TORNADOES RIP THROUGH NORTH TEXAS, National Weather Service - At least 13 twisters hit area: Anderson Cooper and Randi Kaye reporting
TORNADOES RIP THROUGH NORTH TEXAS, EF4 tornado touched down in Granbury, Texas: Anderson speaks with Dr. Kerri Sistrunk, Trauma Medical Director, Lake Granbury Medical Ctr.
TORNADOES RIP THROUGH NORTH TEXAS, 6 people died in a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in Granbury: Anderson speaks with Mayor Pro Tem, Granbury, Texas
REPORT, TAMERLAN TSARNAEV VISITED FMR. CHECHEN REBEL, Voice of America reports multiple visits in Manchester, N.H.: Brian Todd reporting
BOSTON BOMBINGS SUSPECT LEFT NOTE IN BOAT, Source, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed responsibility for attacks: Susan Candiotti reporting and Anderson's follow up discussion with Jeff Toobin
CAUSE OF TEXAS EXPLOSION REMAINS A MYSTERY, Investigators have not ruled out arson as cause of explosion: Anderson Cooper and Ed Lavandera reporting
NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WEST, TEXAS FIRST RESPONDER, Bryce Reed arrested for allegedly having materials for a pipe bomb: Report by Gary Tuchman *
LIFE OR DEATH FOR JODI ARIAS?: Travis Alexander's siblings told of love for brother: Anderson Cooper, Jeff Toobin and Mark Geragos discuss
REMARKABLE RESCUE, American aid worker kidnapped in Somalia, rescued by Navy SEALS: Anderson interviews Jessica Buchanan, Co-author, "Impossible Odds"
(
NOTE: Only a short portion of the interview was played with Anderson saying more of the interview would air tomorrow, Friday, night. Here's hoping that's true because Jessica has an amazing story to tell.)
360 NEWS & BUSINESS BULLETIN: Isha Sesay
A little Anderson and Isha banter ~
THE RIDICULIST: BEST MAYOR EVER!
* If interested, you may see Anderson's original interview with Anderson in our post from April 18th by
clicking here.
EXTRAS:
Anderson will have a segment on 60 Minutes Sunday ~
From 60minutes.com
Preview: A Long and Dangerous Journey
Child refugees flee war in Afghanistan
As the U.S. military continues its exodus from Afghanistan, the long war has caused another exodus few know about in the U.S. Thousands of mostly teenage boys have fled their war-torn country to embark on a 10,000-mile trek to Europe that most will not complete -- many because they die along the route. Anderson Cooper reports on one of the largest child migrations in modern times on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, May 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Ali Hassan is one of the lucky ones. After a four-year journey on which he nearly died several times, this enterprising 15-year-old Afghan boy lives a better life in Sweden, where he and others are given room, board and schooling. To get there Afghans ride under trucks, in secret compartments in vans and make dangerous water crossings. Ali Hassan almost froze to death in a refrigerated truck. "Two days, two nights and four hours," he tells Cooper of his ordeal in the cold truck that was on a ferry from Greece to Italy. He says he was wearing only jeans and a T-shirt. "I can't shake my hand. My foot. On that time, also, I was think that maybe I will die."
But for every Ali Hassan, there are several other boys who didn't make it to Sweden. Many died as stowaways on dangerous trips, some were turned into sex slaves or got diverted in menial jobs trying to earn the money to pay smugglers to take them on the next leg of the journey. Hassan said his life was threatened by smugglers. 60 Minutes spoke to one in Pakistan who said 35 percent, at most, would make it to Europe.
"If, on the way, any child dies, we won't notify their parents for one or two months. Then after time has passed, the pain will not be that great," the smuggler says. "We try to convince parents that dying is a natural thing and it's not our fault." Afghan parents pay up to $15,000 to have their children smuggled to Europe, an amount often the sum of their life savings.
Alixandra Fazzina is a British photojournalist and author who has spent five years chronicling the travails of these refugees, who disappear frequently and often anonymously. "All along the route, the boys are very, very vulnerable, they are robbed. They are kidnapped," she tells Cooper. They will become the victims of their smugglers and their middle men. "They could be trafficked as sex workers, maybe they simply disappear. Nobody's very sure," says Fazzina.
Smugglers are usually paid to get the kids just to Greece; they are on their own from there. Europe can be hard on the young refugees as well. Says Dr. Henry Ascher, chair of the Swedish Pediatric Group on Child Refugees, "I've seen children with broken arms and legs that have been beaten and abused in European countries," he says. The children have been through a lot, not just on the road, but back home, where they may have seen the horrors of war and the deaths of loved ones. "They have severe nightmares...re-experiencing the most horrible things that they have experienced," Ascher tells Cooper.
From tvline.com ~
Exclusive Photos: The Simpsons Poised to Send Anderson Cooper Back to the Future
Anderson Cooper truly will go anywhere for a big news story — even the year 2043.
The CNN fixture will play himself in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons partially set three decades into the future, TVLine has learned exclusively.
The story finds Lisa befriending a girl who is her match in every way, except one: she’s a conservative Republican. “They end up running against each other in the second-grade election,” explains exec producer Al Jean. “And then we flash to the future where they’re [engaged] in an actual presidential debate — and Anderson is the moderator.”
So, what does a 75-year-old Cooper look like? Not much different than the current 45-year-old version, turns out. Says Jean with a laugh: “He has that sort of luck that even 30 years from now he’ll look the same.”
The episode is slated to air in December.
And Andy Cohen was on
The Talk today and played "Plead The Fifth" during which Anderson's name came up a couple of times ~
AC360 Transcript
AC360 Podcast
ANDERSON
All content, unless otherwise cited, is © All Things Anderson and may not be used without consent of the blog administrator.
