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Country and talk about that. Hes calling it weather from the white house. The interviews come as a stunning National Climate assessment is being released by the government, and it does not paint a pretty picture. Chad myers has a copy of that report. Jim acosta is at the white house, and he can tell us if president obama can actually do anything about Climate Change. Lets begin with chad an that report. Reporter it breaks down the United States regions and says heres whats happening and heres what we can do. Not just, youre responsible, stop driving bad cars. It actually has response and whats going on, how its working and what is going to have to happen in the future. The north east will have more heat waves. Increased coastal flooding and severe inland flash flooding, because of heavy rainfall. Weve already seen that. Fresh water issues for the southeast, because theres going to be more people here, and it may not rain as much. Also increased surge from flooding here with tropical systems, obviously, tropical systems hit florida and the gulf coast. The midwest, a longer growing season. Seems like a good thing, but more extreme heat waves, droughts and flash floods may counteract all of that positive effect there in the midwest. The great plains will have more use for water and power, because the air will be drier and hotter, and youll have to try to cool yourself, cool the plants, and water the plants right throughbastion baskets of america. And the west, less rain. More wildfires. Far and away exacerbated by what were see here. A lot of mudslides in the northwest because of the heavy rainfall, also something else. Because well have a warmer climate, the snow may melt sooner, and that will stress water levels of the rivers of the northwest later in the summer. Now, alaska, the sea ice has been rapidly melting, glaciers shrinking and the pearl rmafros shrinking. The permafrost is keeping methane down. If it melts all the way, that methane goes into the air. Thats worse than co2 alone and the oceans. Theyre absorbing the co2 turning it into car bonic acidic maing the ocean acidic. All wait down the food chain, the ecosystem. If we kill the oceans we kill ourselves. We cannot kill our food chains and the oceans are in trouble. The ph obviously getting more acidified. Carol . All right. Chad myers, thanks for the preview. Scary stuff, right . For its part the Obama Administration is planning an allout media report. Again focusing on Climate Change. One the former chief of staff bill daly cold the washington post, a sense then it just wasnt the sort of thing you could tee up in 2011 with an election coming up. With respect to my friends in the Environmental Community to put this at front of the list you might as well have taken a gun to your head and shot yourself. Pretty extreme statement. Right . Jim acosta at the white house, is this a better time . Reporter a Little Chicago subtlety from bill daly. I think the white house believes its the right time, although it is a tricky balancing act for the president. Yes, they do want to fire up that Democratic Base, environmentalists are a key part of that base. So this Climate Change report, theres probably some of that directed towards that community, but this is something that, carol, remember, the president has been talking absence 2008. Remember when he was out on the campaign trail, and said this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal . Well, a lot of environmental iss are disappointed the president hasnt been able to do much on the climate front amp coming into office. A lot of it because its been stalled. Republicans dont want cap and trade. The president has been striking out on his own with executive actions. Come coming up in june, eliminating power plant emissions. Thats cleared the court and will go into effect despite a lot of opposition from republicans up on capitol hill. Raised fuel efficiency standards, and so on and so forth. Thats al all they can do with the executive action route. Keep in mind, carol, theres still a Keystone Pipeline project that has to be decided on. The administration sort of punted that one down the road a few more months, delighting environmentalists but at the same time a lot of endangered red state democrats saying, wait a minute. We want this project approved, because it means jobs in states where we would like to get reelected later on this fall. So its really fraught with politics for the white house. As you said, the president will be in the rose garden talking to meteorologists from around the country. Part of a strategy to make it local for communities around the country as chad mentioned, region by region, showing the effects of Climate Change, carol. Jim acosta reporting live from the white house. Thank you. Also this morning, there is a new ground swell of outrage over of the abduction of more than 200 Nigerian Schoolgirls and the terrorists latest threat to sell the teenagers as child brides or sex slaves. This is the Nigerian Embassy in washington where a rally is set to begin at the top of the hour. Many people sympathetic to the horrors endured by the girls and their families. They feel nigerias government has been too slow to mobilize to rescue the girls. One question is bouncing around the world, too, and in a variety inhumane to kidnap schoolgirls and threaten to sell them . The militant group, boko haram, has a welldeserved reputation for cruelty and ruthlessness. Reporter this video shows the leader of boko haram making an outrageous and repugnant announcement vowing to sell 23of223 girled abducted from a school in nigeria. This isnt the first time the Islamic Extremist Group has taken responsibility for a horrific deed. According to Amnesty International in just the first three months of this year, more than 1,500 people have died in violence related to boko haram. The group dates back more than ten years but became increasingly violent in 2009 after widespread clashes in northeast nigeria with the military. In the aftermath hundreds of boko haram members were killed among them the groups then leader moumd yousef. Since then theyve carried out oh dashs attacks on mosques and villages razed to the ground, residents killed in fire bomb attack, shot and some victims even hacked to death. What weve seen is increasingly vicious attacks by boko haram in remote villages, schools, and businesses. Reporter last november the state department designated boko haram as a terrorist organization, and they estimate the membership ranges in the hundreds to a few thousand. So what motivates this diabolical group . Boko haram translates to western education is a sin. The group aims to establish a fully Islamic State in nigeria and implement sharia law. A report on Homeland Security called boko haram a sophisticated ally of al qaeda. As for the current leader, shekau, in power since 2009. Last june the u. S. Put a bounty on him offering a reward up to 7 million for information leading to his location. And the outcry on social media to get these girls home keeps griing. Ireports coming into cnn showing support and videos demanding action. We want to bring back our daughters and our children. The outrage on twitter also ramping up with photos and tweets posting to the hash tag bringbackourgirls. Hillary clinton tweeted its a right and we must stand up to terrorism. Texas congressman ted poe wrote, no life should be stolen for 12. Mia farrow tweeted edit kaed women a edit kaed women are the biggest threat to extremists. Well bring you the developments as they unfold. If youd like to help girls trying to overcome barriers to education go to our website. A new computer outsmarted by an old spy plane bringing air traffic to a halt. Rene walsh is on the story. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. A u. S. Spy plane over california disrupts a critical air Traffic Control Computer System, and temporarily paralyzes air traffic in Southern California. Well dig into how it happened, and why was that plane there in the first place . We asked people a question, how much money do you think youll need when you retire . Then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. I was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. Im going to have to rethink this thing. Its hard to imagine how much well need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. So maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. If we want to be ready for a longer retirement. 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A new cnn poll finds americans are split over whether nba owners should force Donald Sterling to sell the l. A. Clippers. 47 in favor. 50 opposed. Ed difference within the sampling error. On the court, clippers opened with a bang. Chris paul knocked down eight, count them, eight three pointers at the clippers stunned the Oklahoma City thunder 122105. We now know whats to blame for an faa computer shut dhooun delayed, diverted or cancelled dozens of flights last wednesday. It was because of a spy plane. One of our own spy planes. It seems the old faxed u2 plane through the n threw the newfangled computer for a loop. I wasnt aware that spy planes, our own spy planes, were still flies up there over the United States. Reporter now we all know, carol. We know the spy plane was on a routine Training Mission over california, and as you said, that plane fried the faa Computer System. The computer glitch temporarily paralyzed air traffic in Southern California last week. Flights grounded, delayed and diverted as several airports, inlewding l. A. X. , the third busiest in the u. S. As they were trying to fix this problem. So the question is, how did this spy plane overwhelm faas Computer System . Well, the u2 fooled it essentially making the fata computfata faa computer think it was much lower but the spy plane actually flies very high. Altitudes at high as 70,000 to 90,000 feet, well above commercial air traffic. The problem was, its numerous altitude changes and the fixed points scheduled to hit during its flight, it everybody i donter whelmed the system. The computers didnt have enough memory to input all of that data. So it just crashed. The situation further complicated when a communications and radar system also went down. We do know that the faa says that its adding more memory to its computers so it can handzel all of that data. Carol . Thats a good thing. Rene marsh, thanks so much. Still to come in the newsroom, first subway, now cocacola. 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Company to try to give consumers healthier options. The soft drink giant plans to remove a controversial ingredient found in flame retardants from. Beverages. Why didnt it do it before . Bring in chief Business Correspondent christine romans. Wow. Yeah. Okay. Its called brommenated Vegetable Oil stabilizes ingredients in flavored drinks. Something frankly activists say shouldnt be there in the first play, why . Because its used as a flame retardant and not allowed in the eu and japan. Removing it from its products, say cocacola. Quietly started doing that. Saying all of their beverages including those with bvo in it, again, a flame retardant, are safe, always have been. They comply with all regulations in the countries where sold. By the way, they cant be sold like that in the eu and japan. Its a move, i think, this came after this young woman posted a change. Org petition against pepsi for gatorade having this in gatorade. It spread on to other kinds of products as well. Now a lot of people want them out, and cocacola is saying it will take them out. Its interesting one person online can force a huge company like cocacola to take stuff out of its products. This young woman, in 2012, started with change. Org petition. Two Major Companies are ichangig products in their beverages. Its gross, kind of, when you think on the surface its used in flame retardants. Its in plastic. Used in some kinds of furniture. Has been used in this product. What are they going to replace it with . Interesting, carol. A sucrose acetate and glisarole, used in gum why is it in cocacola . It helped keep the different, even the citrus flavored kinds of drinks and flavor drinks, it keeps the ingredients from separating. Because you want it to be blended. Its a chemical that blends. A lot of chemicals in our food, carol, and in our drinks. Now were becoming much more conscience of that, a good thing. I think also it comes at a time when Companies Like coke are trying to address the natural kinds of ingredients that people want in their foods and drinks. Young people, theyre eating far differently than we did. And know about it, and they care about it. You know . Awesome. Christine romans, thank you soch. Youre welcome. Still to come in the newsroom, Michelle Knight in other own words on how she survived ten years of torture inside a cleveland home. I always thought that i could make it through, because i made it through so much in my life. So much pain. So much torture. So i was, like, already prepared for it. After a break, hear more of knights amazing story of survival. Im jane and i have copd. Im dave and i have copd. Im kate and i have copd, but i dont want my breathing problems to get in the way my volunteering. Thats why i asked my doctor about breo. Oncedaily breo ellipta helps increase airflow from the lungs for a full 24 hours. 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Com what are you waiting for . vo celebrate this memorial day with up to 40 off hotels at travelocity. gnome go and smell the roses. Im carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. One year ago today that a nightmare ended for three cleveland women who were kidnapped for more than a decade. Michelle knight, gina dejesus, and amanda berry and her child were able to escape after suffering years of torture, rape, beatings and starvation. Their kidnapper was sentenced to life in prison, and he took his own life while behind bars back in september. Michelle knight is now talking about her terrible ordeal and sat down with cnns anderson cooper. Why did you want to write a book . Why did you want to have your story out there . To help other women, children, men, know that they can survive any type of problem in their life. Thats your message . That you can survive anything . Yeah. Because thats the feeling i got just reading your book. I dont know how you survived. Tremendous strength. Did you always know that you could survive . I mean, obviously, there were moments you thought you werent going to, but did you there were moments, but overall, i always thought that i could make it through, because i made it through so much in my life. So much pain. So much torture. So i was, like, already prepared for it. Prepared for it, she says, because growing up in cleveland all Michelle Knight knew was pain. Starting at a young age, she says she suffered from physical, emotional and sexual abuse. At 17 years old, she found herself pregnant. You write in the book that giving birth was the greatest experience, the happiest moment of your life . Yeah, it was the happiest moment of my life because i had somebody to