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Arizona Wildfire Still Zero Percent Contained; U.S. Road Ahead in Afghanistan; CNN's Listening Tour; Democrats Calling for Weiner to Resign; Joran van der Sloot Heads to Court; Problems with Food-Borne Illnesses; Kaine Calls For Weiner Resignation; Stock Market Volatility: Where Is Your Money Safe?; Police Point Gun At Witness
Aired June 08, 2011 - 10:59 ET
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: MALVEAUX: Live from Studio 7, I'm Suzanne Malveaux. Want to get you up to speed for Tuesday, June 7.
An extremely dangerous wildfire has burned its way into the record books in Arizona. The so-called Wallow Fire is now the second biggest in state history. It has scorched almost 400,000 acres. It is still spreading. Thousands of people have had to leave their homes.
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CHRISTINE HILL, WILDFIRE EVACUEE: It's scary. The smoke over there is thick and dark, and you can see -- at night you can see the light.
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MALVEAUX: In Orlando, Florida, jurors will hear more forensic evidence in the trial of Casey Anthony, accused of killing her 2-year- old daughter back in 2008. Tuesday, experts testified about how a dog trained to find human remains acted around Anthony's car.
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DET. JASON FORGEY, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: It comes out of the trunk with his front paws, comes out of the trunk to the right rear passenger taillight/bumper area, and gives me a final trend alert. He goes into a down position.
GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): And that's the signal a dog gives when it's detected the scent of a dead body.
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MALVEAUX: In Lima, Peru, Joran van der Sloot is in court today for an evidence hearing. He is the suspect in the killing of a young Peruvian woman. He is also linked with the disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba. The Peruvian victim was killed last year in a hotel room. Her father was expected to be at today's hearing. President Obama discusses the road ahead for the U.S. in Afghanistan. He is holding a video conference with Afghan president Hamid Karzai. President Obama is deciding the size and the scope of U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, and that is scheduled to begin next month.
NATO's involvement in the war in Libya just got extended by three months. For days, NATO warplanes have been battering Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli. But in an audio message released yesterday, Gadhafi told Libyan state television he would not surrender.
In Syria, the violence between the government and protesters is setting off a humanitarian crisis. Tens of thousands of refugees are flooding out of Syria's border towns. That is according to several witnesses. And 120 refugees were reportedly allowed into neighboring Turkey, while 100 more stood at the border fence chanting and waving the Syrian flag.
The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano has reached Buenos Aires, Argentina. Right now, no warnings of any health risks for people in the capital. Most airlines flying into Buenos Aires canceled flights as that cloud moved in. Now, the volcano started erupting on Saturday.
A prominent Democrat calls for Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign. Former DNC chair Tim Kaine says Weiner's attempt to cover up the scandal over the lewd Twitter picture makes him unfit for office. Kaine, who is running for the Senate, says lying about the situation is "unforgivable."
The latest now on the massive wildfire in eastern Arizona. Firefighters are throwing all they have got against this so-called Wallow Fire, but it is still not enough. The flames are spreading fast, and CNN's Jim Spellman is with those firefighters on the front lines.
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JIM SPELLMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's a fire bigger than New York City. And so far it's zero percent contained.
STEPHEN MILLER, FIREFIGHTER: The wind is our enemy right now. As soon as those winds die down, and give us some opportunity to get a handle on the fire, that's what we're waiting for.
SPELLMAN: But it could be days before a break in the high winds. Until then, the nearly 3,000 firefighters battling the blaze are doing what they can to try to get ahead of the flames.
RIGOBERTO TORRES, FIREFIGHTER: Right now we just completed at least part of our buffer that we're creating just before the fire front hits here. We're trying to maintain and hold it here on this road.
SPELLMAN (on camera): On this side of the road they've already created an intentional fire to eliminate as much fuel as they can to stop the fire from moving this way. Crews here are monitoring this side of the road to be sure that no ember comes across and start a new fire on this side of the highway.
