murder that he would always sign in to the lab with a green ink pen to separate himself from everyone else. The day of the murder, police say Clark used a green pen to sign in to the building. Authorities say the pen was found under Le’s body and that it had her DNA on it as well as his. His DNA was found on the pen’s cap. Before they were finished, investigators say they also found a lab coat with blood stains on it that’s a size XL. Clark is seen on video taped footage from inside the lab wearing a lab coat on the day of the murder. Investigators say they also noticed Clark had a scratch on his left arm and one on his face, but that Clark told police his cat had scratched him at home. Also, Clark’s movements inside the lab building made police suspicious. They tracked his key card which is necessary for access and, according to the affidavit, Clark used his key card to gain entry into the room where Le worked and another room 55 times from 10:40 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. the day Le disappeared. According to the affidavit, Clark told police he knew the victim, Annie Le, for about four months but that she left the building about fifteen minutes before him the day of the murder. Clark has not yet entered a plea and is due back in court later this year. Do you think police have a solid case? Find the full affidavit here. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447853 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:34:49 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Randi Kaye, Crime & Punishment http://odeo.com/episodes/25447854-Video-Mary-J-Blige-A-second-chance CNN Heroes Embedded video from CNN Video CNN Heroes Embedded video from CNN Video CNN Heroes Embedded video from CNN Video tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447854 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:19 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Women's Rights, CNN Heroes http://odeo.com/episodes/25447855-Palin-Don-t-trust-media-reports-about-book Palin wrote on her Facebook page that the AP got parts of her book wrong in their report. Peter Hamby CNN Political Producer Sarah Palin's memoir has leaked, but the former Alaska governor is telling supporters – and potential customers – to be cautious about the early reviews. "As you probably have heard, the AP snagged a copy of my memoir, Going Rogue, before its Tuesday release," Palin wrote Friday on her Facebook page. "And as is expected, the AP and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book." "Keep your powder dry, read the book, and enjoy it!," she wrote. "Lots of great stories about my family, Alaska, and the incredible honor it was to run alongside Senator John McCain. We can't wait to hit the road and meet so many on the book tour! See you in Michigan first ... " Read More... Palin wrote on her Facebook page that the AP got parts of her book wrong in their report. Peter Hamby CNN Political Producer Sarah Palin's memoir has leaked, but the former Alaska governor is telling supporters – and potential customers – to be cautious about the early reviews. "As you probably have heard, the AP snagged a copy of my memoir, Going Rogue, before its Tuesday release," Palin wrote Friday on her Facebook page. "And as is expected, the AP and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book." "Keep your powder dry, read the book, and enjoy it!," she wrote. "Lots of great stories about my family, Alaska, and the incredible honor it was to run alongside Senator John McCain. We can't wait to hit the road and meet so many on the book tour! See you in Michigan first ... " Read More... Palin wrote on her Facebook page that the AP got parts of her book wrong in their report. Peter Hamby CNN Political Producer Sarah Palin's memoir has leaked, but the former Alaska governor is telling supporters – and potential customers – to be cautious about the early reviews. "As you probably have heard, the AP snagged a copy of my memoir, Going Rogue, before its Tuesday release," Palin wrote Friday on her Facebook page. "And as is expected, the AP and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book." "Keep your powder dry, read the book, and enjoy it!," she wrote. "Lots of great stories about my family, Alaska, and the incredible honor it was to run alongside Senator John McCain. We can't wait to hit the road and meet so many on the book tour! See you in Michigan first ... " Read More... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447855 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:21:58 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 360° Radar, Sarah Palin http://odeo.com/episodes/25447856-Father-Henry-a-secret-father Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki AC360° Nathan Halbach is 22, with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He knows that "horrible stuff" lies ahead. His mother, Pat Bond, has been taking care of him full time. But when she needed help, she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church. After all, his father is a priest. Nathan was born in 1986, during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg, the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan's baptism. In a story first reported in the New York Times, it was revealed that The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality. Now her son - the youngest of four children - may have just weeks to live. And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care, she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality. Keep Reading... Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki AC360° Nathan Halbach is 22, with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He knows that "horrible stuff" lies ahead. His mother, Pat Bond, has been taking care of him full time. But when she needed help, she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church. After all, his father is a priest. Nathan was born in 1986, during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg, the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan's baptism. In a story first reported in the New York Times, it was revealed that The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality. Now her son - the youngest of four children - may have just weeks to live. And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care, she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality. Keep Reading... Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki AC360° Nathan Halbach is 22, with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He knows that "horrible stuff" lies ahead. His mother, Pat Bond, has been taking care of him full time. But when she needed help, she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church. After all, his father is a priest. Nathan was born in 1986, during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg, the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan's baptism. In a story first reported in the New York Times, it was revealed that The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality. Now her son - the youngest of four children - may have just weeks to live. And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care, she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447856 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:57:50 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Gary Tuchman, What You Will Be Talking About Today http://odeo.com/episodes/25447857-Tonight-Text-360%C2%B0 AC360° Five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 conspiracy, including accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. He said he expected all five to be tried together and for prosecutors to seek the death penalty. The trial would be open to the public, although some portions that deal with classified information may be closed, Holder said. Send us your questions! Send us a text message with your question. Text AC360 (or 22360), and you might hear it on air! AC360° Five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 conspiracy, including accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. He said he expected all five to be tried together and for prosecutors to seek the death penalty. The trial would be open to the public, although some portions that deal with classified information may be closed, Holder said. Send us your questions! Send us a text message with your question. Text AC360 (or 22360), and you might hear it on air! AC360° Five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 conspiracy, including accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. He said he expected all five to be tried together and for prosecutors to seek the death penalty. The trial would be open to the public, although some portions that deal with classified information may be closed, Holder said. Send us your questions! Send us a text message with your question. Text AC360 (or 22360), and you might hear it on air! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447857 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:31:20 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 T1, Text 360 http://odeo.com/episodes/25447858-Palin-book-tour-takes-unconventional-path Palin will bypass several major cities in her upcoming book tour. Alexander Mooney CNN Ticker Producer Those living in the country's biggest cities who hope to catch a glimpse of Sarah Palin while she is on her much-anticipated book tour may be disappointed: the former Alaska governor will instead hit a string of mid-size cities, many of which voted for her and John McCain last November. According to Harper Collins, the publisher of Palin's forthcoming memoir "Going Rogue," Palin will bypass several of the major cities that are often the pillars of any big book tour, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. Palin's schedule instead takes the former Republican vice presidential candidate to smaller – and in many cases more conservative – cities like Fort Wayne, Indiana, Washington, Pennsylvania, Roanoke, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida. Keep Reading... Palin will bypass several major cities in her upcoming book tour. Alexander Mooney CNN Ticker Producer Those living in the country's biggest cities who hope to catch a glimpse of Sarah Palin while she is on her much-anticipated book tour may be disappointed: the former Alaska governor will instead hit a string of mid-size cities, many of which voted for her and John McCain last November. According to Harper Collins, the publisher of Palin's forthcoming memoir "Going Rogue," Palin will bypass several of the major cities that are often the pillars of any big book tour, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. Palin's schedule instead takes the former Republican vice presidential candidate to smaller – and in many cases more conservative – cities like Fort Wayne, Indiana, Washington, Pennsylvania, Roanoke, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida. Keep Reading... Palin will bypass several major cities in her upcoming book tour. Alexander Mooney CNN Ticker Producer Those living in the country's biggest cities who hope to catch a glimpse of Sarah Palin while she is on her much-anticipated book tour may be disappointed: the former Alaska governor will instead hit a string of mid-size cities, many of which voted for her and John McCain last November. According to Harper Collins, the publisher of Palin's forthcoming memoir "Going Rogue," Palin will bypass several of the major cities that are often the pillars of any big book tour, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. Palin's schedule instead takes the former Republican vice presidential candidate to smaller – and in many cases more conservative – cities like Fort Wayne, Indiana, Washington, Pennsylvania, Roanoke, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447858 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:28 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Sarah Palin http://odeo.com/episodes/25447859-Interactive-Key-players-in-the-Manson-saga CNN Members of the Charles Manson's murderous family have been described as model prisoners who accept responsibility for their crimes. Yet many of their parole bids continue to be rejected. See "Then and Now" photos of key figures in the Manson 'family'. CNN Members of the Charles Manson's murderous family have been described as model prisoners who accept responsibility for their crimes. Yet many of their parole bids continue to be rejected. See "Then and Now" photos of key figures in the Manson 'family'. CNN Members of the Charles Manson's murderous family have been described as model prisoners who accept responsibility for their crimes. Yet many of their parole bids continue to be rejected. See "Then and Now" photos of key figures in the Manson 'family'. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447859 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:47:45 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 crime http://odeo.com/episodes/25447860-World-of-black-Republicans On my show 'he was ripped, called every name in the book and castigated. Why? Largely because he’s a black Republican.' Roland S. Martin CNN Political Contributor If you ask someone who is white to tell you the political party of someone who is pro-life, against gay marriage, believes in a smaller government, is a fiscal conservative and is a consistent critic of the policies of President Barack Obama, chances are they’ll say he’s a Republican. If you ask someone who’s black and throw in that the individual you’re describing is also an African-American, chances are he’ll be called an Uncle Tom or a sellout. Welcome to the world of Michael Steele and of other black Republicans. When I told folks on Facebook and Twitter that I was interviewing Steele last week for my show on TV One Cable Network, “Washington Watch With Roland Martin,” the comments were not surprising. He was ripped, called every name in the book and castigated. Why? Largely because he’s a black Republican. Y... On my show 'he was ripped, called every name in the book and castigated. Why? Largely because he’s a black Republican.' Roland S. Martin CNN Political Contributor If you ask someone who is white to tell you the political party of someone who is pro-life, against gay marriage, believes in a smaller government, is a fiscal conservative and is a consistent critic of the policies of President Barack Obama, chances are they’ll say he’s a Republican. If you ask someone who’s black and throw in that the individual you’re describing is also an African-American, chances are he’ll be called an Uncle Tom or a sellout. Welcome to the world of Michael Steele and of other black Republicans. When I told folks on Facebook and Twitter that I was interviewing Steele last week for my show on TV One Cable Network, “Washington Watch With Roland Martin,” the comments were not surprising. He was ripped, called every name in the book and castigated. Why? Largely because he’s a black Republican. Yes, African-Americans are loyal to President Barack Obama and fiercely protective of him. Heck, when legendary radio show host Tom Joyner made some comments recently on his show that were perceived as critical of the president, folks called him an Uncle Tom. And Joyner was one of Obama’s biggest supporters doing the campaign! Keep Reading... On my show 'he was ripped, called every name in the book and castigated. Why? Largely because he’s a black Republican.' Roland S. Martin CNN Political Contributor If you ask someone who is white to tell you the political party of someone who is pro-life, against gay marriage, believes in a smaller government, is a fiscal conservative and is a consistent critic of the policies of President Barack Obama, chances are they’ll say he’s a Republican. If you ask someone who’s black and throw in that the individual you’re describing is also an African-American, chances are he’ll be called an Uncle Tom or a sellout. Welcome to the world of Michael Steele and of other black Republicans. When I told folks on Facebook and Twitter that I was interviewing Steele last week for my show on TV One Cable Network, “Washington Watch With Roland Martin,” the comments were not surprising. He was ripped, called every name in the book and castigated. Why? Largely because he’s a black Republican. Yes, African-Americans are loyal to President Barack Obama and fiercely protective of him. Heck, when legendary radio show host Tom Joyner made some comments recently on his show that were perceived as critical of the president, folks called him an Uncle Tom. And Joyner was one of Obama’s biggest supporters doing the campaign! Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447860 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:14 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Roland S. Martin, President Barack Obama http://odeo.com/episodes/25447861-Search-for-missing-5-year-old-continues ____________________________________________________________________ Mario Andrette McNeill has been charged with first degree kidnapping. Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer There has been a new development in the search for a missing North Carolina girl. The Fayetteville Police Department announced the arrest of a second man in connection with the disappearance of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. The suspect, Mario Andrette McNeill, has been charged with first degree kidnapping. At the same time, authorities said kidnapping charges against Clarence Coe, who was arrested on Thursday for allegedly abducting Shaniya, have been dropped. He is expected to be released from custody today. In a news release, Teresa W. Chance, the Public Information Officer for the Fayetteville Police said Shaniya was seen with McNeill at a hotel early Tuesday morning, around the same time she was reported missing by her mother. Chance said surveillance video from the hotel confirmed the young girl was Shaniya. Chance a... ____________________________________________________________________ Mario Andrette McNeill has been charged with first degree kidnapping. Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer There has been a new development in the search for a missing North Carolina girl. The Fayetteville Police Department announced the arrest of a second man in connection with the disappearance of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. The suspect, Mario Andrette McNeill, has been charged with first degree kidnapping. At the same time, authorities said kidnapping charges against Clarence Coe, who was arrested on Thursday for allegedly abducting Shaniya, have been dropped. He is expected to be released from custody today. In a news release, Teresa W. Chance, the Public Information Officer for the Fayetteville Police said Shaniya was seen with McNeill at a hotel early Tuesday morning, around the same time she was reported missing by her mother. Chance said surveillance video from the hotel confirmed the young girl was Shaniya. Chance also denied an Associated Press report that McNeill confessed to the kidnapping. She said authorities continue to search for Shaniya and encourage anyone with leads to contact the police. “Our ultimate goal is to find her alive and bring her back safely,” Chance told CNN. McNeill is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center. He will be arraigned this afternoon. Shaniya was last seen wearing a blue sleep shirt and pink underwear. If you have information on her whereabouts contact the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-433-1856. For more crime coverage go to cnn.com/crime. ____________________________________________________________________ Mario Andrette McNeill has been charged with first degree kidnapping. Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer There has been a new development in the search for a missing North Carolina girl. The Fayetteville Police Department announced the arrest of a second man in connection with the disappearance of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. The suspect, Mario Andrette McNeill, has been charged with first degree kidnapping. At the same time, authorities said kidnapping charges against Clarence Coe, who was arrested on Thursday for allegedly abducting Shaniya, have been dropped. He is expected to be released from custody today. In a news release, Teresa W. Chance, the Public Information Officer for the Fayetteville Police said Shaniya was seen with McNeill at a hotel early Tuesday morning, around the same time she was reported missing by her mother. Chance said surveillance video from the hotel confirmed the young girl was Shaniya. Chance also denied an Associated Press report that McNeill confessed to the kidnapping. She said authorities continue to search for Shaniya and encourage anyone with leads to contact the police. “Our ultimate goal is to find her alive and bring her back safely,” Chance told CNN. McNeill is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center. He will be arraigned this afternoon. Shaniya was last seen wearing a blue sleep shirt and pink underwear. If you have information on her whereabouts contact the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-433-1856. For more crime coverage go to cnn.com/crime. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447861 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:59:47 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Gabe Falcon, Crime & Punishment http://odeo.com/episodes/25447862-A-childhood-memory-discovered-40-years-later The main page of Annahar in 1969. Octavia Nasr | BIO AC360° Contributor CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs From my childhood I carry a memory. It has no specific date nor factual details, but it has strong emotions. It is a memory of a yearning and undeniable desire to go to the moon. Over the years, my mom must have told the story about a hundred times and I probably told it about a dozen times. My sisters heard it over and over and delighted at making fun of my excitement and my deep belief in what was to most a sure improbability. ‘“Sign me up to go to the moon” were your exact words,’ my mom says. I remember her trying to reason with me that maybe I should finish school first and then go to the moon. I insisted on signing up. I was convinced there was a “list” somewhere and that my name had to be added to it before it was too late. When my incessant demand was coupled with tears, we agreed that she’d get me a toy rocket so I could practice riding to the moon. I remember that my ... The main page of Annahar in 1969. Octavia Nasr | BIO AC360° Contributor CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs From my childhood I carry a memory. It has no specific date nor factual details, but it has strong emotions. It is a memory of a yearning and undeniable desire to go to the moon. Over the years, my mom must have told the story about a hundred times and I probably told it about a dozen times. My sisters heard it over and over and delighted at making fun of my excitement and my deep belief in what was to most a sure improbability. ‘“Sign me up to go to the moon” were your exact words,’ my mom says. I remember her trying to reason with me that maybe I should finish school first and then go to the moon. I insisted on signing up. I was convinced there was a “list” somewhere and that my name had to be added to it before it was too late. When my incessant demand was coupled with tears, we agreed that she’d get me a toy rocket so I could practice riding to the moon. I remember that my mom took me to the only toy shop in our town, but it was closed for the weekend. I looked and looked through the window and saw nothing that resembled a rocket and was very concerned. Luckily, when we went back during the week, they had one. I don’t remember the inscription on it but I do remember there was a USA flag painted on the side. My mom bought it (thank you mom) and I played with that rocket for a long time and built many dreams upon it. Octavia Nasr, center, circa 1967. Many memories jam my head right now, mostly war-related. I link them back to which school grade I was in, which teacher I had, who was my best friend, who hurt me and who saved me. So many memories from a busy life loaded with events and images that I shared with my generation but events to which no child should be exposed. Lebanon was the battleground for a civil war that lasted 15 years. It started when I was 9-years-old and encompassed my childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. So, most of my memories rotate around shelters and bombs and weapons and death with some happy memories peppered in here and there that made growing up in Lebanon a pleasure and a privilege despite all of its dangers and inconveniences. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that my memory of the moon was always special, clean; all by itself an episode not to be compared or contrasted with any other. A few months ago I decided to surprise an acquaintance with something special for her upcoming birthday. Dealing with someone who has everything and is not easily impressed, I wanted to come up with something unusual. Compiling events that took place on her birthday sounded like a good idea. A search of November 15, 1969 led me to the anti-war demonstrations here in the U.S. which were organized throughout the weekend. My call to Lebanon’s leading newspaper Annahar landed me a copy of the newspaper from that day in a convenient attachment. As I looked through the pages, I came face to face with my childhood memory. It was right there staring me in the eye with a date, a picture and even a timeline. Nothing prepared me for this moment; I never tried to find out how old I was at the time of my request to be put on a ‘list’ to the moon. I never knew what triggered the bizarre request. I always assumed maybe it was the first moon mission but it was never a priority to find out. So Apollo 12 landed on the moon on November 15, 1969 and I watched it along with hundreds of thousands of Lebanese live on TV!! How odd is that? The only big live transmission event I remember vividly was the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di in 1981. Reading the article, I learned that what made Apollo 12 so special was that all three national Lebanese TV channels carried the moon landing and all pertinent mission events LIVE; they advertized all the different times in the local papers. It was a huge deal for Lebanon, as the country was launching its first satellite transmission from the brand new Arbaniyeh Tower. Page four, with the Apollo 12 announcement. So, the Apollo 12 mission was prominently reported on the main page with two editorials by the most prominent journalists of the Annahar newspaper, Ghassan Tueni and Michel Abou Jaoudeh. But it was page four that got me. Looking at those times and descriptions brought the experience back. Apollo 12 was the second landing on the moon. A 3-year-old watched in awe, dreamed and believed with all her heart that one day she too would travel to the moon. We didn’t have a camera 40 years ago. My parents had hired a photographer to take pictures of us when I was about one and half. I share this photo with you because our Black & White TV set is featured prominently in it. Forty years ago, we were some of the fortunate few to even have a TV to watch the Apollo 12 mission. Back then, TV programming started around 6 p.m. with the Lebanese national anthem followed by cartoons, children’s shows and other programming including local soap operas and melodramatic series. They also featured subtitled French and American soap operas and series. There was one nightly newscast at 8:30 p.m., if my memory serves me well. An Egyptian or foreign film or documentary would follow, along with local entertainment shows before the stations shut down for the night closing programming with the national anthem playing over a picture of the Lebanese flag flying high. Carrying an international event such as the Apollo 12 mission was a big deal. I’m glad Tele Liban did; I’m deeply grateful for this memory. Happy 40th anniversary to my first childhood memory, the timing of this discovery couldn’t be more perfect. The main page of Annahar in 1969. Octavia Nasr | BIO AC360° Contributor CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs From my childhood I carry a memory. It has no specific date nor factual details, but it has strong emotions. It is a memory of a yearning and undeniable desire to go to the moon. Over the years, my mom must have told the story about a hundred times and I probably told it about a dozen times. My sisters heard it over and over and delighted at making fun of my excitement and my deep belief in what was to most a sure improbability. ‘“Sign me up to go to the moon” were your exact words,’ my mom says. I remember her trying to reason with me that maybe I should finish school first and then go to the moon. I insisted on signing up. I was convinced there was a “list” somewhere and that my name had to be added to it before it was too late. When my incessant demand was coupled with tears, we agreed that she’d get me a toy rocket so I could practice riding to the moon. I remember that my mom took me to the only toy shop in our town, but it was closed for the weekend. I looked and looked through the window and saw nothing that resembled a rocket and was very concerned. Luckily, when we went back during the week, they had one. I don’t remember the inscription on it but I do remember there was a USA flag painted on the side. My mom bought it (thank you mom) and I played with that rocket for a long time and built many dreams upon it. Octavia Nasr, center, circa 1967. Many memories jam my head right now, mostly war-related. I link them back to which school grade I was in, which teacher I had, who was my best friend, who hurt me and who saved me. So many memories from a busy life loaded with events and images that I shared with my generation but events to which no child should be exposed. Lebanon was the battleground for a civil war that lasted 15 years. It started when I was 9-years-old and encompassed my childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. So, most of my memories rotate around shelters and bombs and weapons and death with some happy memories peppered in here and there that made growing up in Lebanon a pleasure and a privilege despite all of its dangers and inconveniences. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that my memory of the moon was always special, clean; all by itself an episode not to be compared or contrasted with any other. A few months ago I decided to surprise an acquaintance with something special for her upcoming birthday. Dealing with someone who has everything and is not easily impressed, I wanted to come up with something unusual. Compiling events that took place on her birthday sounded like a good idea. A search of November 15, 1969 led me to the anti-war demonstrations here in the U.S. which were organized throughout the weekend. My call to Lebanon’s leading newspaper Annahar landed me a copy of the newspaper from that day in a convenient attachment. As I looked through the pages, I came face to face with my childhood memory. It was right there staring me in the eye with a date, a picture and even a timeline. Nothing prepared me for this moment; I never tried to find out how old I was at the time of my request to be put on a ‘list’ to the moon. I never knew what triggered the bizarre request. I always assumed maybe it was the first moon mission but it was never a priority to find out. So Apollo 12 landed on the moon on November 15, 1969 and I watched it along with hundreds of thousands of Lebanese live on TV!! How odd is that? The only big live transmission event I remember vividly was the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di in 1981. Reading the article, I learned that what made Apollo 12 so special was that all three national Lebanese TV channels carried the moon landing and all pertinent mission events LIVE; they advertized all the different times in the local papers. It was a huge deal for Lebanon, as the country was launching its first satellite transmission from the brand new Arbaniyeh Tower. Page four, with the Apollo 12 announcement. So, the Apollo 12 mission was prominently reported on the main page with two editorials by the most prominent journalists of the Annahar newspaper, Ghassan Tueni and Michel Abou Jaoudeh. But it was page four that got me. Looking at those times and descriptions brought the experience back. Apollo 12 was the second landing on the moon. A 3-year-old watched in awe, dreamed and believed with all her heart that one day she too would travel to the moon. We didn’t have a camera 40 years ago. My parents had hired a photographer to take pictures of us when I was about one and half. I share this photo with you because our Black & White TV set is featured prominently in it. Forty years ago, we were some of the fortunate few to even have a TV to watch the Apollo 12 mission. Back then, TV programming started around 6 p.m. with the Lebanese national anthem followed by cartoons, children’s shows and other programming including local soap operas and melodramatic series. They also featured subtitled French and American soap operas and series. There was one nightly newscast at 8:30 p.m., if my memory serves me well. An Egyptian or foreign film or documentary would follow, along with local entertainment shows before the stations shut down for the night closing programming with the national anthem playing over a picture of the Lebanese flag flying high. Carrying an international event such as the Apollo 12 mission was a big deal. I’m glad Tele Liban did; I’m deeply grateful for this memory. Happy 40th anniversary to my first childhood memory, the timing of this discovery couldn’t be more perfect. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447862 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:51:27 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Space, Octavia Nasr http://odeo.com/episodes/25447863-9-11-trial-the-biggest-challenge-ever-for-federal-courts The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is 'perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of federal law enforcement' Jeffrey Toobin | Bio CNN Senior Legal Analyst New Yorker Columnist The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and four other Guantanamo detainees are being transferred to New York to face trial in a civilian court for the September 11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. They will face trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - a short distance from the World Trade Center towers that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Holder said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the cases. Mohammed is the confessed organ... The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is 'perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of federal law enforcement' Jeffrey Toobin | Bio CNN Senior Legal Analyst New Yorker Columnist The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and four other Guantanamo detainees are being transferred to New York to face trial in a civilian court for the September 11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. They will face trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - a short distance from the World Trade Center towers that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Holder said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the cases. Mohammed is the confessed organizer of the attacks on New York and the Pentagon. But his confession could be called into question during trial. A 2005 Justice Department memo - released by the Obama administration - revealed he had been waterboarded 183 times in March 2003, a technique that President Obama has called torture. CNN spoke with Toobin on Friday morning. A former assistant U.S. attorney, Toobin is a senior analyst for CNN and author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." Keep Reading... The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is 'perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of federal law enforcement' Jeffrey Toobin | Bio CNN Senior Legal Analyst New Yorker Columnist The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and four other Guantanamo detainees are being transferred to New York to face trial in a civilian court for the September 11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. They will face trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - a short distance from the World Trade Center towers that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Holder said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the cases. Mohammed is the confessed organizer of the attacks on New York and the Pentagon. But his confession could be called into question during trial. A 2005 Justice Department memo - released by the Obama administration - revealed he had been waterboarded 183 times in March 2003, a technique that President Obama has called torture. CNN spoke with Toobin on Friday morning. A former assistant U.S. attorney, Toobin is a senior analyst for CNN and author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25447863 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:51:08 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 terrorism, torture, Jeffrey Toobin, Guantanomo Bay http://odeo.com/episodes/25446359-Toobin-9-11-trial-the-biggest-challenge-ever-for-federal-courts The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is 'perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of federal law enforcement' CNN The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and four other Guantanamo detainees are being transferred to New York to face trial in a civilian court for the September 11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. They will face trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - a short distance from the World Trade Center towers that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Holder said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the cases. Mohammed is the confessed organizer of the attacks on New York and the Pentagon. But his confe... The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is 'perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of federal law enforcement' CNN The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and four other Guantanamo detainees are being transferred to New York to face trial in a civilian court for the September 11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. They will face trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - a short distance from the World Trade Center towers that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Holder said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the cases. Mohammed is the confessed organizer of the attacks on New York and the Pentagon. But his confession could be called into question during trial. A 2005 Justice Department memo - released by the Obama administration - revealed he had been waterboarded 183 times in March 2003, a technique that President Obama has called torture. CNN spoke with Toobin on Friday morning. A former assistant U.S. attorney, Toobin is a senior analyst for CNN and author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." CNN: What's the significance of today's announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in federal court? Keep Reading... The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is 'perhaps the biggest challenge in the history of federal law enforcement' CNN The federal courts face an unprecedented challenge in trying accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo detainees for the terrorist attacks that took 3,000 lives, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Mohammed, Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi and four other Guantanamo detainees are being transferred to New York to face trial in a civilian court for the September 11 attacks, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday. They will face trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - a short distance from the World Trade Center towers that were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Holder said he expects the government to seek the death penalty in the cases. Mohammed is the confessed organizer of the attacks on New York and the Pentagon. But his confession could be called into question during trial. A 2005 Justice Department memo - released by the Obama administration - revealed he had been waterboarded 183 times in March 2003, a technique that President Obama has called torture. CNN spoke with Toobin on Friday morning. A former assistant U.S. attorney, Toobin is a senior analyst for CNN and author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." CNN: What's the significance of today's announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in federal court? Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446359 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:51:08 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 terrorism, torture, Guantanomo Bay http://odeo.com/episodes/25446360-50on50-Balloon-boy-%E2%80%93-the-judge%E2%80%99s-surprise _________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer As I approach 50, I must remind myself, despite my “vast” life experience, always be prepared to be surprised. For example, this morning at 10:30am, CNN was covering the “balloon boy” parents’ court appearance - LIVE. What a waste of precious air time I thought. And then, I was surprised. FLY BABY, FLY The defense attorney for the “balloon boy’s” father was explaining politely to the judge why the judge could keep things brief since his client understood the implications of his guilty plea. My eyes were glued to the right side of CNN’s screen which showed video of the great helium balloon flight – speeding through the sky – looking like a giant chef’s hat racing to pluck the father from the court room oven and deliver him to his alleged dream of a reality show. But this was his reality show. In the courtroom. Pleading guilty. That’s when the surprise hit m... _________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer As I approach 50, I must remind myself, despite my “vast” life experience, always be prepared to be surprised. For example, this morning at 10:30am, CNN was covering the “balloon boy” parents’ court appearance - LIVE. What a waste of precious air time I thought. And then, I was surprised. FLY BABY, FLY The defense attorney for the “balloon boy’s” father was explaining politely to the judge why the judge could keep things brief since his client understood the implications of his guilty plea. My eyes were glued to the right side of CNN’s screen which showed video of the great helium balloon flight – speeding through the sky – looking like a giant chef’s hat racing to pluck the father from the court room oven and deliver him to his alleged dream of a reality show. But this was his reality show. In the courtroom. Pleading guilty. That’s when the surprise hit me. This story was not a waste of precious air time. The judge, after listening to the defense attorney say brevity was acceptable, insisted on giving a thorough explanation to the defendant. The judge took his time to explain to balloon boy’s dad the implications of a guilty plea. You are presumed innocent in our system, the judge told “balloon boy’s” father, Richard Heene. By pleading guilty, the judge slowly and methodically emphasized, you are giving up that presumption of innocence. To witness the judge slow down the process in the spirit of our judicial system was more thrilling than watching that helium balloon racing through the sky. AND THEN … About a half hour later, again on CNN live, I listened to Attorney General Holder discuss a much more significant case, to say the least. He announced the government’s decision to try five of the 9/11 suspects in a civilian court of law. He expects that prosecutors will seek the death penalty. And he added: “I am confident in the ability of our courts to provide these defendants a fair trial, just as they have for over 200 years.” That optimism about the fairness of the American judicial system was reinforced by the judge at a far less consequential court appearance a half hour earlier. There is a legitimate debate over whether the 9/11 suspects should be tried in a military or civilian court which I won’t explore here. But I couldn’t help notice the same bedrock principle would apply to a silly prank as well as to one of the most violent crimes imaginable. No matter what the charge, no matter the severity of the crime, in America, Innocent Until Proven Guilty. It doesn’t hurt to be reminded of that, when you least expect it, whatever your age. Later today my latest installment of how jury selection principles can help destroy the 18-49 year old demo in time, I hope, for my 50th birthday. I will acknowledge how sometimes youth does = influence. ____________________________________________________________________ Follow Michael Schulder's battle against getting kicked out of the 18-49 demo here _________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer As I approach 50, I must remind myself, despite my “vast” life experience, always be prepared to be surprised. For example, this morning at 10:30am, CNN was covering the “balloon boy” parents’ court appearance - LIVE. What a waste of precious air time I thought. And then, I was surprised. FLY BABY, FLY The defense attorney for the “balloon boy’s” father was explaining politely to the judge why the judge could keep things brief since his client understood the implications of his guilty plea. My eyes were glued to the right side of CNN’s screen which showed video of the great helium balloon flight – speeding through the sky – looking like a giant chef’s hat racing to pluck the father from the court room oven and deliver him to his alleged dream of a reality show. But this was his reality show. In the courtroom. Pleading guilty. That’s when the surprise hit me. This story was not a waste of precious air time. The judge, after listening to the defense attorney say brevity was acceptable, insisted on giving a thorough explanation to the defendant. The judge took his time to explain to balloon boy’s dad the implications of a guilty plea. You are presumed innocent in our system, the judge told “balloon boy’s” father, Richard Heene. By pleading guilty, the judge slowly and methodically emphasized, you are giving up that presumption of innocence. To witness the judge slow down the process in the spirit of our judicial system was more thrilling than watching that helium balloon racing through the sky. AND THEN … About a half hour later, again on CNN live, I listened to Attorney General Holder discuss a much more significant case, to say the least. He announced the government’s decision to try five of the 9/11 suspects in a civilian court of law. He expects that prosecutors will seek the death penalty. And he added: “I am confident in the ability of our courts to provide these defendants a fair trial, just as they have for over 200 years.” That optimism about the fairness of the American judicial system was reinforced by the judge at a far less consequential court appearance a half hour earlier. There is a legitimate debate over whether the 9/11 suspects should be tried in a military or civilian court which I won’t explore here. But I couldn’t help notice the same bedrock principle would apply to a silly prank as well as to one of the most violent crimes imaginable. No matter what the charge, no matter the severity of the crime, in America, Innocent Until Proven Guilty. It doesn’t hurt to be reminded of that, when you least expect it, whatever your age. Later today my latest installment of how jury selection principles can help destroy the 18-49 year old demo in time, I hope, for my 50th birthday. I will acknowledge how sometimes youth does = influence. ____________________________________________________________________ Follow Michael Schulder's battle against getting kicked out of the 18-49 demo here tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446360 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:04 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 opinion, Michael Schulder, 50on50 http://odeo.com/episodes/25446361-Check-out-the-new-CNN-Challenge CNN Are you a news expert? Do you like trivia? Check out the new CNN Challenge and put your knowledge to the test! CNN Are you a news expert? Do you like trivia? Check out the new CNN Challenge and put your knowledge to the test! CNN Are you a news expert? Do you like trivia? Check out the new CNN Challenge and put your knowledge to the test! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446361 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:29:26 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 360° Radar, What You Will Be Talking About Today http://odeo.com/episodes/25446362-King-Going-Rogue-reignites-Palin-divide-even-in-her-hometown Store owner Shannon Cullip on Sarah Palin: People either completely ... have her on a pedestal or don't like her. John King CNN Chief National Correspondent At Pandemonium Booksellers, the Sarah Palin 2010 calendars are hot sellers, and since the election, the traffic in political books has been decidedly to the right. "Glenn Beck outsells President Obama at the moment?" is our question as owner Shannon Cullip leads us on a tour of the bookstore. "Oh yeah," she responds with a laugh. "Big time." In the window, there is a small Wasilla Chamber of Commerce sticker and an image of the town's famous mayor-turned-governor-turned-GOP vice presidential nominee. "Going Rogue" is shattering the presale record at Pandemonium Booksellers and reigniting the Palin political divide, even here in her hometown. Keep Reading... Store owner Shannon Cullip on Sarah Palin: People either completely ... have her on a pedestal or don't like her. John King CNN Chief National Correspondent At Pandemonium Booksellers, the Sarah Palin 2010 calendars are hot sellers, and since the election, the traffic in political books has been decidedly to the right. "Glenn Beck outsells President Obama at the moment?" is our question as owner Shannon Cullip leads us on a tour of the bookstore. "Oh yeah," she responds with a laugh. "Big time." In the window, there is a small Wasilla Chamber of Commerce sticker and an image of the town's famous mayor-turned-governor-turned-GOP vice presidential nominee. "Going Rogue" is shattering the presale record at Pandemonium Booksellers and reigniting the Palin political divide, even here in her hometown. Keep Reading... Store owner Shannon Cullip on Sarah Palin: People either completely ... have her on a pedestal or don't like her. John King CNN Chief National Correspondent At Pandemonium Booksellers, the Sarah Palin 2010 calendars are hot sellers, and since the election, the traffic in political books has been decidedly to the right. "Glenn Beck outsells President Obama at the moment?" is our question as owner Shannon Cullip leads us on a tour of the bookstore. "Oh yeah," she responds with a laugh. "Big time." In the window, there is a small Wasilla Chamber of Commerce sticker and an image of the town's famous mayor-turned-governor-turned-GOP vice presidential nominee. "Going Rogue" is shattering the presale record at Pandemonium Booksellers and reigniting the Palin political divide, even here in her hometown. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446362 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:27:24 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 John King, Sarah Palin http://odeo.com/episodes/25446363-Gitmo-Stats-Detainees-to-be-transferred-out-of-the-U-S Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott CNN A senior administration official spoke with CNN’s Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott on the state of play in terms of trying to resettle detainees at Guantanamo. Here are some stats you should know about Gitmo’s detainees and their transfer out of the U.S. 1. When President Obama took office there were 242 detainees at Guantanamo. Now there are 215. 115 of those have been approved for transfer out. 2. Of those 115 approved for transfer, 25 have already been released. • 9 of those have been repatriated to their own countries • 16 have been "resettled" or transferred to third countries: France 1, Belgium 1, Bermuda 4, Portugal 2, Ireland 2, Palau 6 3. Administration has lost 6 habeas cases (ordered released by the courts), and those have been repatriated 4. There are 4 more habeas cases the administration is expecting to lose – and the US has already found homes for them if and when that happens. 5. There are 90 more detainees approved ... Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott CNN A senior administration official spoke with CNN’s Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott on the state of play in terms of trying to resettle detainees at Guantanamo. Here are some stats you should know about Gitmo’s detainees and their transfer out of the U.S. 1. When President Obama took office there were 242 detainees at Guantanamo. Now there are 215. 115 of those have been approved for transfer out. 2. Of those 115 approved for transfer, 25 have already been released. • 9 of those have been repatriated to their own countries • 16 have been "resettled" or transferred to third countries: France 1, Belgium 1, Bermuda 4, Portugal 2, Ireland 2, Palau 6 3. Administration has lost 6 habeas cases (ordered released by the courts), and those have been repatriated 4. There are 4 more habeas cases the administration is expecting to lose – and the US has already found homes for them if and when that happens. 5. There are 90 more detainees approved for transfer. • 40 will be resettled to a third country – the priority is the 7 remaining Uighurs and the others ordered released by the court or determined not to be enemy combatants • The administration has either firm or soft commitments by about 15 countries to take 25 of these 40. • The remaining 50 will be repatriated to their home country. Of this 50, the largest group are Yemenis and this presents what this official called the "hardest problem" for the administration. Yemen is currently experiencing a major insurgency right now, and the fear is they could join this rebel group. Additionally, the administration has been concerned about Yemen's ability and willingness to keep an eye on these people. Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott CNN A senior administration official spoke with CNN’s Jill Dougherty and Elise Labott on the state of play in terms of trying to resettle detainees at Guantanamo. Here are some stats you should know about Gitmo’s detainees and their transfer out of the U.S. 1. When President Obama took office there were 242 detainees at Guantanamo. Now there are 215. 115 of those have been approved for transfer out. 2. Of those 115 approved for transfer, 25 have already been released. • 9 of those have been repatriated to their own countries • 16 have been "resettled" or transferred to third countries: France 1, Belgium 1, Bermuda 4, Portugal 2, Ireland 2, Palau 6 3. Administration has lost 6 habeas cases (ordered released by the courts), and those have been repatriated 4. There are 4 more habeas cases the administration is expecting to lose – and the US has already found homes for them if and when that happens. 5. There are 90 more detainees approved for transfer. • 40 will be resettled to a third country – the priority is the 7 remaining Uighurs and the others ordered released by the court or determined not to be enemy combatants • The administration has either firm or soft commitments by about 15 countries to take 25 of these 40. • The remaining 50 will be repatriated to their home country. Of this 50, the largest group are Yemenis and this presents what this official called the "hardest problem" for the administration. Yemen is currently experiencing a major insurgency right now, and the fear is they could join this rebel group. Additionally, the administration has been concerned about Yemen's ability and willingness to keep an eye on these people. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446363 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:15:26 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 President Barack Obama, Guantanomo Bay http://odeo.com/episodes/25446364-Alice-in-unemployment-land Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent So many different numbers are being tossed about on the subject of unemployment; if you spend even a day trying to sort them out you can wind up feeling like Alice in Wonderland; only this time she’s tumbled down into an unemployment line where nothing makes sense. Here is the White House crew talking about all the jobs that they’ve “created or saved” with the stimulus. The economy is getting better, but joblessness is getting worse. Initial benefits claims are up, then they are down. The Labor Department is issuing a river of reports on jobs lost, gained, outsourced, insourced, retro-fitted, repainted, fertilized, pruned, poached in a white wine sauce, you name it. Cue the Mad Hatter. It’s no wonder whacky tea parties are breaking out across the land. Take it easy. Having traveled at great peril through the looking glass into the surreal land of economists, I have emerged with the grail; the only number you really need to know. 16 million. Act... Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent So many different numbers are being tossed about on the subject of unemployment; if you spend even a day trying to sort them out you can wind up feeling like Alice in Wonderland; only this time she’s tumbled down into an unemployment line where nothing makes sense. Here is the White House crew talking about all the jobs that they’ve “created or saved” with the stimulus. The economy is getting better, but joblessness is getting worse. Initial benefits claims are up, then they are down. The Labor Department is issuing a river of reports on jobs lost, gained, outsourced, insourced, retro-fitted, repainted, fertilized, pruned, poached in a white wine sauce, you name it. Cue the Mad Hatter. It’s no wonder whacky tea parties are breaking out across the land. Take it easy. Having traveled at great peril through the looking glass into the surreal land of economists, I have emerged with the grail; the only number you really need to know. 16 million. Actually it’s a little under that, but let’s not quibble. That’s how many Americans are looking for work. Maybe a few less at this very moment. I met some guys in Albany who usually go fishing over the weekend, but you can bet even they will be back in the hunt for work on Monday, so my point stands. 16 million. If we asked them all to join hands and stand along the borders, (hey, what else do they have to do?) they could easily encircle the entire Lower 48 states. We’d probably even have enough left over to put them two deep on the Mexican line, and end that whole debate about building a wall. Actually, this might be a good idea overall; a visual representation of our troubles. We could let them charge for access to the beaches. Or we could pay all of them from the stimulus money! Kind of like publicly funded performance art. I mean, they need the jobs anyway, right? 16 million. It’s one of those whopping numbers that’s hard to get your head around. But in a relative sense, it is a good tool for keeping track of our job troubles. If that number gets smaller, that’s good. And if it gets bigger, well, even the Cheshire Cat won’t be grinning anymore. Follow Tom on Twitter @tomforemancnn. Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent So many different numbers are being tossed about on the subject of unemployment; if you spend even a day trying to sort them out you can wind up feeling like Alice in Wonderland; only this time she’s tumbled down into an unemployment line where nothing makes sense. Here is the White House crew talking about all the jobs that they’ve “created or saved” with the stimulus. The economy is getting better, but joblessness is getting worse. Initial benefits claims are up, then they are down. The Labor Department is issuing a river of reports on jobs lost, gained, outsourced, insourced, retro-fitted, repainted, fertilized, pruned, poached in a white wine sauce, you name it. Cue the Mad Hatter. It’s no wonder whacky tea parties are breaking out across the land. Take it easy. Having traveled at great peril through the looking glass into the surreal land of economists, I have emerged with the grail; the only number you really need to know. 16 million. Actually it’s a little under that, but let’s not quibble. That’s how many Americans are looking for work. Maybe a few less at this very moment. I met some guys in Albany who usually go fishing over the weekend, but you can bet even they will be back in the hunt for work on Monday, so my point stands. 16 million. If we asked them all to join hands and stand along the borders, (hey, what else do they have to do?) they could easily encircle the entire Lower 48 states. We’d probably even have enough left over to put them two deep on the Mexican line, and end that whole debate about building a wall. Actually, this might be a good idea overall; a visual representation of our troubles. We could let them charge for access to the beaches. Or we could pay all of them from the stimulus money! Kind of like publicly funded performance art. I mean, they need the jobs anyway, right? 16 million. It’s one of those whopping numbers that’s hard to get your head around. But in a relative sense, it is a good tool for keeping track of our job troubles. If that number gets smaller, that’s good. And if it gets bigger, well, even the Cheshire Cat won’t be grinning anymore. Follow Tom on Twitter @tomforemancnn. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446364 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:02:32 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 unemployment, opinion, Raw Politics, Tom Foreman, President Barack Obama http://odeo.com/episodes/25446365-Killings-at-the-Canal Murder or battlefield justice? See what CNN uncovered and decide for yourself. "Killings at the canal." An "AC360" special report, starting Monday at 10 p.m. ET. JOIN: LIVE BLOG Weeknights 10p ET Murder or battlefield justice? See what CNN uncovered and decide for yourself. "Killings at the canal." An "AC360" special report, starting Monday at 10 p.m. ET. JOIN: LIVE BLOG Weeknights 10p ET Murder or battlefield justice? See what CNN uncovered and decide for yourself. "Killings at the canal." An "AC360" special report, starting Monday at 10 p.m. ET. JOIN: LIVE BLOG Weeknights 10p ET tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446365 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:57:30 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 On TV, T1, 360° Radar http://odeo.com/episodes/25446366-Officials-Top-White-House-lawyer-to-be-pushed-out White House Counsel Greg Craig is reportedly leaving his post over his handling of plans to close Guantanamo Bay. Ed Henry CNN White House Correspondent In the first major shakeup among President Obama's senior staff, White House Counsel Greg Craig announced his resignation Friday. The resignation will take effect on January 3, according to a letter Craig sent to Obama. Craig is being pushed out in favor of veteran Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over plans to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, CNN learned Thursday. "I want to tell you how proud I am of all that your legal team has accomplished on your behalf," Craig wrote in the letter. "It has been a busy first year (for the administration), and I feel very lucky to have been part of it." Obama, in a written statement, called Craig a "close friend and trusted adviser who tackled many tough challenges." Keep Reading... White House Counsel Greg Craig is reportedly leaving his post over his handling of plans to close Guantanamo Bay. Ed Henry CNN White House Correspondent In the first major shakeup among President Obama's senior staff, White House Counsel Greg Craig announced his resignation Friday. The resignation will take effect on January 3, according to a letter Craig sent to Obama. Craig is being pushed out in favor of veteran Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over plans to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, CNN learned Thursday. "I want to tell you how proud I am of all that your legal team has accomplished on your behalf," Craig wrote in the letter. "It has been a busy first year (for the administration), and I feel very lucky to have been part of it." Obama, in a written statement, called Craig a "close friend and trusted adviser who tackled many tough challenges." Keep Reading... White House Counsel Greg Craig is reportedly leaving his post over his handling of plans to close Guantanamo Bay. Ed Henry CNN White House Correspondent In the first major shakeup among President Obama's senior staff, White House Counsel Greg Craig announced his resignation Friday. The resignation will take effect on January 3, according to a letter Craig sent to Obama. Craig is being pushed out in favor of veteran Democratic lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over plans to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, CNN learned Thursday. "I want to tell you how proud I am of all that your legal team has accomplished on your behalf," Craig wrote in the letter. "It has been a busy first year (for the administration), and I feel very lucky to have been part of it." Obama, in a written statement, called Craig a "close friend and trusted adviser who tackled many tough challenges." Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446366 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:30:20 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Ed Henry, President Barack Obama, Guantanomo Bay http://odeo.com/episodes/25446367-The-day-my-name-got-changed Rudy Ruiz Special to CNN The case of the New Mexico hotelier who required Latino employees to adopt English names and avoid speaking Spanish at work reminds us of the need for balance as we grapple with cultural evolution in America. Many of us take our name and its pronunciation for granted. I imagine I did too - until I was 5 years old. That's when my dad dropped me off on the front porch of Sunnyside School in Brownsville, Texas, the border town where I was born and raised. Like any kid on his first day of school, I was engulfed by longing and loneliness, staring forlornly at my dad through the screen door as he walked away. When I turned to face the classroom, the teacher's mouth moved and I heard words, but I failed to understand. Tears pricked my eyes. I didn't speak English yet, having been home with my mom up until that first day of kindergarten. Keep Reading... Rudy Ruiz Special to CNN The case of the New Mexico hotelier who required Latino employees to adopt English names and avoid speaking Spanish at work reminds us of the need for balance as we grapple with cultural evolution in America. Many of us take our name and its pronunciation for granted. I imagine I did too - until I was 5 years old. That's when my dad dropped me off on the front porch of Sunnyside School in Brownsville, Texas, the border town where I was born and raised. Like any kid on his first day of school, I was engulfed by longing and loneliness, staring forlornly at my dad through the screen door as he walked away. When I turned to face the classroom, the teacher's mouth moved and I heard words, but I failed to understand. Tears pricked my eyes. I didn't speak English yet, having been home with my mom up until that first day of kindergarten. Keep Reading... Rudy Ruiz Special to CNN The case of the New Mexico hotelier who required Latino employees to adopt English names and avoid speaking Spanish at work reminds us of the need for balance as we grapple with cultural evolution in America. Many of us take our name and its pronunciation for granted. I imagine I did too - until I was 5 years old. That's when my dad dropped me off on the front porch of Sunnyside School in Brownsville, Texas, the border town where I was born and raised. Like any kid on his first day of school, I was engulfed by longing and loneliness, staring forlornly at my dad through the screen door as he walked away. When I turned to face the classroom, the teacher's mouth moved and I heard words, but I failed to understand. Tears pricked my eyes. I didn't speak English yet, having been home with my mom up until that first day of kindergarten. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446367 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:24:15 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 hispanic http://odeo.com/episodes/25446368-Gay-rights-advocates-need-patience Supporters of the law had hoped Maine would become the first state to approve same-sex marriage with a popular vote. LZ Granderson Special to CNN I'm a single father of a 12-year-old boy who every five minutes seem to switch personalities on me. One moment he's a starving student athlete hungry enough to eat a cow, the next he's a picky vegan. I'm told by people much smarter than me that this is normal for a child going through puberty. And so, while I am not an overly religious man, I have found myself meditating on I Corinthians 13:4 to help me get through. Love is patient, love is kind. I believe there is something each of us can pull from that Bible verse. We may not agree on spirituality or the existence of God, but we can agree that love is one of the most beautiful and mysterious forces. When I'm frustrated with my son, or a friend or even myself, I try to think about the characteristics of love described in I Corinthians before reacting. Be patient. ... Supporters of the law had hoped Maine would become the first state to approve same-sex marriage with a popular vote. LZ Granderson Special to CNN I'm a single father of a 12-year-old boy who every five minutes seem to switch personalities on me. One moment he's a starving student athlete hungry enough to eat a cow, the next he's a picky vegan. I'm told by people much smarter than me that this is normal for a child going through puberty. And so, while I am not an overly religious man, I have found myself meditating on I Corinthians 13:4 to help me get through. Love is patient, love is kind. I believe there is something each of us can pull from that Bible verse. We may not agree on spirituality or the existence of God, but we can agree that love is one of the most beautiful and mysterious forces. When I'm frustrated with my son, or a friend or even myself, I try to think about the characteristics of love described in I Corinthians before reacting. Be patient. Be kind. Keep Reading... Supporters of the law had hoped Maine would become the first state to approve same-sex marriage with a popular vote. LZ Granderson Special to CNN I'm a single father of a 12-year-old boy who every five minutes seem to switch personalities on me. One moment he's a starving student athlete hungry enough to eat a cow, the next he's a picky vegan. I'm told by people much smarter than me that this is normal for a child going through puberty. And so, while I am not an overly religious man, I have found myself meditating on I Corinthians 13:4 to help me get through. Love is patient, love is kind. I believe there is something each of us can pull from that Bible verse. We may not agree on spirituality or the existence of God, but we can agree that love is one of the most beautiful and mysterious forces. When I'm frustrated with my son, or a friend or even myself, I try to think about the characteristics of love described in I Corinthians before reacting. Be patient. Be kind. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446368 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:06:04 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 same-sex marriage, Gay & Lesbian Issues http://odeo.com/episodes/25446369-Video-Oscar-the-Grouch-visits-360%C2%B0 Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446369 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:56:14 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 anderson cooper http://odeo.com/episodes/25446371-A-childhood-memory-discovered-40-years-later The main page of Annahar in 1969. Octavia Nasr | BIO AC360° Contributor CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs From my childhood I carry a memory. It has no specific date nor factual details, but it has strong emotions. It is a memory of a yearning and undeniable desire to go to the moon. Over the years, my mom must have told the story about a hundred times and I probably told it about a dozen times. My sisters heard it over and over and delighted at making fun of my excitement and my deep belief in what was to most a sure improbability. ‘“Sign me up to go to the moon” were your exact words,’ my mom says. I remember her trying to reason with me that maybe I should finish school first and then go to the moon. I insisted on signing up. I was convinced there was a “list” somewhere and that my name had to be added to it before it was too late. When my incessant demand was coupled with tears, we agreed that she’d get me a toy rocket so I could practice riding to the moon. I remember that my ... The main page of Annahar in 1969. Octavia Nasr | BIO AC360° Contributor CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs From my childhood I carry a memory. It has no specific date nor factual details, but it has strong emotions. It is a memory of a yearning and undeniable desire to go to the moon. Over the years, my mom must have told the story about a hundred times and I probably told it about a dozen times. My sisters heard it over and over and delighted at making fun of my excitement and my deep belief in what was to most a sure improbability. ‘“Sign me up to go to the moon” were your exact words,’ my mom says. I remember her trying to reason with me that maybe I should finish school first and then go to the moon. I insisted on signing up. I was convinced there was a “list” somewhere and that my name had to be added to it before it was too late. When my incessant demand was coupled with tears, we agreed that she’d get me a toy rocket so I could practice riding to the moon. I remember that my mom took me to the only toy shop in our town, but it was closed for the weekend. I looked and looked through the window and saw nothing that resembled a rocket and was very concerned. Luckily, when we went back during the week, they had one. I don’t remember the inscription on it but I do remember there was a USA flag painted on the side. My mom bought it (thank you mom) and I played with that rocket for a long time and built many dreams upon it. Octavia Nasr, center, circa 1967. Many memories jam my head right now, mostly war-related. I link them back to which school grade I was in, which teacher I had, who was my best friend, who hurt me and who saved me. So many memories from a busy life loaded with events and images that I shared with my generation but events to which no child should be exposed. Lebanon was the battleground for a civil war that lasted 15 years. It started when I was 9-years-old and encompassed my childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. So, most of my memories rotate around shelters and bombs and weapons and death with some happy memories peppered in here and there that made growing up in Lebanon a pleasure and a privilege despite all of its dangers and inconveniences. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that my memory of the moon was always special, clean; all by itself an episode not to be compared or contrasted with any other. A few months ago I decided to surprise an acquaintance with something special for her upcoming birthday. Dealing with someone who has everything and is not easily impressed, I wanted to come up with something unusual. Compiling events that took place on her birthday sounded like a good idea. A search of November 15, 1969 led me to the anti-war demonstrations here in the U.S. which were organized throughout the weekend. My call to Lebanon’s leading newspaper Annahar landed me a copy of the newspaper from that day in a convenient attachment. As I looked through the pages, I came face to face with my childhood memory. It was right there staring me in the eye with a date, a picture and even a timeline. Nothing prepared me for this moment; I never tried to find out how old I was at the time of my request to be put on a ‘list’ to the moon. I never knew what triggered the bizarre request. I always assumed maybe it was the first moon mission but it was never a priority to find out. So Apollo 12 landed on the moon on November 15, 1969 and I watched it along with hundreds of thousands of Lebanese live on TV!! How odd is that? The only big live transmission event I remember vividly was the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di in 1981. Reading the article, I learned that what made Apollo 12 so special was that all three national Lebanese TV channels carried the moon landing and all pertinent mission events LIVE; they advertized all the different times in the local papers. It was a huge deal for Lebanon, as the country was launching its first satellite transmission from the brand new Arbaniyeh Tower. Page four, with the Apollo 12 announcement. So, the Apollo 12 mission was prominently reported on the main page with two editorials by the most prominent journalists of the Annahar newspaper, Ghassan Tueni and Michel Abou Jaoudeh. But it was page four that got me. Looking at those times and descriptions brought the experience back. Apollo 12 was the second landing on the moon. A 3-year-old watched in awe, dreamed and believed with all her heart that one day she too would travel to the moon. We didn’t have a camera 40 years ago. My parents had hired a photographer to take pictures of us when I was about one and half. I share this photo with you because our Black & White TV set is featured prominently in it. Forty years ago, we were some of the fortunate few to even have a TV to watch the Apollo 12 mission. Back then, TV programming started around 6 p.m. with the Lebanese national anthem followed by cartoons, children’s shows and other programming including local soap operas and melodramatic series. They also featured subtitled French and American soap operas and series. There was one nightly newscast at 8:30 p.m., if my memory serves me well. An Egyptian or foreign film or documentary would follow, along with local entertainment shows before the stations shut down for the night closing programming with the national anthem playing over a picture of the Lebanese flag flying high. Carrying an international event such as the Apollo 12 mission was a big deal. I’m glad Tele Liban did; I’m deeply grateful for this memory. Happy 40th anniversary to my first childhood memory, the timing of this discovery couldn’t be more perfect. The main page of Annahar in 1969. Octavia Nasr | BIO AC360° Contributor CNN Senior Editor, Mideast Affairs From my childhood I carry a memory. It has no specific date nor factual details, but it has strong emotions. It is a memory of a yearning and undeniable desire to go to the moon. Over the years, my mom must have told the story about a hundred times and I probably told it about a dozen times. My sisters heard it over and over and delighted at making fun of my excitement and my deep belief in what was to most a sure improbability. ‘“Sign me up to go to the moon” were your exact words,’ my mom says. I remember her trying to reason with me that maybe I should finish school first and then go to the moon. I insisted on signing up. I was convinced there was a “list” somewhere and that my name had to be added to it before it was too late. When my incessant demand was coupled with tears, we agreed that she’d get me a toy rocket so I could practice riding to the moon. I remember that my mom took me to the only toy shop in our town, but it was closed for the weekend. I looked and looked through the window and saw nothing that resembled a rocket and was very concerned. Luckily, when we went back during the week, they had one. I don’t remember the inscription on it but I do remember there was a USA flag painted on the side. My mom bought it (thank you mom) and I played with that rocket for a long time and built many dreams upon it. Octavia Nasr, center, circa 1967. Many memories jam my head right now, mostly war-related. I link them back to which school grade I was in, which teacher I had, who was my best friend, who hurt me and who saved me. So many memories from a busy life loaded with events and images that I shared with my generation but events to which no child should be exposed. Lebanon was the battleground for a civil war that lasted 15 years. It started when I was 9-years-old and encompassed my childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. So, most of my memories rotate around shelters and bombs and weapons and death with some happy memories peppered in here and there that made growing up in Lebanon a pleasure and a privilege despite all of its dangers and inconveniences. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that my memory of the moon was always special, clean; all by itself an episode not to be compared or contrasted with any other. A few months ago I decided to surprise an acquaintance with something special for her upcoming birthday. Dealing with someone who has everything and is not easily impressed, I wanted to come up with something unusual. Compiling events that took place on her birthday sounded like a good idea. A search of November 15, 1969 led me to the anti-war demonstrations here in the U.S. which were organized throughout the weekend. My call to Lebanon’s leading newspaper Annahar landed me a copy of the newspaper from that day in a convenient attachment. As I looked through the pages, I came face to face with my childhood memory. It was right there staring me in the eye with a date, a picture and even a timeline. Nothing prepared me for this moment; I never tried to find out how old I was at the time of my request to be put on a ‘list’ to the moon. I never knew what triggered the bizarre request. I always assumed maybe it was the first moon mission but it was never a priority to find out. So Apollo 12 landed on the moon on November 15, 1969 and I watched it along with hundreds of thousands of Lebanese live on TV!! How odd is that? The only big live transmission event I remember vividly was the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di in 1981. Reading the article, I learned that what made Apollo 12 so special was that all three national Lebanese TV channels carried the moon landing and all pertinent mission events LIVE; they advertized all the different times in the local papers. It was a huge deal for Lebanon, as the country was launching its first satellite transmission from the brand new Arbaniyeh Tower. Page four, with the Apollo 12 announcement. So, the Apollo 12 mission was prominently reported on the main page with two editorials by the most prominent journalists of the Annahar newspaper, Ghassan Tueni and Michel Abou Jaoudeh. But it was page four that got me. Looking at those times and descriptions brought the experience back. Apollo 12 was the second landing on the moon. A 3-year-old watched in awe, dreamed and believed with all her heart that one day she too would travel to the moon. We didn’t have a camera 40 years ago. My parents had hired a photographer to take pictures of us when I was about one and half. I share this photo with you because our Black & White TV set is featured prominently in it. Forty years ago, we were some of the fortunate few to even have a TV to watch the Apollo 12 mission. Back then, TV programming started around 6 p.m. with the Lebanese national anthem followed by cartoons, children’s shows and other programming including local soap operas and melodramatic series. They also featured subtitled French and American soap operas and series. There was one nightly newscast at 8:30 p.m., if my memory serves me well. An Egyptian or foreign film or documentary would follow, along with local entertainment shows before the stations shut down for the night closing programming with the national anthem playing over a picture of the Lebanese flag flying high. Carrying an international event such as the Apollo 12 mission was a big deal. I’m glad Tele Liban did; I’m deeply grateful for this memory. Happy 40th anniversary to my first childhood memory, the timing of this discovery couldn’t be more perfect. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446371 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:51:27 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Space, Octavia Nasr http://odeo.com/episodes/25446372-Video-Hasan-political-correctness Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446372 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:50:39 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 anderson cooper, Fort Hood Shooting http://odeo.com/episodes/25446373-Video-Priest-secret-son Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video Embedded video from CNN Video tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446373 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:46:55 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 anderson cooper http://odeo.com/episodes/25446374-Morning-Buzz-9-11-alleged-leader-to-be-tried-in-NY Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded. Eliza Browning AC360° Associate Producer Attorney General Eric Holder will announce this morning that five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, according to an Obama administration official. This means accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other detainees will be tried in a court house less than 10 blocks from Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center Attacks. Meanwhile, we’re hearing reports about a major shakeup in the Obama administration. The White House's top counsel, Greg Craig, may resign today. Craig has come under criticism over the past few months. He was a key part of the President’s revamping of the U.S. policy on terrorism interrogations and detentions and he was at the center of the administration’s moves to release documents relating to the t... Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded. Eliza Browning AC360° Associate Producer Attorney General Eric Holder will announce this morning that five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, according to an Obama administration official. This means accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other detainees will be tried in a court house less than 10 blocks from Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center Attacks. Meanwhile, we’re hearing reports about a major shakeup in the Obama administration. The White House's top counsel, Greg Craig, may resign today. Craig has come under criticism over the past few months. He was a key part of the President’s revamping of the U.S. policy on terrorism interrogations and detentions and he was at the center of the administration’s moves to release documents relating to the treatment of terror suspects under the Bush administration. Many of these decisions prompted quite a lot of backlash. Bob Bauer, who was general counsel for Obama during the presidential campaign, has agreed to take Craig’s place. We’ll dig deeper on what this means for the administration tonight. We’re also looking into a story that involves journalism students from the Medill School at Northwestern University. Medill students have worked in tandem with the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing, for more than 10 years. Since it was formed in 1999, the Medill Innocence Project has freed 11 people, five of whom were on death row. The Medill students believe they found proof that exonerates a man who has been behind bars for 31 years on a murder conviction. But prosecutors allege that the students paid witnesses for testimony that would help their case. The students deny the allegation. We’ll dig deeper on the case tonight and talk to students involved. Charles Manson turned 75 this week. Ted Rowlands speaks to two people who serve as Manson’s conduits to the outside world. They even moved to Corcoran, Calif. to be near him. They share recordings of their phone calls with Manson and paint a picture of a man who’s spent nearly four decades behind bars for one of the most notorious crimes in U.S. history. And we also learned this morning from Ed Lavandera that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man charged with the shootings at Fort Hood Army Post last week, is paralyzed from the waist down. His lawyer is in a San Antonio Military Hospital, has severe pain in his hands and it doesn’t appear as if he’ll be able to walk in the future. What else are you following this Friday, the 13th? Let us know and see you at 10 p.m. ET. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded. Eliza Browning AC360° Associate Producer Attorney General Eric Holder will announce this morning that five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 attacks will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, according to an Obama administration official. This means accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other detainees will be tried in a court house less than 10 blocks from Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center Attacks. Meanwhile, we’re hearing reports about a major shakeup in the Obama administration. The White House's top counsel, Greg Craig, may resign today. Craig has come under criticism over the past few months. He was a key part of the President’s revamping of the U.S. policy on terrorism interrogations and detentions and he was at the center of the administration’s moves to release documents relating to the treatment of terror suspects under the Bush administration. Many of these decisions prompted quite a lot of backlash. Bob Bauer, who was general counsel for Obama during the presidential campaign, has agreed to take Craig’s place. We’ll dig deeper on what this means for the administration tonight. We’re also looking into a story that involves journalism students from the Medill School at Northwestern University. Medill students have worked in tandem with the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing, for more than 10 years. Since it was formed in 1999, the Medill Innocence Project has freed 11 people, five of whom were on death row. The Medill students believe they found proof that exonerates a man who has been behind bars for 31 years on a murder conviction. But prosecutors allege that the students paid witnesses for testimony that would help their case. The students deny the allegation. We’ll dig deeper on the case tonight and talk to students involved. Charles Manson turned 75 this week. Ted Rowlands speaks to two people who serve as Manson’s conduits to the outside world. They even moved to Corcoran, Calif. to be near him. They share recordings of their phone calls with Manson and paint a picture of a man who’s spent nearly four decades behind bars for one of the most notorious crimes in U.S. history. And we also learned this morning from Ed Lavandera that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man charged with the shootings at Fort Hood Army Post last week, is paralyzed from the waist down. His lawyer is in a San Antonio Military Hospital, has severe pain in his hands and it doesn’t appear as if he’ll be able to walk in the future. What else are you following this Friday, the 13th? Let us know and see you at 10 p.m. ET. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446374 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:33:24 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 The Buzz, Eliza Browning http://odeo.com/episodes/25446375-Dear-President-Obama-298-My-life-in-open-enrollment-purgatory Reporter's Note: President Obama is off on another trip, and once again I am hoping for a postcard. After all, I write him every single day. You would think…oh well… Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent Dear Mr. President, So I spent part of my day grinding through that unique circle of hell called my annual insurance review, or Open Enrollment, as the company memos euphemistically call it. It’s a good thing I’m not in charge, because I’d slap a new title on it to more properly foreshadow the misery you should expect; something like “Days of Rage” or “The Insurance Inquisition” or “Lunch with Karl Rove.” Remember that Elvis Costello line? It went something like, “They took me in the office and they told me very cleverly, the way that I could benefit from death and disability.” That’s pretty much how I feel. Don’t get me wrong. My experiences with insurance companies, by and large, have been OK. Not great. Not like a shrimp po-boy. But OK, nonetheless. I’ve heard the horror st... Reporter's Note: President Obama is off on another trip, and once again I am hoping for a postcard. After all, I write him every single day. You would think…oh well… Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent Dear Mr. President, So I spent part of my day grinding through that unique circle of hell called my annual insurance review, or Open Enrollment, as the company memos euphemistically call it. It’s a good thing I’m not in charge, because I’d slap a new title on it to more properly foreshadow the misery you should expect; something like “Days of Rage” or “The Insurance Inquisition” or “Lunch with Karl Rove.” Remember that Elvis Costello line? It went something like, “They took me in the office and they told me very cleverly, the way that I could benefit from death and disability.” That’s pretty much how I feel. Don’t get me wrong. My experiences with insurance companies, by and large, have been OK. Not great. Not like a shrimp po-boy. But OK, nonetheless. I’ve heard the horror stories of how insurance companies sometimes treat people, but I’ve been fortunate and have never had a big league problem with one of them. No, my complaint is about the sheer complexity of it all. I’ve grown very frustrated in recent years that insurance companies, banks, grocery stores, accounting departments, credit card companies, and on and on and on have developed “customer” services that I don’t think really have anything to do with helping customers. To the contrary, I think they work up these fancy-pants websites to get us to do all their work for them. They tell us it’s to give us “options,” and “freedom,” and “choices,” but mainly it seems like a way for them to save money on hiring people who might actually help explain their services. Sure, websites work well (sometimes great) as long as everything you are dealing with fits into the “normal” box. But try to find an answer to an unusual question and you may as well start rubbing old bottles and hoping for a genie. And don’t even get me started on phone trees… I also get pretty hacked off over companies trying to dress up bad news as something else. My insurance now includes something called “co-insurance.” What that means is I have to pay more. But rather than just say, “Hey sport, better pull out your wallet and grit your teeth,” they try to imply that somehow I’m becoming an insurance executive. What fun! It hurts enough to pay the bill, don’t treat me like I’m five. Anyway, that was my day. I understand your staff is going through a little shakeup, huh? Give me a call if you need advice on whom to fire next; I have some thoughts. Ha! Just kidding. Your enemies would say you were adding to the unemployment problem anyway. Hey look, I started and ended that paragraph with the same word! Well, anyway… Regards, Tom Follow Tom on Twitter @tomforemancnn. Find more of the Foreman Letters here. Reporter's Note: President Obama is off on another trip, and once again I am hoping for a postcard. After all, I write him every single day. You would think…oh well… Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent Dear Mr. President, So I spent part of my day grinding through that unique circle of hell called my annual insurance review, or Open Enrollment, as the company memos euphemistically call it. It’s a good thing I’m not in charge, because I’d slap a new title on it to more properly foreshadow the misery you should expect; something like “Days of Rage” or “The Insurance Inquisition” or “Lunch with Karl Rove.” Remember that Elvis Costello line? It went something like, “They took me in the office and they told me very cleverly, the way that I could benefit from death and disability.” That’s pretty much how I feel. Don’t get me wrong. My experiences with insurance companies, by and large, have been OK. Not great. Not like a shrimp po-boy. But OK, nonetheless. I’ve heard the horror stories of how insurance companies sometimes treat people, but I’ve been fortunate and have never had a big league problem with one of them. No, my complaint is about the sheer complexity of it all. I’ve grown very frustrated in recent years that insurance companies, banks, grocery stores, accounting departments, credit card companies, and on and on and on have developed “customer” services that I don’t think really have anything to do with helping customers. To the contrary, I think they work up these fancy-pants websites to get us to do all their work for them. They tell us it’s to give us “options,” and “freedom,” and “choices,” but mainly it seems like a way for them to save money on hiring people who might actually help explain their services. Sure, websites work well (sometimes great) as long as everything you are dealing with fits into the “normal” box. But try to find an answer to an unusual question and you may as well start rubbing old bottles and hoping for a genie. And don’t even get me started on phone trees… I also get pretty hacked off over companies trying to dress up bad news as something else. My insurance now includes something called “co-insurance.” What that means is I have to pay more. But rather than just say, “Hey sport, better pull out your wallet and grit your teeth,” they try to imply that somehow I’m becoming an insurance executive. What fun! It hurts enough to pay the bill, don’t treat me like I’m five. Anyway, that was my day. I understand your staff is going through a little shakeup, huh? Give me a call if you need advice on whom to fire next; I have some thoughts. Ha! Just kidding. Your enemies would say you were adding to the unemployment problem anyway. Hey look, I started and ended that paragraph with the same word! Well, anyway… Regards, Tom Follow Tom on Twitter @tomforemancnn. Find more of the Foreman Letters here. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446375 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:08:57 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 opinion, Tom Foreman, President Barack Obama, Letters to the President http://odeo.com/episodes/25446376-Sound-Off-Your-comments-11-12-09 Editor's Note: After last night's piece about the Catholic priest who fathered a son 22 years ago, many of you thanked us for bringing the story to light. We received a lot of comments about this story. What do you think? _________________________________________________________________________________________ Interesting and yet another example of people not taking responsibility for their own actions. Why did the boy's mother engage (repeatedly) in sex with a priest and what did she expect out of it. Her beef is with the boy's father and not with the institution he violated in his sacrilege. It's good that you brought this travesty out; but now what? I wish the mother peace. At 18 child supports stops for everyone else, but she feels she is entitled to receive it indefinitely. I wish I could have received $233,000 for my three sons, but I had to work 2 jobs to make ends meet and didn't complain. She needs to be grateful and enjoy him while she can. I ... Editor's Note: After last night's piece about the Catholic priest who fathered a son 22 years ago, many of you thanked us for bringing the story to light. We received a lot of comments about this story. What do you think? _________________________________________________________________________________________ Interesting and yet another example of people not taking responsibility for their own actions. Why did the boy's mother engage (repeatedly) in sex with a priest and what did she expect out of it. Her beef is with the boy's father and not with the institution he violated in his sacrilege. It's good that you brought this travesty out; but now what? I wish the mother peace. At 18 child supports stops for everyone else, but she feels she is entitled to receive it indefinitely. I wish I could have received $233,000 for my three sons, but I had to work 2 jobs to make ends meet and didn't complain. She needs to be grateful and enjoy him while she can. I lost 2 of my son and they were 18 and 26 years old when they died. She knew exactly what she was doing when she was sleeping with the priest. We are talking about two consenting adults. I don't think she was held at gunpoint nor raped. They both are to blame. Great job on this story. Please keep these stories going. People (Catholics especially) need to be informed. There is a special place in hell for the woman that sleeps with a priest. She knew what she was doing. Now she needs money and she is looking for pity–None from me. Editor's Note: After last night's piece about the Catholic priest who fathered a son 22 years ago, many of you thanked us for bringing the story to light. We received a lot of comments about this story. What do you think? _________________________________________________________________________________________ Interesting and yet another example of people not taking responsibility for their own actions. Why did the boy's mother engage (repeatedly) in sex with a priest and what did she expect out of it. Her beef is with the boy's father and not with the institution he violated in his sacrilege. It's good that you brought this travesty out; but now what? I wish the mother peace. At 18 child supports stops for everyone else, but she feels she is entitled to receive it indefinitely. I wish I could have received $233,000 for my three sons, but I had to work 2 jobs to make ends meet and didn't complain. She needs to be grateful and enjoy him while she can. I lost 2 of my son and they were 18 and 26 years old when they died. She knew exactly what she was doing when she was sleeping with the priest. We are talking about two consenting adults. I don't think she was held at gunpoint nor raped. They both are to blame. Great job on this story. Please keep these stories going. People (Catholics especially) need to be informed. There is a special place in hell for the woman that sleeps with a priest. She knew what she was doing. Now she needs money and she is looking for pity–None from me. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-13,25446376 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:35:00 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 behind the scenes http://odeo.com/episodes/25444310-About-our-show Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Weeknights, 10 ET JOIN: LIVE BLOG Weeknights 10p ET Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Weeknights, 10 ET JOIN: LIVE BLOG Weeknights 10p ET Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Weeknights, 10 ET JOIN: LIVE BLOG Weeknights 10p ET tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25444310 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:45:21 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 360° Radar http://odeo.com/episodes/25444311-Father-Henry-a-secret-father Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki AC360° Nathan Halbach is 22, with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He knows that "horrible stuff" lies ahead. His mother, Pat Bond, has been taking care of him full time. But when she needed help, she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church. After all, his father is a priest. Nathan was born in 1986, during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg, the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan's baptism. The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality. Now her son - the youngest of four children - may have just weeks to live. And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care, she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality. "I never asked for extraordinary amounts. I asked for the basic needs and care of my son," Bond said. But sh... Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki AC360° Nathan Halbach is 22, with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He knows that "horrible stuff" lies ahead. His mother, Pat Bond, has been taking care of him full time. But when she needed help, she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church. After all, his father is a priest. Nathan was born in 1986, during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg, the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan's baptism. The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality. Now her son - the youngest of four children - may have just weeks to live. And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care, she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality. "I never asked for extraordinary amounts. I asked for the basic needs and care of my son," Bond said. But she said the church told her, "No, we are not Nathan's biological father, we have no legal obligation to your son." Willenborg, whose priestly vows require celibacy, has been suspended from his most recent assignment, in northern Wisconsin, as Catholic leaders investigate allegations that he was involved with another woman - then in high school - around the same time he was seeing Bond. Willenborg has acknowledged his relationship with Bond, but denies any inappropriate relationship with the other woman while she was a minor, according to his current bishop. And his order acknowledges its agreement to support his son, telling CNN they have paid about $233,000 to support Nathan over his lifetime. Since the affair has become public, the Franciscan Order has agreed to pick up Nathan's medical bills and the costs for the funeral that now appears likely. Willenborg refused to speak to CNN. But a statement to his parishioners in Ashland, Wisconsin, in September, said, "My failure to be faithful to my vows has caused me and many others pain and disappointment. I have regretted this for a long time." And in October, he told The New York Times, "We've been very caring, very supportive, very generous over these 20-something years. It's very tragic what's going on with Nathan." Bond, then Patricia Halbach, said she and Willenborg began their affair in 1983. At the time, Willenborg was a priest in her hometown of Quincy, Illinois, about 130 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri. Bond, then a 27-year-old, married mother of three, went to a retreat for women with troubled relationships. Willenborg was the retreat's spiritual director, and she said he was a "terrific" priest - "incredibly charismatic, very sought-after." He began to counsel her on a regular basis. After about three months, at the end of one of their sessions, she said he kissed her. Bond said she went home and immediately asked her husband for a separation, and she said she began a romantic relationship with Willenborg. Bond said she knew he was forbidden to have sex with her. But she said when in love, "You don't think clearly." "I make stupid decisions in my life," she said. "I am not perfect, far from sainthood, and I loved him." During their relationship, Bond was a lay leader in the church, and "We were a very good team, a very dynamic team," she said. But in 1985, she learned she was pregnant. The pregnancy ended with a miscarriage that October. She said in its aftermath, she ended her sexual relationship with Willenborg, only to resume it the following spring. It was during that period that Nathan was conceived, she said. Nathan was born in December 1986. Willenborg had to disclose the affair and Bond's pregnancy to his superiors. A deal was negotiated by Father Robert Karris, who told CNN the Franciscans insisted on confidentiality "to protect Nathan, his mother, and the priest." But Karris, now on the research faculty of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York, also acknowledged the goal in part was to protect the church. The agreement was reached about a year after Nathan's birth. Afterward, Willenborg was removed from his job, and it was 17 years before he would lead a congregation again. He told his superiors that his relationship with Bond was over, but she said it continued. "That was the statement, and they bought it," Bond said. "But the truth of the matter is during those eight month of negotiations, we were living together physically, sexually and every form of relationship there was under their nose." The relationship went on until Nathan was nearly 2 years old, Bond said. She and Willenborg went on family outings, including a trip to Florida, with Nathan and her children from her previous marriage. Back in Quincy, where she grew up, Bond said she had a simple answer to questions about Nathan's parentage: "He's my baby." But things ended in 1988, after Bond learned that Willenborg was seeing another woman. She eventually moved from Quincy to a St. Louis suburb. "You had to go away, you had to take your story, you had to take your children, you had to get out of this town. We're a small community, everybody knew everybody," she said. Nathan grew up as a popular, athletic boy, a big fan of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club and the Blues hockey team. He has autographs of the entire hockey team and a Cardinals uniform signed by All-Star first baseman Albert Pujols. For years, he said, he wanted a relationship with his father. "He's popped in and out of my life, but I've never gotten the full respect and love out of him that I would always want," he said. But several years ago, after Willenborg took him out to dinner on their first night out in years, he said his father didn't seem to want to have anything to do with him. "When it comes to this person who's my dad, who should be helping me out more than a person on the street, he hasn't done so throughout my 20-plus years of life," Nathan said. Nathan was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Over the summer, he and his mother went to New York's Sloan-Kettering cancer center in a last-ditch effort to halt the disease. It was unsuccessful, and doctors give him a prognosis of weeks. "If I just live my life as happy as I can, I can have a lot of fun until this horrible stuff happens," he said. The church had paid for some medical expenses and gave her $1,000 toward travel expenses for the trip, but not room and board or treatment costs, Bond said. And in the past week, she said, the church was questioning the cost of a looming funeral. "They were concerned with getting us out of their lives, and I guarantee you, the day my son goes, the church will rejoice," she said. Since she went public, the Franciscans wrote a letter to Bond telling her they will cover 100 percent of her son's funeral costs - and added, "Please advise if there is any additional assistance that the Franciscans can provide to Nathan at this time in connection with his day-to-day expenses and comfort." The order also has since said it will not take Bond to court for breaching the confidentiality of the agreement. For four years before September, Willenborg was a priest at Our Lady of the Lake church in Ashland, Wisconsin. Bishop Peter Christensen, whose diocese includes the church, said Willenborg was a good priest - but added, "Because of his behavior 23 years ago, the community is now suffering." Nathan will not be going back to the hospital and will die at home, Bond said. She can't afford a part-time nurse to help take care of him in his last days, but said she hopes the church lives up to its word. Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki AC360° Nathan Halbach is 22, with a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer. He knows that "horrible stuff" lies ahead. His mother, Pat Bond, has been taking care of him full time. But when she needed help, she reached out to the Roman Catholic Church. After all, his father is a priest. Nathan was born in 1986, during a five-year affair between his mother and Father Henry Willenborg, the Franciscan priest who celebrated Nathan's baptism. The Franciscan Order drew up an agreement acknowledging the boy's paternity and agreeing to pay child support in exchange for a pledge of confidentiality. Now her son - the youngest of four children - may have just weeks to live. And when the Franciscans balked at paying for his care, she decided she was no longer bound by her pledge of confidentiality. "I never asked for extraordinary amounts. I asked for the basic needs and care of my son," Bond said. But she said the church told her, "No, we are not Nathan's biological father, we have no legal obligation to your son." Willenborg, whose priestly vows require celibacy, has been suspended from his most recent assignment, in northern Wisconsin, as Catholic leaders investigate allegations that he was involved with another woman - then in high school - around the same time he was seeing Bond. Willenborg has acknowledged his relationship with Bond, but denies any inappropriate relationship with the other woman while she was a minor, according to his current bishop. And his order acknowledges its agreement to support his son, telling CNN they have paid about $233,000 to support Nathan over his lifetime. Since the affair has become public, the Franciscan Order has agreed to pick up Nathan's medical bills and the costs for the funeral that now appears likely. Willenborg refused to speak to CNN. But a statement to his parishioners in Ashland, Wisconsin, in September, said, "My failure to be faithful to my vows has caused me and many others pain and disappointment. I have regretted this for a long time." And in October, he told The New York Times, "We've been very caring, very supportive, very generous over these 20-something years. It's very tragic what's going on with Nathan." Bond, then Patricia Halbach, said she and Willenborg began their affair in 1983. At the time, Willenborg was a priest in her hometown of Quincy, Illinois, about 130 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri. Bond, then a 27-year-old, married mother of three, went to a retreat for women with troubled relationships. Willenborg was the retreat's spiritual director, and she said he was a "terrific" priest - "incredibly charismatic, very sought-after." He began to counsel her on a regular basis. After about three months, at the end of one of their sessions, she said he kissed her. Bond said she went home and immediately asked her husband for a separation, and she said she began a romantic relationship with Willenborg. Bond said she knew he was forbidden to have sex with her. But she said when in love, "You don't think clearly." "I make stupid decisions in my life," she said. "I am not perfect, far from sainthood, and I loved him." During their relationship, Bond was a lay leader in the church, and "We were a very good team, a very dynamic team," she said. But in 1985, she learned she was pregnant. The pregnancy ended with a miscarriage that October. She said in its aftermath, she ended her sexual relationship with Willenborg, only to resume it the following spring. It was during that period that Nathan was conceived, she said. Nathan was born in December 1986. Willenborg had to disclose the affair and Bond's pregnancy to his superiors. A deal was negotiated by Father Robert Karris, who told CNN the Franciscans insisted on confidentiality "to protect Nathan, his mother, and the priest." But Karris, now on the research faculty of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York, also acknowledged the goal in part was to protect the church. The agreement was reached about a year after Nathan's birth. Afterward, Willenborg was removed from his job, and it was 17 years before he would lead a congregation again. He told his superiors that his relationship with Bond was over, but she said it continued. "That was the statement, and they bought it," Bond said. "But the truth of the matter is during those eight month of negotiations, we were living together physically, sexually and every form of relationship there was under their nose." The relationship went on until Nathan was nearly 2 years old, Bond said. She and Willenborg went on family outings, including a trip to Florida, with Nathan and her children from her previous marriage. Back in Quincy, where she grew up, Bond said she had a simple answer to questions about Nathan's parentage: "He's my baby." But things ended in 1988, after Bond learned that Willenborg was seeing another woman. She eventually moved from Quincy to a St. Louis suburb. "You had to go away, you had to take your story, you had to take your children, you had to get out of this town. We're a small community, everybody knew everybody," she said. Nathan grew up as a popular, athletic boy, a big fan of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club and the Blues hockey team. He has autographs of the entire hockey team and a Cardinals uniform signed by All-Star first baseman Albert Pujols. For years, he said, he wanted a relationship with his father. "He's popped in and out of my life, but I've never gotten the full respect and love out of him that I would always want," he said. But several years ago, after Willenborg took him out to dinner on their first night out in years, he said his father didn't seem to want to have anything to do with him. "When it comes to this person who's my dad, who should be helping me out more than a person on the street, he hasn't done so throughout my 20-plus years of life," Nathan said. Nathan was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Over the summer, he and his mother went to New York's Sloan-Kettering cancer center in a last-ditch effort to halt the disease. It was unsuccessful, and doctors give him a prognosis of weeks. "If I just live my life as happy as I can, I can have a lot of fun until this horrible stuff happens," he said. The church had paid for some medical expenses and gave her $1,000 toward travel expenses for the trip, but not room and board or treatment costs, Bond said. And in the past week, she said, the church was questioning the cost of a looming funeral. "They were concerned with getting us out of their lives, and I guarantee you, the day my son goes, the church will rejoice," she said. Since she went public, the Franciscans wrote a letter to Bond telling her they will cover 100 percent of her son's funeral costs - and added, "Please advise if there is any additional assistance that the Franciscans can provide to Nathan at this time in connection with his day-to-day expenses and comfort." The order also has since said it will not take Bond to court for breaching the confidentiality of the agreement. For four years before September, Willenborg was a priest at Our Lady of the Lake church in Ashland, Wisconsin. Bishop Peter Christensen, whose diocese includes the church, said Willenborg was a good priest - but added, "Because of his behavior 23 years ago, the community is now suffering." Nathan will not be going back to the hospital and will die at home, Bond said. She can't afford a part-time nurse to help take care of him in his last days, but said she hopes the church lives up to its word. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25444311 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:01:04 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Gary Tuchman, Keeping Them Honest, 360° Radar http://odeo.com/episodes/25444312-Live-Blog-from-the-Anchor-Desk-11-12-09 Tonight new details on the suspected Fort Hood gunman. New suggestions his problems were overlooked and he was promoted due to political correctness. We're keeping them honest. Plus, new data on the number of swine flu deaths. Plus, Anderson and Erica chat with Oscar the Grouch. Want to know what else we're covering? Read EVENING BUZZ Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules. Here are some of them: 1) Keep it short (we don't have time to read a "book") 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (there's no need to yell) 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated; PG at worst - and that includes $#&*) Tonight new details on the suspected Fort Hood gunman. New suggestions his problems were overlooked and he was promoted due to political correctness. We're keeping them honest. Plus, new data on the number of swine flu deaths. Plus, Anderson and Erica chat with Oscar the Grouch. Want to know what else we're covering? Read EVENING BUZZ Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules. Here are some of them: 1) Keep it short (we don't have time to read a "book") 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (there's no need to yell) 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated; PG at worst - and that includes $#&*) Tonight new details on the suspected Fort Hood gunman. New suggestions his problems were overlooked and he was promoted due to political correctness. We're keeping them honest. Plus, new data on the number of swine flu deaths. Plus, Anderson and Erica chat with Oscar the Grouch. Want to know what else we're covering? Read EVENING BUZZ Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules. Here are some of them: 1) Keep it short (we don't have time to read a "book") 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (there's no need to yell) 3) Use your real name (first name only is fine) 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated; PG at worst - and that includes $#&*) tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25444312 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:52:34 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Live Blog http://odeo.com/episodes/25444313-Evening-Buzz-Hasan-Warning-Signs-Missed Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist and the sole suspect, was wounded in the November 5 shooting. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Tonight on 360°, We’re digging deeper into the Fort Hood massacre. Suspected gunman Major Nadil Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.  Were the warning signs missed? Over the last two years Maj. Hasan's superiors were reportedly worried he might be psychotic. Why didn't they take action? Instead he was recently promoted to the rank of Major. Some who knew him say political correctness played a role. Brian Todd reports on the new developments. Also tonight, a priest's secret revealed. For years he's kept hidden the truth he fathered a son. The child's mother says church officials agreed to pay child support if she kept quiet. But when he got sick, she claims they largely abandoned them. And, we have a special treat for you tonight. Oscar the Grouch of 'Sesame Street' fame will stop by to take part i... Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist and the sole suspect, was wounded in the November 5 shooting. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Tonight on 360°, We’re digging deeper into the Fort Hood massacre. Suspected gunman Major Nadil Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.  Were the warning signs missed? Over the last two years Maj. Hasan's superiors were reportedly worried he might be psychotic. Why didn't they take action? Instead he was recently promoted to the rank of Major. Some who knew him say political correctness played a role. Brian Todd reports on the new developments. Also tonight, a priest's secret revealed. For years he's kept hidden the truth he fathered a son. The child's mother says church officials agreed to pay child support if she kept quiet. But when he got sick, she claims they largely abandoned them. And, we have a special treat for you tonight. Oscar the Grouch of 'Sesame Street' fame will stop by to take part in tonight's shot. Join us for these stories and much more starting at 10pm E.T. See you then! Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist and the sole suspect, was wounded in the November 5 shooting. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Tonight on 360°, We’re digging deeper into the Fort Hood massacre. Suspected gunman Major Nadil Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.  Were the warning signs missed? Over the last two years Maj. Hasan's superiors were reportedly worried he might be psychotic. Why didn't they take action? Instead he was recently promoted to the rank of Major. Some who knew him say political correctness played a role. Brian Todd reports on the new developments. Also tonight, a priest's secret revealed. For years he's kept hidden the truth he fathered a son. The child's mother says church officials agreed to pay child support if she kept quiet. But when he got sick, she claims they largely abandoned them. And, we have a special treat for you tonight. Oscar the Grouch of 'Sesame Street' fame will stop by to take part in tonight's shot. Join us for these stories and much more starting at 10pm E.T. See you then! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25444313 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:37:27 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 The Buzz, Maureen Miller http://odeo.com/episodes/25445319-Obama-s-China-trip-is-high-stakes-mission-for-environment President Obama will visit China next week Frances Beinecke Special to CNN When President Obama visits China next week, global climate change will top the agenda. The stakes could hardly be higher - for the two Pacific powers and for the world. Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have a chance to make a good-faith start at the kind of cooperation the rest of the world might rally around at the global climate summit next month in Copenhagen. In September, I visited China, where my organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council, has been active for nearly 15 years. I was able to see firsthand the efforts the Chinese were undertaking to harness their clean-energy potential. I toured the green Olympic Village in Beijing, attended a clean tech conference in Shanghai and met with China's top climate negotiator, Minister Xie Zhenhua. Keep Reading... President Obama will visit China next week Frances Beinecke Special to CNN When President Obama visits China next week, global climate change will top the agenda. The stakes could hardly be higher - for the two Pacific powers and for the world. Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have a chance to make a good-faith start at the kind of cooperation the rest of the world might rally around at the global climate summit next month in Copenhagen. In September, I visited China, where my organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council, has been active for nearly 15 years. I was able to see firsthand the efforts the Chinese were undertaking to harness their clean-energy potential. I toured the green Olympic Village in Beijing, attended a clean tech conference in Shanghai and met with China's top climate negotiator, Minister Xie Zhenhua. Keep Reading... President Obama will visit China next week Frances Beinecke Special to CNN When President Obama visits China next week, global climate change will top the agenda. The stakes could hardly be higher - for the two Pacific powers and for the world. Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have a chance to make a good-faith start at the kind of cooperation the rest of the world might rally around at the global climate summit next month in Copenhagen. In September, I visited China, where my organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council, has been active for nearly 15 years. I was able to see firsthand the efforts the Chinese were undertaking to harness their clean-energy potential. I toured the green Olympic Village in Beijing, attended a clean tech conference in Shanghai and met with China's top climate negotiator, Minister Xie Zhenhua. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25445319 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:55:38 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 China, Environmental issues, President Barack Obama http://odeo.com/episodes/25445320-CDC-estimates-22-million-U-S-H1N1-cases-since-April Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. - CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations. - CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths. Read more... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. - CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations. - CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths. Read more... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. - CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations. - CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths. Read more... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25445320 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:19:18 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Medical News, H1N1 http://odeo.com/episodes/25445321-Evening-Buzz-Hasan-Warning-Signs-Missed Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist and the sole suspect, was wounded in the November 5 shooting. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Tonight on 360°, We’re digging deeper into the Fort Hood massacre. Suspected gunman Major Nadil Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.  Were the warning signs missed? Over the last two years Maj. Hasan's superiors were reportedly worried he might be psychotic. Why didn't they take action? Instead he was recently promoted to the rank of Major. Some who knew him say political correctness played a role. Brian Todd reports on the new developments. Also tonight, a priest's secret revealed. For years he's kept hidden the truth he fathered a son. The child's mother says church officials agreed to pay child support if she kept quiet. But when he got sick, she claims they largely abandoned them. And, we have a special treat for you tonight. Oscar the Grouch of 'Sesame Street' fame will stop by to take part i... Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist and the sole suspect, was wounded in the November 5 shooting. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Tonight on 360°, We’re digging deeper into the Fort Hood massacre. Suspected gunman Major Nadil Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.  Were the warning signs missed? Over the last two years Maj. Hasan's superiors were reportedly worried he might be psychotic. Why didn't they take action? Instead he was recently promoted to the rank of Major. Some who knew him say political correctness played a role. Brian Todd reports on the new developments. Also tonight, a priest's secret revealed. For years he's kept hidden the truth he fathered a son. The child's mother says church officials agreed to pay child support if she kept quiet. But when he got sick, she claims they largely abandoned them. And, we have a special treat for you tonight. Oscar the Grouch of 'Sesame Street' fame will stop by to take part in tonight's shot. Join us for these stories and much more starting at 10pm E.T. See you then! Maj. Nidal Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist and the sole suspect, was wounded in the November 5 shooting. Maureen Miller AC360° Writer Tonight on 360°, We’re digging deeper into the Fort Hood massacre. Suspected gunman Major Nadil Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.  Were the warning signs missed? Over the last two years Maj. Hasan's superiors were reportedly worried he might be psychotic. Why didn't they take action? Instead he was recently promoted to the rank of Major. Some who knew him say political correctness played a role. Brian Todd reports on the new developments. Also tonight, a priest's secret revealed. For years he's kept hidden the truth he fathered a son. The child's mother says church officials agreed to pay child support if she kept quiet. But when he got sick, she claims they largely abandoned them. And, we have a special treat for you tonight. Oscar the Grouch of 'Sesame Street' fame will stop by to take part in tonight's shot. Join us for these stories and much more starting at 10pm E.T. See you then! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25445321 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:37:27 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 The Buzz, Maureen Miller http://odeo.com/episodes/25443293-Beat-360%C2%B0-11-12-09 Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic: The Jonas Brothers and Andrea Guasch of the Disney Channel Spain stand on the pitch during a visit to Santiago Bernabeu on November 12, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post your comment. _________________________________________________________________________________ Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic: The Jonas Brothers and Andrea Guasch of the Disney Channel Spain stand on the pitch during a visit to Santiago Bernabeu on November 12, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post your comment. _________________________________________________________________________________ Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic: The Jonas Brothers and Andrea Guasch of the Disney Channel Spain stand on the pitch during a visit to Santiago Bernabeu on November 12, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post your comment. _________________________________________________________________________________ tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443293 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:19:13 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Beat 360°, T1 http://odeo.com/episodes/25445322-50on50-Trial-Lawyers-v-18-49-demo-%E2%80%93-Part-2 _________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer I just learned some things that have me really excited about turning 50 – and more excited than ever that this 50on50 series may help bury the 18-49 audience demo worshipers in time for my big birthday in December. I learned these things from one of the leading jury consultants in America. Pick a Juror, Not Any Juror Doug Green knows a leader when he sees one. Trial lawyers pay him good money to identify the potential leaders in a jury pool, men and women who will have the influence, the stature, the respect, the inclination, to persuade the other members of the jury to vote one way. And, Green has found, there is a correlation between age and influence. I’ll share one of Green’s many stories from the courtroom to illustrate the point. It involved an intellectual property case in Texas. “A juror comes into court in a coat and tie. He’s wearing a tie chain.... _________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer I just learned some things that have me really excited about turning 50 – and more excited than ever that this 50on50 series may help bury the 18-49 audience demo worshipers in time for my big birthday in December. I learned these things from one of the leading jury consultants in America. Pick a Juror, Not Any Juror Doug Green knows a leader when he sees one. Trial lawyers pay him good money to identify the potential leaders in a jury pool, men and women who will have the influence, the stature, the respect, the inclination, to persuade the other members of the jury to vote one way. And, Green has found, there is a correlation between age and influence. I’ll share one of Green’s many stories from the courtroom to illustrate the point. It involved an intellectual property case in Texas. “A juror comes into court in a coat and tie. He’s wearing a tie chain. Well turned out for a country setting. He’s about 60. Retired. Does some farming and ranching. He had been a foreman on a jury before. If we lose him, we know we’re in deep trouble. If we win him we may not necessarily be ok. But if we lose him, he’ll take the rest of the jury with him.” Green and others in this business have told me most jurors are followers, along for the ride. You can make your argument to the followers until you’re blue in the face and lose your case. That’s true in many fields. Your job in selecting a jury is to identify the one or two or three men and women who can persuade the others. This is exactly what a young 34-year-old attorney told me for my story yesterday. But, as I said then, I wanted corroboration from more experienced hands. Doug Green is 52. And he not only gave me corroboration that influencers tend to be older, he actually took away some of my trepidation about looking older. Do You Want to Look Older or Younger? I asked Green whether he has more influence now that he’s in his 50s. “When I was in my 20s and 30s nobody would listen to me,” says Green. “You’re a kid. What do you know? In my 40s it got much better. “ So, now that Green is out of the 18-49 demo, does he want to look younger like so many others in the 50+ crowd. "When you're younger you try to look older. When you're older you try to look younger. But I don’t try to look younger,” said Green. “In fact, I wouldn’t mind some gray hair.” I don't get it. I have lots of gray hair I'd gladly give Green. “In my business,” he said, “the older you get the smarter you’re perceived to be. Part of it is real.” “Am I smarter than I was in my 20s and 30s and 40s? Yes. More experienced? Yes. But not in proportion to the credibility I get.” And so, for Doug Green, and many of you out there, age often = influence. But not always. I’ll explore that tomorrow. Whatever Happened in the Texas Case? By the way, Doug Green’s side lost that case he mentioned in Texas. But he and his colleagues feel the verdict had a small adverse affect on his client who had to pay much less money than what the opposing side – the plaintiffs - asked for. It would have been much worse, the Green team felt, were it not for what they believed to have been the support of that well-dressed older juror. One more thing. I called Doug Green back before I posted this because I was confused about one detail in his Texas anecdote. According to my notes, he had told me the 60-year-old well dressed juror was retired. He also said the man does farming and ranching. Were my notes sloppy, I asked Green? How can you be retired AND be a farmer and rancher? Green’s answer: “You clearly haven’t spent time in Texas.” He’s right. Now I know that farming and ranching is a hobby for many retired Texans. Buy some inexpensive land. Grow some grass. Graze some cattle. As I’m about to turn 50, I know something else. I still have a lot to learn. Tomorrow, at 50on50:  The youth exception – Why jury and audience influencers don’t always skew old. Will tomorrow’s piece revive the dying 18-49 demo? I doubt it. ____________________________________________________________________ Follow Michael Schulder's battle against getting kicked out of the 18-49 demo here _________________________________________________________________________________ Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer I just learned some things that have me really excited about turning 50 – and more excited than ever that this 50on50 series may help bury the 18-49 audience demo worshipers in time for my big birthday in December. I learned these things from one of the leading jury consultants in America. Pick a Juror, Not Any Juror Doug Green knows a leader when he sees one. Trial lawyers pay him good money to identify the potential leaders in a jury pool, men and women who will have the influence, the stature, the respect, the inclination, to persuade the other members of the jury to vote one way. And, Green has found, there is a correlation between age and influence. I’ll share one of Green’s many stories from the courtroom to illustrate the point. It involved an intellectual property case in Texas. “A juror comes into court in a coat and tie. He’s wearing a tie chain. Well turned out for a country setting. He’s about 60. Retired. Does some farming and ranching. He had been a foreman on a jury before. If we lose him, we know we’re in deep trouble. If we win him we may not necessarily be ok. But if we lose him, he’ll take the rest of the jury with him.” Green and others in this business have told me most jurors are followers, along for the ride. You can make your argument to the followers until you’re blue in the face and lose your case. That’s true in many fields. Your job in selecting a jury is to identify the one or two or three men and women who can persuade the others. This is exactly what a