finally love me back, as much as i loved that baby. But when her son joey was 2 years old, her mothers boyfriend abused him and the state took joey away from 21yearold michelle. She hoped to get her child back, and on a sunny day, august 23, 2002, michelle had an appointment with social services to do just that. She says her ride backed out and she started to walk, and ask people for directions. And then the dude walks in. He overheard me and the lady talking. So he was like, i know where the place is at. You call him the dude. Why the dude . Because he dont deserve a name. That dude was aerial castro, the father of one of michelles friends. Pe e of he offered her a ride but first had to pick something up on seymour avenue. Whatdom he tell you to gelt you inside the house . In the car he said he had puppies. So when we got, like, a quarter down the road, hes like, thats my van right there. And it says puppies for free. So we get in the backyard, and i really didnt think nothing of it, until, you know we got in to the house furl youy. Thats when it dawned on me, this was a mistake to get in this car. You knew by then this is wrong . Yeah. And then i end up being trapped in a small room, small, pink room. Thats where he proceeded to tie me up like a fish and put me on the wall. He used to tie you up like a fish. What do you mean . My legs and hands. Bound, like this, and i was that far from the floor. Gagged, bound and hanging from a pole, he left her in that dark room for at least a day. I was numb, cold and i felt needles poking me all over the place. Thats what it felt like . It felt like 1,000 knives. Did he give you food . No. What about going to the bathroom or no. If i did, it was not in a bathroom. Did you think that you were going to die, or did you think you might be able to get out . Im thinking i was going to die was more likely along the lines of what i was thinking. I didnt think i was going to get out alive. Shes just an amazing young woman. Part two of anderson coopers interview with Michelle Knights interview airs tonight 8 00 p. M. Eastern right here on cnn. I want to talk more about Michelle Knight, an amazing woman. Im joined by a sigh tie cripsyd a clinical psychiatrist. Good morning to you both. Good morning. Michelle knight has been in the public light often after this ordeal and weve come to care about her and worry about her. Should we, gayle . Anybody through a trauma of this magnitude is of course somebody you would worry about. I think its the unusual person who could be resilient enough, quite honestly, to function in a healthy way and in healthy relationships, most importantly, after Something Like this, because recouping trust, i think, is going to be very difficult. The fact that she in her in her being public, is trying to help others, i think is a really great coping mechanism for her. It wouldnt necessarily be for everyone, but it seems to be for her, and serving her well. Well, it seems she wants to reach out. Because to me she seems like such a solitary person. The other who women formed a partnership. Theyre going to release a book together, without Michelle Knight, and that strikes me as kind of sad, in a way. Well, theyve picked who they feel most comfortable with, and michelle has told you. Shes always been a loner. Shes been through physical and sexual abuse before, and in a very strange way, it prepared her to be able to deal with this kind of trauma, versus the other two who may not have ever experienced anything like that before, totally alien. What i see with her, and whats amazing about her is, she chose to not be a victim. She chose not to be a survivor. She chose to become a victor. She chose to win. She chose to allow this tremendous horror to transform her life into something that made her a million times greater than she could have ever been if she hadnt experienced that. There are so many signs she sees herself as a victor. She appeared in court, faced him. The others did not. She wears the lip ring. Wears her toughness physically so everybody can see and often says, im strong. It was my strength. And these are great coping tools, for her. But i think its important not to say one is better than the other. Because we know that for some trauma victims, not speaking about their story is actually better for them. For some people, being forced to talk about it or come forward actually retraumatizes them. Whe whereas for others retelling their story is a way of working through, and actually its sort of selftherapy, if you will. So it really depends on the makeup of that individual, the past experiences of that individual, how they express their resilience and different kinds of coping skills work for different people. We know that from a lot of data. We didnt used to. We do now. The interesting thing, if you remember, were e were very, very concerned about Michelle Knight. Shes coming out. Telling these stories. Her story. We were concerned that she might have been too fragile and it was too much, too soon. Shes shown us that she can do this, and she continues to do it, and youre right, gail. This is what she needs. This is perfect for her. It may not be perfect for the other two. What i do like about what shes doing is that she is telling young women, if somebody you know, but not that well, says, hey, come with me. You need to think twice about that. In other words, by telling her, something of her ordeal and how it began, i think that shes letting young women know, you know, sometimes bad things happen with someone you know remotely. You know . Its the no always the stranger grabbing you. And to to, you know, have your antenna up. Think about whats going on. In that sense shes potentially helping other potential victims. No doubt. The final question for you, dr. Jeff, her book will no doubt be a bestseller. Why do people want to read such good books . Because they want to see what can actually happen to people, but more than anything else, they want to see how people survive and transform and have the redemption in their lives to be able to move forward. This is a book of strength. Many people, of course, have not gone through what shes gone through. Just an iota of the population, however, her strength can transform all of us, no matter what weve been through. Weve all been damaged to some extent in our lives. Bad things happen to everyone. How do you transform yourself . She is a model of that for us, god bless her. Dr. Jeff, gail assaults, thank yassaults, gail saltz, appreciate your insight. Even in 2014 we have a hard time defining rape. Not in Michelle Knights case, but in other victims case. The subject of my new opinion case. Why its so hard to understand this terrible crime. Ill be right back. Humans. Even when we cross our ts and dot our is, we still run into problems. Namely, other humans. 