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Artifacts Missing From Museum; Protesters Near Palace; Car Plows Into Crowd
Aired February 13, 2011 - 06:00 ET
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RANDI KAYE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Good morning. Take a look at that. Post-revolution rush hour. A sign that Egypt is moving on after the Mubarak regime, but trouble could be brewing in another part of the region. We'll tell you why we are watching a call for regime change in Yemen this hour.
And would you leap four stories into a freezing cold lake? Well, you would if a huge truck was headed your way. This woman's frightening story just minutes away. It is early and we are on it.
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KAYE (on-camera): From CNN Center, this CNN "Sunday Morning." It's February 13th. Good everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. We're so glad you're with us this morning because we have a lot of stories that we are excited about, especially for love birds. It is Valentine's Day eve, after all. We're also just hours away from tonight's Grammy Awards. Susan Boyle and Michael Buble rub elbows with Eminem and Justin Bieber. Those are just some of the nominees.
Also ahead, what's it like growing up a man Delia? We'll talk with Nelson Mandelas' granddaughters about one of this generation's most influential leaders, and we'll find out how he's doing after recent health crisis.
Here's a war story you don't hear every day. Five sets of siblings, a band of brothers, serving in one military unit. They talk about-facing danger practically side by side in the war zone.
And have you heard? There's a royal wedding just a few weeks away, actually, a few months away. Prince William and Kate Middleton already have a lot of details nailed down. We'll get the latest from a royal insider and tell you which talk show host could have an in with the Middleton family. Yes, she is related.
But we do start this morning in Egypt. We're line because returning to normal with the beginning of the workweek. Some people are still gathering in Tahrir Square, but for the most part, Egyptians, who just a few days ago were crowded into Squares and streets calling for the resignation of their president, are now headed back to work in shops and markets across the country. And for the first time since the early days of uprising, we are seeing police back out on the streets.
With the dust settling, we are hearing some disturbing news about some of the Egypt's treasures. Officials say at least 17 artifacts are missing from the Egyptian museum there in Tahrir Square. Among them are statues of King Tut. In the early days of the protest, people broke into the museum damaging some of the displays, but after that, soldiers were dispatched to guard the building.
But move to the east now and the seeds of revolution again seem to be sprouting, this time, in Yemen. We've also seen demonstrations in Algeria, but today, Yemen seems to be heating up with the anti- government protesters marching toward the presidential palace. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom joins me now on the phone from the capital Sanaa. Mohammed, what are you seeing on the streets there today?
VOICE OF MOHAMMED JAMJOOM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Randi, it's the third time in as many days that there have been anti-government protests going on in Sanaa. It started earlier today at the gates of Sanaa University. At that point, there were actually pro-government demonstrators and anti-government demonstrators. At one time, there was a little bit of scuffle between the rifle (ph) actions.
Then, police dispersed the crowd, and the anti-government demonstrators that at that point numbered about 400 members started marching through the streets heading towards the presidential palace. Now, as they were marching, we were catching up with them, and their numbers were growing. At the end of this, we saw about 1,000 people. Barricades went up, eventually. The security got increased there. More and more military came out.
They put up barbed wire in the middle of the streets so that the anti-government demonstrators who were calling for regime change could not reach the presidential palace. At that point, those protesters actually turned away. Before they did so, they were chanting things like down with Ali. They were saying first Mubarak in Egypt, now Ali in Yemen.
And actually, once they turned away and started taking side streets, we tried to follow them again, and our car was surrounded by security personnel here, and our film was seized for the day. So, we don't know at this point where they have gone if protests are still going on. We're trying to find that out, but a lot of heated rhetoric today by anti-government demonstrators calling for regime change in Yemen -- Randi.
KAYE: And Mohammed, this looks an awful lot like how Egypt started, the uprising there. Is it the same issue? Are people upset about lack of work, rising prices. Is that why they want the regime change?
JAMJOOM: Absolutely, Randi. When you speak to anti-government demonstrators here, a lot of them very young because the majority of the population here is under the age of 30. They say they're tired of not having any economic future. They're tired of so few job opportunities. They're tired of living in the most impoverished nation in the Middle East. They're frustrated with this, and they think that this regime here has been in charge for 32 years. They want to see a change.
And many of them have been emboldened to come out into the streets by what they seem going on in Tunisia and Egypt. A lot of times in the last couple of days what has started out as protests or demonstrations in solidarity with the Egyptian people, celebration on behalf of the Egyptian people have turned more heated, morning angry, and then you start hearing more chants of down with the regime here. We want change. And if you don't leave office, we'll force you to leave -- Randi.
KAYE: All right. Mohammed Jamjoom there in Yemen for us. Mohammed, thank you.
Time now for the "Weekend Wheel." A look at some of the stories that really caught our eye this morning. We start in Pasco County, Florida where the dramatic rescue and a sheriff's deputy being hailed as a hero. The deputy was able to pull the driver out of that fiery wreck that you're looking at in the nick of time. The car hit a telephone pole which brought live power lines down on top of it.
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DEP. KELLY ENDRICKS, PASCO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.: I wanted get whoever was inside the car out. That was my main focus. That's why I went right to the first window, bashed that open first so that he can come out the back. When he said he couldn't there, I just, you know, went to the sun roof and hit that one over.
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KAYE: Dep. Kelly Endricks and the driver both escaped serious injury. The driver says he hit the pole after swerving to miss another car. The crash is under investigation.
If you have any Borders Gift Cards, you may want to use them pretty soon. Reports say the book-seller will file for bankruptcy protection as early as next week. Meaning, thousands will lose their jobs. The "Wall Street Journal" says the company will try to close more than 200 of its stores. Borders has mounting debts and did not compete strongly online or in the e-book world.
And talk about a sea treasure. The remains of a Nantucket, Massachusetts, whaling ship with the connection to the classic story of "Moby Dick" have been found off Hawaii. The ship two brothers found 600 miles northwest of Honolulu had been captained by George Pollard, Jr. Pollard was captained of the whaler "Essex" when it was hit by a whale in the 1820s and sunk in the South Pacific. The incident was the basis for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
Legendary actress, Elizabeth Taylor, remains in the hospital this morning, under going treatment for congestive heart failure. She checked herself in earlier in the week. One of her representatives says the 78-year-old star is doing just fine. Taylor has dealt with heart problems before. Two years ago, she had valve replacement surgery. Investigators are taking a closer look at the playboy mansion in Los Angeles after as many as 100 people say they got sick there. Hugh Hefner's infamous bachelor pad played host to a party for internet executives, and as you'd expect from that crowd, they posted their various respiratory problems on Facebook and Twitter and that is how officials actually caught on that, hey, there's a trend here.
