>> the number of death threats on him and his family and anyone close to help i though had to be tough. like i said, that's why i'm here. >> after jackie robinson broke the color barrier, fewer african-americans are carrying the torch. we'll investigate why. it's true. you never forget your first subaru.

the killing of osama bin laden, new details. we have correspondents covering all angles. they'll join us at the top of the hour. but first politics. ron paul wants president obama's job. he announced his intentions earlier today and plans a news conference at the top of the hour. the republican congressman joins newt gingrich in the gop race for the white house. a long time political observer, broadcaster and businessman has a new book, fail up, lessons from building successes from failure. tavis, welcome. >> good to be on. >> i want to talk about your book in a little bit, but first politics. ron paul just announced p about should president obama be concerned? >> i'm sure the white house is concerned about any potential candidate. ron paul of course has run before. has a loyal following and what's

been fascinate for me is how much he has a loyal following amongst young people and the money that he can raise. so he's a threat obviously on a certain level. but at the same time, you can't beat somebody with nobody. and at the moment, i don't see that somebody yet that the president should be all that concerned about at least to the point of losing sleep. >> not newt gingrich? what if sarah palin runs? what republican contender is worrisome for the president? >> i think it's not sarah palin, not newt gingrich, not ron paul. again, you can't beat somebody with nobody. i don't speak for them obviously. i don't know who they would prefer. but i don't think it's any of those names you've just mentioned. at the end of the day, i don't know that mr. paul respectfully, mr. gingrich respectfully, ms. palin respect fwli, has what it takeses to win the nomination of their party in the long run. >> president obama met with the congressional black caucus and their message to him was jobs

and more jobs. has the president done enough for the african-american community? >> in a word, no. the african-american community is the most loyal part of the president's base and obviously the black community wants to see this president reelected and i expect they'll turn out in big numbers as they did before .not the same because you can't play in a history card but one time. so the white house speaking of should they be concerned, they should be concerned about the fact that the black numbers may drop because you can't play the history card and, two, to your point about black unemployment, when you have double the national average and depending on the demo in some cases quadruple the national average, this answer, i don't mind it. all the boats didn't go down at the same time, they're not going to come up at the same time. and if the tide comes up, if you're in a yacht and i'm in an inner tube, we still have a problem. the president has not done enough i think because respectfully he's afraid of being accused of being tribal if

he does in fact help the african-american community in specific and unique ways. he ought not be afraid of that when our jewish brothers and sisters want help vis-a-vis public policy, he stands up for them. gays and less bwanted "don't as tell." he responded to them. black unemployment is a significant issue. it ought not to be overlooked just because the white house is afraid of being accused of being tribal. >> but still afraid of that? why? >> i don't know. again, you're asking me questions i can't answer. i don't speak for the white house. i'd have the same question, carol, why. if you were in a car accident and they rushed you to the hospital with head trauma, i would pray that they would not start operating on your feet. the point is you don't help these folk because they're black, you help them because that's where the pain is most acute. that is where the pain is most severe. the stimulus package was not big enough the first time when

democrats did control both houses of congress. when they sent that money out to the country, they sent it to the states as opposed to the cities. i think the white house has done righteous work this some respects, but they have not done enough where the pain is most acute. gr so if african-american voters still vote for him next time even if in smaller numbers, what can they do to convince president obama to do more for their community? he has their vote already. >>nd i think that's the significant question. now we're talking about that he has their vote already and sometimes you can be taken for granted. the black community must not look up after one term or even two terms and discover that this was more about symbolism than substance. the bottom line is to answer your question great presidents aren't born. great presidents are made. they have to be pushed into

their greatness. there is no abraham lincoln without frederick douglas pushing him. there is no lbj without mlk pushing him. great presidents become great because they're ushered, pushed into their greatness. i don't want barack obama to be just another garden voter politician. this can't be just about symbol him and not substance. and at the end of the day he can't start this clinton triangulation now that he has a divided congress. black america wants him to be a great president. that happens when you lovingly and respectfully help push them into their greatness. here's the bottom line. we have to respect the president, we have to protect the president against birther vulgar attacks, you have to respect him, appreciate hprotec also correct him out of love. that's our job with this president and for that matter any other president. >> let's talk about your book

because i'm in-treepged by the sense that failure can sometimes be a good thing. >> the great nobel poet put it this way, ever tried, failed, no matter. try again, fail again, fail better. failure is not fatal. fatal is not final. there is no success without failure. and over my 20 years in this business, i've learned that what i've done and what most of us do is failed our way up. anyone who successful in any field if they're being honest would admit they've learned more from their failures than they've ever learned from their successes. so failure is a friend. all i'm trying to do is remind the american people now more than ever we individually with regard to our families and collectively as a nation can in fact even in difficult times fail our way up. >> we hear you. it's been great.

