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French Police Capture Their Most Wanted Man; Illinois College Closes After Floodwaters Crash Through Its Doors; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome A Threat To The World, Says WHO; Bachmann Says She Will Not Seek Fifth Term; Boston Continues To Regain Strength After Bombings; Miss Universe Dream Come True Goes Wrong

Aired May 29, 2013 - 15:30   ET

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Getting some news just in to us here at CNN, police arresting a Disneyland employee, a cast member, for the trash can explosion in Toon Town yesterday.

If you've heard about this here, we're told they found remains of a water bottle, which is indicative of a dry ice explosion.

The suspect being held on $1 million bail. No one was hurt. We're told the cast member is cooperating with authorities.

Coming up next, just how powerful is rushing water during a flood? Take a look at this surveillance video from an Illinois college. Glass doors, done. Water crashing through. That is next.

Plus, the World Health Organization calling a new virus a threat to the entire world. Details and where it's spreading, next.

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BALDWIN: Now some of the hottest stories in a flash, "Rapid Fire." Roll it.

You know, we talked so much about the weather this week. Take a look at this. This isn't exactly (inaudible) weather, flooding here, rushing through these doors.

This is Illinois. This is Carl Sandburg College in the town of Galesburg, had to close its campus today because of what you're looking at. Floodwaters had built up and built up outside and then shattered the glass and crashed through this college building.

Also today, French police have captured their most wanted man, six weeks after he blasted his way out of prison with dynamite. Redoine Faid was serving time for robbery when he got away, briefly taking guards hostage before jumping into a getaway car. He was facing a new sentence for the death of a policewoman. That was from 2010. Police caught Faid in a hotel outside of Paris early today.

And it is being called a threat to the entire world by the World Health Organization, this new kind of virus that has no treatments and no vaccine and has killed 27 people and sickened another 49. It's called the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Saudi Arabia, in case you're curious, is the one with most cases at 32. A handful of other countries have also taken a hit.

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GREGORY HARTL, SPOKESMAN, WORLD HEATH ORGANIZATION: We don't know how it's spread. This is one of the big pieces of the puzzle.

This is of grave concern to us here internationally at WHO because there are so many unknowns around the virus, which so far has killed 55 percent of the confirmed cases.

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BALDWIN: WHO says symptoms for this new virus often start as a fever, and a cough.

And for all you thrill-seekers, 60 years ago today, Sir Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest, but didn't exactly do this. Thanks for cool pictures. This is exactly what Russian extreme sports star Valery Rozov did earlier this month. And, yes, he's flying and, yes, it is a first.

This is the world's highest base jump at an altitude of a cool 23,700 feet. And he actually was in the air, was flying for nearly 60 seconds before landing on a glacier, there he goes, more than 4,000 feet below.

Coming up, we're taking a look at Hollywood's attempt to portray politicians. Daniel Day-Lewis recently won an Oscar for his role as Abraham Lincoln, and now there is a big name tapped to play John F. Kennedy in a TV movie.

So, who is it? And do personal politics play a role in choosing the right actor? Jake Tapper weighs in next.

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BALDWIN: Minnesota's Michele Bachmann says she's leaving Congress, will not be running for a fifth term in office.

Once a Republican hopeful for president, Bachmann's under investigation for how she used her campaign funds. She was also facing a pretty tough challenge for 2014 from the same Democrat who almost beat her in 2012.

She says, though, that has absolutely nothing to do with her decision not to run.

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REP. MICHELE BACHMANN (R), MINNESOTA: And in my opinion, well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific congressional district.

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BALDWIN: Looking ahead, Bachmann says she will not rule out any opportunity to help make America stronger.

In Pakistan, an American drone strike taking out the Taliban's number two. This is the first drone strike since President Obama's terror speech in which he responded to critics out there about his secretive drone program.

Want to go live to Washington, to our chief correspondent there and our anchor of "The Lead," Jake Tapper. And, you know, we heard from the president, wasn't too long ago, the speech.

Do you think the speech really changed anything when it comes to the drone program?

JAKE TAPPER, CNN CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Well, we shall see.

I mean, one of the things that President Obama seemed to distinguish in his speech was drones going after those who threatened American interests versus those who threaten American lives, and he seemed to be narrowing who the drones would go after.

This individual who was killed in the drone strike in North Waziristan, he was the number two for the Pakistani Taliban, and as such it could be argued that he and his organization pose a threat to American lives because, of course, the Pakistani Taliban often go across the border into Afghanistan and target U.S. troops.

So this strike in and of itself does not signify anything other than that the drone program is continuing, this case does meet the president's new standard.

BALDWIN: OK. And then -- other thing I wanted to ask you about is movies and politics and the politic of movies. Tell me about the new JFK movie.

TAPPER: This is interesting. I don't know if you saw the HBO movie about Liberace, but --

BALDWIN: No, Tapper, I missed that.

TAPPER: You missed it? It was good. It was about Liberace, very good.

