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This Hour: New Jimmy Hoffa Search; No Bail For Anti-Islam Filmmaker; Panetta: Terrorists Killed Americans; Romney Campaigns In Pennsylvania; The Social Media Election; Motive Unclear In Office Mass Murder; Apple Apologizes For Map Issues; Fans Welcome Back NFL Refs; "Carmageddon II"; "Economic Patriotism"; Different Tasks for Different Times; Class Pranks Outcast for Homecoming; Early Voting Begins in Swing States; "Limited Movement" of Chemical Weapons in Syria

Aired September 28, 2012 - 10:00   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: OK. "Talk Back" question this morning: "Is there such a thing as economic patriotism?"

This from Nicholas: "To me economic patriotism is not shipping our jobs overseas and having faith in our system to bring money back from foreign accounts and invest in and bet on the United States."

From Nancy: "What's patriotic is economic freedom, not the government seizing the wealth of wealthy Americans and redistributing that wealth however it sees fit."

This from Perry: "Buying things made in the USA is I think the greatest example of economic patriotism. Boycott the cheap, low quality Chinese products."

And from Ricardo: "I better get an earth pin. Our economy doesn't belong to just us anymore. It is a global economy."

The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.

Stories we're watching right now in the NEWSROOM, more U.S. staff leaving the embassy in Tripoli, Libya, as U.S. investigators try to figure out who is responsible for the attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador.

A filmmaker hated by millions because of his anti-Islam film is in jail, but not because of the movie, really.

The Jimmy Hoffa mystery solved? This is a live look at the suburban Detroit home where investigators are digging right now. More from the scene in just a bit.

And get your flag pins and your sense of pride. We're talking economic patriotism on the campaign trail. NEWSROOM starts now.

Good morning. Happy Friday to you. I am Carol Costello. We begin this hour, there is new intrigue in one of the most iconic crime mysteries in U.S. history. Police in the Detroit suburb of Roseville may be breaking new ground in the 1975 disappearance of the former union boss Jimmy Hoffa. Minutes ago crews began drilling a core sample from what used to be a driveway. They say a credible tip alerted them to a possible burial just around the time Hoffa vanished.

CNN national correspondent, Susan Candiotti, is in the neighborhood. I know, Susan, you have been down this road before.

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I have. We were back here in 2006 when FBI received what it believed to be a credible tip, and they dug up a horse farm quite a bit. They spent a lot of money doing so, but didn't find anything.

Now they're working on another tip. As you can see, Carol, what's going on just over our shoulder here, the digging has begun inside that shed. What the police department is doing with some expert help is digging a small hole in some concrete inside there so they can fit in a drill to get a soil sample.

Then they hope to deliver that on Monday to Michigan State University to try to determine whether there are in fact human remains below there.

Now the question of course is one of many questions. Why do police think that the tipster in this case is credible? Well, one reason why is that they said that he claimed that he saw what could have been a body being buried right here in this area around the same time that Jimmy Hoffa disappeared back in 1975. Now, the police chief says the tipster never claimed that he saw Jimmy Hoffa being buried here, but the timing is in the vicinity of when that might have happened.

Number two, this man also we know for a fact according to the chief that a book making operation was going on at this house during that time that was being run by the mob are alleged connections to Tony Jocalone at the time.

So there are a lot of people that are skeptical about why something like this would have happened in the middle of a quiet neighborhood and some of those skeptics involve FBI agents who were investigating the case.

COSTELLO: All right, we'll check back -- you know, I was just thinking about the people living in that house now. I bet they never knew the history.

CANDIOTTI: They didn't. All they knew is one day recently the police showed up and said, "We have a search warrant. We'd like to do some digging. It is possible that Jimmy Hoffa may be buried under your driveway."

The police chief said they reacted like you would have reacted. What? But he said it is an elderly woman and her son that live there and they couldn't be more cooperative. Everyone wants to try to get answers here.