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country music stars are singing for southern storm victims. ♪ because every little thing is going to be all right, this world keeps spinning fast ♪ >> we hope everything's going to be all right. big names like hank williams, keith urban and lady antebellum took part. robin meade was a co-host at the star-studded affair. should i ask what designer you were wearing? >> what's that in the designer i was wearing? what was i wearing last night? >> just kidding. >> macy's, i think. that's not a designer. >> good enough for me, though. >> lucky i didn't say t.j. maxx. >> what was it like?

>> it was incredible because i don't know if you know this, but the special came together in a matter of seven days. that's a huge undertaking. hank williams apparently, huge country star, has very strong ties in it alabama, went there, couldn't believe what he saw after the big tornadoes that blew through six states, those killer tornadoes. he made a call and within seven days, this came together. now, we don't know how much money was raised last night. but we do know that the need continues to grow because now this is all for the american red cross and now you have people whose homes are continually being flooded because of the mississippi. so the need you saw lady antebellum just performing right there. that's not their song. obviously that's a bob marley song, but they were trying to give the uplifting message that everything is going to be all right, as the song goes. let's lisp. listen. >> there's nothing more beautiful, i think, than seeing people rally together and support each other and help each other. and i truly think that something positive can come out of

something like this. and that's a unified community, a unified country, you know, as all of us all over the country and all over the world could give if you feel led to. i think it can be a very unifying thing. >> reporter: and by the way, if you missed the telethon last night, carol, cnn's sister network, "hln," will replay is on sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern because the need, as i said, continues to grow. and if you feel so moved right now, you can still go to cnn.com/robin, and we'll hook you up on how to donate right now to the red cross. and they do everything from making sure people have shelter, to making sure they have a blanket for the night. the very basics that people are now missing. >> okay. robin, thank you so much. i know it was a long night. and thank you for joining us this morning and for your great work there. robin meade, thank you. >> you bet. you bet! 64 years after jackie robinson broke the color barrier, african-american

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if you catch the braves/phillies game on sunday, their uniforms will look historic. both teams will wear throwback uniforms from 1974, the year hank aaron broke babe ruth's home run record in celebration of major league baseball's civil rights game. who better to talk up that game than braves star jason hayward. >> reporter: atlanta braves' outfielder jason heward is quite frankly awesome. just 22, he's a star and rare. only 8% of all major league baseball players are african-american, compared to 18% two decades ago. heward on why. >> you get drafted in baseball, you have to go through the minor leagues. you have to. there's no immediate going to the professional ranks, period. football, you get drafted, you're in the nfl. basketball, you get drafted, you're in the nba. >> reporter: and then there's the cool factor. >> you see the football, you see the basketball.

and you're, like, that's what's cool and in. >> reporter: yet there are signs that's changing. tim lincecum's got charisma. brian wilson is a total beast on the mound. and derek jeter, come on. he's cool. hayward's idol as a kid -- >> jeter. >> reporter: heyward talk about their families who nurtured a career in baseball. >> i started playing as of 5. my dad said it's something i need to do do in the summer, make friends, stay out of trouble, be active and do something extracurricular other than going outside every day, getting into trouble around the neighborhood or whatever. wanted to keep me away from all that. >> reporter: just like jeter's parents. in his book, he said my parents inspire you, criticize you, and give you structure. my parents did all of these things. they told me if i was ever at a party or around a group of people drinking or drugging as my father used to say, i could call them and they would come pick me up, and they would ask no questions.

as for old-school cool, it was jackie robinson. who opened the door for all african-american players. >> this is just a game. this is just entertainment. outside of this, that's life. and the number of death threats on him and his family and anyone close to him, i know it had to be tough. like i said, that's why i'm appreciative. >> reporter: today the challenge is not opening doors but persuading young african-americans that this game is cool. once again, the two players speak as one. do you know how cool it is to have thousands of people chanting "derek jeter, derek jeter"? >> if somebody has a chance to come see us play in a stadium, to see how the fans react to you, to see how it's kind of cool to have an ovation, see how it's kind of cool to have people chanting your name. >> i talked to jason heyward. he was the most humble guy. in fact, i went out to right field. and i said, do you feel like the king of right field? he told me no, i don't feel like