Rob Lowe had a scene-stealing performance as Liberace's plastic surgeon. Coming off that very well regarded and creepy performance, he's been tapped to play John F. Kennedy in the National Geographic version of Bill O'Reilly's book ,"Killing Kennedy," and he's not known in Hollywood for being a liberal. I think he leans a little bit the other direction.

But it is interesting because this is, of course, the latest casting of a Hollywood star as this iconic president. You may remember when Greg Kinnear played the president in the very controversial TV movie, "The Kennedys."

Others like Martin Sheen and Stephen Collins played the role. We'll look at the difficulty of casting actors in such iconic roles a little bit. That will be our pop lead, coming up.

BALDWIN: OK, the pop lead on "The Lead." I will also set my DVR. Thank you so much for the heads-up.

TAPPER: You can just stay at work and turn it on. You don't have to set your DVR.

BALDWIN: Boom, there you go.

TAPPER: You're at CNN.

BALDWIN: We'll see. I mean --

TAPPER: You have CNN on the air.

BALDWIN: -- sometimes on the weekend, I want to turn the TV off. I mean, love the TV.

Jake Tapper, thank you. See you at the top of the hour.

TAPPER: Thanks, Brooke.

BALDWIN: President Obama, lipstick on the collar, pretty funny moment here at the White House. This was inside a presidential event honoring Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, and, yes there is evidence. He made light of it. It was a great moment.

President Obama did have an explanation. You see it there on his right lapel? Watch this.

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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I want to thank everybody who is here, the incredible warmth of the reception. A sign of the warmth is the lipstick on my collar.

I have to say, I think I know the culprit. Where is Jessica Sanchez? Jessica, it wasn't Jessica. It was her aunt. Where is she? Auntie, right there. Look at this. Look at this. I want everybody to witness.

So, I do not want to be in trouble with Michelle. That's why I'm calling you out, right in front of everybody.

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BALDWIN: Calling her out in front of everyone. Listen, if you have lipstick on the collar, I suppose you point it out. There's an issue, you point it out and he did. And it was a funny moment.

Coming up, this is the moment, though, that every pageant contestant dreams of, hearing her name announced as the winner, putting on the glittering crown. But probably that dream doesn't include learning that you weren't the winner and returning the crown.

That actually happened and you may be surprised how both the real and the wrong winner are taking the news.

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BALDWIN: You know, some typos just cannot be handled with whiteout. Take the Miss Universe Canada pageant. They thought they had a winner, added up the numbers.

Again, John Berman has these ladies' story.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Miss Universe Canada 2013 is Denise Garrido!

JOHN BERMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Most beauty queens expect their reigns to last for a year.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Congratulations to our new Miss Universe Canada 2013.

BERMAN: But Denise Garrido's reign as Miss Universe Canada lasted exactly one day.

After stunning the audience during the competition, she thought her childhood dreams had finally come true when she beat out 57 other women for the crown.

But less than 24 hours later, the pageant's organizers realized a terrible mistake in the results. They made a typo, which meant the first runner up, Riza Santos, had actually won and Denise placed fourth.

The pageant stripped her of her title and apologized in a statement, saying, "We would like to offer our sincere apology to Denise Garrido for this human error discovered while validating the results. We have no doubt she will continue to succeed in her endeavors and we wish her well."

Riza Santos, who had thought she came so close only to place second, is now celebrating her new title. Santos won't have this same moment of glory, but will receive her crown in a private ceremony this weekend.

Meanwhile, Garrido, who is 26, is too old to compete again, but she said she loved to come back next year, this time as a judge.

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BALDWIN: John Berman with that.

Denise Garrido and Riza Santos appeared this morning on CNN's "Starting Point," and the wrongly crowned queen admitted she was stunned to hear her title was gone.

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DENISE GARRIDO, WRONGLY CROWNED MISS UNIVERSE CANADA: It was definitely shocking. Of course, it is shocking. You go through this complete high and your entire family, your town is all celebrating, wishing you congratulations.

And then 24 hours later, you're told, by the way -- I was like, no, what am I going to tell everyone.

RIZA SANTOS, MISS UNIVERSE CANADA: I don't feel like I missed out. After Denise was crowned, I was disappointed because I felt like I did I know Denise is a person and I was happy for her genuinely.

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BALDWIN: It turns out for the first 10 years of the pageant the same individual was in charge of calculating contestant scores with no issues. He was not available this year.

Quick update on a story I know a lot of you have been talking about. Chinese police say the woman who first alerted people to that little baby stuck in a sewage pipe was actually the baby's mother and the woman who gave birth to this six-plus-pound baby boy says she deeply regrets what she did. This is according to police.

You see these new pictures of the little guy. He is called Baby Number 59 because that is the number of the incubator he is in. We're told he is still in the hospital in stable condition and the story is just absolutely stunning.

Look at these pictures. It was Saturday when rescuers and doctors pulled away pieces of pipe to reach the newborn. The mother told police she never meant for the infant to end up in the toilet.

Listen to a local officer explain her side of the story.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The woman started to feel a stomach ache and then rushed to the toilet. After she stayed in the toilet for a while, she gave birth to a baby.

