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CNNW CNN Saturday Morning January 12, 2013

A drivers seat costume. Who would ever think of that . Its pretty funny. Thanks for starting your morning with us. A whole lot more ahead on c cnns saturday morning, which starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Im victor blackwell. 8 00 here on the east coast. Thank you for starting your day with us. We start with the Lance Armstrong bombshell, usa today reporting that he will admit to doping monday in an interview with oprah. Oprah will go to armstrongs home in texas to get the details. He has denied using drugs in the past. So his admission could have serious consequences. This morning i spoke with the man who broke the story, brent strattenborg. Hes supposed to make this admission monday when the show tapes. Oprah winfrey is coming to his home in austin, texas, taping an interview monday. And that is supposed to air next thursday as to why is he doing this now, the evidence came out against him, a massive file of evidence came out against him in october. In the three months since then, he has been keeping a pretty low profile. And i think he has been deciding what to do about it. He has kind of cornered himself, because for manyiers now, he strenuously denied these doping allegations. And with aall the evidence thats come out against him, its hard to deny it anymore. And hes making a calculated decision for himself personally. Also i think its a business decision for him because its affecting his charity, live strong. All of his sponsors have fired him. Joining us now to talk more about this, nick valencia. Good morning. Good morning. Lets say this is true, he comes clean and admits to doping. Legal ramifications . At the it has the potential to be very damaging for Lance Armstrong. There have been reports from usa today and others that he has reached the statute of limitations for testimony he gave in 2005. Having said that, there is a libel lawsuit, this counter lawsuit, the usdoj could attach themselves to this. If they do, thats potential for major criminal charges against Lance Armstrong. I was in austin when he was last out in public at the live strong event. The live strong reporters loved Lance Armstrong and they told me we support him whether he doped or not. What does this mean, though, for the organization . Theres a legion of fans, as he referenced, that look up to him aas a hero, an icon. Even if it does come out that, as is reported, comes clean to oprah in this interview. A lot of people will still have his back, victor. A lot of people still see him as a cancer survivor, as a hero. They dont care that he doped. But there are sour that is say live strong has forced him into this confession. Nobody will be able to forget he really went on the attack. Yeah. When he was accused, he came out swinging. A lot of people think what he did in terms of bullying the people that accused him of this alleged doping was worse than the actual act itself. He would vilify people, and a lot of people are still angry about him. He filed counter lawsuits against the usada, the u. S. Antidoping agency. As well as a report from the times, he won a lot of money trying to defend his name and people are looking to get that money back. If he was doing it, if, you have to wonder why he went on the attack like that. And now this confession. More on the deadly flu outbreak sweeping the country. So far this season 20 children have died. Cdc reports that 47 states are reporting widespread flu activity. Earlier, i spoke with jeffrey oiler of Piedmont Hospital here in atlanta about what he is seeing in his offices. Were seeing about 20 to 25 more patients in our Emergency Department daily. We had 30 positive influenza screens in the month of november, ticked up to 80 in december. And were on track in january as well. One of the signs of the cold or flu is sneezing. Its also one of the easiest ways to spread the illness. Exactly how does the sneeze spread those nasty germs . I took a ride on a new york city subway to find out. Fair warning, you are definitely going to want to wash your hands after this one. We asked dr. Len horowitz to ride the rails with us and help us understand the power of a single cough or sneeze. All it takes is one good achoo to send 30,000 droplets barreling in your direction at 100,000 miles an hour. They can quickly make dozens of commuters within a few feet very sick. If someone used their hand to cover their sneeze, look out. Theyll leave germs behind. Say i come along to grab ahold of this pole, im going to pick up those germs without even knowing it. Then i come over here and touch the seat, im going to leave those germs behind for the next unsuspecting commuter and it spreads from there. Reporter germs are so hardy, they can stay alive overnight. Up to 24 hours. Someone tomorrow morning gets on the subway, touches it, touches their face, introduces it into their body and theyve got it. That could mean hundreds, thousands of people end up sick. I carry my hand san advertisadvertise sanitizer in my purse. When youre touching your face, youre essentially smearing the germ on to your face. Any opening, nose, mouth, eyes, is a place where the germ can get into your body, start to incubate and cause infection. Reporter say the person who sneezed stops at the metro station to buy a subway card. He will leave those germs right here. Germcovered hand to open an