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the chicago bulls are going to the nba eastern conference finals for the first time since michael jordan played for them. chicago's superstar of the area has got to be derrick rose. he makes the move and turns on the jets for the basket. rose scored 19 points. his teammate, carlos boozer, had 23. the bulls never trailed in this game as they clinched the series with atlanta. chicago advances to play the miami heat and lebron. it is 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. i'm carol kos tcostello in for phillips. new developments in the osama bin laden story. the taliban in pakistan says it launched a deadly suicide attack in retaliation for the killing of the al qaeda leader. at least 80 people were killed at the military training facility. u.s. intelligence officers finally had their chance to interview the bin laden wives who were inside that compound.

both u.s. and pakistani officials tell us the three women were questioned together and were openly hostile toward their american interrogators. and defense secretary robert gates says navy s.e.a.l.s who carried out the raid are now worried about retaliation. in fact, gates says security measures have been beefed up for the s.e.a.l.s and their families. >> i think there has been a consistent and effective effort to protect the identities of those who participated in the raid. and i think that has to continue. >> so let's begin in our washington bureau with the pentagon correspondent chris laurc lawrence. chris, secretary gates is worried that all this information is leaking out about how the raid went down, and this is endangering the navy s.e.a.l.s. >> reporter: yeah, exactly, carol. when you talk about the security of the s.e.a.l.s and their families, you're probably talking less about actual physical security than making sure that the s.e.a.l.s' names are not released. and on that case, "a," you've

got secretary gates out there, you know, sort of putting the word out to other government officials and to anyone who's been speaking on background, you know, to make sure not to reveal any personal information about this team. also, what you're likely to see is that when some of these reports start to get filed, a lot of the personal information, some of the equipment that was used will probably most likely be redacted. in other words, will be blacked out in the event some of these reports do make it out there through a wikileaks-type situation. and lastly, on that same note, the pentagon has been putting some efforts in place, albeit a bit late, to try to, like, clamp down on exactly how much information could get transferred from, say, a classified system to an unclassified system and who has access to some of these documents. >> so on the subject of information and how it's getting out, i know that you have found out some new information of how

osama bin laden communicated with the outside world. can you share? >> yeah. and remember, communicated with no e-mail access because you know, having a computer and being online, you know, would leave a trail that a lot of officials would be able to follow. so what he did was, he would type directives or e-mails, and then he would download those to a thumb drive offline. then he'd hand the thumb drive to a courier who would then take it out and often hand it to what they call a cut-out. by cut-out, they mean someone who is cut out of the loop. in other words, this third party had no idea that he was getting information from osama bin laden himself. that person would then download the information and send it out as an e-mail from himself. and then when they needed to get information back to bin laden, they would just reverse the process. so he was able to -- it was a meticulous time, painstaking process to go through, but it allowed him to get information

in and out without ever getting online, carol. >> another mystery solved. chris lawrence, many thanks. and actually, chris isn't going anywhere because he'll return at the bottom of the hour to discuss one of the more intriguing questions, did the navy s.e.a.l.s record the entire raid on helmet cams? chris will be back to discuss that. defense secretary robert gates also says security is a big reason why the president will not release the bin laden death photos. gates referenced the photo-shop age we live in and said someone could alter those pictures and use them to stir up anger and provoke on american troops in iraq and afghanistan as well as on american civilians who live overseas. senator john mccain says the way america treats its prisoners of war is key to keeping our men and women in uniform safe. he writes in "the washington post" today, while some enemies and al qaeda surely will never be bound by the principle of reciprocity, we should have concern for those americans captured by more conventional enemies, if not in this war, then in the next.

of course, mccain spent years as a p a p.o.w. in vietnam. he also talked to our john king about how to handle pakistan right now. >> they have an arsenal of nuclear weapons. they can provide a safe haven even more so for taliban and al qaeda elements. a failed state in pakistan is not in the united states' interests. there's a down side. there's a down side to a failure of the pakistani's government. the pakistani government. so we're going to have to be very careful how we approach this. but yet the status quo is obviously not acceptable. so let's turn to the widows of osama bin laden. three wives discovered living in the compound with him. all three have now been questioned by u.s. intelligence officers. cnn's nick payto toton walsh is islamab