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I know a number of people who are cancelling events at the hotel, and its all economic. Reporter jay leno, his wife mavis and actress frances, among those who took part in the a demonstration across from the Landmark Hotel monday protesting not the hotel, per se, but its ownership, an Investment Group controlled by the sultan of brunei. Just making people aware. Reporter they want people to be aware of new sharia laws implemented in brunei, a muslim majority country in southeast asia. The sultan has praised the laws which provide for the stoning of anyone found guilty of adultery or homosexuality. Its not a political issue. This is not something thats debatable. Its people being stoned to death. Hello reporter Ellen Degeneres and Richard Branson announced they wont patronize the hotel, or other properties in the Dorchester Group of luxury hotels. The talk show host tweeted, i wont be visiting the Hotel Bel Air or the Beverly Hills hotel until this is resolved. The actions theyre taking are unfounded. Reporter but the ceo of the Dorchester Collection says celebrities and groups shunning the companys hotels put their focus in the wrong place. Its going to hurt our employees, and they have this has nothing to do with them whatsoever. Thats not their fight. Reporter he says celebrities want him to influence politics and brunei would be better off lobbying the u. S. State department to take action. In fact, at a monday briefing, state Department Spokeswoman marie harf addressed developments in brunei. Let me be clear that we have very serious concerns. Reporter harf was asked whether u. S. Diplomats ever stay in Dorchester Hotels while on business. I can check. I dont know the answer. Reporter government officials in Beverly Hills are taking a stand. The mayor is introducing a resolution before the city council that would urge the sultan to divest his interest at the hotel that bears the citys name. We have a history of standing strong against injustice. Reporter the legendary property has been around for over 100 years, even longer than Beverly Hills itself. The resolution is not a call for a boycott of the Beverly Hills hotel. This is really a focus on the government and their laws, and not a statement about the hotel. Reporter ted rowlands, cnn, los angeles. All right. Lets talk about this some more and bring in Deputy Editor of variety ted johnson. Welcome, ted. Thank you for having me. Thanks for being here. I appreciate it. So will these protests work, do you think . Well, certainly within the entertainment industry, this is a pretty tightknit community, and word spreads fast. So what youre talking about is when people schedule breakfasts and lunches and drinks to essentially to conduct business, theyre going to choose another location, and i know thats happening right now. I know studio chiefs are talking about this amongst themselves. There are other options where they can meet, and that is the big risk for the Beverly Hills hotel, not just this, but another hotel here that is pretty iconic in the Dorchester Collection, the Hotel Bel Air, just a couple miles away. Will this really hurt the sultan . If they have to pull out of ownership of these hotels . I doubt it. I doubt it. I mean, just from what ive heard about the sultans fortune, this would just be a, a small dent. The protesters i talked to really want to make a statement. They even want to embarrass the sultan into potentially taking some kind of action. I have to say that probably one of the, the biggest moves towards that might be tonight when the Beverly Hills city council is going to vote on whether to pass a resolution calling for the government of brunei to actually divest any ownership interest in its hotels. So the idea that the hometown city council of the Beverly Hills hotel is really aghast as whats happening in the country and essentially wants to kick the sultan out is embarrassment right there. Well, you heard what the hotel, i think it was the general manager said. All of these people would lose their jobs if you kick out the sultan. So the city council is in a tough place. Isnt it . Yes. It is. In fact, when i talked to the ceo of the Dorchester Collection yesterday, he was going to meet with the mayor and actually make his point. Well see if theres some kind of debate about that tonight. The ceo of that hotel chain, he also says, this has the potential not just to hurt the hotel itself but tourism to los angeles. He says, this is going to be a bad message to send, that a City Government can actually step in and essentially try to embarrass certain World Leaders or essentially try to impact foreign policy. Ted johnson, thanks for your insight. Appreciate it. Thank you. Still to come in the newsroom, investigators now say they know what caused that gruesome midair icircus disastr that sent acrobats crashing to the floor. Jean casarez is following that story for us. Reporter what caused circus performers to absolutely plummet to the ground over the weekend in rhode island. Well let you know exactly what officials are saying, right after this. Mine was earned in korea in 1953. Afghanistan, in 2009. Orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once its earned, usaa Auto Insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. Because it offers a superior level of protection. And because usaas commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. Begin your legacy. Get an Auto Insurance quote. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. The average person will probably eat something or drink something that is acidic on a daily basis. Those acids made over time wear the enamel. 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Officials say they have about 75 of the fire contained so far. The blaze started as a controlled burn. A Tennessee State senator is under fire for comparing obamacare to the holocaust. The comments were posted on a website writing, democrats bragging about the number of mandatory signups for obamacare is like the germans bragging about the number of mandatory signups for train rides for jews in the 40s. You have heard democrats have been bragging that we have 8 Million People that have signed up for something. To say you are bragging on we have all these people to sign up for something thats mandatory. Thats not their free choice. They are being forced to. You cant get accurate numbers for what someone wants by forcing them. A knoxville rabbi says the lawmakers words are foolish hyperbole. A colorado woman missing since april 29th was found alive yesterday in her wrecked car. The woman was in a singlecar accident. The crash alone would have taken a toll on her. Surprising she survived the crash at all. To be down there for that amount of days without food and water. The womans car went airborne and toppled down the side of the road some 200 feet. A man stopped to take in the scenery and noticed the wreckage and alerted police. A single piece of equipment is blamed for the mid air circus stunt that went terribly wrong. The pictures youre about to see are disturbing. Here it is. Those acrobats in Perfect Place hanging by their hair some 25 feet in the air suddenly plummeted to the ground when investigators say a steel clamp snapped. It was such a surprise some witnesses thought it was part of the act. But performers in the ringling brother circus suffered gruesome injuries. This morning eight remain in the hospital. Three remain in critical condition. Jean casarez is here with more. Osha is on the scene. The investigation is continuing. Its 11 people that were actually injured in that accident right there. And it was the equipment failure. It caused a circus act to be horribly wrong in rhode island over the weekend. Details have emerged as to what caused this accident and what is being done to be sure it doesnt happen again. They are in shock. Reporter something did fail causing performers of the hair hang act to plummet 25 to 35 feet to the ground on sunday. Eight women who perform acrobatics as a human chandelier along with one dancer on the ground were hurt with multiple compound fractures including head and internal injuries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it is far too early to say what happened but state investigators have determined a steel connection point made to hold 10,000 pounds