(voice-over): This team of hotshots has come from Idaho and California to fight this fire in grueling conditions, 12-hour days and stifling heat, but you won't hear any of these firefighters complaining.
MIKE MANION, FIREFIGHTER: It's a lot of work. You just take it one piece at a time. There's a lot going on out there, and you just focus on our job.
TORRES: We go anywhere, anywhere anybody needs help, and we're just here to do our part.
SPELLMAN: It may be a while before they can return home. Winds are expected to pick up through the week.
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MALVEAUX: Our Jim Spellman is on the phone near Springerville, Arizona. It is one of the towns threatened by those flames.
Jim, give us a sense of what is taking place today. Are we seeing any progress against this huge fire?
SPELLMAN: Suzanne, despite having nearly 3,000 firefighters on the scene here, and on their way, there's still zero percent containment. We just got that word a few minutes ago from firefighters who are trying from the front.
They're trying to create these buffer zones to get the fire to go around these communities of Springerville and Eagar. About 7,000 people live here. These are the first real communities of any size that this fire has hit.
This is quickly becoming a battle for Springerville. This is really what they're focusing on.
The forest, there's just no way they can get in there and really stop it. There's so much fuel, so dry, such low humidity, and these 25, 30-mile-an-hour constant winds out there are making it almost impossible. They're saying that if they can save these communities from major harm, that that's their goal for the next two, maybe three days -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Are there people who are still in their homes, in their communities, that are perhaps in danger?
SPELLMAN: There are people still here, for sure. Lots of people have evacuated. Some people, like in these situations all the time, want to ride it out. They say that they're going to be OK.
They're encouraging everybody to, if they're not already out, to get ready. They're only keeping one road out of town open, and they're closing off roads as they go. They really don't want to have a situation where they have to start evacuating people, say, in the middle of the night, or something where this fire can get ahead of them.
And these winds have been so high and so erratic, that they don't think that they can reliably count on where the fire is going to go to give people enough time. So we anticipate today they may change that to a mandatory order to try to get all the last remaining people out of this town -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Sure. All right. Jim, be safe. We appreciate your report.
Marshell Reed is one of the evacuees who had to leave his home which was in the fire zone. And he told us yesterday he and his wife, they didn't want to go, but they had no choice. And they're now at their daughter's, and they have not been able to check on their homes. But here's what Marshell told us as he left his belongings behind.
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MARSHELL REED, FIRE EVACUEE: When I was young, I was kind of a thrill seeker. I rode bulls and climbed poles, and painted multi- story buildings when it was just iron framework, no floors or stairs. And so I don't scare easy, and this had me boogered (ph).
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MALVEAUX: The Reeds say they hope that the fire crews will allow them to go and check on their home today, as well as their chickens.
Well, here's a rundown on some of the stories that we're covering in the next two hours.
President Obama and President Karzai working on their relationship through video conference, as the United States is preparing to pull some of the troops out of Afghanistan.
Also, a raging fire burns a Rhode Island landmark building to the ground.
Plus, from the Midwest to the Northeast, it is hot. We are talking major hot. Some places, dangerously hot.
And a man in Miami records a police shooting with his cell phone. Later, he ends up with a gun pointed right at him.
And finally, trying to make it in a down economy, the CNN listening tour in Florida.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm like most folks. I feel it in the pocketbook.
DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Rising costs of everything from labor to fuel has him thinking there's a disconnect in D.C.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think they've got a clue. They've never walked in the shoe of the common person, they've never been down here at the level, they've never had to wonder what they're going to eat tomorrow or where they're going to live, or how they're going to get their fuel tank filled up.
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MALVEAUX: President Obama talks by video conference today with Afghan president Hamid Karzai about the future of the U.S. role in Afghanistan. Now, the public and politicians are growing increasingly wary of this decade-long war and the cost to the United States, whether it's in blood or treasure. More than 1,500 U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan. The military operation costs the country about $10 billion a month, and U.S. foreign aid to Afghanistan totals about $320 million a month.