We might find out as early as Monday when they got the results back to find out whether they are human remains. If they are human remains then they will do more digging here and then they have to figure out who it might be -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right, Susan, we'll get back to you. Thank you.

The man believed to be behind that film that ignited so much violence and bloodshed across the Muslim world is in jail this morning. This is Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. These pictures -- actually that's not. Those are the riots that broke out in some Muslims countries.

There here he is. Those pictures were taken earlier this month. It seems he couldn't decide which name to tell the judge in yesterday's bail hearing either because as you know he has many, many aliases. According to the court documents, he's used at least 17 fake names and it is that web of lies, not the incendiary film, that has Nakoula sitting in jail this morning.

CNN legal contributor and former prosecutor Paul Callan is here with a closer look. You know, it's funny. He went into court and gave a different name and the judge asked him, "Excuse me, what's your name again?" Like what's with him?

PAUL CALLAN, CNN LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR: It is absolutely astounding. He is charged with using phony names and violating his probation by doing that. I guess, he just can't resist the urge.

COSTELLO: So why is he in jail this morning? Because, you know what many people are saying the government is really behind this and they say he is in jail on a probation violation, but really he is in jail because of this film.

CALLAN: Well, it is true. A lot of people think that he has a First Amendment right to make this film and to make political statements and this is really the U.S. government throwing him into prison so that we'll kind of nullify the Muslim world. But I don't think that's the case. I do think the film drew attention to him. He was flying under the radar before, but you know, you decide to make a movie and post it the way he did and now people are going to pay attention.

When they start paying attention, here is what they find out. He has 17 credit cards in his name, many of them phony credit cards. He is using 17 different names. By the way, he was convicted of fraud originally for defrauding a bank, a big bank and sentenced to 21 months in prison. So of course this is a violation of probation.

COSTELLO: So the odd thing, too, in court his lawyers argue that because of this film he made that Muslims who were in prison would endanger him and he shouldn't go to jail at all. I just found that kind of ironic because he fooled these actors into being in this film and they're now getting death threats.

CALLAN: Well, not only are the actors getting death threats, but the actors are suing him saying that he defrauded them because he made misrepresentations to them about the film and about who he was.

Now, on the death threats, this is a good argument his lawyer is making. Don't put him in jail. You know, there are Muslims in jail who may come after him. Well, he will be in protective custody and he'll probably frankly be safer in jail than he is wandering the streets, given the number of enemies he's created with the film.

But I think we should be crystal clear on this. There is absolute support for throwing this guy behind bars, forgetting about the film. I mean, this is such a clear cut case of a probation violation that his lawyer asked for a bail in the case. He didn't even say, "No bail, Judge. You know, this is a nonsense political case against my client." He said, "Judge, set low bail on him and we'll have a hearing."

COSTELLO: Yes, I keep wondering -- does he work? As far as we know, he kind of does. Where does he get his money? Is he still defrauding people? I mean, who knows?

CALLAN: Well, I don't know. You know, when he defrauded, I think, it was Bank of America he defrauded in a check kiting scheme, he was ordered to pay $782,000 in restitution. He said he was running a gas station at that time.

So he has a real strange background, and he is very adept at convincing people that he is legitimate and taking their money as a result. And of course, causing this worldwide controversy with this film, which I think is not getting great reviews.

COSTELLO: Maybe some day he will be brave enough to show his face to the world. Paul Callan, thanks so much.

CALLAN: Always nice being with you.

COSTELLO: Thanks, Paul.

COSTELLO: You remember the anti-Islam film was first blamed for the consulate attack in Libya that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. It took the White House nearly a week to back away from the claim and concede it was likely the work of terrorists. Well, now, today, the administration says there is absolutely no doubt.

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LEON PANETTA, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: As we determined the details of what took place there, and how that attack took place, that it became clear that there were terrorists who had planned that attack. And that's when I came to that conclusion, as again as to who was involved, what specific groups were involved, I think the investigation is ongoing. Hopefully, we'll determine that.