just snapped. Deshaped metal ring that has a gate that opens and closes and allows you to connect two other pieces of equipment. That failed. It was a single piece of equipment that failed. Reporter licensing regulations do not require any state inspections. Last year in las vegas, a performer fell to her death during a show at the mgm grand. Similar to the one seen here. In october, osha cited the circus and the venue for violations. Osha tells cnn they require that a Competent Person selected by the employer must recognize potential hazards and make corrections before every performance. A circus Spokesman Says that was done. We have an entire safety crew dedicated to traveling to all of our units to make sure that steps are taken. All of our equipment is inspected each and every time we load into a new arena. Reporter osha says one thing theyll look at in this investigation is whether there should be more. Osha says we will provide a safe workplace for all americans. If it involves more regulations, that is important. After cancelling all of the remaining rhode island performances, the circus will move onto hartford, connecticut, may 8th. According to a circus spokesperson, none of those performances will include the hair hang act. I think what were all saying to ourselves is a clamp . A singular clamp . Osha will not confirm that that is the cause of it. What state officials are saying is these clamps can get hairline fractures not seen to the human eye. This morning one of the family members were on and said they saw people throw those clamps into the box. Osha investigating. Why isnt there a backup clamp, at least a backup . Im sure osha will jean casarez, many thanks. This news just into cnn, excessive cargo loading is what caused that ferry to sink in south korea. A local prosecutor there says the ferry was carrying nearly 2. 5 times more than the maximum cargo weight on the day of the accident. 35 people are still missing after that disaster. More than 250 bodies, most of them high school students, have been recovered. The next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. Im lisa and i have copd, but i dont want my breathing problems to get in the way of hosting my book club. Thats why i asked my doctor about breo. 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And this is part of the reason why at the very beginning of this story i was really emphasizing not the comments that were taped by a girlfriend but rather the history and well documented legislative history or legal history he has in terms of housing discrimination. That to me is something that you can sink this story into. Hanging everything thats what commissioner silver did during the press conference. He hung everything on these comments he made to his girlfriend and that just doesnt feel right to the average american. So im not surprised by those numbers at all. I think the truth is he wasnt hanging everything on that conversation, but he had to say that publicly because there was no legal decision made in the doj case. Also, the Workplace Discrimination case, he didnt lose. In both cases it is would be hard to get rid of somebody for cases he was never found guilty of. You know the fans would have boycotted they would have boycotted the games. The players would have boycotted, right . It would have sent the nba into an uproar. In the playoff season and you werent having playoff games, the solution for the nba, i think, this was the best solution. Were not done yet. We dont know what Donald Sterling is going to do. We dont know if hes going to fight. If hes going to sell on his own or if it will be a long litigious process ahead. I think were in the second inning of this story too. You were going to say, l. Z. , im sorry i interrupted. Its true that he definitely lost those cases and ended up paying tens of millions of dollars out of court. What is also true is we know way back in 1982, Donald Sterling was recorded making racist comments and a small contingency of owners were working to force him to sell and then they dropped the ball. They admittedly dropped the ball on that. He promised to sell in 82 and didnt allowing anger to subside and he kept the team for another 30 years. This is part of the reason why silver went that route. Not just because he lost with the department of justice suits but because theres a long history of him being in the nba under the watch of commissioner stern who was out in silvers mentor and friend and handpicked him to be this years commissioner. Its not just about what happened in the court system. Its about loyalty and not wanting to throw the previous commissioner under the bus for allowing this man to be in the league for 30 plus years. Interesting. Interesting take. I like that. Talking about sterling and whether hes going to fight this, i mean its pretty obvious that he is. His wife theyre still together although i dont know why. I cant wrap my head around that. Thats a reality show in the making. It really is. She seems to be inserting herself into things so he may turn the team over to her and sterling reached out to lawyers including lawyers that represented numerous celebrities including paula deen. Interesting, right . Heres the interesting thing about this. He bought this team in 1981 for 12 million. He stands to make great deal of money on this team and have a very big tax bill. You have to wonder if hes trying to figure out how he can limit his tax impact to sell the team. There are financial interests along the way. If its 575 million like forbes says its valued at. He paid 12 million. The value of the team is 575 million. Thats a 563 million profit and almost 200 million tax bill but he could say under California Law that this was a forced sale. He didnt want to sell. If he bought something similar like another team, he wouldnt have to pay taxes on it. What league is going to let that happen . No way. I think the good thing in all of this is that people really are considering the clippers Americas Team and america seems to have banded together and gotten behind this team. Ratings have gone up. Its fabulous. Exactly. Theyre Americas Team for good reasons and bad reasons. We wrap our arms around them but it represents americas position on race. Its complicated and messy. White people have a different take on the forced sale than black people do. Its a very interesting conversation. Some people focus on how the information was obtained but others are interested on what was on the tape itself. Nba fans are majority white, right . If youre an nba fan youre more likely to want the nba to force sterling to sell the team or not. Its kind of complicated. Complicated and interesting. Lets talk about tshirts because i like this part of the story. Do you know about this, l. Z. . They put out these tshirts so people can buy it saying we are one. The money is going to charity were told. To me, you know, its capitalizing on racial discomfort. Im a big fan of that. I know in the polls that a lot of americans believe that Race Relations are good and im happy to be one of those americans. I believe that interpersonal Race Relations are good. To me its institutional Race Relations that need a lot of work and selling tshirts like this is a nice feelgood and warm blanket around your shoulders but doesnt talk about the things that we really need to talk about. This we are one thing is kumbaya but discrimination is going on with or without Donald Sterling leading the clippers. I cant get a job. America loves to buy a tshirt. We were one but my Unemployment Rate is twice the average american. Just to be clear because at first i thought my gosh, the nba is profiting off this controversy and its not because all of the proceeds will go to charity. Antidiscrimination groups. Thats a good thing. It will not go in any way to Donald Sterling. Okay. But i have been looking at his numbers, theres a lot of money there. There is a lot of money there. Thanks to all of you. Still to come in the newsroom, shock fades and anger grows as nigeria rallies for release of more than 200 school girls held by terrorists. 