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Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom 20130129

Challenges beginning with the siri feature on iphones. Heres the forecast for today. Reporter too slow and undependable at times. Then there is maps. Skewered by users. It has gotten better, about many regard googles new app as being superior. Cook has yet to deliver his own breakthrough product. And with competitors like samsung setting their own sales records, cook now face his real test of leadership. Dan simon, cnn, san francisco. That does it for me. Poppy harlow is next in the cnn newsroom. Take it away. Its one of the most controversial issues in america. And why this hour president obama announces his plan on Immigration Reform. Im poppy harlow. Roll it. Death defying and terrifying. Why a tragic accident at the x games is raising eyebrows about the sport of extremes. Plus this 13hour procedure was performed by a team of 16 plastic orthopedic and microvascular surgeons. A war vet becomes the seventh person in the country to have his arms replaced. And Hillary Clintons exit interview. This hour, cnn sits down with americas top diplomat and her final days as secretary of state. Hi, everyone. A dramatic report out of miami is focusing new attention on baseball. And that sports ongoing battle against performance enhancing drugs. This in the news again. The Miami New Times newspaper has published the names of big League Players allegedly connected to, of all things, an antiaging clinic located in south florida. The paper says this follows their threemonth investigation. One of the big names, folks, arod, Alex Rodriguez. Just to be clear here, arod has in the past admitted to doping, but has denied taking any performance enhancing drugs after 2003. Hes also never been suspended for any drug violations. I want to bring in cnns richard roth. He joins us from new york. Richard, update us. This story just coming out. What do you know so far . Reporter according to the threemonth investigation, Alex Rodriguez, the new york yankees star third baseman, but hasnt shined exactly on the field lately, is mentioned in these reports. Based on a clinic run by a man named by Anthony Bosch. Rodriguez has never been suspended for any performance enhancing drug use. But he admitted he took them between 2001 and 2003. The Miami New Times report says that in the last three years, though, according to records they obtained from a former employee and others that the now defunct clinic that Alex Rodriguezs name was mentioned and linked to receiving performanceenhancing drugs, Human Growth Hormone, creams and the like. A Statement Released by Alex Rodriguez and referring to the now defunct clinics owner, he says, the news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true. He was not mr. Boschs treatment. He was never treated by him and never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story, at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez, are not legitimate. The new york yankees in another statement say they fully support the commissioner of baseballs drug program. Another statement from Major League Baseball reacting to this newspaper report said, were extremely disappointed to learn of potential links, thats the statement from Alex Rodriguez. Were extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance enhancing substances. These developments provide evidence of the comprehensive nature of our antidrug efforts. Through our department of investigations we have been actively involved in the issues in south florida. It is also important to note that three of the players allegedly involved have already been disciplined up der the joint trust program. Poppy, we dont know based upon that statement which degree three players Major League Baseball is talking about. Three major League Players with reported links to south florida were suspended in the last year or so for involvement with performance enhancing drugs. A lot of questions related to the story as there always seem to be. Baseball, the americas past time sport and performance enhancing drugs. It is interesting, you read this article, it says apparently they got the documents from a former employee of the clinic and the clinic closed last month. There will be a lot of questions about the sourcing of this as well. Richard roth, thank you very much. I appreciate it. Just in to cnn, folks, wasnt to tell you about a federal judge in louisiana, accepting a guilty plea from oil giant bp. This is over that deep Water Horizon Oil spill. That plea includes manslaughter charges. Pleading guilty to manslaughter charges. It is not yet clear what the terms of that settlement are, but keep in mind, back in november, bp agreed to pay more than 4 billion. That was a record settlement with the u. S. Government. Were going to update you more on this as soon as we have it. Some of the top stories today in our flash rapid fire. Lets roll it. Right now, as many as two people are trapped inside a landslide at a canadian quarry. It is happening north of montreal. Ctv reports that one man was able to get out after a wall of rock and mud slid into the quarry, but now rescuers are having a very difficult time reaching the others because the ground there is simply not stable. Were going to have a live report coming up for you shortly here. Stick with us for that. A new president ial term and another cabinet member reveals hes not going to be around for