And now, an incredible story of bravery. A Georgia woman took the leap of a lifetime to save her own life. Bianca Vera had been in a car accident on a bridge over Lake Lanier north of Atlanta. She was inspecting her car in a bridge when a tractor-trailer began skidding toward her, so, she jumped from a height of about 4 stories.
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BIANCA VERA, JUMPED OFF BRIDGE TO AVOID TRUCK: The impact of a tractor-trailer hitting my car, and that was all I remember. Then, I was in the water. I was swimming on my back, and I remember looking at the stars. I had to have had a guardian angel, somebody there helping me to get through it, because I don't know how I pulled through and got to the shore because it was so far away.
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KAYE: What a brave young woman. The woman is recovering from a broken vertebrae and bruises.
Well, it is eight minutes past the hour. Meteorologist, Reynolds Wolf, is here with our first check of the weather.
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Wow.
KAYE: Good morning, Reynolds.
WOLF: Good morning.
KAYE: Isn't that amazing story?
WOLF: Amazing story. She didn't have a whole lot of choices. She really did. I mean, it was one of the other and what a courageous thing to do, no question. Hey, guys, we're going to have a pretty interesting weather day today, and it is going to really take a toll (INAUDIBLE). Some of the wind you're going to be experiencing in parts of the northern plains is going to be roaring in parts of Big Sky Country, Montana, Northern Rockies, anywhere from 40 to 60-mile per hour winds with gust that may be approaching 75.
That's about hurricane force one, at least, the equivalent of category 1. And speaking of wind, we got a lot of it that's going to be coming across parts of the Great Lakes. The results could be some lake effect snowfall for Buffalo, back in the Pittsburgh, even Cleveland might get a touch of that. Also expect to make some rain, even some sleet across parts of Washington, D.C., southward into Virginia and also into portions of Maryland.
Back out into the cascades and into the Northern Rockies, it's all snow biz. Some of the highest elevations may get over a foot before all was said and done. Perhaps one of the biggest weather stories we have the day today is not something you're going to see, but rather something you're going to feel in terms of those temperatures. For today, we're going to be up to about 55 degrees in Kansas City, 45 in Chicago, 57 in Albuquerque, and 51 in Seattle.
But keep in mind over the last couple of weeks, we've been dealing with just this incredible arctic air mass across much of the nation's midsection. Oklahoma City was about 30 degrees below zero just last week. My, how things are going to be changing this week? We're going to see some big, big adjustments in the jet stream with that big atmospheric barrier moving a bit far to the north that's going to allow bit of a cold. And as to west, much warmer conditions for the eastern two thirds of the nation.
We're going to have much above normal for many places including parts of Oklahoma City making to the 70s by the time getting to Wednesday. As we wrap things up, plenty of sunshine for the south and the central plains and into the desert southwest. There are two spots where the weather may be kind of dicey, pacific northwest and into the Great Lakes. There's a quick snapshot of your forecast. Randi, let's picture back over to you.
KAYE: All right. Reynolds, you're going to want to pay attention to this next story. It really has amazing video. It's a beautiful day to enjoy the San Francisco Bay yesterday, but not just for the sightseers, also for the dozen or so orca whales spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge. It's believe, actually, that this is the second time in three days the same group of killer whales has been seen. Those people on the boat sure got a show, didn't they? They put on a show for about 40 sightseers who say they saw a few calves (ph) swimming and playing among the (inaudible). Pretty cool stuff.
There is a Valentine's Day ad out right now. Have you heard it? It says flowers wilt, chocolates melt, roaches are forever. I'll tell you who put it out there and why.
But, first, if you're single and looking for love, well, listen up, the website, Daily Beast, has a list for you of the best cities to find love. Coming in at number five is San Diego, California. Number four found across the country, on the east coast, Virginia Beach, Virginia. And the third best city to find love, Austin, Texas. Which are the two top cities for singles? The answer, right after the break.
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KAYE: If you're single and looking for love this Valentine's Day, well, you might want to consider looking in one of the Daily Beast's list of best cities love. We gave you three of the top five before the break. So, what cities are topping the list? Coming in at the number two spot, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. And the number one city for love is San Antonio, Texas. Imagine a stroll with your sweetie along the river walk. Makes perfect sense. It's very romantic there.
Retailers and restaurants would rather you save the stroll for after dinner or after you pick up a bauble too (ph) at the mall. Christmas may be king, but when it comes to holiday spending, Valentine's Day is giving it a run for the money. CNNs Stephanie Elam has the chocolate-covered details.
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STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Love is in the air, America. After pinching pennies hard for a couple of years, consumers are once again ready to shower their loved ones with gifts. In fact, according to Aida's (ph) World Research, Americans will spend $18.6 billion this year on Valentine's Day purchases. That's nearly 6 percent more than last year and breaks down to about 125 bucks a person. So, what are folks buying?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Candy, chocolate, of course, for my husband, and my daughter and son.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, probably, $100 going toward food.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Say, I probably would split dinner with my boyfriend and then go out to museum or something.
ELAM: No doubt, greeting cards, flowers, clothing and jewelry are all popular gift, but Americans will spend the most of their dough on romantic getaways, candy and the most popular expense of all, dining out. All those meals will cost $8.8 billion this year. When it comes to gender, it looks like men just don't trust the old adage, it's the thought that counts. The national Retail Federation says the average man will drop more than 158 bucks for Valentine's Day, while the average woman will only spend about $75.
And Valentine's Day is not just for humans. The National Retail Federation says the average person will spend just over $5 on the family pet, up nearly $2 from last year. But let's face it, not everyone has a valentine to lavish. That doesn't mean, however, that these folks aren't spending. In fact, the NRS says consumers will spend an average of $6.30 on friends, about $5 on classmates and teachers, and just over $3 on co-workers. After all, Valentine's Day is on a Monday.
Stephanie Elam, CNN, New York.
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KAYE: All right. I love this next story. After seven years, can Mrs. Barbie, and he's mounting a nationwide campaign, yes, a nationwide campaign to win her back. He's taken out billboards, put out a Twitter and a Facebook page. He's even enlisted you to help convince her to give him a second chance.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He should go out there. She's hot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Go out with Barbie, but make sure that you have like an agreement. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He needs a pre-nup?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's what I was thinking.
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KAYE: A prenuptial agreement. Isn't Barbie the one with all the cash? I mean, come on. You can vote on BarbieandKen.com, but why don't you tweet me at RandiKayeCNN and let me know if you think Barbie should really go back to ken this time. She'll give him her answer on Valentine's Day, but I am looking forward to your tweets.
And speaking of Valentine's Day, would you name a cockroach after your sweetie as a valentine's gift? Don't laugh. The Bronx Zoo says flowers wilt, chocolates melt, but roaches are forever. The zoo says for a $10 donation, you can name one of its Madagascar hissing cockroaches after a loved one. And for that matter, I guess, you can name it after someone you don't like. Up to you. The zoo will even send you a certificate. Maybe an ex-sweetie. That would be good for the cockroach.