A congressional report says U.S. attempts at nation-building in Afghanistan have had some limited success and may not even survive after U.S. troops pull out. Much of what happens depends on President Karzai's government.
So, let's bring in CNN correspondent Nick Paton Walsh, who is in Kabul, to talk about the United States, the role ahead inside of Afghanistan.
Nick, first of all, what do we think -- when you're on the ground there, what do we think, what do the Afghans think, what do the soldiers think will happen once U.S. troops star to withdraw?
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's really about the pace and the number of troops that leave, to be honest. I mean, already, practically, we're seeing in some parts of the country suggestions that in the east, along the border with Pakistan, areas from which NATO has withdrawn are now Taliban strongholds. NATO deny those reports, but that's the suggestion.
There's a broader symbolic point though, really, which is when NATO starts to talk about how quickly they can leave, Afghans are going to have to work out whose side they need to kind of land on, whether they're going to give their trust NATO and the U.S., or towards the Afghan government. And frankly, when one side is saying how quickly it can withdraw, and the other side, the Taliban, who have been here in the past, have been here now, are going to be here in the future, are the other alliterative, you can wonder perhaps where Afghans may actually turning -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Nick, what do they tell you? You're there. What do they tell you? Are they worried when U.S. troops leave that things are going to fall apart, that they're going to get worse?
WALSH: Yes, I think it's hard to say, actually. I mean, I think there's definitely a fear of the Taliban. People don't want to go back to those days, don't want to go back to that kind of radicalized society.
There's a massive frustration though, frankly, at NATO about the civilian causalities that NATO airstrikes caused by accident, about the corruption, which the vast amounts of money that NATO have poured into this war has fueled and actually let get out of control, and, frankly, that all the promises NATO and the U.S. have made over these 10 years haven't really changed the lives of ordinary Afghans much at all -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: And Nick, we know that President Obama is going to be speaking with Hamid Karzai, the leader there in Afghanistan. There have been times when that's been a rather tense relationship as they've been trying to get more from Hamid Karzai to take responsibility for security, for governing there.
How do people in Afghanistan -- what do they think of their leader, Hamid Karzai?
WALSH: He keeps winning elections, but I think there's a broad feeling that he's not that popular, he's not that trusted. "Corruption" is a word often associated with his administration, strongly denied by them. But certainly, there are many allegations against ministers, people in his close circle, evidence lacking in many cases.
But there's a general feeling, certainly in the Obama administration, that there's not much choice apart from Karzai. There were moves at the election to find a real challenger, and before that to find ways of working around the Karzai administration, but I think they believe they're stuck with him.
One senior NATO official saying to me a while ago, actually, they regarded the relationship as almost being kind of that between an adolescent and a parent, where occasionally the child will act up. And you might see that as a little condescending. But I think NATO regards the Karzai administration here as a difficult partner who, at times, will be frankly obstinate and just try to upset them, but somebody who they tried to live without but are eventually stuck with -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: All right.
Nick Paton Walsh.
Thank you so much, Nick.
Once U.S. troops leave, will Afghanistan again become a haven for al Qaeda terrorists? We're going to talk about that with national security analyst Peter Bergen in the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM.
Well, Delta Air Lines is now apologizing to some U.S. soldiers over baggage fees. The soldiers say they were charged about $200 each for a fourth bag. Delta says military personnel flying first class or business class can check four bags for free. Soldiers flying coach can check three. The soldiers posted their story on YouTube.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What happened to the soldiers that actually had four bags?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We actually ended up paying out of pocket, our own money, to allow that fourth bag to be taken.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How much did you pay?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two hundred dollars per bag.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right. So how much did our unit end up paying out of pocket?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Over $2,800.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And what was that fourth bag for you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For me it was a weapons case holding my M4s, 203 grenade launcher, and .9 millimeter. It would be tools that I used to protect myself and Afghan citizens while I was deployed in the country.