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COSTELLO: The Obama administration is facing serious questions over whether the deaths of four men could have been prevented because of ongoing security concerns. A senior State Department official says the U.S. is drawing down its staff at its embassy in Libya's capital and in other words they're calling some people home.

So why did it take so long for information to come out? The deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was indeed a terrorist act. The administration's response has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans.

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, (R) ARIZONA: A casual observer, a first year cadet at West Point, will tell you that that kind of attack is not a spontaneous demonstration. "Here, darling, let's go to a demonstration, bring the mortars." This is -- it is insane that they would somehow believe that that could be the result of a spontaneous demonstration.

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COSTELLO: CNN White House correspondent Dan Lothian is with me now. So I mean these kinds of things will continue to daunt the Obama administration because a lot of people feel that Republicans have a point.

DAN LOTHIAN, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, you're right and that's because there has been a lot as you pointed out, a lot of conflicting information. There have been a lot of questions asked of Jay Carney, White House spokesman, at just about every briefing, trying to get at how the administration views the attack. And for so long he held with the narrative that it was a spontaneous attack that was sparked by this controversial film.

Then he used the word terrorism. That is something the president himself has not said, but as Jay Carney was questioned yesterday, he said he speaks for the president, but, as you know, it is much different when the president actually says that word.

Now the question is why is there that conflicting information and the way that White House aides describe it is that the information they released initially was based on the assessment that was made on the intelligence that they had at the time and that the FBI was doing an investigation to fully determine what had happened there, but clearly, as Senator McCain pointed out, there were a lot of indications early on that this was something much more than just a group of people protesting about this controversial film.

And now what you have Republicans making a very big deal about this and the White House saying that the Republicans are just trying to use this event in Libya and in Egypt in order to score political points -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well, you can see why because the cynic says it was probably politically motivated because you don't want the president saying there was a terrorist attack on American citizens right before an election.

LOTHIAN: That's right. You want to be very safe. I mean, it is a very difficult word. You want to make sure before you use it that you have all the facts behind it. It can have political implications, so that's probably why you're not hearing the president use that word, but his spokesman is certainly using it now.

COSTELLO: Dan Lothian reporting live at the White House. Mitt Romney making campaign stops in Pennsylvania today, a state that Barack Obama carried in 2008, but the Romney camp is hoping to make some headway there.

He attends a fundraiser in the next hour in Philadelphia and then he will head to nearby Wayne, Pennsylvania for a campaign rally at the Valley Forge Military Academy. After that Romney will travel to Boston where he will join Paul Ryan for another round of fundraising.

The polls give a sense of which way people are voting, but it is social media that will indicate which candidate they're really talking about. And CNN has new data provided exclusively to us by Facebook. It says people are mentioning Mitt Romney more on Facebook in 41 of the 50 states. You see them in red there. But of course that can be misleading.

President Obama is leading in nine states. Those are the ones in blue, but those are all considered swing states by CNN. Romney's staff said he is focusing on using social media to drum up support. I am sure the other side says that, too. It is not just Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo! Even Xbox planning to get in on the political action.

Alison Kosik is following that part of the story from the New York Stock Exchange. Good morning.

ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. So, yes, it is the dawn of a new era in the land of presidential debates as well with an emphasis on how to use social media to get everybody involved.

So what's happening here now is the Presidential Debate Commission is working with AOL, Yahoo! and Google through YouTube and what they're doing is they are launching a digital initiative called "The Voice Up." It's going to feature the debates live on those sites and people can weigh in on the issues. The commission says by having all of these outfits involved as their partners, it has the potential to reach and engage more people than ever participated in these voter education forum.

Even Xbox, of all things, is playing a role. Microsoft has debuted Election 2012 on Xbox Live. So this means that Xbox 360 users can watch the debates live. Not sure if they can do their Mario card at the time. But they can use these controllers to register their reactions, answer questions and see what others think in real time and, of course, what you said, Carol, always Twitter and Facebook and you know, those are really going to light up during the debates -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Alison Kosik reporting live from the New York Stock Exchange. Programming note for you, the first presidential debate starts Wednesday night. Watch it live 7 p.m. Eastern right here on CNN.