Coming up, remember Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice? Well, he may have just met his match.
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(SINGING) I love the way you make me feel.
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KAYE: Oh, yes. Her story is next.
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KAYE: Welcome back. Eighteen minutes past the hour. Now, we take you cross country. Lots of interesting stories to share with you.
Investigators in San Diego want to know why a taxi veered onto the sidewalk in a popular entertainment district. Twenty-five people were injured. Six of the victims are in critical condition. Doctors actually had to amputate one woman's leg after she was pinned against a wall. The driver was taken to the hospital with a broken nose. Police say alcohol was not a factor in the accident.
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(SINGING) I love the way you make me feel.
KAYE (voice-over): You've heard of Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice. We learned all about last month. Well this is Lotus Soul, discovered by our affiliate, KGTV. She's also homeless, living in San Diego Shelters while she tries to recover from the effects of a difficult divorce. She had voice lessons as a child, and she says singing gives her comfort during difficult times. What a voice she has. And in Minnesota, well, check this out. This year's social ice is under way. The event is held in downtown Rochester, and the features was billed as the largest outdoor ice bar. Only in Minnesota in the upper Midwest. The main bar is more than 80 feet long, and it features four satellite bars and 21 ice sculptures.
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KAYE (on-camera): A seat at the royal wedding. It is the most coveted invite in the world right now. We'll tell you Ellen DeGeneres believed she should be on the guest list.
Plus, would you like to have a conversation with Nelson Mandela's granddaughters? Well, we did. He was released from prison 21 years ago this weekend. We'll hear how they felt meeting their father for the very first time.
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KAYE: Ellen DeGeneres is hoping she found her in for the royal wedding. The top show host says she should be on the guest list because she and Kate Middleton are distant cousins. How distant? Well, they are 15th cousins, but hey, blood is blood, right? She says if playing the, we're family card isn't enough to get her an invite, well, she's offering to plan the bachelorette party. Nothing else. The very least, she will do that. What a party that would be with Ellen planning it.
And just over two months, Prince William will marry Kate Middleton. Their fairytale love story is about to be one of the biggest events of the year, and we're all watching as every little detail trickles out. Here's what we know, so far, about the big day. The wedding is set for April 29th at 11:00 a.m. London time. That is 06:00 a.m. eastern for us at Westminster Abbey. Kate will ride in a car to the service.
The archbishop of Canterbury will marry the couple, and the queen will host the reception afterwards at Buckingham Palace. Now, here to tell us about the newest juicy details out of London is CNN contributor and royal biographer, Mark Saunders. Mark, welcome to you. Mark, can you hear me OK?
MARK SAUNDERS, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Ah, yes. Can you hear me?
KAYE: OK. Now, I can hear you. Yes. All right. What do you make of the queen, first of all, faxing out save the date cards for guests?
SAUNDERS: That's not as unusual as it may seem. Remember, the save the date, this is pretty much a kind of invite to an invite. Now, the idea of faxing is because in many cases, the first port of call will be at the various embassies around London and that would go on official fax paper from Buckingham Palace. Now, the embassies do actually have a far more secure fax line than they do an internet line.
KAYE: So, the official invitation will go that after?
SAUNDERS: Yes. What will happen is that the ambassador would be given that fax copy, and he would then hand it on to his head, president, prime minister, king or queen, at the kind of bimonthly meeting that they would have. And then, yes, the official invites to go with in-laws once (ph) will go out at the end of this month.
KAYE: So, we know that Ellen DeGeneres, of course, wants one. She thinks she should be on the guest list. Who else do you expect will be invited to the shindig?
SAUNDERS: Yes. We have actually had one confirmation. Apparently, the queen sent an invite to Emperor Akihito of Japan, and he is elderly and has passed the invite down to his son, Naruhito and his wife, who is the -- the crown princess, Masako, and she's pretty much the Princess Diana of Japan. She's had some problems.
She hasn't done a foreign trip now in eight years, but the royal household have confirmed they have received an invite, surprisingly before anybody else, and those two will be going. As far as the other guest lists goes, we're still pretty much assuming that the various heads of states of Europe will all be attending.
KAYE: What about --
SAUNDERS: The big question -- well, I can tell you this. Now, David Beckham has a very good relationship with Prince William, and it would appear that Prince William has said to David Beckham that he would be invited to the wedding. However, however, there does appear to be an issue with David's soccer team down in L.A., the L.A. Galaxy.
Now, they've got a match with Dallas on the first of May, which would be the Sunday after the wedding, and chances are, a professional athlete would not be able to make that trip from Friday night and play a football match on Sunday morning.
KAYE: I don't know about that. This is a once in a lifetime for him. He might just have to miss that game.
SAUNDERS: If his team gives him permission, then yes. The other main we're hoping for Elton John. Elton, himself, has said he hasn't received an invite, but I think the people keep saying they haven't received an invite, it doesn't mean that they're not going to. I think most of the people who are saying they haven't will get them eventually. It's simply apart from Japan. No one has received an invite yet. We're still waiting anxiously on the president and Michelle Obama.
KAYE: Sure.
SAUNDERS: It does appear the president might not be coming, but Michelle is certainly we're hoping that she would come.
KAYE: Well, she hasn't gotten her invitation yet. We know that because she said that, but I'm sure she will. Mark Saunders, thank you so much. Appreciate chatting with you about that. SAUNDERS: Thank you.
KAYE: Coming up, a terrifying crash on a California highway. A truck speeding down the wrong side of an interstate, and it's all caught on tape. I'll show you how this all plays out, straight ahead.
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KAYE (voice-over): But first, tonight, the music industry honors its best with the Grammy Awards. The words for lifetime achievement have already been announced. Punk pioneers, The Ramones, were honored, along with British actress and singer, Julie Andrews and jazz drummer, Roy Haynes. The country music legend also made the list. I'll tell you who that is in just a few minutes.
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KAYE: Welcome back. Glad you're starting your day with us. I'm Randi Kaye. It's half past the hour.
Today for the first time traffic is flowing through Tahrir Square. It's quieter than it has been in days. The cleanup still underway. People are slowly returning to work, returning their lives.
It's anything but business at usual in Egypt, though. This is the first work day following the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, after 30 years in power, and Egyptians are adjusting to their new reality.
Let's get more now from Fawaz Gerges. He's a professor of Middle Eastern politics and international relations at the London School of Economics.
Professor, what is the new normal for Egyptians right now?
PROF. FAWAZ GERGES, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS: Well, I think there's a great deal of anxiety. There are high expectations, and it's a moment - a promising moment, fragmented with risks and possibilities.