office door or office refrigerator. Maybe theyre even sharing your computer. Yuck. In a world where germs are the enemy, its time to suit up for battle and keep your soap handy. And we are always suited up for battle here. Yes. We have purell on everything single desk in our newsroom. It wait for somebody else to open a door. Can you get that for me . Its gross. The idea that the germs stay for eight hours, thats the scary part. They can live on a subway pole, car, whatever it is you touch, depending how you commute. Its yeah, you dont really want to think about it. Just wash your hands a lot. The 66,000 u. S. Troops in afghanistan may be headed home sooner than expected. Afghan President Hamid karzai met with president obama yesterday and he and mr. Obama agreed to a complete transition of combat operations by the end of 2014. President obama is considering keeping some troops, possibly 3,000 to 9,000 in place after 2014 for counterterrorism and training, but only if they get immunity from prosecution and karzai signaled he may be willing to do that. New information on the prosecution scandal that rocked the secret service last year. Three soldiers will be punished, forfeiting part of their salary and will have more than a month of extra work. Several secret Service Agents and officials were accused of bringing prostitutes to their Colombian Hotel room prior to president obama coming there. Project that could add an unknown number of jobs. That project . Building a death star. Yeah, like as in the star wars movie. It received more than the administration does not support blowing up planets. Thats the end of it. Of course, thats what you build a death star for. The white house also bulked at the 850 quadrillion price tag. We have more ahead this hour. Here is whats coming up. Imagine a rapist going free because of one employees incompetence. Multiply that by 800. Well explain. What will the white house decide when it comes to gun control . All morning long, well put the proposals and the pushback in focus. He is being called the next phenom of mixed martial arts and is only 13. The albanian bear joins us live. Ive always had to keep my eye on her. But, i didnt always watch out for myself. 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Change your number. Turn it up. Androgel 1. 62 . In washington and cities and towns across the country, guns right now are the hot topic. Everyone is looking for a way to prevent attacks like the one in newtown and the 30 gunrelated wh homicides that happen in america every day. Were focusing on that debate this morning. Joining me now is john lott jr. , gun rights expert and author of the book more guns, less crime. Its not just the title of your book, john. Its good to have you with us. Thank you. You argue that more concealed weapons actually does lead to less crime. I take it youre squarely behind the nras suggestion at having armed guards at every school. Are you . No. I think its more complicated than that. The problem is that when you have a uniformed arm guard theyll be the first target often thats there. It will be a costly proposal and its fairly limited in terms of what it can do. There are cases where armed guards have slowed attacks and allowed people to escape. But in terms of cost benefit its not the best solution. I think the best solution is to go back to where we were in the country prior to the end of 95, when we allowed permit holders to be able to go and carry concealed handguns on school proper property. Theres some states that allow that now. The states allowed concealed carry back in 95 and earlier, allowed it at that time. We have a lot of information on how well that worked. Theres not one problem that i know of or that anybody has been able to show with any of those people carrying permits at that time. I think there would be a lot of people who question your assertion that there are no problems with people who carry permits aat that time. Im glad im having you on give an example. Ive seen other interviews where you have been on. Right. And not been able to finish a sentence. I want you to tell me why more guns equals less crime. Well, every place that there has been a ban for guns, whether it be in d. C. Or chicago in the United States or around the world, island nations even, when you ban guns, weve seen increases in murder rates all the time. You look at these multiplevictim public shootings. With just one exception, since at least 1950, every single one has occurred where guns are banned. Take the oaurora, colorado, shooting from last july. There were seven movie theaters within the killers apartment showing the batman movie. He didnt go to the closest theater to his home. He didnt go to the theater that had the largest auditorium. Instead he went to th single auditorium that posted signs banning concealed weapons. You see that time after time. Here is my question, john. What youre giving me is post hac, after, therefore, because of. Fact a, guns are banned. Fact b, a shooting happened. What youre not giving me is the direct correlation between the strict laws and the complete tie to the shooting. Do you know have you spoken with gyms holmes . Do you know he went to that theater because of the gun ban or because he could park close to the back door, or because he could go through one set of double doors instead of three . How do you draw the direct correlation . Youre just giving me two facts and saying, look, it must