She tried to grab something to help herself because there was too much blood. She couldn't hold the baby anymore and he slid into the sewage through the hole of the toilet.

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BALDWIN: Officials say that because of the amount of blood the woman flushed the toilet and then told her landlord she heard a strange sound. It's not clear if the woman will face any charges.

Coming up next the remarkable story that may show just the compassion of a city after tragedy, chaos after the Boston bombings forced people to run for cover, including those at restaurants right along Boylston Street, amazing restaurants along the finish line in Boston.

Guess what? Now they're returning weeks later to make sure they pay their tab. Taking you to Boston for that.

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BALDWIN: In Boston, the city continues to show its strength and resilience in the aftermath of the marathon bombings.

I want to talk to Zain Asher here because Zain had been focusing specifically on the people who had been sitting in these restaurants eating their lunches --

ZAIN ASHER, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Right.

BALDWIN: -- that day, and the bombs went off. Tell me now what they're doing.

ASHER: Brooke, this is actually a really heartwarming story.

You know, when the explosions went off people were evacuated from the bars and restaurants all along Boylston Street. Of course, as you can imagine, very few people had time to sort of stop and pay their tabs.

Now get this. Weeks after those bombings we're hearing that people are coming back to Boylston Street to pay what they still owed from that day.

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TONY CASTAGNOZZI, OWNER, RATTLESNAKE BAR: Marathon day is typically the busiest day of the year. We were full.

ASHER: And with thousands of spectators crammed on Boylston Street, wait staff expected to make a fortune.

GIA BARRY, WAITRESS: I was told it was servers' Christmas. You walk out of here with anything between $500 to $1,200 in one day.

ASHER: Those expectations suddenly cut short.

CASTAGNOZZI: You could feel the building shake and this building has never shook in 23 years. We didn't even think about, you know, collecting tabs or anything like that. We just had to make people get out of here.

ASHER: It wasn't until the restaurant owner Tony Castagnozzi came back to the establishment a few days later that he realized just how much he had lost.

CASTAGNOZZI: It was about $2,800, $3,000 that was out there in outstanding checks.

BARRY: The bombs are going off a hop, skip, and jump away. It really is -- money is the last issue on your mind.

ASHER: A week later, a few honest customers started stepping up.

CASTAGNOZZI: The Monday after, I started getting phone calls saying, you know, I was there on Marathon Monday. I'm just calling to see if I can pay my tab.

I said, really? Wait a minute. OK. Hold on a second. They would go over the menu with me.

BARRY: The fact that people will call up and say, hey, I was in your establishment and, you know, we were evacuated. Here's the money I owe you. We're like --

ASHER: Castagnozzi says since the attacks he's gotten 10 phone calls and several letters from customers across the country wanting to pay their bills.

BARRY: Being a server in Massachusetts, we make $2.63 an hour, and so they wanted to make sure we were compensated.

ASHER: Now they've made back about a third of what they lost.

LIZ ROBISON, CUSTOMER: It's fantastic that people would be so kind to do that.

CASTAGNOZZI: Makes you believe in this "Boston strong" thing. They're good people. They out number these terrorists by a lot.

ASHER: The Charlesmark Hotel, located just two doors down from where the first bomb went off, was also swarming with patrons that day.

JEFFERSON RYDER, HOTEL MANAGER: An unpaid bill is the last thing that we were thinking of.

ASHER: And although their customers are also now calling to pay up, the hotel is saying this one is on them.

RYDER: What we said to them was, thank you so much for that, but why don't you just come back and we'll start fresh?

BARRY: I have never been more proud to be a Bostonian. Boston is just like a big family.

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ASHER: Unbelievable. But, you know, of course, there were other restaurants on Boylston street that did lose money on that day but with all the support coming back to the area they say they've made it back several times over.

Brooke?

BALDWIN: Yeah, it was incredible. I was eating a steak at Abe and Louie's the third week I was there covering what happened and I was talking to the bartender. And I was like why all these people?

He said, they just keep coming. I think the support is so totally there.

ASHER: They just keep coming.

BALDWIN: Yeah, it was awesome to see.

Zain Asher thank you very much.

ASHER: Of course.

BALDWIN: Speaking of Boston, it is the concert here to benefit the One Fund which sold out in five minutes. Huge concert tomorrow night at the T.D. Garden and the lineup is wicked awesome.

You have James Taylor. You have Boston. You have the Dropkick Murphys, they're all playing. New Kids on the Block, they actually helped sort of spearhead the whole idea to do the show in the first place.

Remember, it was Joey McIntyre. He had just crossed the finish line when the bombs went off.

Aerosmith will be there tomorrow night. They're actually flying in from Singapore.

And in about 20 seconds I will be making a dash to the airport myself and hopping a plane to Boston. I will be live there from Boston tomorrow.

We have some awesome guests lined up for the show. I will see you tomorrow from Boston at 2:00 Eastern.

In the meantime, to Washington we go. "The Lead With Jake Tapper" starts now.