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MALVEAUX: In a statement, Delta says, "We would like to publicly apologize to those service men and women for any miscommunication regarding our current policies, as well as any inconvenience we may have caused. We are currently looking further into the situation and will be reaching out to each of them personally to address their concerns and work to correct any issues that they have faced."
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MALVEAUX: Well, falling home prices, high unemployment. We're listening about your concerns about the economy. Our "CNN In-Depth" report is up jest ahead.
Also, Motown recently re-released the hit song "What's Going On?" by Marvin Gaye to celebrate its 40th anniversary. "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked it as the fourths greatest song of all time.
So, do you know who sang backup? A clue -- you might not know this -- think professional athletes.
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MALVEAUX: We asked you who sang backup on Marvin Gaye's hit song "What's Going On?" The song was recently re-released to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
Well, the answer, two former football players, Lem Barney and Mel Farr. Both played for the Detroit Lions and were friends of Marvin Gaye. Gaye was a good football player, but he never played in the NFL.
I love that song.
Here are your choices for today's "Choose the News."
First, tanks restricted in Misrata. Rebel forces in Libya are capturing weapons from pro-Gadhafi forces and refurbishing them to use against the dictator. But we're going to tell you why NATO forces have stepped in and banned them from using captured tanks.
Second, from Secret Service to Senate candidate. A man who recently was paid to take a bullet for the president if necessary now has harsh words for President Obama. We're with the former agent as he hits the campaign trail.
And third, driving in the fast lane. A woman from a billionaire background has the need for speed and risks her life as a professional drag racer.
So, you can vote by texting "22360." Text "1" for Tankless in Misrata; "2" for Secret Service to Senate Candidate; or "3" for Driving in the Fast Lane.
The winning story is going to air in the next hour.
President Obama talks jobs at a community college in Alexandria, Virginia. The president is set to speak shortly about the importance of training the workforce for future manufacturing jobs.
Now, the sluggish job market and the economy are taking a toll on the president's poll numbers. His overall approval rating is down six points since late last month.
Well, "CNN In-Depth" is on a listening tour to hear about your concerns about the economy and how those concerns are shaping your views when it comes to the presidential race.
Our correspondents are all across the country. And David Mattingly has been listening to Florida voters struggling now in a very slow economy.
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MATTINGLY (voice-over): Four different people from four different walks of life, all feeling the pain of a down economy.
In Kissimmee, the mortgage crisis hit Areliz Martinez-Rodriguez.
ARELIZ MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ, KISSIMMEE HOMEOWNER: I purchased the house for $255,000. And right now, the house is worth $87,000.
MATTINGLY: The biggest investment of her life withering away in a market chilled by one of the nation's highest rates of foreclosure.
MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ: I'm stressed out because I need a house for my kids and for me, and I'm trying to work with the bank, and the bank doesn't want to work with me.
MATTINGLY: Strawberry farmer Carl Grooms in Plant City knows what that feels like.
CARL GROOMS, FANCY FARMS: I'm like most folks. I feel it in the pocketbook.
MATTINGLY: Rising costs of everything from labor to fuel has him thinking there's a disconnect in D.C.
GROOMS: I don't think they've got a clue. They've never walked in the shoe of the common person. They've never been down here at the level. They never had to wonder what they're going to eat tomorrow, or where they're going to live, or how they're going to get their fuel tank filled up.
MATTINGLY: Donna Thomas of The Villages worries about that all the time.
DONNA THOMAS, RETIREE: We basically had to give up our regular insurance and go to an HMO, and we've had to cut back on everything.
MATTINGLY: When her real estate company of 40 years went under during the mortgage crisis, she lost everything she was saving for retirement.
Harold Williams can't think that far ahead.
HAROLD WILLIAMS, UNEMPLOYED: Especially because you don't want your family to be without. They look upon you to be the strong leader. And I don't want to let them down.
MATTINGLY: In two months, this former Orlando math teacher has had just two interviews. Williams says the job market will affect his next vote for president.
WILLIAMS: I don't want him to have sympathy for me, but empathy.