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Details are coming into us here at cnn that bouquet haram militants stormed another village overnight in the northeastern part of the country taking a number of girls. Girls between the ages of 12 and 15 making off with livestock and money and basically causing havoc which is what boko haram has been known to do for the last several years in this very area. This group founded itself in 2002 and since that time has killed thousands of people in this part of the country. So much so that just last november the president from nigeria claimed a state of emergency in three states in Northern Nigeria yet it is in this context with a state of emergency in place that some three weeks ago bouqucuqueca ha militants took 300 plus girls. It shows you the level of capability they have and how emboldened they have become over the past years and once again were getting this news coming into cnn that overnight boko haram has struck again. A worrying time for parents in that region. Thank you so much. These kidnappings created a groundswell of anger here in the United States and around much of the world. These are rallies stretching from Washington State to europe, africa and australia. All demanding the release of those 200 school girls and now eight girls who are missing today. Americans are also embracing the cause. Demonstrations are scheduled here from coast to coast and seem to grow by the day. Lets head to washington and athena jones. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. This rally is just getting under way and as you mentioned, that social media campaign, this rally was organized entirely via social media starting with a tweet last week on thursday by one of the organizers and then 15 more people signed on to help bring out people for this event through facebook, through twitter. You can see some of the people who have shown up here so far. They are wearing bring back our girls tshirts. On the back it says hash tag 276. Thats the original number of young teenage girls that were kidnapped three weeks ago in mid april and now we hear about these eight more. This is a very, very frightening story. It has upset a lot of people here. I have spoken to some of the organizers and spoken to the participants and they want to see the Nigerian Government do more. They say they are holding this event outside the Nigerian Embassy because they want to call on the top nigeria official here in america to put more pressure on president Goodluck Jonathan to do more to find these girls and with this latest kidnapping, its incredibly frightening. This group would be emboldened and may not be able to be stopped. They want to see the government do more. What about our own government . Has there been a u. S. Response to this . Reporter we know that president obama has been briefed several times on this. We know the state department, the National Security team are closely monitoring this situation. We also know that the u. S. Is providing aid to the Nigerian Government. They talked about intelligence sharing. What they havent done is outlined the different ways theyre trying to help the government. They are working on this privately to do what they can and also Nigerian Government officials said we havent done a good job of communicating whats going on to the public. One official said its difficult to know how much to reveal of the investigation because we dont know much about this group and what theyre going to do to these girls. There are a lot of people with a lot of questions here and want to hear more from the Nigerian Government and hear them doing more to find these girls. Nigerias finance minister is calling on the International Community for help and admits they didnt communicate properly to the public at the start of the crisis but an energy effoin effort is needed to bring the girls home. Every single one of those girls is my daughter. I wake up depressed. The president wakes up depressed because he came from a poor family and without education he never would be where he is today. This is our problem. It has not to do with them. It has to do with us. We will do everything possible. The president pledged everything possible. Keep in mind these terrorists kidnapped all of these girls because they dare get an education. Lets bring in robert, founding director at t yoo director. Welcome. Well test your signal i hope it was better than it just was. Do you think the United States should provide military aid . Yes, of course. I think the u. S. And u. K. Are both poised to contribute intelligence methods and satellite coverage to the Nigerian Government. What the Nigerian Government has lacked so far is an understanding of where boko haram had taken the girls and exactly how to find them. Nigeria now needs to ask the u. S. And u. K. To help and then also ask cameroon and nigeria to close the borders. Thank you for being with us. The outcry on social media to get the girls home keeps growing. Reports are pouring into cnn. Photos from all over the world of people showing their support and videos demanding action. You should be safe in your own house and own backyard. We mandate the government to bring back our children. Please. The outrage on twitter also ramping up with photos and tweets posting to hash tag bring back our girls. Hillary clinton tweeted access to education is a basic right. We must stand up to terrorism. Texas congressman wrote no life should be stolen for 12. And educated women are the biggest threat to islamist extremists. At cnn were not giving up on these girls either. Well bring you the latest developments as this story unfolds. If you would like to help girls worldwide trying to overcome barriers to education, go to our website, cnn. Com impact. Still to come in the newsroom, a dire warning on Climate Change. Now president obama is set to launch a weeklong push to help limit its effects. 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This assessment is about presenting actionable science. Reporter president obama has promised action but critics within his own party complain he hasnt lived up to his campaign vow from 2008. This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal. Reporter with his climate agenda stalled in congress, the president has taken steps on his own seeking new limits on power plant pollution and setting tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. The gop has fought the president on the issue. Some republican lawmakers question whether humans are actually behind dramatic changes in the climate. Others say mr. Obama is mounting an allout assault on Energy Sector jobs. Take this ad from Mitch Mcconnells Reelection Campaign but the white house boasts that the Energy System is booming even though Administration Takes its time on a decision on the controversial Keystone Pipeline. Some are calling for a vote to bypass the president to approve it. We believe strongly that thats not an effective or helpful way to bring that process to a conclusion. Reporter we will hear from president obama on the issue of Climate Change later today when he sits down for a round of interviews with meteorologists who are coming here from around the country to talk to the president in the rose garden, in the white house, but Senior Administration officials just had a Conference Call with reporters earlier this morning. I had a chance to ask one of those officials, counselr to the president a big part of the push on Climate Change, i said what are prospects for Climate Change and he said because of Republican Opposition to the president s agenda, he called it a very real challenge and not a lot they can get done in congress on this issue, carol. Jim accosta reporting live from the white house this morning. Still to come in the newsroom a decade under the control of a monster. 