"Carmageddon: The Sequel." A major freeway stretch in Los Angeles closing again this weekend. The big question: will drivers stay home like last year or will they flood the highways? We'll be back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: It's 17 minutes past the hour. Checking our top stories now. No word on a motive behind a deadly mass shooting at a Minnesota office. A gunman opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign making business. Police say he killed four people before shooting himself.

A rare apology by Apple computers in an e-mail to customers Apple CEO Tim Cook is apologizing for the problems users are having with the new map application on the iPhone. Apple recently dumped Google Maps in favor of its own software, but the maps application has been plagued by issues and getting terrible reviews.

Usually it is the other guys in uniform getting the cheers. And the NFL welcomed back the refs and fans who came to cheer on the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens gave the refs a standing ovation, too. Here is the Ravens head coach after the game.

That's not the Ravens head coach. We don't have that. That was of course the head referee who got that standing ovation as he went out on the field. Of course, the crowd turned a little in the latter minutes of the game and booed some bad calls, but overall they were quite happy with the regular refs' performance.

If you live in Southern California, you suffer with traffic tie-ups daily. To relieve some of the congestion L.A. planners have decided to add a carpool lane. It sounds simple enough. But to do that, a 10-mile stretch of the 405 freeway had to be closed last year. The weekend it was closed came to be known as "Carmageddon". Well, get ready for the sequel.

CNN's Casey Wian is here to tell us what is new this time. Good morning.

CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. What is new this time is they're actually closing or demolishing a different section of the bridge that you can see behind me.

Last year, as you mentioned, they demolished the southern section of that bridge on the other side and this year, starting at 7:00 local time tonight, they will be demolishing the north section and reconstructing it over the next 12 months.

As you mentioned, we had "Carmageddon", at it's locally known, last year. It turned out to be not the big worry officials were afraid of because people generally stayed away from this area. What they're concerned about this year is complacency because it was such a non- event in many people's eyes last time and they're worried people are going to think it is no big deal and they can drive through here over the weekend.

Also, they have about 30 percent more construction work to get accomplished over this weekend, so they're worried the construction process is going to take a little longer and they're not going to be able to reopen the freeway as early as they did. They opened it hours and hours early, well before the Monday morning commute last year. Just to give you a little perspective of what this means, this is the busiest freeway in the United States behind me, the 405 freeway. A half a million cars would normally go through here on a normal weekend. All of those cars are going to have to find other ways to get around or simply stay home.

There have been warnings throughout Southern California. Traffic signs on the freeway lit up as far as 50 miles away on freeways that don't even connect to this one. So the word is out. The question is whether people are going to heed all of the warnings that officials have been giving for weeks now -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right, we'll keep our fingers and our toes crossed. Casey Wian reporting live from Los Angeles.

Grab your flag pin. What the heck is economic patriotism anyway?

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COSTELLO: Now is your chance to "Talk Back" on one of stories of the take. The question for you this morning: Is there such a thing as economic patriotism?

It's time to pull out the flag pin and slap it on your lapel. It turns out it is not only patriotic to salute the military but the economy too. Because according to President Obama, there is such a thing as economic patriotism.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The great campaign season and you always hear a lot about patriotism. Well, you know what? It is time for a new economic patriotism. An economic patriotism rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class.

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COSTELLO: It is sort of become a Democratic mantra. In 2008, Joe Biden said wealthy Americans should pay more taxes because it is time to be patriotic. Perhaps no one said it better than former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.

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FMR. GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND, (D) OHIO: Mitt has so little economic patriotism that even his money needs a passport. It is summers on the beaches of the Cayman Islands and winters on the slopes of the Swiss Alps.

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COSTELLO: Ouch. The Romney campaign is firing back. Governor Romney using the patriotic card himself as in a huge deficit is not patriotic.