it. Secretary of transportation ray lahood announcing hes stepping down. Hes the only republican in the obama cabinet and at least the sixth member to exit as president obama starts the second term. Not clear where lahood is headed or what hell do next. He does say hell stay until the Senate Confirms his replacement. This story fascinates me. For years this look at that map. Nothing on it. This is all we knew of north koreas roads and cities. Not much. Just a blank canvas. But then the google chairman eric schmidt visited the country. Now we have this. With the help of citizen mapmakers on the ground, one of the most isolated countries in the world has been mapped out. Now, eric schmidt, after he took this visit, says that this timing is just a coincidence. Well, a close call in australia, major flooding across the northeast is churning up sea foam. You got to see these pictures. It is blowing on shore. Take a look at this. Not snow, sea foam. In some areas that was nearly ten feet high. You see folks playing in it here. The foam is a result of algae blooms, believe it or not, creating a thick sudsy residue. It is another sign that the Housing Market is clawing its way back. A new report out today looking at the average home price across 20 of the biggest cities in america showing the biggest jump, folks, we have seen in six years. Those prices up more than 5 . This is where you pray there is no strong gust of wind. Nik wallenda, the daredevil of the famed flying wallendas in a death defying high wire walk today, 180 feet above u. S. 41 and his hometown, sarasota, florida. It was to promote his familys upcoming performance in a local circus, but nothing routine about this. He did not have a safety harness or a net below. The 600 foot walk took him an easy ten minutes. Up next, tragedy at the x games as a daredevil stunt goes terribly wrong. Youre about to hear what the family of 25yearold caleb moore is saying about that tragic accident. Plus, were minutes away from president obama kicking off his push for Immigration Reform. This is big. What will his plan mean for the millions, the 11 Million People here illegally. I have low testosterone. 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His grandfather tells the denver post that the prognosis for caleb is not good. If he dies, it will mark the first fatality in the x games 17year history. As the games have grown more popular, the stunts have become even more aggressive. The family issued this statement saying, the moors want to express their gratitude to all of calebs fans, friends and family for their strong support and ask for continued prayers in the coming days. Well keep a close eye on that, of course, for you. To canada now where a landslide has at least two people trapped, two lives at risk. The first challenge for rescuers, just trying to make sure that the ground doesnt give way under their feet as they try to rescue these people. This is happening as we speak at a quarry outside of montreal. Our affiliate ctv says the landslide started at 11 00 this morning. Cnns paula newton is live in ottawa. First question, what do we know . All we know right now, i can tell you i was on the phone with the head office for this company and things are pretty chaotic. The ground gave way. When the ground gave way, there were two trucks and a loader that seemed to fall into the pit. Very dramatic pictures now, poppy, exclusive pictures we bring you right now, the scene, police trying to do their best to find out who is under there. There are at least two workers trapped, perhaps three. They dont know. One called in to say, look, im injured, but im here. Come find me. They do not know if there is one or two others trapped in what is a mountain right now of dirt and debris. Poppy, not really knowing right now what theyre looking for. They havent seen any signals of where to actually look for these people. If, when they were thrown from the vehicles, when the vehicles fell into the quarry or if they still are trapped beneath them. What a scene now in quebec. These pictures showing us how frantic the search is. Th have a few rescue dogs there now to try and look for those workers as they remain trapped in that quarry. You said you talked to the company. Can you tell us what company this is, what business theyre in specifically and do we have any idea what kind of work these people were performing there in the quarry . Do we know what they were doing when this happened . Yeah, it is a quebec company, the head office, this is one of their quarries scattered throughout quebec. As you can imagine, trying to figure out what happened right now and trying to figure out which of the workers were there. You can imagine the kind of landslide that must have secured on the scene. Youre talking that this pit swallowed up two trucks and a loader. Absolutely fell right into this pit. And i think thats what the company is trying to deal with. They tell us theyll have more information at a press conference on the scene in the next few hours and they are hoping, poppy, by that time, theyll have good news about having found these workers alive and right now really not clear about whether the rescuing two or three workers. Absolutely. Everyones families, im sure, watching closely. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Well come back to you as soon as we know more. Executives at companies bailed out by you, the taxpayer, kept getting big paychecks, big bonuses, during the bailout. Up next, well hear how the companies justify those salaries. Plus, the dow, an investor, the dow getting closer and closer to an all time high. Well take you live to the new york stock exchange. Im serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if its not with us. [ ding ] oh, thats helpful well, our company does that, too. Actually, we invented that. Its like a sauna in here. Helping you save, even if its not with us now, thats progressive call or click today. No mas pantalones well, a new report out says that executives at companies bailed out by you, the taxpayer, under that t. A. R. P. Program continued to receive very big paychecks. I want to bring in alison kosik. I was reading over this report and the Treasury Department actually takes some issue with it. But what is the big headline here . What did they find . Okay, so this is all coming from the governments top bailout watchdog. And thats the one that keeps tabs on these bailouts that were handed out to these big banks, these firms. And what it is basically doing is blaming the Treasury Department, so this special inspector for t. A. R. P. , the troubled asset relief program. It says the government failed to keep pay packages at aig, gm and allied financial from getting excessive, that the pay packages were getting excessive. Now, all three took these Big Government bailouts during the financial crisis, but for some reason, their ceos got hefty bonuses. Christie romero said the firms continue to lack of appreciation for their extraordinary situations and fail to view themsel themselves through the lens e companies. Treasury was supposed to make sure executive pay at the companies was in line with pay for those who work at a similar level in their industry. So to give you an example, lets say the cfo at gm should be paid a similar amount to a cfo getting paid at chrysler. But romero says that hasnt happened. Instead, last year she says treasury approved pay packages of 3 million or more for half of the executives at these companies. Listen to this, of the almost 70 executives the government signed off on, all but one received 1 million or more. There is always another side to this, poppy. These pay packages, they seem huge, but these companies are saying, hey, theyre necessary to retain top talent. I dont think that argument will fly when you hear about these big pay packages. I know these companies came out with responses to this report. General motors said, look, we had 11 profitable quarters since the downfall. They said they complied with t. A. R. P. Do we have any sense of what aig is saying in this and the others . Aig no longer the government no longer has any stake in aig. Aig is kind of stepping aside. Then you talk about gm. Gm, the government still owns 19 of gm. And then you look at allied financial, the government owns 74 of that company. So, you know, so when you see this watchdog come out and talk about these things, this is why this kind of report has legs, because the government still has these big stakes in this company. Keep in mind, these are pay packages from 2012. We dont know yet what will happen with the pay packages for this year. Also the big question of legal enforcement. One thing to report this, what can actually be done if anything. Well see. Quickly, alison, the dow, higher, higher, good earnings out of pfizer. Thats helping the include chips. A big milestone here. Fiveyear high. We havent seen levels like this on the dow since october 2007. Would you believe it, the dow posted gains every single week this year. So, yeah, what is going on here . Corporate earnings have been upbeat. We have decent economic data. Thats helping the momentum as well. One analyst puts it this way, saying this is when all the people who have been reluctant and hesitant to invest in the stock market, they begin realizing this isnt the new york city subway system, there is not going to be another train coming. They try to get on board now. The thing is, once the dow hits 14,000, poppy, there could be a pullback because some people are saying that the market could be overbought at this point. I have to say, for everyone watching out there that is still struggling to find a job, with such high unemployment, they look at this market and say my main street doesnt feel like this. There is always that divide. If you have a 401 k , savings, i. R. A. , this is good news for you. Thank you. Appreciate it. S p doing well, yes. Yeah. Heads up, apple today unveiling a new version of its ipad. It looks just like this one. Just like one you might have, the ipad 2, except it has twice as much memory, 128 gigabytes, aimed at business folks that need a lot of memory or movie buffs or gamers, anyone who needs a lot of space to save things. Now on to the bigger question, though this is apples future. I had a chance to sit down with mark cuban, big tech investor, owner of the dallas mavericks, chairman of access tv, to talk about a lot of things tech including apple. Heres what he told me. Do you have any sense of whether apple can lead in this space like they have in smart phones. They dont have the majority of the smartphone market, but if you ask many people who they think did best, in phones, theyre still going to say an iphone even though they dont have i have a samsung with an extra battery. My backup phone was an iphone 5 and i trashed it for a windows phone. I like windows bette

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