make sense. Draw the correlation for me. Sure. Take the columbine shooting. Dylan klebold was strongly against the carry law there. The state speaker of the house there said at the time that klebold was writing state legislatures, opposed of the concealed carry there. He was particularly upset that they would allow concealed carry on school campuses. The very day of the columbine attack, the very day that the concealed carry law was scheduled for final passage. I need you to give me the direct correlation. You havent even used the word because in your list of these facts. What im asking you when you say where guns are banned there is an increase in crime. In many places, that is true. Unfortunately for you in australia and the u. K. Where gun laws are strict, the gun laws have decreased year to year recently. Thats not true. You can go to the home office in the uncht k. And youll see immediately after the 97 ban on handguns, the murder rate soared there. And that was 1997 . Its 2013. January 97, right. If you go and look, you can graph it out. I have it on my website. You can go to the home Office Documents yourself and see that there was immediate huge increase there and its still higher now than it was before the ban was put into place. You look at d. C. And chicago. I mean, d. C. , before its ban, ranked about 20th in terms of top cities in murder rates. After the ban went into effect, d. C. Was number one or number two. Was in the top four twothirds of the time. Immediately after the ban and, more importantly, the gun lock laws were eliminated in d. C. , d. C. s murder rate has fallen by 52 in four years. Thats a huge drop. And it started right when we have to wrap up because were low on time but its great to have this conversation sometimes without the emotion and i like that you bring the facts. I agree. And just the logic. However, youre giving me fact a, fact b and not drawing the direct correlation. Youre asking everyone to make that jump that crime stats are based on the laws in that community. But i know this conversation will continue. I thank you for coming on. Thank you very much. Next hour, the other side of the debate, well talk to a reverend about gun control and whether the clergy should play a role in this political discussion. Into a scooter that talks to the cloud . Or turn 30million artifacts. Into a hightech masterpiece . Whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. Whatever your business challenge, are you flo . Yes. Is this the thing you gave my husband . Well, yeah, yes. The name your price tool. 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Certainly the story of junior seau, very sad story, of course. You may recall he committed suicide last may. His family agreed to have his brain tested. Longtime football player, 43 years old. It turns out that he has whats called cte, which is something that, you know, caused him a lot of pain over the years and alzheimerslike symptoms, depression, forgetfulness, aggression. All kind of things like that. It all comes down to getting hit in the head. It came to his job. He gets hit in the head as a player on this team so many time s. Over his career, the blows to the head have, indeed, cause this had brain disease, played pro football for 20 years before his suicide. His family donated his brain to science. Hopefully, well learn more about this disease and how it relates to blows to the head. Yeah. And hes not the only one. Yeah. Theres a lawsuit against the nfl brought by other players because of this very thing. Lets go to baseball and drug testing. Players have now agreed to inseason random testing for hgh. I mean, first this is the First American pro u. S. League to test for human fwroeth hormone. For years season after season the players said no. But now theyve given in. They were doing it during the off season . Yes. Its a blood test that will take place before the games and see whats in their system. We know that the announcement of the hall of famers, not having roger clemens, barry bonds or sammy sosa, because of the doping, has really put a black eye on that sport. And hopefully, this will clear up something. Well see. And tiger woods, boy oh, boy, making headlines again. He wont be playing in a golf tournament, by the way, in qatar. Apparently he was demanding big money, 3 million. Thats what he asks for when he its his appearance fee. The folks and fans there just said uhuh, not worth the price tag there. Yeah. And they didnt buy it. They didnt buy in. Here is why. He demands 3 million. The prize for winning this was 2. 5. Yeah. So you could play all day and not win as much money or go home with as much money as tiger because he just showed up. Im sure they would maybe have given him a little less money. Who knows . He could have had this beautiful tournament to play in. He once made like 17 million for doing Something Like this. High demand, i guess, when they want you. Good work if you can get it. Yeah. Hundreds of rape cases in new york city are being reviewed all because of the work of one lab tech. What that worker is accused of doing. But first, a chicago chef is creating a stir with customers over his creative food art, using unexpected tools in the kitchen to create progressive american cuisine. Gary tuchman explains in this weeks start small, think big. Reporter known for creating food art at his world famous restaurant in chi

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