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Did you think that this would at some point end . That it wouldnt go on and that he would let you go . Did he promise that he would let you go . He told me he would never let me go. He said that from the beginning . Yes. He said you dont have a family that cares about you. If i kill you right now, nobody would even care. For the first several months she was kept in what she refers to as the dungeon chained to a pole and gagged with a sock and a Motorcycle Helmet placed over her head. All the while the abuse continued. I talked to other people that have been taken and they say quickly you start to kind of adapt to the new reality and that you start to, you know, people who havent been through this situation think i would try to escape and do this and do that but in reality very quickly your mind starts to adapt to your new environment. Can you explain that . What happens is hard at first. You dont really want to adapt to it. You dont want to comply. You dont want to do anything at first. But then you find yourself saying why not . Im here. Just let him get it over with. It feels like you have no power over it. Yeah, youre powerless. What would you think about each day . Just to get through . Basically think about my son and how i would like to see his loving smile again. Eventually he moved her upstairs where she was kept naked and often chained to a wall in a boarded up bedroom. She only had about a foot and a half of chain, just enough to her to stand up and use a bucket for a toilet. Her only connection with the outside world, an old radio, sometimes a small tv. It was nearly eight months into her hell when she saw on that tv that a girl named amanda berry had gone missing. If anybody knows anything about my daughter, i wish somebody would come forward. When you heard that, what did you think . First thought in my head was he did it. You knew right away . Yeah. Shes an incredible young woman. Part two of anderson coopers interview with Michelle Knight air here is on cnn at 8 00 eastern. While support for Michelle Knight is nearly universal, its not the case for a rape victim in texas. The controversy surrounding the sentence to the convicted rapist was 45 days in jail and five years probation ordered to work 250 hours at a rape crisis center. A center that will not allow him to work there. The judge in the case implied the 14yearold victim was promiscuous because she had sex in the past and the defendant is not your typical sex offender because he had a Bright Future. The judge has now recused herself from that case. I wish i could tell you what happened in texas has never happened before but i cant because it has happened before. Frankly, it astounds me. I wrote an oped for cnn. Com reading in part, its 2014 but Many Americans including a sitting judge dont know how to define rape. They find it difficult to figure out who is an actual victim. Cant figure out who is a rapist even when the accused pleads guilty to rape. It seems some cannot resist blaming the victim even when its a clear cut case. More disturbing, how some describe the rapist in that case. In that texas case the young mans lawyer claimed his client made a mistake and spoiled his future. I maintain rape is not a lapse of judgment. Its a crime. Who cares, defense attorney allen if a rapist is talented and gifted and had scholarship offers. Rape is a crime. Is murder a lapse in judgment that could spoil a killers Bright Future . Lets talk more about this. Sandra miller is director of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center joining me this morning. Good morning. Good morning, carol. Im glad youre here. I wonder from your perspective because you deal with this every day, do most in america understand what rape is . Most americans do not. In fact, the general public holds a lot of misinformation and misconceptions about reality of Sexual Assault and then members of the general public are appointed or elected into positions as judges and in juries and often victims lose out. Even in Michelle Knights case, there were questions. Why didnt she try to escape earlier . Why did she get into that car in the first place . Why does it seem that somebody always blames at least in part the victim . In cleveland were celebrating the courage of these three women and yet we look at lessons we can learn and were still saying people are saying mr. Castro was, you know, a nice guy on the street. I cant imagine how he could do this. We think that rapists look and act the same way and that if theyre walking down the street, they must have a big r on their forehead to point them out and we know who they are and we can stay away from them. Rapist go to school with us, they work with us, they stand in line with us at the grocery store. They do have Bright Futures. That doesnt mean theyre not capable of doing horrendous things. There are those who feel we should do away with the term Sexual Assault and call it what it really is which is rape. In fact, we should never say date rape because that sort of diminishes the crime. Its just rape. Do you agree . I do think that when we put the label rape, we infer the seriousness of the crime and we do by our language try to lessen it. We use words like molestation, incest, even sex crimes. Sex is not a crime. Many crimes involve Sexual Assault but sex in itself is not a crime. I do think by our language we diminish the effects that rape has on survivors. The other thing i noticed, we seem squeamish about calling men who admit to rape rapists. The young Man Told Police he raped this girl yet his lawyer called his actions bad judgment. Do you hear that kind of thing a lot . We do. We want to think that hes just a good guy and he made an error in judgment. What we know about rapists is many are serial offenders. Once they commit the crime and get away with it, theyre more likely to do it again. In cleveland we have shelves and shelves of untested Sexual Assault kits dating back 20 years that are now being tested and prosecuted and more than a third involve serial sex offenders. There are no simple answers. I just would like to gather your thoughts on maybe a small solution. You know, i think the number one thing that we can do is when a survivor of rape or Sexual Assault come forward, we believe her unconditionally and support her and we know that in doing that we make it easier for the next victim and the next victim to come forward and ultimately will put more sexual predators behind bars. Thank you for your insight. I really appreciate it. Thank you, carol. I would like to know your thoughts as well. Please go to cnn. Com opinion and weigh in and ill join in after the show. 