What's really most important, Randi, is that there is a sea change in attitude, a psychology. Egyptians feel now empowered. They feel that there is - they have hope. And I mean, the whole social revolution in Egypt, what - about the lack of hope, the lack of freedom.
So even though there's a great deal of anxiety about the future, what kind of government will emerge out of the ashes of the Mubarak regime? Will the army honor it's pledges to respect the wishes of the people and to prepare the country for free elections? Or will the army feels comfortable and consolidate power? Remember, you're talking about senior ranks who are basically an integral part of the Mubarak regime.
Yet people have tremendous respect for the institution and the army. It's a national unity army, and the army did well. It did not fire on the people, it did not abuse its power. So while there's a great deal of anxiety, there are also a great deal of high expectations.
People in Egypt today have high hopes for the future.
KAYE: How quickly do you think realistically that they can put a free and fair democracy in place in Egypt?
GERGES: I think this is one of the most important questions that really anyone should ask. As you well know, building institutions take decades. Building democracy, we political theorists estimate that it takes about between 80 and 100 years to basically establish a viable democracy. Look at what - how long it has taken us in the United States.
It's not a simple question. You need solid, legitimate, transparent institutions, you need a productive economic base, you need a solid middle class, you need separation of powers, you need the rule of law, you need - I mean, you need so many critical points, which Egypt does not have today.
Remember, Egyptians now have embarked on a very difficult journey. This is the beginning, the first half in a very prolonged journey. But the reality is the most important part now is to have free elections. Free elections in about eight or nine months.
This is why the transitional period between now and the eight months is very, very critical. I cannot stress how critical this particular period because you want to prepare the country for the new elections, you want to have the millions of politicized Egyptians to give their voice, a say in the political process. You need the oppositional parties to come together, and also we have to see whether the army is genuine about really bringing civilian leaders in.
But eight months to prepare the country for elections, you need constitutional changes, you need to lift the emergency laws, so you can imagine, from my list - shopping list (ph), this is a very, very difficult path for Egypt. But at least the Egyptians have taken the first step in a very highly risky and promising journey.
KAYE: Very interesting discussion, and good to see you again, Professor Fawaz Gerges. Thank you so much, joining us from London.
GERGES: Thank you.
KAYE: Checking top stories, deadly violence at a bar popular with tourists in Guadalajara, Mexico. Several gunmen open fire and tossed a grenade into the Butler Club Bar yesterday, killing six people and wounding 37 more. Police suspect a fight earlier in the bar may have triggered that attack.
It is not known if any Americans were hurt. American tourists and consulate workers are being urged to stay off the streets at night. Big number 92 of the Washington Redskins is facing a misdemeanor simple assault charge in Virginia. Albert Haynesworth is accused of punching the driver of another car after the two exchanged words in a traffic disagreement. Haynesworth is set to appear in a Fairfax County, Virginia courtroom next month.
And in Pasco County, Florida a close call for a driver whose car crashed into a pole and caught fire. Look at that fire.
Edward Whalon (ph) was rescued by a deputy only minutes before his entire car caught up in flames. Deputy Kelly Endricks says he was just doing his job.
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DEPUTY KELLY ENDRICKS, PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: I wanted to get whoever's inside the car out. That was my main focus. That's why I went right to the first window, bashed that open first, hoping he'd come out the back. When he said he couldn't get there, I just - you know, I went to the sun roof and hit that one open.
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KAYE: The driver was treated for smoke inhalation. The deputy, incredibly, was not hurt.
The stage is set for the Grammy Awards that get underway later this evening. The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, may be gone, but he's certainly not forgotten.
"SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" host A.J. Hammer has our preview this morning.
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A.J. HAMMER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT HOST (voice-over): Thirteen-time Grammy winner Michael Jackson up for a posthumous 14th award. His biggest competition? Seven-time winner John Mayer.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Best Pop Male Vocal Performance. Yes. Michael Jackson for "This Is It" and John Mayer with "Half of My Heart."
HAMMER: In another strange Grammy showdown, it's a battle of the YouTube stars. Justin Bieber, who rocketed to fame with his musical YouTube videos is up for Best Pop Vocal Album for "My World 2.0." Susan Boyle, who became a worldwide YouTube tearjerker, is up against Biebs for her first album, "I Dreamed A Dream."
So which of these viral superstar will we soon call Grammy winner?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm going with Team Bieber on this one.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think we're going to lean more towards Susan Boyle. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm not sure if either one of them will actually win this category.
HAMMER: Young versus old; dead versus alive. It's the weirdest Grammy showdown.
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KAYE: Before the break we told you the Grammy Awards for Lifetime Achievement have already been awarded. Among those honored were country music's Dolly Parton, the Juilliard string quartet, folk music artist the Kingston Trio, and gospel legend George Beverly Shea.
And as we told you earlier, also honored were the Ramones, Julie Andrews and Roy Haynes.
Coming up, a brazen smash and grab robbery is stopped cold by an elderly woman and the newest weapon, her hand bag. You do not want to miss this story.
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KAYE: A very nice Sunday shaping up for the South. Meteorologist Reynolds Wolf watching it all for us. Good morning again, Reynolds.
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Good morning.
We'll take it when we can get it, wouldn't we? And when - any time we have a great weekend, and certainly a great Sunday, it is something we look forward to and that's certainly going to be case.
There will be a few exceptions, some lake-effect snowfall for parts of the Great Lakes, especially the Eastern half, out to the Pacific Northwest, rain in the valleys. The highest elevation of parts of the Cascades snow is going to be coming in also. The Northern Rockies, also snow.
But for the rest of the nation, I mean, we're looking at picture- perfect weather, from the Central Plains to the Southeast, the desert Southwest, lots of sunshine, a few scattered clouds here and there, and your temperatures will be just delightful.
Take a look at this - 55 degrees in Kansas City; 62 in Memphis; 70 in Houston; 57 in Albuquerque; 60 in San Francisco, a little bit of morning fog. That's going to be gone by midday; 70 in Los Angeles; 43 in New York; 38 in Boston; and 66 in Tampa; Miami with 73. So, overall, great looking Sunday.
And I'll tell you what, we've got even warmer conditions that are going to be in store for Wednesday and Thursday this week coming up. Some places like Oklahoma City, gone from 30 below earlier in the week to possibly 70 by late in afternoon on Wednesday.
Hard to believe, but good changes. And back to you, Randi.
KAYE: I think I can hear them cheering there.
WOLF: I think so.
KAYE: We're very excited about the warm up.
WOLF: Yes we are.
KAYE: All right. Thanks, Reynolds.
Time now for the "Extremes of the Week," the pictures and stories that really made us sit up and take notice.
Check out this surveillance tape video from Chicago. It's every man or woman for themselves when it snows, and this woman - oh, yes. She's just helping herself to her neighbor's snow shovel to dig her own car out.
Let's just say the shovel owner wasn't feeling especially neighborly about that.