islamabad. nick, are they finished? >> reporter: we have one official that says it's an ongoing process. not meaning the interrogation is ongoing, but there will be a number of meetings which are still ongoing and will continue over a period of time. that's all we're hearing from the pakistani side. from u.s. officials, they seem to be enormously happy about the kind of access they're getting. pakistani intelligence officials acting as the interlocutors. the women are being interviewed together, the older 29-year-old yem yemeni wife. they had hoped to speak to them separately and put pressure on them. as it currently stands, they say they're not getting anything fantastically new out of this, but the talks are ongoing. >> so are pakistani investigators in the room along with u.s. investigators, and do u.s. intelligence officers want

to be alone in that interrogation as well? >> reporter: i'm not a professional interrogator, but we understand they're all in the room together which of course would be putting a degree on the americans' strain to press these women who are hostile witnesses. their husband has just been killed by u.s. special forces. you can expect a fairly unpleasant atmosphere. it does appear the americans are not getting the kind of information and the speed they would necessarily like, carol. >> nick paton walsh from pakistan, thank you so much. new york's mayor says two men arrested in an alleged plot to attack manhattan's synagogues were lone wolves. police commissioner ray kelly says today the suspects wanted to attack jews. >> they were driven by a pathological hatred for jewish people. and their rhetoric got more and more emotional in the last month, in particular. and yeah, certainly they were

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he said he's 100% to blame for the split with bullock. james also says he and his wife were never really friends and bullock's proclamations during their marriage should be taken with a grain of salt. you've got to check out that part of the exchange. >> so do you view her as a rock? >> yeah, but, you know, she said that same speech at four different awards shows. you saw two of them. >> what's your point? >> i don't know. you can take whatever you get out of it, you know. >> you don't think she meant it? >> i think she meant it to a certain extent. you know. what does she do for a living? >> movie star. actor. >> what? >> an actor. >> okay. cool. >> you think it was an act? >> i think, you know, that whole -- that people have to live in that world. >> okay. well, not surprisingly, james says that he and bullock don't even talk now, carol. you can check out the entire

interview with piers. it airs tonight on "the piers morgan show," "piers morgan tonight." >> he should just shut up, a.j. he should just shut up. >> oh, yes. >> i think sandra bullock is beloved now. there's no way he can win. okay. let's talk about winning in another sense. ashton kutcher, "two and a half men"? >> well, yeah, this isn't official yet, but the reports are everywhere this morning that ashton kutcher will be the guy to replace charlie sheen on "two and a half men." and this news comes just a day after reports that hugh grant had turned down the role. we've reached out to cbs. they're not commenting yet. this could be a huge payday for kutcher, stepping into the number one sitcom on tv. kutcher is also, of course, one of the smartest stars at using social media. he's got one of the largest twitter followings. in fact, he has 3 million more followers than charlie sheen, and kutcher is teasing us all through his tweets. last night he asked via twitter, "what's the square root of 6.25?" and the answer, carol, is -- >> i don't know. >> 2 1/2.

>> oh, duh. >> play along, carol. >> i feel really stupid now, but thanks for -- no, that was funny, though. okay, let's talk about mariah carey because this is a really strange story. >> it's strange, and it really upset me. i sat down with mariah's husband, nick cannon, last night. i asked him about reports that the authorities were called in because mariah was using alcohol in the hospital where she just gave birth to her twins a couple of weeks ago. according to nick and mariah, the whole thing was a scam in an effort by the paparazzi to get those highly coveted first photos of the newborns. watch what nick told me about that. >> the story was taken from a nurse actually just -- i guess this is a common thing -- said, you know, if you drink some guinness, like a beer -- >> i've heard this. >> -- yeah, the yeast actually helps with the breast-feeding. and that was told to my wife. i guess someone maybe overheard

that and said this is a good way to make a quick buck or call the tabloids. it's kind of sad. how people think that we'll make money off of these newborns. >> yeah, basically, the thought was that maybe somebody would get in there from a child agency and take a picture which eventually could get leaked out and somebody could make a lot of money. it really makes me sick. nick says he's struggling with his desire to keep his children out of the public eye, but he does recognize he has to balance that with massive interest by the public to see the kids. he told me they're going to figure out some appropriate and classy way to reveal their kids to the world but on their own terms. >> gotcha. a.j., really interesting. thank you. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it tonight on "showbiz tonight" at 11:00 p.m. on "hln." was he honoring the hippocratic oath or breaking the rules? a doctor who uses controversial human growth hormone treatments is in the radar of major league baseball investigators. he says he didn't use that treatment when he saved the