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MALVEAUX: David joins us from The Villages, Florida.
David, a lot of people are talking that they're really suffering from the economy. What do they need? What do they say needs to be done?
MATTINGLY: They believe that this economic recovery is going to start with putting more people back to work, so it all comes down to jobs in their minds. Every single person I talked to believes that if more people had jobs, the housing market would stabilize. With more people buying houses or being able to keep their homes, more businesses would stay solvent. So, again, the economy recovery, they believe here in Florida, needs to start with putting more people back to work.
MALVEAUX: And The Villages, it's an upscale retirement community. I imagine that there are a lot of folks who are talking about protecting Social Security.
MATTINGLY: That's right. And that's something we expected when we came down here, talking to people about, what do you want to see happen? They say, "Don't touch my Social Security," but a very close second, they were also saying it's going back to the jobs.
We were surprised to find out how many people here in retirement are now supporting their adult children who have lost their jobs. So, again, the big issue with most people seems to be putting people back to work to get this economy started.
MALVEAUX: All right.
David Mattingly.
Thank you so much, David. Appreciate it.
Well, coming up on Monday, CNN is going to host the New Hampshire presidential debate. Join us as Republican hopefuls take on the issues, as well as each other. The New Hampshire presidential debate, that is next Monday, June 13th, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, only here on CNN.
In Lima, Peru, a court hearing today for suspected killer Joran van der Sloot. He is accused of killing a Peruvian woman, and he's been linked to the disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway.
We're going to go live to Lima for the latest.
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MALVEAUX: Here's a rundown on some of the stories we're working on.
Joran van der Sloot heads back to a Peruvian courtroom on charges he killed a young woman in his hotel room. We've got a live report.
Then the E. coli death toll rises in Europe, but what is the impact of food borne illnesses here in the United States?
And in 20 minutes, it's not chocolate or strawberry that has got folks running to this ice cream shop in Missouri. You're not even going to believe what this new flavor is.
And in Lima Peru, a court hearing today for murder suspect Joran can der Sloot. He is accused of killing a Peruvian woman and he's been linked to the disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway. Well, the court in Peru has been considering claiming a crime of passion plea, which could result in a sentence of three to five years. Under a murder conviction, van der Sloot could get 25 years.
CNN's Patricia Janiot is in Lima.
And Patricia, tell us what this hearing is all about. Explain to us the difference here. PATRICIA JANIOT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Suzanne, Joran van der Sloot is scheduled to appear later this afternoon in court, alongside with the father of the woman he's charged with murdering, Stephany Flores. The hearing is going to take place in the Castro Castro jail, where van der Sloot has been retained for over a year.
The purpose of this hearing is part of a process before a trial date is set, but also the purpose is to identify some of Stephany Flores' alleged personal belongings that van der Sloot had with him when he was arrested in Chile before being handed over to the Peruvian authorities.
Also, we are told a video is going to be shown in this hearing, a video from -- a surveillance video from the city of Peru that is supposed to show van der Sloot and his alleged victims in the streets of Lima.
And so far we know that he has been assigned a lawyer because his former lawyer has withdrawn last week from the case, citing some opinion differences with the defense's strategy, Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: And Patricia, we know that van der Sloot has been linked to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. That case is still unresolved.
Is there anything you're hearing regarding in case, any connection that might help solve that one?
JANIOT: Well, we know that there is a reported -- technical report from the national police in Peru that states that the van der Sloot computer activity, surfing internet about Holloway's case was done a day before Stephany Flores' death.
So that leaves the defense with no case to say this was a passion crime, that this was -- this death was a -- because van der Sloot was upset because he was surfing the net. While this report says that the activity was done a day before -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Patricia, thank you very much. We appreciate it.
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While Europe fights a deadly E. coli outbreak, the CDC issued a new report on food borne illnesses in the United States.
How you can protect yourself, up next.