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DAVID WELLES, NEIGHBOR TOOK SNOW SHOVEL WITHOUT PERMISSION: I got a little I guess passive/aggressive. And, you know, I got a new snow blower, so I was kind of excited to bury her car.
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KAYE: Wow. That's pretty funny.
So that's just what he did. But we don't know whose shovel she used to dig out the second time after he buried her car. Maybe she just waited for it all to melt.
A situation like this never ends well. You're watching a wrong way driver caught on a cell phone camera in Oceanside, California. The car slammed into the median, starting a chain reaction pileup. Wow.
Amazingly, no one was seriously injured. The driver wasn't able to tell investigators how he ended up going the wrong way.
And in London, crime fighting knows no age. Check out the woman in red. She's in her 60s - there she is. In her 60s but that didn't stop her from trying to stop a jewelry store heist in progress.
Look at her go. Wonder Gran battered - battered the burglars with her handbag, even knocking them to the ground when they tried to run off. She says she is no hero but was concerned that so many other people were just standing around watching it happen.
Granny to the rescue. Check her out. Love that.
A conversation with Nelson Mandela's granddaughters. What's it like having a famous freedom fighter as your grandfather? And imagine how they felt meeting him for the very first time. They tell our Nadia Bilchik.
It is a CNN exclusive, next on our "Morning Passport."
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KAYE: Twenty-seven years in prison is a long time. Long enough for Nelson Mandela's children to grow up without a father, long enough for them to have children of their own.
Our Nadia Bilchik spoke with two of his granddaughters and she's here to tell us all about that. What did you speak to them about?
NADIA BILCHIK, CNN EDITORIAL PRODUCER: I spoke to them about the day of the release, which is February the 11th. So it's 21 years since he was released. And the granddaughters were speaking to are Zenani (ph). So Zenani (ph) is his oldest daughter with Winnie. And Zenani (ph) was married to a prince of Swaziland. So the two daughters you're about to see, Zaziwe and Zamaswazi, their names all beginning with the "Z," because, of course, they're royalty. So these are the two granddaughters. And we'll hear what they had to say about their grandfather, the legend, the icon, and the human being that is Nelson Mandela.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nelson Mandela, a free man taking his first steps.
BILCHIK: What was that day for you?
ZAZIWE DLAMINI MANAWAY, GRANDDAUGHTER OF NELSON MANDELA: I was just so happy for my mother because she'd waited for so many years for the day for her father to come out of jail. She can start having a relationship with my grandfather.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And a salute from Mr. Nelson Mandela, his wife Winnie.
ZAMASWAZI DLAMINI, GRANDDAUGHTER OF NELSON MANDELA: I remember a few days prior to him actually being released that my mom received a call saying he was going to be released, and I remember coming home from school, and she was quite upset, and, you know, we didn't know why. And she sat us down and said, you know, your grandfather is going to be released from jail, and she was crying.
And so I said why are you so upset? And she said like I just heard this so many times before. And I don't know if this is actually going to be the real deal.
So it was a bit confusing, because she was kind of like I'm not sure if it's going to happen. So we also about we weren't sure if it was going to happen. But then the actual day when he was released, I mean, I remember waking up in the morning and there were just news cameras everywhere outside our house.
MANAWAY: Coming home and seeing him, it was just so many people around us all the time. So we actually never really actually got a moment to actually be with him. I mean, it was like two minutes at a time we'd see him and my grandmother and he was just so busy. So I don't remember having a connection with him the first time I - I actually sat down and saw him after jail, because there were just so many people there at the house.
BILCHIK: Now, I've read that Winnie did visit Madiba this week, is that so?
MANAWAY: Yes, she did.
DLAMINI: Yes, she did. She did. I think it was a long road to where it is now. But, you know, I think it's nice for us to be able to share, you know, family time with both of them in the same place. It's a very relaxing relationship between the two of them, it's actually very good.
BILCHIK: How do you want your young children to think of, to know your grandfather?
MANAWAY: I think it says a lot for him to have enjoyed 27 years in jail and still come out such a humble and forgiving person after everything that he had been through. So if I can pass that down to my child, or my child can learn that, then I'll be very happy. And I'm so happy that he's still with us after 20 years.
DLAMINI: I'm just grateful for the fact that I've actually seen what's happened in this country. The transition, how we've grown, all of the things that have happened in the country. And just to know that my grandfather was -
MANAWAY: A part of it.
DLAMINI: -- a part of it and he played such a big role in it. It makes me feel very proud.
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BILCHIK: And we all feel so proud. It's very emotional.
Now, Zamaswazi and Zaziwe are actually writing a book but about their grandmother Winnie and her role in the struggle.
So a man who walked literally from prison to liberty and leadership.
KAYE: They really learned more about him through the media and learned about his life and his story having never met him.
BILCHIK: Never met him.
KAYE: That's incredible.
BILCHIK: And, you know, nobody even saw his photograph from those years. They expected the man that he walked in at 45 and at 71 he looked quite different. KAYE: I'm sure.
BILCHIK: But a man who turned a nightmare into a vision, a vision into a dream and a dream into a reality that is South Africa, the Rainbow Nation.
KAYE: So interesting. So glad you had the chance to talk with them, Nadia.
And coming up in the 8:00 Eastern hour on CNN SUNDAY, Nadia talks with the eldest daughter of Winnie and Nelson Mandela. She was just five years old when her father was taken to jail. We'll hear from her what it was like to grow up without him.
The Super Bowl is all about the biggest and the best. And as a viewer watching the commercials isn't a big sacrifice. But did you know that your tax dollars were actually paying for part of that show? Yes, it's true. We will explain, right after this.
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KAYE: Glad you're waking up with us. It is eight minutes before the hour.
Let's talk politics now, and an important precursor to the 2012 election has wrapped up in Washington this weekend. It's a major annual gathering of Conservatives that brings out some of the stars of the party to rally the troops.
CNN Senior Political Editor Mark Preston has more.
MARK PRESTON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL EDITOR: Good morning, Randi.
Eleven thousand bleary-eyed Conservatives are waking up in the nation's capital this morning after spending the last few days at the Conservative Political Action Conference, talking policy, politics and most importantly how they can take back the White House in 2012. The three-day conference was capped off with the much touted CPAC straw poll.
Let's take a quick look at those results. Coming in first was Texas Congressman Ron Paul; second, Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor; Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor came in third and was tied for third with the current New Jersey governor, Chris Christie; and rounding out the top five is the former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Now, some would say that Gary Johnson and Ron Paul really benefited from the fact that CPAC is attended primarily by students. These are two candidates who do very well with the young Conservative set. But not only did they hear from these candidates, they also heard from the likes of Ann Coulter and Andrew Breitbart, Conservative icons.
