Retaliation Fears For Grisly Photos; India Launches Missile; Obama Tops Romney On Favorability; Keystone Pipeline Plan Revised; Gulf Oil Spill Deal Reached; JetBlue Pilot To Use Insanity Defense; No Smoking Indoors?; Poor Sleep Linked To Diabetes; Car Crashes Through Florida Publix; Racial Profiling Hearing; People's Choice For Romney's VP
O'BRIEN: That would be the Everly Brothers.</s>ABBY HUNTSMAN, DAUGHTER OF JON HUNTSMAN: I love this song.</s>O'BRIEN: They also made their debut on national television on "American Bandstand." Shout outs throughout the morning about that. First, though, headlines. Christine has a look at that. Good morning again.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Soledad. Thank you. New fallout this morning from photos published in the "Los Angeles Times." Photos which appear to show U.S. soldiers dangling the remains of suicide bombers in front of the camera like trophies. CNN has not independently authenticated these photos. The Taliban now reportedly vowing revenge. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta saying this is not who we are. An investigation is already under way. India is taking its claim as a regional and world power with the successful launch of its longest range nuclear-capable missile. The country's military says it's the most advanced missile so far with a range equivalent to 3,100 miles. That could potentially reach targets in China. Indian officials say the missile, though, is purely for deterrence. The general election battle is in full swing. Mitt Romney and President Obama trading jabs on the campaign trail. President Obama seemingly is taking aim at Romney in a speech on Wednesday in Ohio.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Somebody gave me an education. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn't, but somebody gave us a chance.</s>ROMANS: Romney returning the favor from Charlotte, North Carolina.</s>MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Even if you like Barack Obama, we can't afford Barack Obama. It's time to get someone that will get this economy going and put the American people back to work.</s>ROMANS: That issue of who voters like better, perhaps, weighing on Romney. His popularity is still lagging well behind President Obama in a new CNN/ORC poll, 56 percent have a favorable view of the president compared with 44 percent for Romney. Still a bright spot for Romney, his numbers have rebounded since the nomination fight has all but ended. Now up from 37 percent back in March. A new plan has been submitted for the Keystone pipeline expansion project. Pipeline builder Trans Canada is proposing a new route that would avoid Nebraska's aquifer moved to the east of its earlier proposal. That aquifer is, of course, a major source of drinking water for the state. It's very important for the agricultural industry there. Many Nebraskans feared under the old route, a pipeline burst could contaminate that aquifer. President Obama had approved a different portion of the old route, but he denied a full permit for the original project. Some ranchers this morning are saying this new route still, they think, is too close to those fragile sand hills. BP says it has reached a class action settlement in the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The total payout is estimated at $7.8 billion, but BP says the final tally could be even higher. BP says the deal will cover economic property and medical damage claims. A federal judge now has to grant preliminary approval of the settlement. More claims still pending against Transocean and Haliburton. An attorney for the JetBlue pilot who suffered a midair meltdown on a flight last month says the pilot is planning an insanity defense. Captain Clayton Osbon is charged with disrupting a New York to Las Vegas flight last month forcing it to make an emergency landing in Amarillo, Texas. Osbon allegedly left the cockpit, screaming about religion and terrorists, you'll recall, became enraged when the first officer locked him out of the cockpit. Today's "A.M. House Call," New York City considering a new policy for smoking inside apartments. Proposed legislation would require residential buildings to develop written rules on smoking both inside and outside. That would include lobbies, courtyards, even individual apartments. New York City Mayor Bloomberg says he has no intention of an outright ban on smoking. He says, quote, "if you want to smoke, I think you have a right to do so, but it kills you." New evidence that a bad night's sleep is bad for your health. A new study reveals people who sleep fewer than five hours a night up their risk for Type 2 diabetes. Researchers studied 21 healthy volunteers for almost six weeks. Their diet, physical and their sleep was strictly controlled. For three of those weeks they were allowed only about 5-1/2 hours of sleep. Researchers say what happened was starting. Blood sugar levels increased after meals and at the same time, their metabolic rate slowed by 8 percent. Researchers say that could mean gaining 10 to 12 pounds over a year. All right, check out this terrifying surveillance video of a woman in a Toyota Camry, barrelling right through the front doors of a packed public supermarket in Palm Coast, Florida. The video is disturbing to watch. Four people were sitting on a bench just inside the exit doors Saturday morning when 76-year-old Thelma Wagenhoffer came crashing through. First thing she hit was a baby stroller. The infant was thrown about 50 feet in the air and miraculously only suffered minor injuries. Ten people were hurt, one in critical condition this morning. An 83-year-old man who wound up pinned beneath Thelma's car. Look at the highlight. You can see quick-thinking customers lifting the car off the elderly man.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There was probably about 10 or 12 guys that actually had the -- you know, had the smarts it to actually go over and they lifted up the car. I mean acres crane couldn't have lifted it up any quicker.</s>ROMANS: Police say the driver may have hit the gas accidentally while trying the break. She's been charged, Soledad, with reckless driving.</s>O'BRIEN: Wow, wow! It's incredible. One person, critical condition. You see that almost direct hit from that stroller -- look at that and all those folks sitting on that bench. That's just stunning that she didn't take out five or six people and didn't kill a baby. All right, Christine. Thank you. For the first time in 10 years, Congress is holding a congressional hearing on the issue of racial profiling in this country. Those hearings will be led by Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin. The panel heard fascinating testimony about the problems that still exist including from an African-American police chief from California on some of the lessons that he has had to teach his son. Listen.