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How was i to know he was going to do a dumb thing like that . Reporter wn j. R. Was shot by an unknown assailant, it was the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 Million People from all over the world. Hagman never expected the show to endure. I just started this show doing six shows. I never thought id do 300. Reporter in fact, the dallas franchise was so successful, the series was recently reprised. The u. S. Network tnt brought it back with a new generation of ewings and hagman came back, too, returning as j. R. Once again. Critics say he was the best thing about dallas. But explaining the characters appeal, hagman once said the time is right for a real bad guy and im it. Have a good day, master. Im going to have a wonderful day. Reporter it was a good guy who larry hagman blasted into peoples living rooms playing astronaut tony nelson on i dream of jeannie. The show was a hit in the 1960s and is still popular in syndication. Even as a kid, hagman orbited in showbiz as the son of peter pan star mary martin, his movie roles included up the cellar. Im moving up now. Reporter it was only after mill amming a huge contract from the producers of dallas that hagman became immensely wealthy. He had houses, cars, vices, two of them included drinking and smoking. He smoked for 24 years, gave it up and became an antismoking activist and smokesman for the american cancer society. I met at least 30 or 40 people that said they quit because of my personal involvement which makes me fael really good. He stopped drinking in 1995 when he was diagnosed with liver cancer and underwent a life saving transplant. If we juan in vietnam, we wouldnt have this conversation. In recent years, hagman appeared on the big screen in films like nixon and primary colors. But it is his role as the charming and conniving oil man that audiences will never forget. Colleen mcedwards, cnn, atlanta. Fans and former he could stars of the hollywood legend have been reacting all morning long to his passing. Cnns core reen winter is live at harry hagmans star at the hollywood walk of fame. What are people saying and are they leaving mementos, notes and flowers at his star as well . Reporter well, not yet. People are still waking up to the news of larry hagmans passing. I can tell you we just heard from the Hollywood Chamber of commerce which administers the stars on the walk of fame. Theyll be out here at 1 00 local time placing flowers next to larry hagmans star here which he was honored with back on september 8th, 1981, the star is directly next to the star of his mom, mary martin who was a famous actress as well. You mentioned the reaction coming out of hollywood. There are so many, fred. I want to share a little bit of them with you. People, friends close colleagues of larry hagman who have taken to twitter, theyve taken to facebook to share their condolences, joan collins, she wrote oh, oh, no, just heard about larry. He was magnificent as j. R. And inspired me to play alexis, of course. She was alexis on dynasty. Barbara eden from the 1960s hit i dream of jeannie, she wrote, add midst a whirlwind of big laughs, big smiles and unrestrained personality, larry was always larry. You couldnt fault him for it. He was just who he was. Im so thankful that this past year i was able to spend time with him and experience yet again larry in all his big texas breaux vad yoe. Linda gray said so sad to lose such a dear, bigger than life friend. Larry hagman was one of a kind and will be with us forever other. Finally, patrick duffy, another one of hagmans dallas costars wrote my friend is taking a break. Pardon my silence. Love patrick. So that gives you an idea of the tremendous loss so many people in and really beyond the Entertainment Industry are feeling today at the loss of such an iconic actor from the dallas show that made him a household name. He reprised his role with the tnt hit dallas. By the way, the Second Season starts in january. Were told that hagman was taping scenes for the show. He, according to deadline. Com had done six episodes, six of the 15. So writers undoubtedly will have to rewrite that story line, fred, take a look at the plots and see he was such a pivotal character on that show. I know its interesting. It will will be interesting to hear how theyre going to manage that with the Second Season coming up and how theyre going to handle his death. Reporter thats true. Again, he was such a force to be reckoned with on the show. You think dallas, everyone thinks of j. R. Ewing. He really, really made that show. It was so touching in a recent interview piers morgan, he said i didnt want to come back unless my friends joined my. As one of them said, no one can replace larry. So it will be hard to rewrite that story line. But unfortunately its something theyll have to do since things changed. Thank you so much from hollywood, appreciate it. Another sad ending, hector comacho, the former boxing chapelon who beat such fighters as Roberto Durant and Sugar Ray Leonard is dead. He was taken off life support today by his family. Last night before the family made that decision, his mother told reporters in puerto rico, for me, hes not alive. The former boxing champ was shot in the face outside a bar near san juan tuesday night. He was at first expected to survive. But his condition worsened. And he was declared clinically brain dead. One of the fbis most wanted fugitives is now in custody. Jose saenz was captured thursday night in mexico. He