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Farmers in Germany are throwing away hundreds of tons of perfectly ripe tomatoes and other produce, the result of the deadly E. coli outbreak. They simply can't sell the stuff because the German government has warned people not to eat raw lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. Today, Germany announced two more people died from this rare form of E. coli. That is bringing the total death toll to about 24. It has sickened, however, more than 2,000 others. The source of the outbreak is still not known. The European Union says it's going to pay vegetable growers $220 million in compensation.
While the U.S. isn't dealing with this particular form of E. coli, it has always had problems with the food borne illnesses. The CDC has just released a new report on this and our chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta breaks it down for us.
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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Suzanne, there is good news and bad news.
The good news, first of all, is that if you look at some of the most common food borne infections of years past, we're starting to see some strides in the United States in terms of bringing the numbers down. E. coli, something we've been talking about a lot over the past several days, those numbers have come down over the last 15 years. If you look at the top six causes of food-borne illness, they're now near the bottom. Triptosporidia (ph) above it, chiagella (ph), campylobacter.
Salmonella tops the list right now, that is one of the areas where we've actually made no progress. The numbers have, in fact, gone up over the last 10 years in terms of food outbreaks.
Take a look at snapshot of food borne illness overall in the United States. Still about 1,000 outbreaks every single year. That's a stunning number to a lot of people. Forty-eight million people are getting sick. That's in contrast to the number of confirmed cases. But 48 million people get sick, maybe a few bad days, not going to the hospital necessarily, but having a food borne illness. A hundred and twenty thousand hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, which is equivalent to the number of people who die from lung cancer who are nonsmokers. That's a little bit of a snapshot.
With regard to salmonella, part of the reason it's so problematic is because it can infect so many different times of food -- meat, veggies, nuts, even processed foods. So it can be difficult to pinpoint to determines of from where it came. In regards to E. coli, the reason they've had good success is because they're actually focusing on preventing the bacteria from taking hold, as opposed to treating it after an outbreak has already occurred. There's also something known as the Food Safety Modernization Act, which gives the government more authority to mandatorily shut down a plant if there's a concern and focus on preventing the outbreak as opposed to just dealing with it once it's already happened.
So, these are some of the steps that are being made. But again a couple of areas of note where we still need to do more to bring some of these numbers down.
Suzanne, back to you.
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MALVEAUX: Thanks, Sanjay.
Just days after a lewd photo scandal rocked his career, a new poll suggests that New York voters might be ready to let Anthony Weiner get back to business as usual. We'll have the latest numbers in the CNN political ticker.
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MALVEAUX: You're looking at live pictures there. President Obama at a community college in Alexandria, Virginia, addressing students there, and also talking about the need to promote jobs, manufacturing jobs, creating new kinds of jobs in technology, as well. All part of his message to move the economy forward. The president addressing. We may go live, we make take a little bit of it if we hear something that sparks our interest.
Well, the calls for Congressman Weiner to resign are now getting louder, even from those inside his own party. But New York voters seem to be a little bit more forgiving.
And our Kate Bolduan, she's part of the best political team on television. She's live from Capitol Hill.
Kate, what do we think? Is he going to survive this scandal? What does this look like?
KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's a very good question, one that everyone continues to ask today.
I will tell you, though, Tim Kaine, one of the items topping the Ticker right now is that Tim Kaine, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, is out today calling on Anthony Weiner to resign. He is the prominent high-profile Democrat yet to come out to explicitly call on the congressman, the embattled congressman embroiled in this scandal to step aside from his seat.
Kaine telling a local Virginia TV station the following, lying publically about something like this is unforgivable, and he should resign.
We should note that Kaine is running for the open seat in Virginia, a key battleground state, so he definitely making his point to let voters in Virginia know his feelings on that -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: So what do New Yorkers think?
BOLDUAN: You know, this is quite interesting. This is a Marist poll that's out today, this poll was conducted after the bizarre news conference where the congressman admitted to having this inappropriate contact with several women online. In a slim majority -- these are New York City voters, New York City residents that were polled -- a slim majority, 51 percent, think that Anthony Weiner should stay in office, 30 percent thought he should resign, 18 percent were unsure.