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MITT ROMNEY, (R) PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: This is a land where economic freedom allowed people to pursue their dreams and in doing so and achieving success they lift us as a nation. They gave us jobs. I will not apologize for success here, and I will never apologize for America abroad.

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COSTELLO: How is that for economic patriotism? Whatever that is. So the "Talk Back" question is: Is there such a thing as economic patriotism? Facebook.com/CarolCNN. Your responses later this hour.

We could all use a little extra sleep, but juggling all that life throws at you doesn't make it possible. Learn to listen to your body clock, though, because you can do certain things much better at certain times of the day. We'll fill you in just ahead.

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COSTELLO: It's 30 minutes past the hour. Thanks for joining us on this Friday. Happy Friday to you. I am Carol Costello.

President Obama may have a new rallying cry. Listen.

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OBAMA: During the campaign season you always hear a lot about patriotism. Well, you know what? It is time for a new economic patriotism. An economic patriotism rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class.

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COSTELLO: Economic patriotism. It's a good talking point. Its sounds good. But what does that mean?

Joining me now Democratic strategist, Maria Cardona, and Republican strategist, Ana Navarro. Welcome.

MARIA CARDONA, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Thank you Carol, good morning.

ANA NAVARRO, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well thank you.

COSTELLO: Thanks for being here. So Ana, I'll begin with you. What does economic patriotism mean?

NAVARRO: Well, I don't know what economic patriotism means but I can tell you that any time you put patriotism behind anything, it's a good thing. It's a good follow-up. But, you know, it's a good combination to put with any given word. I suspect it doesn't mean 8.2 unemployment. I suspect it doesn't mean 10.2 unemployment for Hispanics. I suspect it doesn't mean so many Americans under foreclosure.

And you know the word "patriotism" Carol is something that makes all Americans feel warm and fuzzy. It's a good word and makes us all think about sacrifice and makes us all think about defense of the homeland. It's a nice word to use. It's a nice little term.

COSTELLO: But usually -- usually, Maria, Republicans use that word and quite effectively.

CARDONA: Yes, yes. And actually, that's why I think it's very smart for the President to do this and Ana is right. It does work.

And I think that he's smart to do this for the simple reason that what it really means Carol is betting on America. And it really gives the President a chance not just to contrast his policies against Mitt Romney's and how the President's policies will build out the middle class, and how Romney's policies will build out the one percent.

But it also makes him focus or lets the focus be on what Romney has actually done throughout his lifetime. On his taxes we see that he has -- he has invested in foreign countries with secret corporations in Bermuda, banks in the Cayman Islands, banks in Switzerland --

COSTELLO: Oh, come on. A lot of Americans invest in foreign countries. That doesn't mean they're less patriotic.

CARDONA: But what it does mean is that Mitt Romney's policies are not focused on building out the middle class in America. That's where I think it comes down -- the contrast between somebody who really understands what it is and what policies need to be put in place for the strength of this country to come from the strength in the middle class. And he can also -- he can also put in there the auto bailout, Carol.

We all know that Mitt Romney --

COSTELLO: Because the auto bailout was patriotic -- I don't know.

CARDONA: Exactly.

COSTELLO: Patriotism is personal for me. I mean, I have my own personal beliefs, what you think is patriotic, but I must say, Ana, that patriotism to me doesn't have anything to do with the economy.

NAVARRO: Well, you know, let me tell you, Carol, I think before the end of this campaign is over what we're going to see is a blow-up doll draped with a Chinese flag and both these guys are going to be going up you know to see who is harder and harsher and tougher on China. And that may be what they mean by economic patriotism.

Patriotism is one of these kind of, you know -- it can be for political terms, it can be a one-size-fits-all type of term. I am telling you, it's like, you know, it's a chaser. It's a great word to throw in there in a political speech. You know, all Americans want to be patriotic.

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COSTELLO: -- Maria, that during the first debate that both candidates are wearing their requisite flag pins. Because we haven't seen that yet this election season and I kind of miss it.