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Switch to comcast Business Internet and get two Wifi Networks included. Comcast business built for business. In ukraine, the scenes look more and more like a country toppling into civil war. Ukrainian forces try to reclaim cities and towns captured by prorussian militants and the world wonders if moscow will see it as an excuse for allout military involvement. Nick paton walsh has a view from one embattled city. Reporter on the way in, we passed ukraines army edging closer to its center and were told to hurry on. Just around the corner, prorussian militants were massing ready. The green van driven by their best equipped nearby. This day the probing by each side of the other stopped and broke into the chaos of open conflict. A procession of ambulances to the hospital. This mans wife shot in the head while standing on their balcony. She died moments later. The random suffering and moments of loss are what is fast becoming a civil war. Four militants brought in too. On the other side, ukraine said it lost four soldiers and a helicopter whose pilot survived. Closer to the front line they look for snipers. Up close, they are more human in their fury. They shoot at the people to blame it on us, one said. Another saying they are far right militants. Urging us to film the toll on civilians. The fears are worse can come. The selfproclaimed mayor hours earlier said how the town is encircled and hell only negotiate if they withdraw and sleeps in his office under guard. He has one message for washington. To barack obama, i would like to say the following, he said. Please stop supplying fighters with money and weapons with military forces and mercenaries like black water. The fear this is not the climax of recent unrest but the start of whole troubles new. Nick paton walsh, cnn. 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And the basketball exhibition he staged for kim jonguns birthday. In an interview, rodman said he is still impressed with the show of worship kim got when he entered the arena that night. I was so amazed to see the people crying. I many literally crying. Reporter some of the interview was videotaped but in the more substantive portion, rodman wanted just the audio recorded. He said that kim jonguns uncle was still alive when he was there. The uncle is alive . Sitting right behind me. Reporter the interviewers were skeptical asking again if the uncle was alive. Standing right there. Reporter this despite reports from north koreas own Government News agency the previous month that kim had his uncle executed for treason. Other rodman revelations, he made the other nba stars that accompanied him to north korea 35,000 each out of his own pocket. He said he held kims baby and portrayed the dictator as a cruise director. Jokes and do all [ bleep ]. Loves playing table tennis and pool. He has a band. A real band thats all girls. Did you ever sing . Did i sing . They played rocky and dallas. Rodman was drunk for part of the time and went to rehab after returning from north korea but hes the only american to ever have personal meetings with kim jongun and rodman says kim wants to change that. He really wants to talk to obama. He says he cant say it enough. He dont want to kill americans. Reporter u. S. Officials are concerned that kims regime is preparing to stage another underground nuclear test but rodman said kim jongun only wants Nuclear Weapons to defend his country. Rodman was not only apologetic for the regime but in denial over north koreas human rights record. When asked about the hundreds of thousands of people suffering in labor camps there, his response which country does not have that . Carol . What . Okay. Well ignore that for a moment. He also slammed the u. S. Government. Why . Reporter he had much kinder words for north koreas government than americas government. He asked the u. S. Government six months ago for help in setting up his trip to pyongyang and the government ignored him. We asked the state department about that. A spokeswoman there said that to her knowledge they had no contact with Dennis Rodman so as far as theyre concerned, he never reached out to them. Interesting. Brian todd, thanks for entertaining us this morning. We appreciate it. Still to come in the newsroom, be careful what you write. A Senate Candidate is outraged when he catches a reporter scribbling blah, blah, blah. How the easter bunny got thrown in the mix when we come back. Check the weather. Borrow teds wheelbarrow. Post big tomato pics. Buy a birdhouse for sparrows. Download gardening apps. Answer my wifes texts. Search how to sculpt hedges into a trex. I can do all that with my android from tracfone for as low as 7 a month. 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Man torlaksons Career Readiness initiative is helping schools expand job and Technical Training across the state because it makes a difference. Woman so tell Tom Torlakson to keep fighting for the career and Technical Training our students need. Im sorry. I can really relate to this story. A bored reporter was caught jotting down blah, blah, blah with Senate Hopefuls in oregon. One of the candidates didnt take too kindly to his note taking. Reporter if you think the news is about a blah, blah, blah, in this case youre right. I called you out for putting blah, blah, blah on your note pad. Reporter five republican candidates for senate were being interviewed by an oregon paper. The only candidate not actually present was on speaker phone. And when she gave what Pulitzer Prize winning reporter evidently considered to be a rambling answer, he got nabbed by another candidate. You want to talk about disrespect. You just wrote down blah, blah, blah for everything she said. Reporter whether you prefer to say blah, blah, blah, or yada, yada, yada, i never heard from him again. You put blah, blah, blah when she was giving a detailed and descript answer. Reporter the interviewers moved on. A myth or a reality . Where are you on the easter bunny . Thats when the climate really changed and candidate Mark Callahan started quoting a few good men. Are these really the questions i was called here to answer . Reporter the newspapers editor warned the candidate they might ask him to leave. Thats two strikes. Who do you think you are . You may leave now. Go ahead. Reporter the newspapers editor didnt think his reporters blah, blah, blah was disrespectful but he did think the easter bunny crack went a little too far. I turned to nigel saying that was disrespectful. As a reporter how often have you his listened to an elected offi or candidate for office who said something that you have said to yourself, not to him, blah, blah, blah. Reporter there was nothing boring about how this blah, blah, blah blowup ended. Theres the door. I have other things to do with my time. Reporter the moral of the story, it may be okay to sing it. Reporter but better not write it down. You wrote down blah, blah, blah. Reporter jeanne moos, cnn, new york. Where are you on the easter bunny . That was just crazy. Thank you for joining me today. this hour with berman and michaela starts now. Get ready for more droughts, more heat waves and more extreme storms. The white house says thats coming as it lays out the most comprehensive Climate Change report ever in the United States. The cold war is over but a spy plane from that era was in the sky over california and it caused all sorts of major travel chaos. How did that happen . And she has kept her silence until now. Monica lewinsky talking about her affair with president clinton. That story ahead this hour. Hello. Im john berman. Im michaela pereira. Thank you for joining us. 11 00 a. M. 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