Cops to Be Charged?; Senior Citizens Learning Self-Defense
LEMON: A 3-month-old Georgia boy's recurring breathing problems and a camera catches the reason. Atlanta Police say the boy's father, Michael Charles Calloway (ph), there's a picture of him right there, was seen on camera deliberately covering the infant's mouth and nose. Doctors had become suspicious when they could find no medical reason for the boy's breathing difficulties, so staffers set up a camera. Calloway is in jail charged with aggravated assault and cruelty to children. The boy's OK and has been released from the hospital.</s>CHETRY: Well, the nation's first openly gay governor is revising his divorce lawsuit. Jim McGreevey wants custody of his 5-year-old daughter. He also wants child support payments from his estranged wife. McGreevey resigned as New Jersey governor back in 2004 in a famous press conference where he said I am a gay American. His wife stood by his side as he announced that and also that he had an affair with a male staffer.</s>LEMON: Well, he is the most wanted man in New York City, and you know why. The reward money to find him is now up to $18,000. A New York City councilman has added $5,000 to the pot for information leading to this man. Take a good look there. Kind of hard to make out. He's suspected of doing this to two elderly women, then riding off on a pink bicycle. The crimes have outraged a city that usually doesn't flinch. Even a New York state senator says it's time to revisit the law. He wants anyone who assaults a senior, age 70 and older, to be charged with a felony and spend four to seven years behind bars. Well one of the women the mugger robbed is 101-years-old. She says if she was just a little bit younger, she would have gone after her assailant. She's not alone. Just ask Lisa Yang from our New York affiliate WABC. She got quite the workout.</s>CORRESPONDENT: Eighty-two-year-old Grace Wilson has had two hip surgeries, but don't ever, ever think she is vulnerable.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, give me your money.</s>GRACE WILSON, 82 YEARS OLD: You have to be prepared for whatever.</s>YANG: This feisty grandmother watched with outrage last week as a cowardly mugger pounced on 101-year-old Rose Morat as she was heading to church. Grace Wilson believes you can be old and frail, but that doesn't mean you have to be defenseless.</s>WILSON: You do the best you can. If you can holler, you holler. If not, you make a quick run and get out of there. If you can't make it the other way, then you've got to fight. We've got feet, we've got fingers and we've got teeth. Use them.</s>YANG: Over in Glen Ridge Queens, the senior center offers free meals and dance lessons, but after the assault, seniors have been begging for self-defense classes which will begin next week. As for Grace who has been taking tai chi since last year, I learned the hard way not to target her from the front, or the back.</s>WILSON: You want my bag?</s>YANG: I do, for all that work.</s>ARTHUR HENRY, SELF-DEFENSE INSTRUCTOR: Everyone can empower themselves. It's a state of mind.</s>LEMON: Alright, that was Lucy Yang from New York affiliate WABC reporting. Good for Grace Wilson. There's a footnote here. While some seniors are learning to fight back, the 85-year-old woman attacked last week reportedly still isn't able to sleep or to be alone. The next hour, the CNN NEWSROOM, starts right now. Hello, I'm Don Lemon, live at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.</s>CHETRY: And I'm Kiran Chetry in for Kyra Phillips. The mortgage meltdown spills over into other parts of the market, but we could see a late-day rebound. We have our eye on the numbers. Plus, raging rains and risky rescues in Texas. And it's not over yet. You're in the CNN NEWSROOM. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.voxant.com