CARDONA: And -- and I think also --

NAVARRO: You know, you better work.

CARDONA: What this word also means, in addition to Ana's focus on China, which I agree with her, both -- both candidates will focus on how tough they are on China and the President can point to policies that actually prove it. But also the wars, Carol, all of the foreign wars that we have been in for the past decade and how this president has focused on ending them and, guess what, rebuilding America as opposed to rebuilding communities abroad. And I think that for a lot of Americans is personal, and it's important.

COSTELLO: OK, so we have 30 seconds left for this segment. I'm going to ask you both about the first debate. Who do you think will win, Ana?

NAVARRO: Well, listen, as a Republican, I am supposed to say that Barack Obama is going to win because what we're supposed to say is that our candidates are blubbering idiots. We're going to go over, you know, I'm going to walk into the debate stage and go -- you know, it's all about lowering expectations.

COSTELLO: OK, point taken -- Maria.

CARDONA: Ana -- Ana is exactly right. And I'm supposed to say that Mitt Romney will win, but I will say this. The pressure is on Mitt Romney because if he goes in there and he is flat or even is just even with the President, he needs a game changer, and I think that puts a lot more pressure on him than it does on the President.

COSTELLO: Ana Navarro, Maria Cardona -- thanks so much for being with us this morning.

CARDONA: Thanks so much, Carol.

NAVARRO: Thank you.

COSTELLO: What is the best time to exercise or is the best time to have a tough conversation? Well, there's a new study out and it says there are certain times of day you should perform specific activities all based on your body clock.

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COSTELLO: Life does not stop because you're tired. Work, family -- the demands are always there and the secret to successfully juggling it all may be listening to your own body. Research shows that for most people, 9:00 a.m. is the best time to have a difficult conversation; 2:00 p.m. is the best time to take a nap. Working out, best time to do that is around 5:00 in the afternoon and at 9:00 p.m. that is actually when you're most creative.

Steve Kay, is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California. He's an expert on biological clocks. Good morning.

STEVE A. KAY, DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Good morning Carol. How are you?

COSTELLO: I'm good. I must say that you're most creative at 9:00 p.m. was most surprising to me because by 9:00 p.m. I'm exhausted.

KAY: Yes. What we're learning from research over the last few years is really our bodies are an orchestra of different biological rhythms all coordinated by a central clock in the brain, and so we're able to perform different types of task optimally at different times of the day.

The creative aspect of the 9:00 p.m. really comes from a combination of being a little bit sleepy. And what research has shown us is that kind of state enables us to be a little bit more creative, less held down by our common worries of the day.

COSTELLO: Interesting. So why -- why is it best to have a difficult conversation in the morning?

KAY: I think that mostly comes from research that shows us that we have quite strong 24-hour rhythms in our cognitive abilities. And so our abilities to perform computation, complex tasks, all of that, tends to start to peak from the middle of the morning through to the middle of the afternoon and so that would be the kind of day when you would want to bring your best game first thing in morning when you're most alert and you're at your best ability to present your own argument for yourself.

COSTELLO: Interesting. So does -- do people have different like body clocks? Is everybody's body clock essentially the same?

KAY: We're absolutely not the same and scientists like me have come up with a funny word for it called your chronotype. And that is people tend to be either larks, or morning type people, or night owls and, of course, almost everything in between. And ,for example, I tend to be quite a lark; I'm certainly best performing earlier in the morning, whereas my wife for example is somewhat of a night owl.

COSTELLO: It's exactly the same way in my marriage. It's interesting you say that. So -- so how can we better get to know our body clocks to live more productive lives?

KAY: Well, of course it's really quite difficult, because what the research is telling us is we develop these biological rhythms really to be most adaptive to the natural environment for us to be able to perform tasks in a natural environment and be successful. And so modern life, of course, really impinges upon that. It's particularly acute, of course, for people who are doing shift work but we also see it in things like jet lag where your biological clock might be messed up just for a few days.