Many people, of course, still wondering what the man was thinking, but a slightly larger majority, and this is interesting, 56 percent say they do not want him to run for mayor. Mayor is, of course, a position that he has long been rumored to want, kind of insinuated this is a position he would like, be the only position that he would want other than the one that he currently has.
So New York City voters, they seem to be cutting him a little slack, maybe, but also wondering about his political future as well, Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: All right, Kate Bolduan. Thank you very much, Kate.
For the latest political news, you know where to go, CNN.com/Politics.
Well, bad economic news has sent the stocks on a wild ride. If you don't have the stomach for the market, well, there are perhaps some safe places to stash your cash.
Alison Kosik joins us with more.
Alison, tell us, tell us about some of those possibilities.
ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You got it, Suzanne. I'll tell you what. You know, there's a lot of volatility in the markets these days, and you're not alone if it's scaring you away from stocks.
Savings accounts, CDs, and money market accounts are considered safe places to put your money, but I'll tell you what, don't expect big returns. Interest rates, they are still at rock bottom right now. But there are many economists who believe that sometime next year the Fed is going to start raising rates. So if you're looking to build that emergency fund, now may be the time -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Tell us a little bit about the CDs. Is now a good time to invest?
KOSIK: You know what? CDs traditionally offer a higher interest rate than savings accounts. But it's important to remember that in most cases when you buy a CD, you're money winds up being locked up for a period of time, and if you want to withdraw the money before then, you'll most likely face some hefty fees. Also, interest that's earned on a CD is typically fixed for the entire term. So if rates wind up going up, you're not going to benefit. But at the end of the term, you will collect principal and interest accrued, that's guaranteed.
But the FDIC says before you go ahead and purchase the CD, do your research, find out what the interest rate is, whether or not it's fixed, what are the penalties that are associated with withdrawing the money and whether or not the CD automatically renews once it matures -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: All right, Alison. And after the break, we're going to talk about money market accounts. That's up next. Thanks.
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MALVEAUX: We're back with Alison Kosik talking about some safe places to invest your money.
Alison, we were just talking about savings accounts and CDs. Tell us about money market accounts.
KOSIK: OK, Suzanne.
So , money market accounts are safe places to put money right now as well. Like CDs and savings accounts, these are FDIC insured. So if you're bank fails, your money is still safe.
Now money market accounts typically pay higher interest rates than savings or checking accounts, but they do require higher balances, usually above $1,000, some require up to $10,000.
Now you get some check-writing privileges, but most banks limit transactions, usually about six a month, and some require minimum dollar amounts -- Suanne.
MALVEAUX: So how do you decide what's better for you, a money market account or a CD?
KOSIK: And that's a good question. You know what? Money market accounts are good for high-priced expenses. You have access to this money whenever you need it and the rates are higher than on savings accounts.
Now a CD is a better option if you know you won't need money in less than six months and the return with CDs is better -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: OK. Alison, I have a question that doesn't really have anything to do with money.
What would you do if you found a bug --
KOSIK: OK, that's fine with me.
MALVEAUX: What would you do if you found a bug in your food at a restaurant? KOSIK: Well, I'd eat it, of course.
Just kidding. I would, of course, pick it out of my ice cream.
MALVEAUX: You would not -- OK. You gave it away. You teased us a little bit.
Ice cream shop owner -- this is the story -- in Missouri thought it would be a good idea to put cicadas, you know, the very loud summertime bugs, in a batch of ice cream.
So take a listen to this.
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SCOTT SOUTHWICK, SPARKY'S OWNER: Cicada Ice cream, sounds disgusting. Thought the batch would go slowly, you know? But the batch just flew out of here. So -- no pun intended.
CHRISTIANE LOSCIALE, SPARKY'S EMPLOYEE: So you're not biting into a whole is a cicada at once. You're biting into like little bits of it. And honestly, I think if someone were to try it and not know what it was, they would just imagine that it was a nut.