The hope from these organizers now is that they will go back across the country. They'll leave here in Washington, D.C., they will spread the Conservative message and most importantly, they will stay energized as they head into 2012. And whoever wins the Republican nomination, these are the foot soldiers who will be knocking on doors, who will be making telephone calls, and will certainly be at the voting booth in the next presidential election - Randi.
KAYE: Thank you, Mark.
A new twist on the phrase "band of brothers." Five sets of brothers, one Marine battalion, all now headed to Afghanistan's front lines. Their incredible story, next.
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KAYE: A battalion of brothers deploying to Afghanistan, in the Marines, everyone is family. But how many infantry units can boast about having five sets of brothers?
Our Ed Lavandera caught up with the brothers in arms - Ed.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Randi, when the Lone Star Battalion deploys for Afghanistan, it will be a family affair. Five sets of brothers in the same unit, and we've brought them altogether for the first time.
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LAVANDERA (voice-over): A deep bond runs through this line of Marines. But this is a brotherhood beyond the uniform.
LT. COL. TODD ZINK, U.S. MARINE CORPS: I was almost surprised when I heard it myself. I didn't realize we had five sets of brothers right away.
LAVANDERA: The U.S. Marine Corps First Battalion, 23rd Regiment, is a family, and infantry unit made up mostly of Texas reservists and includes five different sets of brothers, all about to deploy to the war in Afghanistan.
Will and Raul Hernandez; Matthew and Jonathan Faseler; Josh and Daniel Beans; Bobby and Cody Handrickson; Francisco and Hector Vega.
LAVANDERA (on camera): Have you leaned on each other quite a bit?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. It gives us a sense of home.
LAVANDERA (voice-over): Their brotherhood eases the pressure of heading into the battlefield.
LANCE CPL. WILL HERNANDEZ, U.S. MARINE CORPS: I don't think there's anybody better to - to keep me safe than him.
LANCE CPL. RAUL HERNANDEZ, U.S. MARINE CORPS: This will be, you know, one of the biggest struggles we - we go through together as brothers. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do we worry? Absolutely. You never know what's going to happen out there. We have to take care of each other and that's all we have.
LAVANDERA: Only Josh and Daniel Beans have experienced war together before. Three years ago, they rode on the same street patrols in Iraq.
CPL. DANIEL BEANS, U.S. MARINE CORPS: Not many brothers are in a situation where they are both able to be deployed together or even be in the military together at the same time, much less being in the same unit.
LAVANDERA: The families of these Marines face an emotional time during their seven-month deployment, double the fear, twice the stress.
LAVANDERA (on camera): How about your folks?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, they're - they're having a hard time back home, knowing that we're here, you know? But they support us in everything we do.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, we kind of left them with no choice anyway, so -
LAVANDERA (voice-over): The Beans brothers wanted to fight in Afghanistan, so they volunteered to join this unit. The Hernandez brothers come from a family with deep military service. The Vega brothers have also served separate tours of duty in the Iraq War. The Faseler (ph) brothers are first generation Marines. And these will be Hendrickson (ph) brothers' first tour of war duty.
In the dangerous days ahead, good old-fashioned sibling rivalry will help lift their spirits.
GUNNERY SGT. HECTOR VEGA CIGARROA, U.S. MARINE CORPS: He knows that if he doesn't do something right, I'll jump on them. But then, again, I'm getting flashbacks of the younger days when I used to be a lot more rougher.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'll always call my mom and say he is picking on me.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He used to beat me up a lot, I didn't too much beating him.
LAVANDERA (on camera): So, the best question I could ask then: who's the better Marine?
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think based on that, he takes the prize for this one. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He is.
LAVANDERA: Really?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's the better Marine.
LAVANDERA (voice-over): Here, they're all brothers in arms and that's where the rivalry ends for this band of brothers.
(on camera): What's interesting is before we sat all of these brothers down to talk with them, they told us they really haven't had a chance to get to know one another or get to learn about the other sets of brothers. But you know that will change over the course of the next seven months when they go into war in Afghanistan, Randi.
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KAYE: Next stop on the wave of Arab outrage? Yemen. It's been a day of protests and the world wonders whether if it will lead to another revolution. CNN has a team on the ground and we'll have an update straight ahead.
A driver escapes a horrifying crash by making a desperate move. It involved a four-story plunge. She survived with quite a story to tell.
What are the world's most sacred places? There are some obvious choices like Vatican City and the Temple Mount. But there are other extraordinary places worth visiting. We've got your ticket in our "Faces of Faith."
It's early and we're on it. From CNN Center, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It's February 13th. Good morning, everyone. I'm Randi Kaye. So glad that you're starting your morning with us.
We start in Egypt with a return of traffic jams and crowded stores. It's the beginning of the workweek, the first without President Hosni Mubarak in power.
Let's get right to Cairo, where our Frederik Pleitgen is standing by.
Fred, earlier, we saw what looked like police and protesters together in the square. Can you tell us what's happening there?
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I was down there right after that happened, actually, Randi. And it appears as though some police officers actually went down there to join the protesters. It seems to have been police officers of higher rank. There was actually one little scuffle at some point when those two crowds met. However, it seems as though, by and large, they were quite friend well each other. The police officers are actually telling the protesters that they now have --
KAYE: All right. We lost Fred Pleitgen. We'll work to get him back, and when we do, we will let you know, of course.
Meantime, we'll continue to watch what's happening there in Egypt.
The anti-government sentiment, though, is growing in other parts of the Arab world. We've been watching those protests in Yemen for a while now. But today, things heated up. Last hour, I talked with Mohammed Jamjoom who ended up in the middle of the protests in Sana'a.
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MOHAMMED JAMJOOM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): The anti- government demonstrators that at that point numbered about 400 in number started marching through the streets, heading towards the presidential palace. Now, as they were marching, we were catching up with them, and their numbers were growing. At the end of it, we saw about 1,000 people.
Barricades went up eventually. The security got increased. There are more and more military came out. They put up barbed wire in the middle of the streets so that the anti-government demonstrators who were calling for regime change could not reach the presidential palace.
At that point, those protesters actually turned away. Before they did so, they were chanting things like "Down with Ali." They were saying, "First, Mubarak in Egypt, now, Ali in Yemen." And actually, once they turned away and started taking side streets, we tried to follow them again, and our car was surrounded by security personnel here and our film was seized for the day.
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KAYE: Protesters there are upset over unemployment and high prices, some of the same issues that led to the revolution in Egypt.
So, let's get back to Egypt. Our Fred Pleitgen is back with us.
Fred, tell us again what's happening there in the square?
PLEITGEN: Yes, Randi. Sorry, we just had a technology issue here in our bureau here in Cairo.