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just a year ago, it looked like the end of the line for bartolo colon. the pitcher had been plagued by injuries and he was pushing 40. some said his career was probably over, but not this doctor. the georgetown graduate has been an orthopedic surgeon for three decades. and according to "the new york times," he's been known to use treatments that include human growth hormone. after he treated the pitcher, he was back. the yankees signed him in january, and how his fastball rockets at 93 miles per hour or better. his recovery has been called a miracle. the credit in large part goes to the doctor. now the league wants to know more about this so-called miracle return and the treatment. the doctor joins us now by phone. doctor, thank you for joining me. >> my pleasure, carol. it's an honor to be with you. >> so tell me how you treated mr. colon. >> we treated him with his own stem cells, a fat graft on him and his own bone marrow stem

cells to put in the areas of injury. now, there's no other use of any banned substance, i'm wise enough to know you cannot use that on any athletes. nothing else here. shears no smoking guns as i've told everyone. >> but in some treatments you perform, in many treatments you do use human growth hormone. >> right. for a person that has no competitive sports they're going to be involved with, a very minute amount we think may help with the stem cells do more of their work. but we won't use it on any athlete, be it high school or above, because it's banned by the leagues. actually, i believe the leagues are correct in that because there's too much leeway for abuse if you start using this for an injury. >> dr. freddie fu with the pittsburgh school of medicine says this of injecting stem cells. he says bone marrow is a good source of stem cells, but i don't think there's any definitive evidence to show that it will benefit a condition like this. bartolo colon was having trouble with his rotator cuff and his elbow. so other doctors say there's no evidence that an injection of stem cells actually works.

>> well, there is some evidence out there. there actually was just a very good article in the arthroscopy journal, it's a very prestiged journal. it's not one of these so-so journals. >> we also heard major league baseball has gotten wind of this and conducting an investigation. have you heard from major league baseball? >> quite honestly, no. i'd be more than happy to talk with them and answer any questions they have. there's nothing here to hide. >> you've treated other athletes as well? >> yes, i have. >> who are they? >> well, obviously, with hippalaus, i can't get into that. >> some baltimore ravens players. >> you've read the article, obviously, and it says some of the people we've treated, some of the teams, i should say. >> are you worried just because you use human growth hormone and other procedures that these

professional athletes, other professional athletes you've treated, will now -- wewill at be asked questions of their teams and maybe the nfl and major league baseball? >> i'm not worried at all because it was never used. there's no story here. >> okay. doctor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> okay. thank you. bye, now. >> bye. checking stories across the countries, hundreds of louisiana residents are scrambling for higher ground. the fourth and final spillway on the swollen mississippi river is about to be opened, relieving the increasing water pressure. louisiana towns like stevenville and morgan city are hoping their flood walls hold. a woman with terminal cancer who was earlier not allowed to fly home to her native south korea finally went home yesterday thanks to delta airlines. it comes five days after a korean airline denied her passage over concerns she might die aboard the flight. the carrier is defending its

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10:30 in the east. we're following developments in the osama bin laden story. the taliban in pakistan says it is responsible for a deadly suicide attack that killed at least 80 people, most of them military recruits. the taliban calls it retaliation for the al qaeda leader's death. u.s. intelligence officers have interviewed the three bin laden widows who were inside that compound. both u.s. and pakistani officials tell us the women were hostile toward the americans. and defense secretary robert gates says too much information about the raid has come out. he says details could put the navy s.e.a.l.s who carried out the operation in danger. let's talk more about the deadly attack on pakistan's military recruits. the pakistani taliban says the two suicide bombings are payback for osama bin laden's killing. here's the statement from its spokesperson. pakistani and the u.s. forces should be ready for more attacks. osama was our great leader, and the killers of osama will have to pay its price. the attack happened about 10 miles from bin laden's compound.

let's get more now from cnn's stan grant. >> reporter: this here is the military training facility that was the target for this attack. now, two suicide bombers on the backs of motorcycles came in here in the early hours of the morning, detonating those explosives. they have targeted military recruits that have been training here for the past nine months. they finished their training, and they were about to leave when this attack happened. if you look around here, you can see so much of the aftermath of this dual suicide bombing. you can see cars strewn along the road here that have been blown out. a lot of damaged buildings up in here. this is the worst attack of its kind for this year in pakistan. the number of dead has continued to rise throughout the day. scores more people have been wounded and injured. and they've been ferried to hospital. people have been milling around here just pondering exactly what happened. and we've had a warning now from the taliban to expect more.

