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"If He Hits You Once, He Will Do It Again"
Chris Brown's arrest for allegedly beating his girlfriend Rihanna has sparked a nationwide conversation on domestic violence. In fact, Oprah Winfrey was so moved by the story she dedicated a whole hour to the subject on her show yesterday.
Oprah has not been shy about offering her advice to singer Rihanna, and women who are in abusive situations. "If you have been abused once, she says, it will not be the last time." Oprah devoted a whole hour to the subject on her show yesterday. We wanted to talk about it with a clinical psychologist. Dr. Jeff Gardere joined us live.
Fast Forward
The stories that will be making news later today:
A court ruling is expected this morning on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's request for access to a secret memo about 3 million dollars in bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch employees just before Bank of America acquired the bank. Bank of America has received 45-billion dollars in bailout money.
The search resumes for survivors of a helicopter crash off the coast of Newfoundland. 16-people are still missing. The chopper was carrying oil workers to an off-shore platform Thursday when it ditched and sank in the frigid North Atlantic. One man was rescued and one body has been recovered.
The Los Angeles Attorney General will hold a press conference on charges Anna Smith's former companion and lawyer provided highly addictive drugs to the late model. Howard K. Stern and two doctors charged with *eight* felonies. It all comes more than two years after Smith died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
What's On Tap – Friday March 13th
Hey everyone. Happy Friday the 13th! Here's what's in store for today's show.
- Former Anna Nicole Smith boyfriend Howard K. Stern and two doctors charged with furnishing drugs to the star, who died in '07 of a drug overdose.
- Madoff victims express their anger both in court and outside after he pleads guilty to ponzi scheme.
- Jim Cramer defends his advice on the Daily Show last night after being attacked by John Stewart.
- Obama administration set to roll out a new strategy on Afghanistan next week.
- When it comes to the Mexican drug war, the US is considering all options at stemming the flow of drugs northward and weapons south of the border. Federal officials say that could mean deploying military personnel and equipment to the region but militarizing the border is not the immediate goal.
- The millions of people who use their cell phones daily to play games, download applications and browse the Web may not realize that they have an unseen companion: advertisers that can track their interests, their habits and even their location.
"Great Sex, God's Way"
The pastor of a rural Alabama church is preaching the gospel of "great sex"... And as you might imagine not everyone in the community is saying "amen."
He's using billboards with the message "Great Sex: God's Way" to promote his sermons. Jerry Lawson, pastor of the "Daystar" church in Good Hope, Alabama joined us live from Birmingham.
Steel Town Trying to Rebound From Decades at the Bottom
[cnn-photo-caption image= http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/03/12/art.braddock.cnn.jpg caption=" Braddock, Pennsylvania, has suffered since the steel mills went out of business in the 1970s and 1980s."]
What happens when business and government turn their collective back on a town and just walk away? Braddock, Pennsylvania, is what happens. Braddock, Pennsylvania, has suffered since the steel mills went out of business in the 1970s and 1980s.
When steel was king, the population of Braddock surged to more than 20,000 people. With its proximity to Pittsburgh and its location on the Monongahela River, it was an ideal location for a steel town.
When steel mills began closing in the 1970s and 1980s, Braddock was not immune. In 1982, Braddock's main mill, the Carrie Furnace, closed its doors, putting thousands of people out of work.
Madoff: Where's the Money?
CNN's Allan Chernoff reports.
Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty today to running the biggest investment fraud in history, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
He's charged with robbing investors of billions of dollars. For many of them - their entire life savings. But if Madoff thought pleading guilty would end the investigation... he thought wrong.
Right now federal investigators are ripping apart 25 years of fraud inside Madoff's firm to find out where all the money went.
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