But, yes, you're absolutely right. In Tahrir Square, which was, of course, the site of that siege for such a long time now, traffic has improved. The military opened that area up for traffic late last night. There are soldiers on the ground who are actually directing traffic and they're keeping the crowds that are still there away from the roads, trying to keep the cars moving through. The traffic is quite heavy as you would expect in Cairo on the first working day of the week, which, of course, Sunday here.
There appears to me to be, Randi, somewhat of a rift in the revolutionary movement. On the one hand, most people say now is the time to return to work, to leave Tahrir Square, they are cleaning up Tahrir Square. But there seems to also be a hard core, which is actually standing right in the middle of the roundabout on Tahrir Square that says we won't go home, we feel that there are demands that have not been met yet. And so, therefore, they say they're going to stay, Randi.
KAYE: And there's been a lot of talk this morning not only about the protesters and the demonstrators and what's happening there in the square, but also about the Egyptian museum and more news about missing artifacts. But it was our understanding that this museum had been guarded by the soldiers. Do you have any update on that?
PLEITGEN: Yes, it's not only been guarded by the soldiers. It's been guarded by Egyptian special forces, so the best trained soldiers this country had. And I was in the Egyptian museum a couple of days ago, and the soldiers there were telling me everything was fine.
Now, what we're hearing from the Ministry of Culture is that apparently, eight items were stolen from the museum, possibly looted, including a statue of King Tut, which appears to have been a wooden statute that was gilded. And it seems strange to us because when we were at the museum, as I said, a couple of days ago, the museum staff, museum leadership was telling us that, in fact, yes, there were some cabinets that have been broken into and some statues had been taken out, but that the would-be looters thought they were worthless because they were wooden statues that were simply gilded and just threw them on the floor. The museum staff a couple of days told us that there was nothing missing.
So, I'm not sure whether or not they might have checked their records and found out that some stuff was missing. But they, at the time, told us that the only looter who ever got into the building was caught. So, we're checking on that. We'll get you more information as it comes in, Randi.
KAYE: All right. Thank you for that -- Fred Pleitgen for us in Cairo.
And time now for "The Weekend Wheel" a look at some of the stories that really caught our eye this morning. We want to share with them with you.
We start in Pasco County, Florida, with a dramatic rescue and a sheriff's deputy being hailed as a hero. No doubt. The deputy was able to pull the driver out of this fiery wreck in just the nick of time. The car hit a telephone pole which brought live lines down right on top of it.
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DEP. KELLY ENDRICKS, PASCO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.: I wanted to get whoever inside the car out, that was my main focus. That's why I went right to the first window, bashed that open first, hoping he'd come out in the back. When he said he couldn't get there, I just, you know, went to the sun roof and hit that one open.
(END VIDEO CLIP) KAYE: Deputy Kelly Endricks and the driver both escaped serious injury. The driver says he hit the pole after swerving to miss another car. The crash is under investigation.
Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor remains in a hospital this morning, undergoing treatment for congestive heart failure. She checked herself in earlier in the week. One of her representatives says that the 78-year-old star is doing just fine, not to worry. Taylor has dealt with heart problems before. Two years ago, she had valve replacement surgery.
Investigators are taking a closer look at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles after as many as 100 people say they got sick at a party there. Hugh Hefner's infamous bachelor pad played host to a party for Internet executives. And as you'd expect from that crowd, they actually posted their various illnesses, respiratory problems, you name it, on Facebook and Twitter, and that is how officials noticed there was a trend.
And now, an incredible story of bravery. A Georgia woman took the leap of a lifetime to save her own life. Bianca Vera had been on a car accident on a bridge over Lake Lanier. That's just north of Atlanta. She was inspecting her car in a bridge when a tractor- trailer begun skidding toward her.
So, what did she do? She jumped from a height of about four stories.
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BIANCA VERA, JUMPED OFF BRIDGE TO AVOID TRUCK: The impact of the tractor-trailer hitting my car, and that -- that was all I remember. And then I was in the water. I was swimming on my back, and I remember looking at the stars. I had to have had a guardian angel, somebody there helping me to get through it, because I -- I don't know how I pulled through and got to the shore, because it was so far away.
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KAYE: The young woman is recovering from a broken vertebrae and bruises.
Well, coming up, have you seen this? It's "Smuggle Truck" as they call it. It's a new iPhone video game. I'm not kidding.
The goal? Get this -- is to keep illegal immigrants from falling out of the truck. Yes, people are certainly talking about this one. And we will be talking about it with you as well. So, keep it here.
But, first, with Valentine's Day just hours away, our thoughts turn to romance in the Internet age. We thought this was a fun survey. Of singles 21 and over, what percent would you say check out a potential beau by googling them or going over their Facebook page before that first date? Is it 24 percent, 65 percent, or perhaps 81 percent? What do you think?
We'll tell you right after the break.
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KAYE: Before the break, we asked you what percentage of singles 21 and over admit googling or reading the Facebook page of a potential soul mate before the first date? Is it 24 percent, 65 percent, or 81 percent, we asked. A whopping 81 percent. If you picked 81, congratulations.
More than three-quarters of those surveyed admit cyber-snooping a suitor. And 47 percent -- get this -- admit changing their Facebook profile to seem more mysterious to potential date.
Thirteen minutes the hour.
Reynolds Wolf, I don't know. Have you ever snooped? Long before your married days?
REYNOLDS WOLF, AMS METEOROLOGIST: You know, if I were younger and that was a situation, absolutely. I mean, you know, you use whatever is available. I mean, I've got friends who met their spouses before online, no joke.
KAYE: You know somebody is googling you right now. Checking you out.
WOLF: That's a terrifying prospect. And, oh, my goodness, the things they're going to find.
You know, some of the things you're going to find if happen to tune in, you're googling around with your weather, is you're going to weather conditions are going to be great this weekend.
KAYE: Oh, that's good.
WOLF: Finally. I know. We've been talking about the big chill we got across the action. Today is going to be a huge exception. Anyone who happens to have been in the Central Plains the last couple of days and weeks, you've dealt with horrible winter conditions.
Today, it's going to be just a memory for up. I mean, we're going to 68 degrees in Dallas, 70 degrees in Houston. Sixty-eight degrees in Dallas, where was that weather during the Super Bowl? My goodness gracious.
Fifty-five in Kansas City, 78 in El Paso, and 62 in Memphis. The problem is, all of the extra yard work you're probably promising maybe someone in your family that you're going to do, well today is going to be, you don't have any excuses whatsoever.
Fifty-six degrees in Washington in D.C., if you're going to take a walk up by the monuments, 43 in Minneapolis, 64 in Denver and 60 in San Francisco. Now, in terms of your sky conditions, it is going to be pure bliss across much of the Southeast. I'm telling you, you're not going to see much in terms of delays until you get to extreme south Florida -- scattered showers are going to be a possibility there. Particularly hit and miss for the Pacific Northwest, rain in the valley, snowfall for the high levels, the Cascades.
