Mutts get Respect at Iconic Dog Show
COSTELLO: We just said happy birthday to Michelle Obama and we can't leave out Betty White. So happy birthday Betty White -- she turns 92 years old today. The Guinness Book of World Records says White has the longest TV career in history for a woman -- 74 years. In a recent interview with Parade.com White calls herself quote, "The luckiest old broad on two feet" for still being at work at showbiz. Happy birthday Betty. The mutts are finally getting some respect. The famous Westminster dog show is going to allow mixed breeds to compete but there are limits. Here is CNN's Jeanne Moos.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): You know the song --</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who let the dogs out, who, who --</s>MOOS: Well, now, it is who let the mutts in. And the answer is that upper crust bastion of purebreds the dog show where pooches gets better treatment than people. (on camera): Did you hear that mutts are allowed in the Westminster dog show?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I did not know that.</s>MOOS: Is that anything you care about?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, not really.</s>MOOS: Says the guy walking Dakota the purebred English setter. But if mutts got no respect at Westminster now they are going to get a little. They'll be allowed into an agility competition that takes place two days before the main event.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It involves dogs that might not normally be seen at Westminster including mixed-breed dogs. We are excited to have them be a part of the family.</s>MOOS: Agility competitions are booming in popularity. I mean which would you rather watch, a dog getting picked up by his privates for judging or dogs madly dashing around an agility course over teeter- totters and through tunnels. It is even more fun when they just stop or when a lot of dog has to fit through a little space. Competition like this is what will be open to mixed breeds at Westminster next month. While they won't yet be allowed into the main events, at least mutts now have a paw in the door. Henry, give me your paw -- paw. You think mutts should be in Westminster?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Of course. A dog is a dog right. So what if they're mutts?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why not have mutts?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'd watch that.</s>MOOS: As for purebreds like this spinone, you sound like an entre. How will purebreds react to mutts running amok? And it is not like these guys will care. They're not going to say -- hey that's a mutt. I don't want him in the show.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.</s>MOOS: Can't we all just get along.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The idea that you can be a mutt and still have a life.</s>MOOS: Doggy diversity.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, exactly.</s>MOOS: Inclusivity.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. For all.</s>MOOS: And though inclusivity won't extend to mutts competing for best in show, maybe having your hair done. What's the hair style called?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Snooki.</s>MOOS: -- isn't all it is cracked up to be. I mean mutts, do you really want your tail tickled to make it stand up. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.</s>COSTELLO: Awesome. The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM starts now. Good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. It has been a painful and jarring wakeup call for millions of Americans. There is no such thing as privacy when a skilled hacker wants your secret. Target customers learned that lesson over the holidays in a massive security breach for as many as 110 million people. Today there are new warnings and reports of possible ties to the Russian mob. Our Phil Black is in Moscow. He is reporting this morning the code is similar to what's being peddled on Russian-speaking Web sites. The other hackers work for our government. Next hour, President Obama announces reforms to the NSA and its massive spying programs that could have collected information on any of us. We will have more on the NSA in just a minute. But first, the latest on the Target investigation.