So I think the principles are really trying to have some temporal organization in your life. It's very important to do the best that you can for example to consolidate sleep for a good six to seven hours.

When it comes to eating, studies are showing us that it's really best if you only eat during your active periods. So for most of us that would be during the day and really try to cut out the night time or late night meals. And so giving yourself a little bit of light during the active part of your -- of your life, making sure you consolidate sleep, getting your eating patterns to be coordinated with when you're active -- those are the kind of things that are going to give you an edge in life.

COSTELLO: Fascinating. Steve Kay, thank you so much for sharing. We appreciate it.

KAY: Thanks, Carol.

COSTELLO: We'll be right back.

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COSTELLO: Forty-five minutes past the hour. Checking our top stories. Right now police are drilling into what used to be a driveway in suburban Detroit. They're looking for a body. A tipster says a body was buried there around the same time former Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared back in '75. Police will test the soil to see if there are -- to see if there's any evidence of human remains.

A sophomore in Michigan -- a girl -- says she will proudly accept her spot on her high school's homecoming court tonight even though people only voted for her as a joke. 15-year-old Whitney Kropp said she was suicidal when she found out, but she changed her mind when she got support from all over the country.

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WHITNEY KROPP, BULLIED TEEN: You know, I am just overwhelmed. I am like so many people care and they want this to end.

BERNICE KROPP, MOTHER: My daughter is out there as an inspiration to a lot of people and it is a really cool thing.

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COSTELLO: That is a cool thing.

In sports, the NHL had canceled the rest of its preseason hockey games saying it can't come to an agreement on a contract with its players. The lockout started almost two weeks ago and negotiations set to resume today and the regular season is scheduled to start on October 11th assuming the lockout is resolved by then.

The clock is also ticking in the presidential election and early voting is already under way in much of the country. That includes in battleground states like Iowa. Both campaigns are scrambling to gain an edge.

Here is our chief national correspondent, John King.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We thank you ever so much for coming.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK.

JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Mind made up and ballot cast 40 days early. This opening day line is in Iowa City.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here we go.

KING: This one in Des Moines.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Scan it under the red light for me, please.

KING: Iowa's early voting, part of an important and growing national trend. 35 states now allow some form of early in-person voting including seven of the nine presidential battle grounds CNN ranks as toss-ups. Here in Iowa the early numbers and early turnout suggest a big Obama head start. So far, nearly a 5 to 1 Democratic advantage statewide in requesting early mail-in ballots.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was wondering if the President will have your support this November? Awesome.

KING: When it comes to early in-person voting, there is added Obama campaign emphasis on getting younger voters in the bank early.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You may know that in-person early voting starts tomorrow in Iowa. So basically for us here at the campaign every day is going to be election day.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, we can.

KING: Johnson County, home to the University of Iowa, led the state four years when 55 percent of its ballots were cast early.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The entire world is watching us.

KING: As President of the University Democrats, Katherine Valde's job is getting her fellow students to vote now.

(on camera): Fair to say not the most reliable if you just wait for one day?

KATHERINE VALDE, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DEMOCRATS: No. I mean, things come up. You can have an exam. You can wait until Election Day and realize you don't know where your precinct is. With early voting it just gives us 40 more chances to catch people.

KING (voice-over): Veteran Republican strategist Steve Grubbs, concedes President Obama is ahead as September winds down and early voting opens. STEVE GRUBBS, FORMER IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN: Anybody that knows football knows that the fourth quarter is when most of the action appears so October will be big and if Romney has a good start to the month, we'll be fine.

KING: But Grubbs warns against making too much of the early rush.

GRUBBS: In 2010, Democrats had an edge in early voting as well. I can't tell you exactly what the edge was but it was a significant edge and Republicans still swept the state. It is the difference of strategy, you put your money in the last three weeks or you put it in the early voting.

KING: The GOP sent the first early vote mailing just this week.

KAREN ZMOOS, ROMNEY VOLUNTEER: Can Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan count on your support this November election? Excellent. And would you be interested in voting early this election?