faces prosecution in los angeles for the murder of two gang members and his girlfriend back in 1998 and another murder ten years later. Saenz was added to the most wanted list three years ago. The fbi offered a 100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. And a frightening scene in springfield, massachusetts. A gas explosion ripped through a strip club leveling the building as you see there. Fortunately, about an hour earlier emergency crews had evacuated the area after someone complained about a strong gas odor. 18 people were hurt. Most of them were firefighters and gas company workers. The explosion was so strong it damaged two dozen other buildings and could be felt ten miles away. I jumped. I could feel the garbage cans move next to me. I knew where it came from. I could tell it came from this part of the city. Officials are investigating what caused that blast. Sheriffs deputy in alabama is dead and another critically injured. They were shot during a domestic dispute call. Police say the officers were called to a home to settle an argument and thats when the suspect Michael Janson opened fire. Jansen was also shot and killed. There is growing outrage today and more clashes over legal order announced by egyptian president mohammed morsy. Well tell why you morsys supporters are calling for a million man demonstration. And a maryland law vofrg the collection of dan evidence goes before the u. S. Supreme court in february. It could impact the entire country in many ways. Our legal guys are weighing in. And u. S. Companies are starting to rethink their off shore manufacturing strategy. Well find out why one ceo decided to bring jobs back to the u. S. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods first day of work. And his new boss told him two things cook what you love, and save your money. 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And egypts highest judicial body called on morsy to stay out of all judicial matters. Life is returning to normal in gaza three days after hamas militants and israel agreed to stop fighting. Children returned to school today. Despite a shooting near the border yesterday that reportedly left one palestinian dead, the ceasefire is holding. The next phase of the truce, talks on potentially easing israels blockade in gaza and opening border crossings. The hope is this ceasefire will hold. Joining us right now is a man who knows the area quite well, edward dejarian is the former u. S. Ambassador to both israel and syria. He helped establish the James Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in houston. Ambassador, good to see you. Good to see you. So how confident are you about this truce thus far . So far, i think its holding. And thats obviously a good sign. There have been minor violations. But the important thing is to build on this truce. In every crisis i think there is an opportunity. And if the truce is just to become a prolonged truce only to be broken, say, a year or two down the road and were faced with a similar crisis that we just seen in the last 12 days, then that i do not think is a successful outcome. So it truce is contingent upon what . Besides both sides trying to be as peaceful as possible. Well, obviously, a sustained ceasefire. The israelis do not want arms to be smuggled in and rockets to be smuggled into gaza during the truce in order to avoid what weve just seen, the rocket shelgz in sou shellings in tel aviv and jerusalem. Then on the palestinian side, they want to end the targeting of hamas leaders. They want the border crossings, the gaza border crossings to be open so that trade, commerce, and people can move more freely in the gaza strip. Those are two of the major parts of the ceasefire. And then how do you assess the victories . Both sides are claiming some victories here. Israel being able to show its muscle and the iron dome working. Hamas being able to demonstrate that it has missiles that can reach as far as tel aviv and has support of iran. How do you assess things here . Well, each side is claiming the most positive outcome for obvious political reasons, both domestically and internationally. Again, if we can just step back, weve seen this act before. And if all were going to do both in terms of the israelis and palestinians and International Community and the arab countries involved is to just manage these crisis as they erupt, i do not consider this to be a very positive outcome. What we should be doing is building on this ceasefire to get a viable israelipalestinian Peace Agreement in place. Now thats a high hurdle and it may sound idealistic at this point, but i think with president obamas reelection, with israeli elections coming up in january 22nd, with the head of the Palestinian Authority going to the u. N. To ask for nonmember states status for the Palestinian Authority for palestine, i think instead of looking upon all of this in a negative way, we should build on it. And then were looking at pictures that involve egypts president mohammed morsy. How do you see his role here . Earlier in the week it was considered that he played a very strong leadership role here. He used his leverage as well. But then now with the power grab that he is entertaining in egypt days after helping to broker this ceasefire, is his role now being looked at or assessed differently . No. I think what we have to look at is president morsys international role. He played a Critical Role and he played a positive role as being a very valid person between hamas and the israelis. I