Target's Interim CEO Speaks; Sleep Apnea
BOLDUAN: Welcome back. Once again, a huge shakeup at one of the country's largest retailers. Target's CEO stepped down Monday after that data breach last year impacted as many as 110 million shoppers. You remember this. This happened kind of in the heart of shopping season, holiday shopping season. Now the company's chief financial officer, John Mulligan is taking the reins, at least until the company finds a more permanent CEO. He just sat down for a television exclusive interview with our Poppy Harlow. And Poppy is here to talk about it. Literally, you just wrapped it up.</s>POPPY HARLOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Like about 10 minutes ago when we ran up here.</s>BOLDUAN: Great. Well, it means it's fresh in everyone's mind, right?</s>HARLOW: It is.</s>BOLDUAN: The big question I think everyone wants to know is, what did Mulligan say about what happened -</s>HARLOW: Right.</s>BOLDUAN: How the breach happened and more importantly, is it safe to shop at Target today?</s>HARLOW: Because this is a company that so many of us shop at, so many people are employed by it. It is a mainstay in retail. You know, I asked him, have you gotten down to the bottom of exactly how this hack happened, how did 110 million customers' private data become public through these hackers? They said they're still investigating. They don't know exactly what happened. This happened between November -- mid to end of November and mid December. But in terms of if customers are safe, he said absolutely. Listen.</s>JOHN MULLIGAN, INTERIM CEO, TARGET: Our guests can shop with confidence today at Target. Obviously we removed the malware. We've closed the point of access where the individual came in. So we've taken significant steps to improve the security. And our guests can shop with confidence at Target today.</s>HARLOW: We talked a lot about this because, Kate, I was scratching my head and I kept asking him, well, but you don't know exactly what caused this, so how do we know customers are safe?</s>BOLDUAN: Exactly.</s>HARLOW: He insisted that they are. They have put this new pin technology into their Target credit cards. But, you know, I think really until we know what happened here, a lot of people are still going to be hesitant. We've seen people -- less people shopping at Target in the wake of this. Their numbers are coming out in a few weeks, so we'll see if those shoppers have picked up and regained that confidence. It is so important for this company.</s>BOLDUAN: And that's going to be a challenge for this brand if they can't say what happened yet. Do they think they will ever find out what happened?</s>HARLOW: They do. They're doing an internal investigation. We also know there's a criminal investigation. The DOJ is investigating, along with the Secret Service, several states. That's how big this is. They think they'll get to the bottom of it. They didn't give a date for when the report will come out. But I think the bigger picture here is not just Target, right, this is happening at Neiman Marcus -</s>BOLDUAN: They're, unfortunately, not alone.</s>HARLOW: Michaels, other retailers as well. Can any retailer really be safe in this day and age? Here's what he said to that.</s>HARLOW: At this point in time, do you think that any major retailer can be hack-proof?</s>MULLIGAN: I - you know, I can't speak to that. What I can tell you is that the cyber security is a threat broadly, not just for retail but for American business. And as we've looked at our response, there are things that -- actions that we've taken internally that I mentioned, there's actions we've taken that we think are important for the retail industry. We think information sharing across the retail industry. We think chip and pin is an incredible step forward to provide additional security for our guests. And last week we announced that we're going to partner with MasterCard to accelerate in that in our stores. But more broadly, across all of American business, we think information sharing is critical between the government and business.</s>HARLOW: Bottom line, this is a big, big hang-up for not just Target, a number of retailers. Why did the Target CEO step down after 35 years at the company? I pressed him, Kate, on that. He said multiple times to me, that is between Gregg Steinhafel and the board. I'm not privy to that information. So they're still not directly saying if the former CEO stepping down is tied to this hacking, but it has been a very tough, tough year for them.</s>BOLDUAN: And some suggestions that there were other things going on under that CEO that it was all part of it.</s>HARLOW: They've had trouble expanding in Canada. There's been a number of things but I think everyone wants to know what exactly happened but they're saying customer's are safe.</s>BOLDUAN: And important to hear his voice. He has a huge job ahead of him. He's the head of a huge company.</s>HARLOW: Yes.</s>BOLDUAN: Poppy, thank you -- great interview.</s>CUOMO: Got a little "Human Factor" right now and today's edition, did you know that millions of Americans suffer from sleep apnea? Well, it's true. And the potentially deadly condition obstructs breathing at night and can literally kill you. It's something that almost sidelined Super Bowl champion Aaron Taylor. That is until he took charge. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta has his story for you.</s>DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Super Bowl champion Aaron Taylor's job as a guard was to be big and strong to defend. First at Notre Dame, a two-time all American and then for the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers. Some of the same things that got him to the NFL may have also been affecting his health. Just like 60 percent of former linemen according to a 2009 Mayo Clinic study.</s>AARON TAYLOR, FORMER NFL PLAYER: I was waking up more tire than I thought I should have been, waking up feeling like I was hung over. I had a headache, my throat hurt, I had trouble concentrating. I was irritable. What kind of sandwich is that?</s>GUPTA: While he had a family history of sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening illness caused by structural obstruction of the airway during sleep, Taylor never thought it would be something he would have to deal with himself.</s>TAYLOR: Throughout the night, 20 times per hour, for 20 seconds per time I wasn't breathing. That night after night after night after night is what led to all the problems that I had.</s>GUPTA: Once he was diagnosed with sleep apnea he made working out and eating healthy a priority. And Taylor started using a breathing device called a C Pap to help him overcome it.</s>TAYLOR: It now basically keeps my throat open so that I can breathe continuously. The result has been my kids get their daddy back, my employers get a good employee back, my wife gets a good husband back.</s>GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN reporting.</s>BOLDUAN: Sanjay thank you. 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