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MALVEAUX: So they actually --
KOSIK: A nut?
MALVEAUX: Yes. A nut, right? So they actually made this batch of ice cream with cicadas.
KOSIK: You wonder if the cicada -- is the ice cream is actually sitting next to maybe a picture of a cicada, so people realize they're eating the beady eyes and the big wings. I mean, do they realize what they're eating?
MALVEAUX: Maybe it's revenge, you know? People are like, I'm tired of these cicadas, I'm going to eat them, I'm going to teach them a lesson. So it's in this ice cream.
But Alison, I have to tell you, so that the health department, they said, don't do that again. Don't make another batch of this special cicada ice cream.
KOSIK: Oh, they did? I didn't know that.
MALVEAUX: Yes, so we don't have to deal with that. I think we've been spared.
KOSIK: OK. Yes. I'll stay with the chocolate in my ice cream.
MALVEAUX: There you go. The chocolate with little macadamia nuts or something, real nuts.
KOSIK: Exactly.
MALVEAUX: See you, Alison.
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MALVEAUX: A man who used his cell phone to record a fatal police shooting in Miami Beach ends up with a gun pointed at him. It's all on video.
Our CNN's Brian Todd has the story.
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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You're about to witness what appears to be a chaotic shooting scene in south Miami Beach.
At just before 4:00 a.m. on Memorial Day, a car driven by a suspect comes to an abrupt stop on Collins Avenue. This video, posted on YouTube, apparently shows police surrounding the car, and then firing.
Police killed the suspect, Raymond Herisse (ph). Miami Beach Police tell CNN Herisse had used his vehicle as a weapon that morning, that he'd struck and injured an officer with his car when the officer tried to stop him.
But an eyewitness says police used intimidation to cover up their actions. Here you'll see video from that eyewitness from street level.
NARCES BENOIT, WITNESS: Oh, my God. He got to be dead now.
TODD: Then watch how police approach that eyewitness. One appears to have a gun drawn.
(on camera): We have that eyewitness and his girlfriend who was with him at the time. They're at our Miami bureau. CNN has purchased the video from Narces Benoit and his girlfriend, Ericka Davis.
Narces, can you tell us what the Miami Beach Police said and did to you when they first approached you?
BENOIT: He was like, you get the 'F' away from here. Get away and get back to your car.
Then, that's what I did. I walked back to the car with my hands up. I turned around, the officer had a gun to the head.
TODD (voice-over): Benoit says the police got him out of the car at gunpoint, handcuffed him, made him lie face down on the ground, grabbed his cell phone, threw it on the ground and stomped on it, then placed it in his back pocket.
He says they later uncuffed him, took him in for questioning and took his phone again, demanding the video. He told them the phone was broken.
(on camera): How were you able to hide the video and preserve it?
BENOIT: The video was saved to my SIM card. I put it in my mouth.
TODD: How did the memory card not get ruined, though, being in your mouth?
BENOIT: I don't know. I do not know.
TODD: Ericka, what do you think the motive of the police officers was in behaving the way you say they did?
ERICKA DAVIS, WITNESS: They just wanted the videos. That's all they were concerned about.
TODD (voice-over): Miami Beach Police Chief Carols Noriega said this about the shooting incident involving Raymond Herisse.
CHIEF CARLOS NORIEGA, MIAMI BEACH POLICE: The officer responded to what I consider to be situations involving deadly force.
TODD: Ericka Davis says this as she looks back on the incident.
DAVIS: My mother is even an officer, you know, and I'm used to dealing with police. I have never had a view like that of an officer in my life. It -- I mean, I'm shaking just thinking about it.
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MALVEAUX: Since our report, Miami Peach Police issued a statement in defense of the department saying officers did not smash Benoit's cell phone as he claims. The statement also says, "Because Mr. Benoit matched the description of one of the subjects just reported fleeing the scene and further, because he ignored repeated commands as he quickly walked towards and entered his vehicle, he was detained by officers."