</s>RONALD DAVIS, CHIEF OF POLICE, CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO: As I mentioned earlier, I'm a father of three. I have a 14-year-old boy, named Glenn. And even though I'm a police chief with over 27 years experience, I know that when I teach my son, Glenn, how to drive. must also to teach him what to do when stopped by the police, a mandatory course, by the way, for young men of color in this country.</s>O'BRIEN: Joining us this morning is Illinois Democrat and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin with us. It's nice to see you, sir. Thanks for being with us. We certainly appreciate it.</s>SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL), ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER: Good to be with you, Soledad.</s>O'BRIEN: You begin your remarks, talking about sort of the first time the hearings were held 10 years ago. Why do you think now is the right time to hold these hearings?</s>DURBIN: Well, there are several things have happened in the past 10 years. We are still struggling with the issue of race. The Trayvon Martin case was a clear illustration of that. It is something that has haunted America since its creation. But we're also struggling with issues of ethnic identity. The Arizona law, which I think frankly went too far, suggested profiling those who appeared to be Hispanic or sounded Hispanic. Now we have issues involving Muslim-Americans since 9/11. There were many in the hearing room at the Senate Judiciary Committee. The last point, Soledad, is that 49 states now have concealed carry laws like Florida. Unfortunately, many people armed do not have the right judgment to decide who is a threat and who isn't. It brings up the whole issue of profiling from a different perspective.</s>O'BRIEN: So the bill is called the "End Racial Profiling Act" and it would do a couple of things. I'll lay out some of them. Prohibit racial profiling by law enforcement, law enforcement training and also data collections so that they could track profiling. Will Cain, do you want to jump in?</s>WILL CAIN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Yes, Senator Durbin. I just heard you talk about the Arizona law and how it potentially profiles along Latino lines and how airports profile along Muslim lines. You said they go too far, too far suggesting that maybe sometimes it is appropriate to racially profile. You can just go too far so where is the line? What is too far? Is it ever appropriate to racially profile?</s>DURBIN: If you are dealing with a suspect, a description that includes some racial characteristics or other things, of course, law enforcement needs to use that information to keep us safe. When you decide to pull overall blacks or all Hispanics in the highways or many of them, you really are engaged in good law enforcement. In Illinois, the state police over a six-year period of time, we found that they were two to four times more likely to pulled over if you were Hispanic or black and yet when it came to actual criminal contraband in the cars, whites were more like likely to have that than blacks or Hispanics. It isn't good law enforcement to use racial profiling.</s>O'BRIEN: Abby?</s>HUNTSMAN: Senator Durbin, this is Abby Huntsman here. We've seen that the racial profiling has been -- brought up so much lately because of the Trayvon Martin case. I'm wondering why has it taken this long to bring something to the table like this and do you think if it is passed, will it really make a difference? How much will it change?</s>DURBIN: If you go back to the earliest days of America, the founding fathers were wrestling with basic issues, race, religion, gender. What are the issues we're wrestling with today, race, religion and gender? This is something that haunts a democracy and republic, to try to strike the right balance of giving us our freedom, but still keeping us safe. Of course, in this society when more and more people are carrying firearms and there's more and more reporting of things that are happening, we are more sensitized to racial profiling in a modern America.</s>O'BRIEN: There are proponents, sir, as you well know. Frank Gale testified as well. He's the national second vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police, which is the nation's biggest law enforcement association. Here is what he had to say about this bill.</s>FRANK GALE, NATIONAL SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE: This bill provides a solution to a problem that does not exist unless one believes that the problem to be solved that our nation's law enforcement officers are badly racist and their training is based in practicing racism.</s>O'BRIEN: He says, listen, you're talking about a problem that doesn't exist. I think if we even look specifically at the Trayvon Martin case. At the end of the day, a lot of the question there is, was it racial profiling? I mean, there's no dispute over whether Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin. It's did he racially profile that young man? That's the $64 million question. How are you going to be able to get into that kind of issue with a bill?</s>DURBIN: Well, when you ask the American people whether racial profiling exists and whether it's wrong, the vast majority say, yes. Even white Americans acknowledge that reality. Secondly, let me say to Officer Gale what I said at the hearing. I have the highest respect for men and women who put a badge on every morning and risk their lives to keep me safe, my neighborhood safe and my family safe. But I do not believe they're racist. But I do believe as Chief Davis said that even African-American policemen and chiefs of police are inclined toward prejudice that they have to fight back and say that's not good law enforcement. Don't just assume because of a color or ethnic background that a person should be suspect. Let's be more specific and let's use good law enforcement technique.</s>O'BRIEN: Senator Dick Durbin joining us this morning. It's nice to see you, sir. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it.</s>DURBIN: Thank you.</s>O'BRIEN: Still ahead this morning on STARTING POINT, a CNN exclusive in the wake of the Trayvon Martin case. Got to take a serious look at race and the law. Blacks and whites both saying it is not a level playing field. Who is Mitt Romney's number one choice for VP? We don't really know, but we know -- Kim Kardashian. No, I don't believe so. We know who the people would like to see him pick as a number one choice for VP. We leave you with Abby's playlist, Kenny Chesney "Summertime."