mean you had an israeli delegation in cairo working out this deal under egyptian egis. I think morsy played a positive role in helping gain the ceasefire. So that, i think, is one part of morsy. The other part of morsy is as the First Brother muslimhood in egypt, he has a domestic agenda. His domestic agenda is being challenged by these power grabs with the judiciary and the legislature. So what is key here is that morsy has a Muslim Brotherhood president has to prove that he can govern egypt effectively. And you just cant do it by religion alone. Okay. There is a joke in the arab world, you cant govern by if god wills. He has to face the same problems that every secular leader in egypt faced, jobs, broadened political participation, social justice, and developing the economy. And so he is trying to do this by this political move hes made that is now being contested. Ambassador edward, thank you so much for your time. Appreciate it. My pleasure, fred. All right. I guess you could call it divine intervention. An oklahoma teen is sentenced to church instead of prison for a fatal dui crash. Our legal guys praise the judge for this decision in theyll be weighing in. 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Yeah. Some states, including maryland and virginia, you have differing reasoning in terms of whether theres an expectation of privacy. And what the Supreme Court has done, and i think correctly so, is taken the case because theres a split. Half the states say you can take it based on the fact that youre a suspect. Others say only when theres a conviction. In this case, alonzo king was charged with assault in 2009. They used the dna from that to stick him with a rape charge in 2003. Is there a reasonable expectation of privacy . Does it violate the Fourth Amendment . The Supreme Court is going to answer that question. So, richard, where do you see this case as being rather hairy . Well, ill tell you, fred, in this century this is what were talking about. Heres a q tip. Thats it. Thats what were talking about. Thats dna collection. The case here surrounds whether or not preconviction or post conviction felony. Thats where it applies. If youre arrested on a felony charge, theyre saying 25 states say you can just do that little demonstration i just did. 25 states say, no, its a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights. But if you think about it, fred, if you get arrested today, whether its for a felony or any arrest, they can pat you down. They take your height and weight in some instances, they can take your blood f youre in a car, they can search your car. So already there are instances where maybe arguably in the past it was a violation. But now in this day and age, i think the law has caught up with the technology. I believe the Supreme Court is going to hold that the dna swab, that simple swab is akin to a fingerprint and theyre going to permit it. Because its fascinating. Because in so many cases the dna can actually free you just as it can convict you. I mean there are so many cases where people sprendiending time jail and new technology involving dna can suddenly clarify a case. But, fred, where do you draw the line . If you get pulled over for a dwi, can they subpoena your bank records . Thats the point. The argument is fingerprint is one thing. Using a swab is more intrusive. Thats what the Supreme Court has to resolve here. Thats why we have a split in the court. We have to find out the answer in february. Well find out next year. Lets move on to a case in oklahoma. A 17yearold convicted of dui manslaughter gets an unusual sentence. Its a pretty lenient sentence. Could have gotten ten years in jail. Instead, the judge says, im going to impose that you now do some time by going to church. Richard, apparently the judge is now being looked at as well as whether he has violated the separation between church and state. So where do we begin on this case . Well, you just nailed it. He absolutely has. This judge is a whacko. To impose this kind of sentence in this day and age is insane. Its insanity, okay . You cannot do this. The problem here is the defendant has agreed. He is saying great. And the family of the victim has said, yes, this is fine. So nobody has standing to challenge this except if the government tries to enforce it. Then they have standing to do this. But, fred, its really they put the kid if therapy. Theyre making him wear bracelet for alcohol. It is a manslaughter. His dear friend was killed in the crash. His blood alcohol was within the legal limits of the law. The judge had a free leeway to do a lot of things here. He didnt want to ruin the 17yearolds life. So he imposed, among other things, this tenyear church requirement. Its insane. You are in total disagreement with everything that rich hard as said. Youve been nodding your head the whole time. Well, i mean, look. First of all, the judge isnt insane. I mean, look, what the judge did was infinitely unconstitutional. And its true that none of the parties really challenging it. But thats not the end of the game. Because the judge acknowledges what he did, violated the constitution and when he was asked for a justification, listen to this, he says well im in the bible belt. Im an okie from oklahoma. So i think the Oklahoma Bar Association should really investigate an employee sanctioned power to say you know what, judge . We understand your good intentioned. But if the future, youre not going to violate the constitution by this sentence. Bracelet, fine, therapy, fine. Go back to school. I guess he is a welder. Welding school. But dont send people to church unless they choose do so. Doinlt think its the end of it. If the Oklahoma Bar Association is worth anything, its got to look into this. All right. Avery, richard, thank you so much. Well hear from you again in 20 minutes. We have a real pig fight taking place in south florida. And this involves a little boy with downs syndrome. Cant wait to hear how you see this case. And homosexual acts are already illegal in one east african nation. 