they have accepted responsibility for this attack. they have linked it directly to the killing of osama bin laden. they are saying that this is revenge for his death. they're warning, as i say, both pakistan and the united states, to expect more. this whole area is a hotbed of insurgency. al qaeda and taliban militants have been holed out here, and the military has been continuing to mount offensives to try to root them out. but if you look around here today, just looking at this damage, you can still see the potency of the insurgency. that despite these attacks, that despite the operations here by the military, the taliban is still potent, and they're warning there is more to come. stan grant, cnn, pakistan. also this morning, cbs news is reporting the navy s.e.a.l.s who carried out the raid were wearing cameras on their helmets in every single moment of the mission caught on tape. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is in our washington bureau. so chris, you've been looking

into this report. what more can you tell us? >> well, carol, we know that the s.e.a.l.s did have the ability and did record some or perhaps all of that raid on osama bin laden's compound. we've also confirmed some of the details that have come out since then that we didn't know early on. so just the fact that the s.e.a.l.s got their first look at osama bin laden when he peeked out of the third floor, they took a shot at him. they missed. and osama bin laden retreated back into the room. eventually they would make their way up to that third floor where they were confronted with bin laden, with his wives, with some of the children right there in the room, the s.e.a.l.s having to push some of those wives and children out of the way to get a clear shot at first bin laden's chest and then his head. carol? >> i know there are many viewers out there saying i'd rather love to see that video. is there any chance some of it would ever be, you know, shown to the public? >> well, you never want to say

never, but a lot of times what this video is used for is for the teams to go back and sort of recap the mission. a lot of times the mission planners will look at it and say, you know, what did we do right? what do we do wrong? what could we have done better? you know, especially it does have such huge significance because of the target was osama bin laden, but really, they use these cameras and they use these recording devices mostly so that the team can really look at what went on and what they should have maybe perhaps done differently for next time. >> okay. so if they don't want it to become public, how can they keep it from becoming public? because you know there's always a way that something leaks out somewhere. >> well, one, you've got to put the word out, you know, across the board that this doesn't go out because like you said, normally this comes from somebody leaking it to a news outlet or leaking it to someone, and then it's out there in the public domain. the other way is they'll probably try to use some of the

techniques that they have just started to institute in the wake of wikileaks which is restricting access to some of the classified material, making it tougher to say take classified material from one computer and then dump it onto an unclassified computer. and also, some of the new restrictions they've put in in terms of having more than one person handle certain material. so one person would not have, say, access to this. it would take two people to sort of pull it out, sort of adding layers of security if, indeed, you did not want this video to be released. >> fascinating. chris lawrence live in washington, thank you. >> you're welcome. there is a fine line between openness and oversharing. and a couple of people on capitol hill may have crossed it. i'm talking about politicians. our political buzz next. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind.

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it is time for "political buzz." a lightning-fast conversation hitting the hot political topics of the day. each of our brilliant political observers get 20 seconds to answer three probing questions. dana lohse is a tea party supporter and conservative. peter is the host of "wait wait don't tell me," and robert zimmerman is a member of the

democratic national committee. welcome to you all. >> good to be with you, carol. do we win a blender or a washer/dryer if we do this in under 20 seconds? >> no, but you win this beautiful cnn cup. okay, let's get going. tavis smiley was with us last hour. i asked him about president obama's standing right now with african-american voters. and if he's addressed their needs. this is what he had to say. >> the president has not done enough about black unemployment in part, i think, because respectfully, he's afraid of being accused of being tribal if he does, in fact, help the african-american community in specific and unique ways. he ought not to be afraid of that. our jewish brothers and sisters want help on israel. he stands up for them, and gays and lesbians wanted don't ask, don't tell overturned. he took too long, but he got it done. he responded to them. >> robert, what do you make of

that? >> i think it's divisive. i think the president has shown a great commitment to all segments of our public family, of our country. and i think that kind of rhetoric doesn't help the unemployment picture, doesn't help bring people together. it's going to be critical in bringing about solutions. >> dana. >> i don't think we can still be segregating communities in 2011. i think if you want to look at president obama and what he's done for all factions of the american populous, i don't think he has done enough. we saw 9% unemployment. we have a shambles kind of of a foreign policy going on in libya right now. there are a lot of variables making it very uncomfortable right now in america. >> peter. >> how in the world am i supposed to know anything about what he's done for the black community? i can speak, i think, for the slightly swarthy community and he's not done enough to provide us with gold chains and aviator sunglasses which we like, but that's really about what i've got for you. >> next topic, ron paul.