young 34-year-old attorney told me for my story yesterday. But, as I said then, I wanted corroboration from more experienced hands. Doug Green is 52. And he not only gave me corroboration that influencers tend to be older, he actually took away some of my trepidation about looking older. Do You Want to Look Older or Younger? I asked Green whether he has more influence now that he’s in his 50s. “When I was in my 20s and 30s nobody would listen to me,” says Green. “You’re a kid. What do you know? In my 40s it got much better. “ So, now that Green is out of the 18-49 demo, does he want to look younger like so many others in the 50+ crowd. "When you're younger you try to look older. When you're older you try to look younger. But I don’t try to look younger,” said Green. “In fact, I wouldn’t mind some gray hair.” I don't get it. I have lots of gray hair I'd gladly give Green. “In my business,” he said, “the older you get the smarter you’re perceived to be. Part of it is real.” “Am I smarter than I was in my 20s and 30s and 40s? Yes. More experienced? Yes. But not in proportion to the credibility I get.” And so, for Doug Green, and many of you out there, age often = influence. But not always. I’ll explore that tomorrow. Whatever Happened in the Texas Case? By the way, Doug Green’s side lost that case he mentioned in Texas. But he and his colleagues feel the verdict had a small adverse affect on his client who had to pay much less money than what the opposing side – the plaintiffs - asked for. It would have been much worse, the Green team felt, were it not for what they believed to have been the support of that well-dressed older juror. One more thing. I called Doug Green back before I posted this because I was confused about one detail in his Texas anecdote. According to my notes, he had told me the 60-year-old well dressed juror was retired. He also said the man does farming and ranching. Were my notes sloppy, I asked Green? How can you be retired AND be a farmer and rancher? Green’s answer: “You clearly haven’t spent time in Texas.” He’s right. Now I know that farming and ranching is a hobby for many retired Texans. Buy some inexpensive land. Grow some grass. Graze some cattle. As I’m about to turn 50, I know something else. I still have a lot to learn. Tomorrow, at 50on50:  The youth exception – Why jury and audience influencers don’t always skew old. Will tomorrow’s piece revive the dying 18-49 demo? I doubt it. ____________________________________________________________________ Follow Michael Schulder's battle against getting kicked out of the 18-49 demo here tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25445322 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:16:31 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 opinion, 360° Radar, Michael Schulder http://odeo.com/episodes/25443294-Pelosi-plays-whack-a-mole-on-health-care House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing everything in her power to get health care reform passed Gloria Borger CNN Senior Political Analyst The story so far: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does everything in her power to get health care reform passed by keeping her Democratic caucus together. She keeps liberals by insisting on a public option. She works on fiscal moderates by re-jiggering it. She works on lowering the cost of the package. She pays for it by taxing millionaire couples, appealing to the class-warfare crowd. And to keep the Catholic bishops (and their moderate allies) on board, she keeps severe restrictions on paying for abortion in the measure. The liberals, of course, threaten to bolt - but it remains in the final package. This is not legislating; it's whack-a-mole. The challenge is simply to try and keep your unruly team in line, and maybe pick up a stray vote or two from the opposition. If you succeed, it's not about bipartisanship. It's just salesmanship. K... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing everything in her power to get health care reform passed Gloria Borger CNN Senior Political Analyst The story so far: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does everything in her power to get health care reform passed by keeping her Democratic caucus together. She keeps liberals by insisting on a public option. She works on fiscal moderates by re-jiggering it. She works on lowering the cost of the package. She pays for it by taxing millionaire couples, appealing to the class-warfare crowd. And to keep the Catholic bishops (and their moderate allies) on board, she keeps severe restrictions on paying for abortion in the measure. The liberals, of course, threaten to bolt - but it remains in the final package. This is not legislating; it's whack-a-mole. The challenge is simply to try and keep your unruly team in line, and maybe pick up a stray vote or two from the opposition. If you succeed, it's not about bipartisanship. It's just salesmanship. Keep Reading... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing everything in her power to get health care reform passed Gloria Borger CNN Senior Political Analyst The story so far: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does everything in her power to get health care reform passed by keeping her Democratic caucus together. She keeps liberals by insisting on a public option. She works on fiscal moderates by re-jiggering it. She works on lowering the cost of the package. She pays for it by taxing millionaire couples, appealing to the class-warfare crowd. And to keep the Catholic bishops (and their moderate allies) on board, she keeps severe restrictions on paying for abortion in the measure. The liberals, of course, threaten to bolt - but it remains in the final package. This is not legislating; it's whack-a-mole. The challenge is simply to try and keep your unruly team in line, and maybe pick up a stray vote or two from the opposition. If you succeed, it's not about bipartisanship. It's just salesmanship. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443294 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:59:52 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Raw Politics, Gloria Borger, 360° Radar http://odeo.com/episodes/25443296-Raw-Data-Religious-preference-in-the-military Program Note: Tune in tonight for more on religious preference in the military and whether or not certain red flags regarding Mah. Hasan were ignored. 10 p.m. ET. AC360° People who knew and studied Maj. Nidal Hasan say he was a loner who had no luck finding a wife, and a criminal profiler said the Fort Hood shooting suspect fits the profile of a mass murderer better than that of a terrorist. Investigators are searching for any missed "red flags" that might have prevented last week's fatal shooting, which left 12 soldiers and one civilian dead and 40 other people wounded. However, the FBI has said its investigations indicate the "alleged gunman acted alone and was not part of a broader terrorist plot." "A lot of people are jumping to the conclusion because this man spouted violent Islamic ideology that this is a terrorist attack," criminologist Pat Brown said. Since last week's shooting at Fort Hood, Pentagon officials are faced with difficult ... Program Note: Tune in tonight for more on religious preference in the military and whether or not certain red flags regarding Mah. Hasan were ignored. 10 p.m. ET. AC360° People who knew and studied Maj. Nidal Hasan say he was a loner who had no luck finding a wife, and a criminal profiler said the Fort Hood shooting suspect fits the profile of a mass murderer better than that of a terrorist. Investigators are searching for any missed "red flags" that might have prevented last week's fatal shooting, which left 12 soldiers and one civilian dead and 40 other people wounded. However, the FBI has said its investigations indicate the "alleged gunman acted alone and was not part of a broader terrorist plot." "A lot of people are jumping to the conclusion because this man spouted violent Islamic ideology that this is a terrorist attack," criminologist Pat Brown said. Since last week's shooting at Fort Hood, Pentagon officials are faced with difficult questions regarding religious affiliation among the ranks. Pentagon statistics compiled in August of this year show that there were 3,409 Muslims in the active-duty military. But since military personnel have no obligation to disclose their religion, many officials believe the actual number of Muslim soldiers could be at least 10, 000 higher than the Pentagon statistics. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, for instance, did not identify with a specific religion on his military record. This made us wonder about the breakdown of religious preference in the military. More than one quarter of the personnel (26.3%) are identified as having indicated no religious preference or unknown. Source: U.S. Department of Defense Program Note: Tune in tonight for more on religious preference in the military and whether or not certain red flags regarding Mah. Hasan were ignored. 10 p.m. ET. AC360° People who knew and studied Maj. Nidal Hasan say he was a loner who had no luck finding a wife, and a criminal profiler said the Fort Hood shooting suspect fits the profile of a mass murderer better than that of a terrorist. Investigators are searching for any missed "red flags" that might have prevented last week's fatal shooting, which left 12 soldiers and one civilian dead and 40 other people wounded. However, the FBI has said its investigations indicate the "alleged gunman acted alone and was not part of a broader terrorist plot." "A lot of people are jumping to the conclusion because this man spouted violent Islamic ideology that this is a terrorist attack," criminologist Pat Brown said. Since last week's shooting at Fort Hood, Pentagon officials are faced with difficult questions regarding religious affiliation among the ranks. Pentagon statistics compiled in August of this year show that there were 3,409 Muslims in the active-duty military. But since military personnel have no obligation to disclose their religion, many officials believe the actual number of Muslim soldiers could be at least 10, 000 higher than the Pentagon statistics. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, for instance, did not identify with a specific religion on his military record. This made us wonder about the breakdown of religious preference in the military. More than one quarter of the personnel (26.3%) are identified as having indicated no religious preference or unknown. Source: U.S. Department of Defense tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443296 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:35:45 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Military, 360° Radar http://odeo.com/episodes/25443297-Sesame-Street-%E2%80%93-A-place-where-everyone-owns-a-piece-of-the-street Benjamin Ola. Akande, PhD Dean, School of Business & Technology Webster University I’ve found racial and ethnic harmony in the most unexpected place, Sesame Street. Sesame Street is a world of respectful puppets and kind friends where everyone owns a piece of the neighborhood. With puppets (including those played by Webster University alumni Matt Vogel and Victoria Rudolph) representing the good in all of us, Sesame Street shows us the value in believing in ourselves and in the resilient energy to overcome, to persevere, and to make a difference. Kermit the Frog taught us the value of friendship and reminds us all that we were all born original yet we spend the rest of our lives trying to be copies. Kermit challenges us all to strive to stay unique. Big Bird taught us that we are all birds of different feathers and that life is not about how different we are but the difference we make. Big Bird challenges us all to continue to strive towards building relationships with others an... Benjamin Ola. Akande, PhD Dean, School of Business & Technology Webster University I’ve found racial and ethnic harmony in the most unexpected place, Sesame Street. Sesame Street is a world of respectful puppets and kind friends where everyone owns a piece of the neighborhood. With puppets (including those played by Webster University alumni Matt Vogel and Victoria Rudolph) representing the good in all of us, Sesame Street shows us the value in believing in ourselves and in the resilient energy to overcome, to persevere, and to make a difference. Kermit the Frog taught us the value of friendship and reminds us all that we were all born original yet we spend the rest of our lives trying to be copies. Kermit challenges us all to strive to stay unique. Big Bird taught us that we are all birds of different feathers and that life is not about how different we are but the difference we make. Big Bird challenges us all to continue to strive towards building relationships with others and not to confuse our net worth with our self worth. It is the Count who introduces us to the intricate value of money and warned against the tendency of putting too much value on material things. And I am always impressed with Oscar who, though grouchy, consistently demonstrates the value of respect and tolerance for different ideas and different people. Finally I cannot forget the connoisseur of continental cookies, the Cookie Monster, who shows us about the negative consequences of addictive behavior and that too much of anything is not good for us. Sesame Street provides the ultimate forum for leadership development by showing us to trust not only scientific representation or an analysis of the world, but the community itself. Leaders who believe in more than sociological statistics but in real people and those who trust not only the objective interpretation of reality, but their inner soul, can all learn from the “Street”. Big Bird and his gang teach us all that leaders must embrace not only ideology but also our own thought. They urge us through their actions to embrace the summary report as well as the feelings of others. They do it by demonstrating personal knowledge of the past, the experience of the present, and an abiding faith in the future. Sesame Street shows us that the best way we can bring authenticity to ourselves, is simply by being ourselves. Former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts captured the challenges that lay ahead for our nation when he said, “America needs to be a place where all of us can feel a part of the American dream.” But this will not happen by dividing us into racial groups. It will not happen by trying to turn the poor against the rich. It will not happen by asking Americans to accept what is immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance. America must find a way to put our differences aside. I agree with J.C. that the future of America will be good if all of us come to a realization that we can do more together than we can ever do apart. Sesame Street stands for a non-violent society, yet America has found itself in the middle of a crossfire where hate is growing faster than love and the victims are people like you and me, innocent bystanders caught in this societal drive-by shooting. I am afraid that if America does not find a way to come together, then nothing will stop us from growing apart. We may legislate against possession of firearms and explosive devices. This may help, but it is us, not the material, that lie at the core of those abject acts of utter violence. What shall we do about us? I see America more like a great big bowl of tossed salad, where the diversity of people, and ideas, make for a culturally, ethnically diverse salad rich in possibilities and full of promises. What we need more in this big tossed bowl of humanity is the best kind of homemade dressing available which I found on Sesame Street. Sesame Street has taught us that the true litmus test for success is not always how many times we succeed but how quickly we get back up after falling. In times of crisis, it’s easy to point fingers; it’s simpler to find sacrificial lambs. They are low hanging fruits, easy for the picking. But in these times, we need to reconnect with our inner self. The Big Bird and the Kermit within us. Individuals who are anchored on goodness, good faith and are willing to do whatever is required to left up their organizations and their community. Real leaders don’t grow wary of crisis. They don’t get tired of being brave because they recognize that more success awaits them the day after failure. For them, failure is not the end but a realistic feedback. There is a message here for all those who have been adversely impacted by the financial downturn. The message is that of perseverance and redemption. Sesame Street means much more than alphabets and numbers; to me it’s a mirror of what we should all strive to be. It’s the best of America because it shows our follies, celebrates our strengths and reminds us all that we all can live in harmony on the street called humanity. Happy 40th to all my friends on my favorite street. Benjamin Ola. Akande, PhD Dean, School of Business & Technology Webster University I’ve found racial and ethnic harmony in the most unexpected place, Sesame Street. Sesame Street is a world of respectful puppets and kind friends where everyone owns a piece of the neighborhood. With puppets (including those played by Webster University alumni Matt Vogel and Victoria Rudolph) representing the good in all of us, Sesame Street shows us the value in believing in ourselves and in the resilient energy to overcome, to persevere, and to make a difference. Kermit the Frog taught us the value of friendship and reminds us all that we were all born original yet we spend the rest of our lives trying to be copies. Kermit challenges us all to strive to stay unique. Big Bird taught us that we are all birds of different feathers and that life is not about how different we are but the difference we make. Big Bird challenges us all to continue to strive towards building relationships with others and not to confuse our net worth with our self worth. It is the Count who introduces us to the intricate value of money and warned against the tendency of putting too much value on material things. And I am always impressed with Oscar who, though grouchy, consistently demonstrates the value of respect and tolerance for different ideas and different people. Finally I cannot forget the connoisseur of continental cookies, the Cookie Monster, who shows us about the negative consequences of addictive behavior and that too much of anything is not good for us. Sesame Street provides the ultimate forum for leadership development by showing us to trust not only scientific representation or an analysis of the world, but the community itself. Leaders who believe in more than sociological statistics but in real people and those who trust not only the objective interpretation of reality, but their inner soul, can all learn from the “Street”. Big Bird and his gang teach us all that leaders must embrace not only ideology but also our own thought. They urge us through their actions to embrace the summary report as well as the feelings of others. They do it by demonstrating personal knowledge of the past, the experience of the present, and an abiding faith in the future. Sesame Street shows us that the best way we can bring authenticity to ourselves, is simply by being ourselves. Former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts captured the challenges that lay ahead for our nation when he said, “America needs to be a place where all of us can feel a part of the American dream.” But this will not happen by dividing us into racial groups. It will not happen by trying to turn the poor against the rich. It will not happen by asking Americans to accept what is immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance. America must find a way to put our differences aside. I agree with J.C. that the future of America will be good if all of us come to a realization that we can do more together than we can ever do apart. Sesame Street stands for a non-violent society, yet America has found itself in the middle of a crossfire where hate is growing faster than love and the victims are people like you and me, innocent bystanders caught in this societal drive-by shooting. I am afraid that if America does not find a way to come together, then nothing will stop us from growing apart. We may legislate against possession of firearms and explosive devices. This may help, but it is us, not the material, that lie at the core of those abject acts of utter violence. What shall we do about us? I see America more like a great big bowl of tossed salad, where the diversity of people, and ideas, make for a culturally, ethnically diverse salad rich in possibilities and full of promises. What we need more in this big tossed bowl of humanity is the best kind of homemade dressing available which I found on Sesame Street. Sesame Street has taught us that the true litmus test for success is not always how many times we succeed but how quickly we get back up after falling. In times of crisis, it’s easy to point fingers; it’s simpler to find sacrificial lambs. They are low hanging fruits, easy for the picking. But in these times, we need to reconnect with our inner self. The Big Bird and the Kermit within us. Individuals who are anchored on goodness, good faith and are willing to do whatever is required to left up their organizations and their community. Real leaders don’t grow wary of crisis. They don’t get tired of being brave because they recognize that more success awaits them the day after failure. For them, failure is not the end but a realistic feedback. There is a message here for all those who have been adversely impacted by the financial downturn. The message is that of perseverance and redemption. Sesame Street means much more than alphabets and numbers; to me it’s a mirror of what we should all strive to be. It’s the best of America because it shows our follies, celebrates our strengths and reminds us all that we all can live in harmony on the street called humanity. Happy 40th to all my friends on my favorite street. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443297 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:17 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 What You Will Be Talking About Today http://odeo.com/episodes/25443298-Preventing-an-epidemic-An-eco-perspective Aaron Bernstein, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Boston Faculty, Center for Health and the Global Environment Sometimes the best perspectives come from far away places and few places are farther from Boston than Singapore, a small yet highly developed island nation in southeast Asia where I spent much of October. The distance between Boston and Singapore is more than geographic, however. While I was away, H1N1 reclaimed the national spotlight back home. Not a day went by without mention of it in the news. It became the topic of conversation among doctors and patients everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. While everyone in Singapore knew of H1N1, it was hardly the hot topic it had become in the States. During my stay, the main paper in Singapore ran just one article on H1N1 informing its readership that the first vaccine doses wouldn’t arrive for several more weeks. To my surprise, the Singaporeans I met took this news in stride. One reason for this is that many Singaporeans perceive (and ... Aaron Bernstein, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Boston Faculty, Center for Health and the Global Environment Sometimes the best perspectives come from far away places and few places are farther from Boston than Singapore, a small yet highly developed island nation in southeast Asia where I spent much of October. The distance between Boston and Singapore is more than geographic, however. While I was away, H1N1 reclaimed the national spotlight back home. Not a day went by without mention of it in the news. It became the topic of conversation among doctors and patients everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. While everyone in Singapore knew of H1N1, it was hardly the hot topic it had become in the States. During my stay, the main paper in Singapore ran just one article on H1N1 informing its readership that the first vaccine doses wouldn’t arrive for several more weeks. To my surprise, the Singaporeans I met took this news in stride. One reason for this is that many Singaporeans perceive (and rightly so) that H1N1 is, in many ways, no worse than the seasonal flu that comes every year. In addition, Singaporeans have endured two much more deadly epidemics in the past decade, making H1N1 pale in comparison. In 1998, the first known outbreak of Nipah virus occurred in Malaysia and Singapore infecting 276 people, 105 of whom died. In this and eight subsequent outbreaks in India and Bangladesh the virus has earned the grim reputation of being one of the deadliest viruses known, with a mortality rate between 40 and 80 percent. Nipah virus resides in bats (the “reservoir”, as bats do not get sick when infected). Bats infect pigs, and exposure to infected pigs causes disease in humans. Read More... Aaron Bernstein, M.D., Children’s Hospital, Boston Faculty, Center for Health and the Global Environment Sometimes the best perspectives come from far away places and few places are farther from Boston than Singapore, a small yet highly developed island nation in southeast Asia where I spent much of October. The distance between Boston and Singapore is more than geographic, however. While I was away, H1N1 reclaimed the national spotlight back home. Not a day went by without mention of it in the news. It became the topic of conversation among doctors and patients everywhere. Well, almost everywhere. While everyone in Singapore knew of H1N1, it was hardly the hot topic it had become in the States. During my stay, the main paper in Singapore ran just one article on H1N1 informing its readership that the first vaccine doses wouldn’t arrive for several more weeks. To my surprise, the Singaporeans I met took this news in stride. One reason for this is that many Singaporeans perceive (and rightly so) that H1N1 is, in many ways, no worse than the seasonal flu that comes every year. In addition, Singaporeans have endured two much more deadly epidemics in the past decade, making H1N1 pale in comparison. In 1998, the first known outbreak of Nipah virus occurred in Malaysia and Singapore infecting 276 people, 105 of whom died. In this and eight subsequent outbreaks in India and Bangladesh the virus has earned the grim reputation of being one of the deadliest viruses known, with a mortality rate between 40 and 80 percent. Nipah virus resides in bats (the “reservoir”, as bats do not get sick when infected). Bats infect pigs, and exposure to infected pigs causes disease in humans. Read More... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443298 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:45:01 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 H1N1 http://odeo.com/episodes/25443299-Obama-can-t-count-on-Karzai The thin veil of legitimacy Karzai enjoyed before the August elections is now gone. Patrick Doherty Special to CNN Before President Obama releases his strategy for Afghanistan, he should think twice about fully re-embracing Hamid Karzai. By rigging the first round of elections with more than a million fraudulent votes, rigging the second round of elections with more than 500 'ghost' polling places to generate another flood of fake ballots and refusing to reform the electoral system, incumbent President Hamid Karzai abused his office to steal a democratic election from the people of Afghanistan. Despite noises in Washington to the contrary, the thin veil of legitimacy Karzai enjoyed before the August elections is now gone, and the damage to any counterinsurgency strategy is immense. True counterinsurgency operations require the building of confidence and trust among ordinary citizens and their government - trust that it will deliver on whatever small expectations the Afghan... The thin veil of legitimacy Karzai enjoyed before the August elections is now gone. Patrick Doherty Special to CNN Before President Obama releases his strategy for Afghanistan, he should think twice about fully re-embracing Hamid Karzai. By rigging the first round of elections with more than a million fraudulent votes, rigging the second round of elections with more than 500 'ghost' polling places to generate another flood of fake ballots and refusing to reform the electoral system, incumbent President Hamid Karzai abused his office to steal a democratic election from the people of Afghanistan. Despite noises in Washington to the contrary, the thin veil of legitimacy Karzai enjoyed before the August elections is now gone, and the damage to any counterinsurgency strategy is immense. True counterinsurgency operations require the building of confidence and trust among ordinary citizens and their government - trust that it will deliver on whatever small expectations the Afghan people have of Kabul. To the extent that confidence was ever present, it is certainly now shattered. Keep Reading... The thin veil of legitimacy Karzai enjoyed before the August elections is now gone. Patrick Doherty Special to CNN Before President Obama releases his strategy for Afghanistan, he should think twice about fully re-embracing Hamid Karzai. By rigging the first round of elections with more than a million fraudulent votes, rigging the second round of elections with more than 500 'ghost' polling places to generate another flood of fake ballots and refusing to reform the electoral system, incumbent President Hamid Karzai abused his office to steal a democratic election from the people of Afghanistan. Despite noises in Washington to the contrary, the thin veil of legitimacy Karzai enjoyed before the August elections is now gone, and the damage to any counterinsurgency strategy is immense. True counterinsurgency operations require the building of confidence and trust among ordinary citizens and their government - trust that it will deliver on whatever small expectations the Afghan people have of Kabul. To the extent that confidence was ever present, it is certainly now shattered. Keep Reading... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443299 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:01:24 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 afghanistan, President Barack Obama http://odeo.com/episodes/25443300-Tonight-Text-360%C2%B0 AC360° Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 preliminary counts of premeditated murder stemming from last week's shooting at Fort Hood Army Post, an Army investigator said Thursday. President Obama announced that he had ordered an immediate inventory and review of intelligence related to the shooting and to Hasan. Were red flags about Maj. Hasan not appropriately addressed by officials? Do you have any questions about this hot topic? Send us a text message with your question. Text AC360 (or 22360), and you might hear it on air! AC360° Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 preliminary counts of premeditated murder stemming from last week's shooting at Fort Hood Army Post, an Army investigator said Thursday. President Obama announced that he had ordered an immediate inventory and review of intelligence related to the shooting and to Hasan. Were red flags about Maj. Hasan not appropriately addressed by officials? Do you have any questions about this hot topic? Send us a text message with your question. Text AC360 (or 22360), and you might hear it on air! AC360° Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been charged with 13 preliminary counts of premeditated murder stemming from last week's shooting at Fort Hood Army Post, an Army investigator said Thursday. President Obama announced that he had ordered an immediate inventory and review of intelligence related to the shooting and to Hasan. Were red flags about Maj. Hasan not appropriately addressed by officials? Do you have any questions about this hot topic? Send us a text message with your question. Text AC360 (or 22360), and you might hear it on air! tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443300 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:24:14 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 T1, Text 360 http://odeo.com/episodes/25443301-CDC-estimates-22-million-U-S-H1N1-cases-since-April Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. - CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations. - CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths. Read more... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. - CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations. - CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths. Read more... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC estimates that between 14 million and 34 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 22 million people infected with 2009 H1N1. - CDC estimates that between about 63,000 and 153,000 2009 H1N1-related hospitalizations occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 98,000 H1N1-related hospitalizations. - CDC estimates that between about 2,500 and 6,000 2009 H1N1-related deaths occurred between April and October 17, 2009. The mid-level in this range is about 3,900 2009 H1N1-related deaths. Read more... tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443301 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:19:18 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Medical News, H1N1 http://odeo.com/episodes/25443302-Financial-Dispatch-Obama-to-hold-jobs-summit-in-December McDonald's says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants next year Andrew Torgan CNN Financial News Producer President Obama, facing a nationwide unemployment rate north of 10%, said today he's organizing a White House jobs summit next month. The president said people are “desperately searching for work” and that the government has “an obligation to consider every additional responsible step we can” to get people back to work. He said the summit in December will bring together CEOs, small business owners, economists, financial experts and representatives from labor and non-profits groups to talk about how to get job creation back on track. President Obama’s comments followed some encouraging signs out this morning on both the labor and housing fronts. The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell last week to their lowest level this year. And foreclosure filings were down 3% in October, the third consecutive month-over-month dip. Initial jo... McDonald's says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants next year Andrew Torgan CNN Financial News Producer President Obama, facing a nationwide unemployment rate north of 10%, said today he's organizing a White House jobs summit next month. The president said people are “desperately searching for work” and that the government has “an obligation to consider every additional responsible step we can” to get people back to work. He said the summit in December will bring together CEOs, small business owners, economists, financial experts and representatives from labor and non-profits groups to talk about how to get job creation back on track. President Obama’s comments followed some encouraging signs out this morning on both the labor and housing fronts. The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell last week to their lowest level this year. And foreclosure filings were down 3% in October, the third consecutive month-over-month dip. Initial jobless claims dropped by 12,000 to 502,000 in the week ended Nov. 7. That’s the fewest number since the week ended Jan. 3, when 488,000 initial claims were filed. The president called that “a hopeful sign,” but he also said that finding jobs for the millions without them remains one of his administration's greatest challenges. In addition, the Labor Dept. said 5.63 million people filed continuing claims in the week ended Oct. 31, the most recent data available. That was down 139,000 from the preceding week's revised 5.77 million claims. As for those foreclosure filings, the 3% decline in October followed a 4% drop in filings during September and a 1% dip in August. Still, foreclosure rates remain elevated from a year ago: They're up 18% compared with October 2008. Mixed results from the world’s largest retailer today. Wal-Mart reported third-quarter profits that beat analysts' estimates, boosted by inventory reductions and other cost-cutting measures. However, Wal-Mart's same-store sales declined 0.4% in the quarter as Americans continue to spend very cautiously. Same-store sales measure sales at stores open at least a year, and are a key measure of a merchant's performance. Wal-Mart also issued a disappointing same-store sales forecast for the fourth quarter, which includes the crucial holiday shopping season. Another company that dominates its respective landscape, McDonald's says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants next year and renovate 2,300 existing locations. At a meeting of company investors today, the fast-food giant said it would focus on opening new restaurants primarily in the U.S., Germany, France, Russia, China and Australia. Specifically, McDonald's plans for 150 new U.S. locations plus: 260 in Europe; 490 across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia; 80 in Latin America; and 20 in Canada. Beating Congress to the punch, the Federal Reserve today released a new rule to prohibit banks from automatically enrolling customers in overdraft protection programs, which charge fees when consumers spend more than they have. Starting on July 1, 2010, all banks will have to ask their customers to opt in to overdraft protection plans for ATM and debit card transactions. Some banks charge as much as $39 when customers overdraw their bank account by even a few dollars. Currently, more than 75% of banks automatically sign customers up for overdraft programs, according to a study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Follow the money… on Twitter: @AndrewTorganCNN McDonald's says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants next year Andrew Torgan CNN Financial News Producer President Obama, facing a nationwide unemployment rate north of 10%, said today he's organizing a White House jobs summit next month. The president said people are “desperately searching for work” and that the government has “an obligation to consider every additional responsible step we can” to get people back to work. He said the summit in December will bring together CEOs, small business owners, economists, financial experts and representatives from labor and non-profits groups to talk about how to get job creation back on track. President Obama’s comments followed some encouraging signs out this morning on both the labor and housing fronts. The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell last week to their lowest level this year. And foreclosure filings were down 3% in October, the third consecutive month-over-month dip. Initial jobless claims dropped by 12,000 to 502,000 in the week ended Nov. 7. That’s the fewest number since the week ended Jan. 3, when 488,000 initial claims were filed. The president called that “a hopeful sign,” but he also said that finding jobs for the millions without them remains one of his administration's greatest challenges. In addition, the Labor Dept. said 5.63 million people filed continuing claims in the week ended Oct. 31, the most recent data available. That was down 139,000 from the preceding week's revised 5.77 million claims. As for those foreclosure filings, the 3% decline in October followed a 4% drop in filings during September and a 1% dip in August. Still, foreclosure rates remain elevated from a year ago: They're up 18% compared with October 2008. Mixed results from the world’s largest retailer today. Wal-Mart reported third-quarter profits that beat analysts' estimates, boosted by inventory reductions and other cost-cutting measures. However, Wal-Mart's same-store sales declined 0.4% in the quarter as Americans continue to spend very cautiously. Same-store sales measure sales at stores open at least a year, and are a key measure of a merchant's performance. Wal-Mart also issued a disappointing same-store sales forecast for the fourth quarter, which includes the crucial holiday shopping season. Another company that dominates its respective landscape, McDonald's says it plans to open 1,000 new restaurants next year and renovate 2,300 existing locations. At a meeting of company investors today, the fast-food giant said it would focus on opening new restaurants primarily in the U.S., Germany, France, Russia, China and Australia. Specifically, McDonald's plans for 150 new U.S. locations plus: 260 in Europe; 490 across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia; 80 in Latin America; and 20 in Canada. Beating Congress to the punch, the Federal Reserve today released a new rule to prohibit banks from automatically enrolling customers in overdraft protection programs, which charge fees when consumers spend more than they have. Starting on July 1, 2010, all banks will have to ask their customers to opt in to overdraft protection plans for ATM and debit card transactions. Some banks charge as much as $39 when customers overdraw their bank account by even a few dollars. Currently, more than 75% of banks automatically sign customers up for overdraft programs, according to a study by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Follow the money… on Twitter: @AndrewTorganCNN tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443302 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:52:02 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Finance, economy, Andrew Torgan http://odeo.com/episodes/25443303-Man-arrested-5-year-old-girl-still-missing ____________________________________________________________________ Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused of abducting Shaniya Davis. Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl in Fayetteville, North Carolina, authorities said today. The suspect, Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused of abducting Shaniya Davis, who was last seen inside her family’s mobile home on Tuesday. Coe, 30, who was arrested early this morning, has a criminal record, said Lt. David Sportsman of the Fayetteville Police Department. He will be arraigned on one count of kidnapping this afternoon at the Cumberland County Detention Center. Shaniya Davis, 5, was last seen by her mother on Tuesday morning. “During the course of the investigation, detectives were able to link Coe with taking her,” Sportsman told CNN. “Whether others were involved in it is possible. We are looking at everything and following up on multiple leads.” Sportsman added that the Amber ... ____________________________________________________________________ Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused of abducting Shaniya Davis. Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl in Fayetteville, North Carolina, authorities said today. The suspect, Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused of abducting Shaniya Davis, who was last seen inside her family’s mobile home on Tuesday. Coe, 30, who was arrested early this morning, has a criminal record, said Lt. David Sportsman of the Fayetteville Police Department. He will be arraigned on one count of kidnapping this afternoon at the Cumberland County Detention Center. Shaniya Davis, 5, was last seen by her mother on Tuesday morning. “During the course of the investigation, detectives were able to link Coe with taking her,” Sportsman told CNN. “Whether others were involved in it is possible. We are looking at everything and following up on multiple leads.” Sportsman added that the Amber Alert remains in effect and that authorities remain hopeful that Shaniya is alive. “We are still treating it that she is an endangered child,” he said. “We are still looking for her, and we are not ruling out that anyone else is involved.” Sportsman said Shinaya’s mother and other family members have been interviewed by the authorities. Police would not disclose details about the alleged abduction of Shaniya. Investigators will continue searching the area surrounding the mobile home park for her. At the time she was reported missing, Shaniya was wearing a blue sleep shirt with pink underwear. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is being urged to call the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-433-1856. For more crime coverage go to cnn.com/crime. ____________________________________________________________________ Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused of abducting Shaniya Davis. Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl in Fayetteville, North Carolina, authorities said today. The suspect, Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused of abducting Shaniya Davis, who was last seen inside her family’s mobile home on Tuesday. Coe, 30, who was arrested early this morning, has a criminal record, said Lt. David Sportsman of the Fayetteville Police Department. He will be arraigned on one count of kidnapping this afternoon at the Cumberland County Detention Center. Shaniya Davis, 5, was last seen by her mother on Tuesday morning. “During the course of the investigation, detectives were able to link Coe with taking her,” Sportsman told CNN. “Whether others were involved in it is possible. We are looking at everything and following up on multiple leads.” Sportsman added that the Amber Alert remains in effect and that authorities remain hopeful that Shaniya is alive. “We are still treating it that she is an endangered child,” he said. “We are still looking for her, and we are not ruling out that anyone else is involved.” Sportsman said Shinaya’s mother and other family members have been interviewed by the authorities. Police would not disclose details about the alleged abduction of Shaniya. Investigators will continue searching the area surrounding the mobile home park for her. At the time she was reported missing, Shaniya was wearing a blue sleep shirt with pink underwear. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is being urged to call the Fayetteville Police Department at 910-433-1856. For more crime coverage go to cnn.com/crime. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443303 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:45:16 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 Gabe Falcon, Crime & Punishment http://odeo.com/episodes/25443304-Video-A-priest-s-secret-son Gary Tuchman | BIO AC360° Anchor Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman | BIO AC360° Anchor Embedded video from CNN Video Gary Tuchman | BIO AC360° Anchor Embedded video from CNN Video tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25443304 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:17:31 -0800 no Anderson Cooper 360 religion, Gary Tuchman