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Together for your future. Signs that the u. S. Could be in early stage of manufacturing come back. Some American Companies see an opportunity to bring production back home after trying overseas factories Element Electronics in canton, michigan, is one of them. As Christine Romans shows us in this smart is the new rich, Company Officials say this strategy is not only good for u. S. Consumers and workers, its good for business as well. Reporter this Assembly Line is humming again. It is auto country. Workers like michael cox are building televisions, part of an industry that largely left when manufacturing jobs were outsourced in the 1970s and 1980s and 1990s. There are lots of things that went overseas. There are a lot of people here that need a job. Were willing to do just about anything to work. Reporter Element Electronics reshored a line from asia state side. The parts are still imported. Large screen tvs are now assembled, checked, and packaged in america. As Consumers Want more large screen tvs, it created an opportunity to bring that production here to the United States. Reporter he is determined to create american jobs. If you grew up in warren, hoo ohio like i did, you watched jobs leave. You watched the impact of those jobs leaving on the families and friends that you had. Reporter but this isnt just sentimental. He says its Good Business and the math makes sense. We studied total product costs are. In particular, we studied what labor does against duty and freight and other factors. And what we found is that we can produce, assemble tvs here in the United States and we can do that for about the same cost by introducing some component in larger screen televisions, u. S. Labor, u. S. Assembly because its offset by lower duty and lower freight. Reporter and assembling these tvs here means better Quality Control and quicker delivery to walmart, target and costco. Across the country, a number of jobs for skilled factory workers is up 38 since 2005, suggesting at least some of the millions of outsourced jobs are making a round trip, helping former automakers like shelby get back to work. They closed my plant. So i was out of a job for 2 1 2 years. So it was kind of hard to find something for a while there. But thank god were here. So stuff is being made in america. So thats good. Reporter Christine Romans, cnn, new york. No room for baby jesus in the manger at A Santa Monica park after a judge rules in favor of atheists. Our legal guys intervene in their own way. All right n south florida, a messy legal battle over a young boys pet pig. Heather ray says her son has downs syndrome. And the pig named twinkie is a therapy pet for him. But the city says twinkie must go because pigs are not allowed there in that city as pets. Our legal guys are back. Avery freeman in cleveland and Richard Herman in las vegas. Well, guys, this is a tough one. You know, youve got a doctor who actually helped prescribe this pet pig for this little boy to deal with his down syndrome. But the city of Coral Springs says we dont allow pigs. Theyre prohibited in our city. So avery, what wins this kind of battle . Land of the free and home of the pig. Look, this is a case that i think is a legal nobrainer. Let me tell you why. The livestock law in Coral Springs has been on the books when it was more rural. For 22 years, municipalities had an obligation to reasonably accommodate. In this case, the law is there. There is a doctors letter explaining why the 8yearold needs this. And any kind of service animal. If the animal does antisocial behavior, for example, makes a mess, then the tenant is responsible. This pig when its an adult is only 12 inches long. At the end of the day, either the department of justice comes in and enforces it or they can in Federal District court leave the pig alone, let the down syndrome young man have this service animal. This case should be long gone. Oh, boy. So now theyre facing this family, richard, is facing a potential 500 fine if they continue to go on about their business. And that fine is accruing daily, fred. Listen, Coral Springs, the governing body in Coral Springs needs to loosen up and they need to walk a day in this mothers shoes. This young boy is afflicted with downs syndrome. Its devastating. Obviously they have no compassion for this family. Avery touched on the livestock law. Look, this is not a bear. This is not a lion or a tiger. This is a little miniature pig that brings this young boy some comfort during his days. And it brings the mother and the family comfort. Why the legislature is not acting swiftly to accommodate this is beyond me. They really need to loosen up. J. J. Hern did comment to the sun sentinel saying the citys law does not allow pigs. The ordnance doesnt differentiate the type of pig. We have to enforce the ordnance on the booksment they say case closed. Thats it. So no wiggle room. They have a big, big trouble if its case closed as far as theyre concerned. Big