Same story for the extreme northern Rockies. Some places, we're talking near Glacier, may get a foot of snowfall, and a dusting of snowfall possible for the Great Lakes. But everyone else is just looking beautiful.
One of the big reasons, as we wrap things up, you're going to see in terms of conditions getting better, is all going to be due to the jet stream. We're expecting it to surge its way to the north over the next couple of days. That means about two-thirds of the nation, temperatures well above normal. Some spots like Oklahoma City, getting into the 70s by mid-week.
That's a wrap, Randi. Back to you.
KAYE: Thank you, Reynolds.
Listen, have you ever been faced with a life and death situation? Well, this woman who have been talking about now all morning, Bianca Vera, she's the woman who saw a tractor-trailer sliding towards her on a bridge just north of Atlanta and she decided to jump off this bridge to save her own life. We've been working all morning to get her on the phone so we could chat with her.
And, Bianca, are you with us?
VERA (via telephone): Hi, yes. Good morning.
KAYE: Good morning to you. You sound tired. I understand you're still in the hospital. How are you feeling?
VERA: I'm feeling a lot better this morning.
KAYE: You know, anyone who's watching right now and listening to your story is probably asking themselves what would I do in that situation? I've certainly been asking myself that. How did you find the nerve to jump off this bridge?
Tell us a little bit what you were facing just briefly and where you found the nerve to do this.
VERA: Well, really, that instant, the point I was at in my car, and looking straight ahead, there's a tractor-trailer and a car coming, a car was right next to it. So, the tractor-trailer had absolutely nowhere to go. And it was -- it was coming at me very quick. So, there really was no time to think.
KAYE: So, you just jumped.
VERA: I just jumped. I remember being in the air, and I -- I heard the impact of the car hitting the -- my car.
KAYE: Oh, wow. So, you knew you had made the right move.
Did you realize how far you were falling? I mean, we're looking at video of the car. We see the freezing cold lake that you jumped into. Did you realize how far -- what was it, about four stories, I guess. And what did it feel like once you hit the water?
VERA: No. I mean, I absolutely did not have any time to think about how far I would be falling down, but -- I mean once I hit that water, it was like I had the wind knocked out of me. I guess quickly collected myself and went back to the surface.
KAYE: Wow. Well, it's an amazing story. And we're so glad that somebody came to your rescue. And I'm sure you're very thankful for your quick thinking. And we just want to thank you for sharing your story us with this morning.
Bianca Vera live from her hospital bed on the phone with this morning -- best of luck to you.
So, switching gears now for just a moment -- looking for someplace to go this year that is spiritual uplifting. Well, up next, we'll tell you how to find a thousand locations to soothe your soul.
The author of "1,000 Sacred Places: The World's Most Extraordinary Sites" will join us live, next.
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KAYE: If you're looking for a place to go where you can just relax, perhaps meditate or just get more in touch with your inner self, you need to see this morning's "Faces of Faith," because this book might help. It's called "1,000 Sacred Places: The World's Most Extraordinary Spiritual Sites." And the book's author, Christoph Engels, joins us now live from Leverkusen, Germany.
Christoph, it's an amazing book and so many wonderful places around the world for people to visit. Let's start with Rome. Why do you consider Rome a sacred place?
CHRISTOPH ENGELS, AUTHOR: And Rome is very sacred place because of not only for the Catholic Church, but since the time of Julius Caesar and the (INAUDIBLE). And it's a very sacred place because of humans find there is something which is greater than themselves. And there are churches, and not only churches but also temples, ancient temples. And the atmosphere of this city is tremendous and not comparable to any other city in the world.
KAYE: And what about a place called Uluru, Ayers Rock? Can you tell us where that is and why that is so special?
ENGEL: Well, Ayers Rock is very sacred site for the aborigines. The Uluru, the aboriginal name means seat of the ancestors, and that is a famous geological formation not only, but it's a holy place for the aborigines in Australia.
KAYE: And quickly, just -- Temple Mount in Jerusalem. That is an amazing place, fascinating place, so much history there. Why did you put that one in your book?
ENGELS: Something about the religion of the ancestors, and they are -- because the humans find something that is not reality (INAUDIBLE).
KAYE: Well, the book once again "1,000 Sacred Places: The World's Most Extraordinary Spiritual Sites." We got through three of them. So that makes 997 more left for anyone who might want to go pick that up.
Christoph Engels, thank you so much for joining us this morning.
ENGELS: You know, every church is a sacred place, every roadside shrine, every mosque and every temple. Human beings also experience spiritual feelings when they faced with natural phenomena. And that's also all over the earth, and because human beings are on a journey in their life and journey through life is always also a spiritual journey. And --
KAYE: Thank you. Thank you very much for your time and for sharing some of that with us.
We'll take a quick break and we'll be right back.
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KAYE: A pharmacist mistake could mean that a woman loses her unborn baby. Marina Silva (ph) of Colorado is six weeks pregnant. Last week, she accidentally receives someone else's prescription for a cancer drug that's also used to terminate early stage pregnancies. Silva was hospitalized. Doctors are monitoring her and the pharmacy has apologized. But her doctors are worried about a possible miscarriage or maybe even birth defect.
So how can you prevent a similar mistake? Become an "Empowered Patient." CNN's senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has tips on how to avoid picking up the wrong prescription at your pharmacy.
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ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: According to some studies, millions of prescriptions are dispensed improperly. So, it behooves you to make sure that the pharmacist gets it right. So, I'm going to give you three easy steps to make sure that you don't become the victim of a pharmacy error.
Now, the first step actually takes place at your doctor's office. When the doctor hands you the prescription, write down on a different piece of paper in a notebook or in your phone or somewhere, what the doctor prescribed and what the dosage is supposed to be. You may have to ask the doctor to help translate some of his handwriting.
Step two takes place when you get to the pharmacy. You want to look at the bottle that the pharmacist hands you, make sure, first of all, that your name is on it, and second of all, check and see if the medicine that you wrote down at the doctor's office if it matches the medicine on that bottle. Now, if it doesn't, ask if you've been given a generic -- most of the time, that's perfectly fine. If it's not a generic, then, in fact, some mistake might have been made and you need to talk to the pharmacist. Step number three: this is something I always do, take a few pills, and spill them into your hand and show them to the pharmacist. And say, for example, my child was prescribed amoxicillin. Is this amoxicillin? Is this what it looks like? That way, you can take great steps towards making sure that what's in the bottle is what's supposed to be in there.
Now, try to keep in mind that these days, we all want to do everything faster. Drive-through pharmacies. We want to get it done quick, quick, quick. Well, remember, this is not fast food. These are drugs. They're not burgers and fries. You want to take a few minutes and make sure that you or your loved one is getting the right medicine.
For "Empowered Patient," I'm Elizabeth Cohen.
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