and we couldn't help but play a conan o'brien piece to lead into this ron paul segment. here it goes. >> tomorrow ron paul is going to announce that he's running for president. and guess what? this is real. he supports legalizing prostitution and heroin. that's real. yeah. that's true. yeah, his campaign slogan is "let's just see what would happen." >> and the crowd goes wild. the 2012 gop field is shaping up. who do you think president obama's biggest threat is? dana. >> i have to first say that watching that debate, i think, was the first time as a conservative i've ever seen anyone go, yeah, hookers and blow! that's great! honestly, i think those -- i think that there's -- it's still shaping up, but i have to say, if chris christie got involved, that would be huge. allen west.

i like herman cane, but those are pretty much the only people that are interesting at all. >> out of time. robert. >> look, his first challenge is staying on the good side of jon stewart. that's his most important challenge. secondly, the unemployment figure, obviously. that's going to be the most critical political challenge he faces in terms of building his support for re-election. but let's also remember at best this is a 50/50 race. there are four strong potential candidates who are former governors. actually, one governor, mitch daniels. mike huckabee and romney. >> out of time. peter. >> you know, it is a 50/50 country and an unnamed republican does well against the president in polls so they should go with that. they could go with a classic paper bag over their head or maybe do the hidden camera thing with a silhouette of a face for the witness. if they win, we could reveal who it is on inauguration and take bets. as a comedian, i want bachman. >> next question, senator clare mccaskill tweeted this week about her weight.

she tweeted that she was feeling fat and she had to go to the gym. and as you know, congressman aaron shock, he posed kind of half naked for the "men's health" magazine. do we have the picture of his rock-hard abs? >> oh, i'm getting the vapors. >> gathdear god, there it is. remember back in the days when we didn't even know fdr was in a wheelchair? okay, none of us were alive, but there were those days when we didn't know much about our politicians. are we getting too much information from our politicians? robert? >> look, we're getting too much information when family values, former senators larry craig and john ensign discuss their sex life. but when it comes to clare mccaskill and congressman aaron shock, i think there's great. i love their message. it's empowering. my worry, carol, is this. it's great for congressman shock to have abs like the situation, but when we discuss his right-wing policies, he sounds like the situation. >> dana. >> oh. well, senator mccaskill is my

senator, and honestly, i would like to see them talk more about what they think about the president not releasing the osama bin laden photos or what they think about quantative easing. i want them to act like legislators and do right for the american people. >> peter. >> i've interviewed them both, shock and mccaskill. they're both reasonable, nice people. i like them both. maybe this should be the standard we use. all candidates should run for office without a shirt on, and we could elect them on that basis. and so instead of a republican and a democrat, you'd have somebody from team jacob and somebody from team edward. and i could be, hike, dracula for perspective. >> i just got a sudden picture of the next -- never mind. thanks to all of you. fun, as always. "political buzz" will be back on monday. >> great to be with you. >> see ya, america. coming soon to a walmart near you, what's old is new again. how the company sam walton

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>> yeah, you know, it's true. walmart is selling more american-made goods, yes, but it's not about patriotism, it's actually by default since the mix of products the retail giant is actually selling is changing as consumer needs change. look at just how much stuff walmart sells. you know, and the biggest chunk is groceries and detergent, toilet paper and toothpaste, and those items are produced locally. there's electronics, toys and clothing, those kinds of things are mostly made overseas. but shoppers are buying less of that these days and focusing more on necessities, carol. they're focusing on those basics. >> so is it possible for walmart to ever get all of its products from the united states? >> i'll give you a no on that one. you know, it's really hard to see how they could leave china out of the equation because pricing is their spiel. they give those low prices every day on everything.

the typical walmart customer is a low-income consumer. pricing is critical. walmart has been cutting prices because sales have been hurting for almost two years now. so walmart is going to really continue to rely on those low-priced goods made overseas, and why not? if people seem to be buying the stuff that's locally grown, the groceries, i think they'll go for that, too. >> alison kosic, thank you. a new documentary examines the crisis in our public schools called "don't fail me: education in america." and it airs this weekend. soledad o'brien will be here with a preview next. [ sneezes ] allergies?