KING: Karen Zmoos is credited with making the Iowa GOP's 1 millionth voter call this cycle.

ZMOOS: I am calling with a very brief three-question survey about issues that matter to Iowa.

KING: And she is doing her part as Republicans play early voting catch up.

ZMOOS: You know, we're working hard here. We're rolling up our sleeves and putting our boots on and we're going at it. We still have time.

KING: John King, CNN, Iowa City, Iowa.

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COSTELLO: Some news just in to CNN. It involves Syria and Syria's chemical weapons. Apparently they're on the move. Barbara Starr will be live from the Pentagon next.

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COSTELLO: This news just in to CNN. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the United States has received intelligence indicating Syria is moving its chemical weapons. He made those comments just moments ago at a news conference. CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr was there. What did he say, Barbara?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well Carol, I asked him what the latest information was about Syrian chemical weapons on the move and was pretty surprised to hear his answer. Have a listen.

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LEON PANETTA, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: We do believe that those sites still remain secured by the Syrian military. There has been intelligence that there have been some moves that have taken place. Where exactly that's taken place, we don't know.

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STARR: So here is what he is saying, Carol, the U.S. Now has intelligence that the Syrians have indeed moved some chemical weapons. We knew about one incident several months ago. We were not aware that there had been multiple incidents. The Secretary not talking about the time frame here but goes onto say that they believe the Syrians are moving these chemical weapons to consolidate their own inventory, to have less sites, less places they have to guard in light of their own deteriorating security situation.

But, still, even though the Secretary says all the main sites, and he was very specific, the main chemical sites are under Syrian military control, these moves around the edges of Syrian chemical weapons, he acknowledges, he doesn't have a lot of information. He is not sure. But he says the belief still is that the main sites are secure but there have been some moves basically by the state in Syria to secure them better.

COSTELLO: A couple of things. Of course Syria is in the midst of this terrible civil war. There has always been fear that the Syrian government could use chemical weapons on its own people. And I think that the administration has said there is some red line. If Syria moves its chemical weapons that that could be seen as an act of war, military action, what?

STARR: Yes. You bet. And let's just drill down a bit on this. Absolutely right. What the administration or at least what Secretary Panetta is saying is they don't see these latest moves of Syrian chemical weapons being a move towards using the weapons. They believe it is for security consolidation.

But, look, make no mistake. Syria has one of the largest chemical weapons arsenals in the world. Multiple sites, dozens of sites that need to be guarded. And already the rebels have been making claims that they have captured some military installations where they believe there may have been some chemical weapons, stock piles. None of that verified.

But these claims are whirling around everywhere. We know there are Iranian forces, Quad forces inside Syria. The cast of actors inside this country right now is really very, very much up for grabs. So any movement of these chemical facilities, of these chemical sites, of the stock piles, is obviously of great concern.

I think it is really interesting here that the Secretary says the U.S. believes the main sites are concerned are secure but he is not offering a lot of detail and says although there have been moves, he is not really sure what they all involve.

COSTELLO: Got you. Barbara Starr reporting live for us from the Pentagon. We'll be back.

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DR. TRAVIS STORK, CO-HOST, "THE DOCTORS": Don't worry too much about your doctor's feelings here. What matters is your health. And most doctors are more than happy that you're going to get a second opinion.

But certainly don't hide the fact that you're going to get a second opinion. Because your doctor needs to be aware that you're going to get another opinion so they can incorporate that opinion into their plan. Tell your doctor that it is not that you question their judgment but you just want to get more information.

But the big thing is this. If you're out there looking for a fourth, sixth, seventh opinion and you're trying to get a doctor to tell you what you want to hear, you will eventually hear what you want to hear, but doing that can put your health in jeopardy.

Make sure you're getting a second opinion because you need it and you want it, you want more information. And at some point you just have to accept the news even if it is not what you want to hear.

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COSTELLO: Good advice. I am Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Have a great weekend.

"CNN NEWSROOM" continues now with Ashley Banfield.