trouble. Violation of federal law. Okay. They also say, fred they also say that it cant be an approved pet if its not at least a year old. And this pig is, you know, like nine weeks old or something. There are a lot of obstacles. Easily overcome. Easily. Okay. We have one more case. Do we have time for that, joe . Okay, all right, lets move on to santa monica. A nativity scene being banned. This time in santa monica after, what, 60 years it was permitted and now its no longer going to be a fixture there. Ave avery, what happened this time . You know, United States district judge came down with a 28page on answering that. She said this has nothing to do with religious freed omgious fr. Shes right. This is allowing no viewpoint discrimination. Its a view against atheists. Its a view against religious groups, they cant put their poster up. The Christian Rights Group claims theyre going to bring an appeal. Watch this. This coming week the whole case is going to get thrown out. So no viewpoint of discrimination. The Federal District judge is absolutely right. So really . Okay. In your constitution law professor. Richard, this isnt like an issue of freedom of religion or expression . No, fred. This judge unlike the judge we discussed earlier from oklahoma has read the constitution and understands it. The ruling based here is not on religious grounds. What theyre saying and what the judge crafted was simply this, they have limited number of space for the scenes. So what they did is opened it up to a lottery. Well, santa monica said, you know, that cost us a lot of money to reason this lottery. Its draining our could haviers. Its destroying the grass and the turf in the areas. And its obstructing our ocean views. So based on all that reasoning, the judge is going to come down next week like avery said and rule in favor of banning any symbolism in these 21 local these 21 local parks. But there are other parks that these people can put their displays up in. So there is really shouldnt be that big of a deal. And these were not made over a 60year period and now they are and being challenged and the change is now about to happen. You cant block the view of santa monica pier. That is the most beautiful view in america. It is a gorgeous view. Glass stones. Absolutely. Avery, richard, thanks so much. Always good to see you. Nice to see you. Thankfully the legal guys are here every saturday at this time and again at 4 00 eastern time to give us their take on the most intriguing legal cases of the day. 4 00 today well have a boneness case you dont want to miss with them. Theyre going to bear all. Case closed, the youngest son of rob kennedy is acquitted of harassment and child endangerment charges. 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It was about eight years sober when i started thinking about a lot of my friends in recovery were isolated. And they were kind of stuck in a lot of sort of negative selfimage about who they were and their addiction. And when i looked at my own life, because of my climbing and mountainiering and triathalon and the other sports i got into, i completely shifted my selfesteem. So i thought, you know, how can i share that with others . And that was sort of the genesis of phoenix. How has being selected a top ten cnn hero really enhanced changed, made your program that much more popular . Well, i think cnn heroes is so, so well respected that it really sort of added legitimacy to our program. And also it gave us an opportunity to tell the story nationally which is wonderful because we want phoenix to be a national organization. And this is a way for us to connect with those, you know, potential angel donors that could help us take phoenix to other states. Is it tough keeping up with the demand . Absolutely. That was the one thing i was most touched by after the cnn piece aired was the number of individuals that reached out from other states talking about i have loved ones suffering with addiction. And were sort of in this really tough place. What should we do . And unfortunately right now phoenix isnt in every state. Were only here in colorado. I hope that will change in the near future. I know you said you want it to go national. Becoming a top ten hero, cnn hero, certainly puts you on the maps with other states know about you. But give me an idea ultimately how you hope to become a national organization. Well, were working with donors in different communities and starting to build partnerships there. We also work with inpatient treatment programs and drug court programs. An we have specific programs that work with veterans as well. So were trying to utilize all those different programs to help phoenix expand its operations nationally. Because there is just such a need. There are so many people throughout struggling whether its with behavioral addictions or Substance Abuse that i hope some day youll see a phoenix jersey, you know, in every state. Scott strode, congratulations. I know you look forward to the big celebration to be a top ten cnn hero is extraordinary. And i know youre looking forward to finding out who all the viewers are going to decide will be the one who receives that 250,000 prize in the end to become the cnn hero. All the best to you. And thanks for sharing your sto story, thank you. And doing so much for so many people. Thank you. If you want to help make a decision, who becomes the top ten or the cnn hero of the top ten . We know who the top ten are. Go to cnnheroes. 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