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we have a bit of breaking news to tell you outside of chicago. this from our affiliate wls. a commuter train has collided with a semitruck. as i said, near chicago. no immediate word whether anyone was hurt. but as you can see, it stopped the train. this is sort of the metro service for chicago. so you can imagine mass transit in the city is a mess right now. and we don't know the condition of the driver of the truck or whether he was on the tracks. we only know that inbound train had a collision with the truck.

when we get more information, of course, we'll pass it along. in other news, a cnn documentary premiering on sunday night looks at the crisis in our public schools system and why america's financial future is at risk if students cannot excel in math and science. here's a preview of "don't fail me: education in america" with soledad o'brien. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: this is a robotics competition that brings 50,000 high school students into stadiums across the country. the purpose is to inspire kids to take challenging math and science classes, to prepare them for the high-tech jobs of the future. it's what american public schools often fail to do. >> we've basically had a 19th century model of education that is not preparing enough young people to be successful in the 21st century global economy. >> reporter: among this year's

competitors, maria castro, brian whited, shawn patel. >> i want to become a solar engineer and go to stanford. >> reporter: junior maria castro is at the mostly latino high school in phoenix, arizona. the average family here makes less than $30,000 a year. ♪ guitar player brian whitehead is from middle-class seymour, tennessee. are there classes that you are not able to take because they're not offered in the school that you'd like to take? >> i guess any a.p. classes at all. ♪ >> reporter: sophomore shawn patel is from upper middle-class montgomery, new jersey. the son of indian immigrants, shawn is already taking two a.p. classes which leaves him little time for his favorite hobby, dancing. >> i'm taking spanish 4, u.s. history 1, a.p. statistics,

english honors and chemistry honors. and if you add them all together, you get a loss of -- >> i wanted to see the answer, soledad. soledad joins me now from new york. somebody who has seen this documentary -- >> i can do the math for you later if you want. >> yes, could you do that? i know that you can. someone in house, because i know you had a preview party, some people within cnn saw this documentary. they say it's absolutely fascinating because you sort of pit the students against each other in a way. and it really is telling. >> yeah. you know, they literally are pitted against each other. they're in a competition to build robots, and they want to win. they want to really win. what we wanted to do was look at their sort of different socioeconomic status and different students but also through the eyes of this robotics competition which is

called first, see, is where you come from and the kind of education you get going to make it possible for you to succeed in a competition like this and really examine overall opportunities in education for american students. what we've discovered is that some of the statistics that we know are just dire. for example, america ranks 17th in science. 25th in math when you compare it to all industrialized nations. that's terrible. but if you poll people, you know what they say? we rank one or two. so not only are we low on the totem pole, we're also way off in where we think we are. that's a huge problem. >> that is a huge problem. and just going back to these three students, they come from very different backgrounds and very different, you know, socioeconomic backgrounds, so it will be fascinating to see which one does better at this robot competition, you know, as it applies to where they go to school and, you know, the last kid you showed us, that was a very rich school district. he had all these courses offered. but the kid from middle-class america, he didn't have the chance to take those courses.

>> yeah, it's really interesting. and most american students actually won't take calculus and physics. even if offered, they opt out. most industrialized nations don't let you opt out. in the united states, students are allowed to choose. and usually they choose not to. that wouldn't be a problem except we have 2 million jobs according to the secretary of education, 2 million jobs right now that are unfilled in this country because americans cannot do the technological skills that are required for those jobs. so those jobs are unfilled. that number is -- it's almost criminal when you consider our unemployment numbers. so if you don't fix education, if you don't train kids in the s.t.e.m. field, they won't be able to take those jobs that exist since manufacturing has pretty much left this country. that is really what we wanted to focus on in this documentary, "don't fail me." >> i can't wait to see it. soledad, many thanks. be sure to watch this, cnn's

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congressman ron paul is making a third run for the white house. this morning he's announced he will seek the gop nomination for 2012. cnn's jim acosta has this hour's political news. hey, jim. >> morning, carol. yes, he's doing it on friday the 13th which may not be the luckiest move on ron paul's part. but yes, he is throwing his hat in the ring, announcing earlier this morning on "good morning america" that he is indeed running for president. >> today and at this moment, i'm officially announcing that i am a candidate for president in the republican primary. >> why? >> because time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what i've been saying for 30 years. so i think the time is right. >> so just another sign that this race for the white house in 2012 is starting to heat up. one other potential sign, former arkansas governor mike huckabee has sent out a tweet this morning saying to watch his media schedule this weekend.

that might have something to do with the fact that he has unveiled a new, i guess, series of children's educational videos, you could call them. that is a new business venture for mike huckabee, and it has some people in washington wondering whether or not he's actually going to take the plunge and run for