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Al Qaeda in Iraq?; Democratic Race Heating Up

Aired February 09, 2004 - 19:00   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST (voice-over): Al Qaeda and Iraq. Were international terrorists recruited to start a civil war?

A preview of tomorrow's southern primaries. Can John Kerry deliver a knockout blow?

Politicians and body language. How they say what they say may send the wrong signal.

Martha Stewart's defense gets tough for the prosecution's star witness.

Tired all the time? Surprising new research on how much sleep you really need.

And the chemistry of passion. A peek at your brain in love.

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ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And welcome to 360.

Tonight, just released chilling confessions from the Green River Killer, America's most savage serial murderer. You will hear him in his own words spell out how he killed and killed again. The video recordings have just been made public. We're going to bring them to you shortly.

But first, our top story at this hour.

A startling discovery in Iraq. A possible smoking gun that may link Iraq's insurgents to al Qaeda. It's a 17-page document found on a computer disk, and it allegedly asks al Qaeda to help spark civil war and chaos in Iraq.

CNN's Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf, has details.

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JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): Military officials say it was written by suspected al Qaeda operative in Iraq, Abu-Musa al-Zarqawi, to al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan. The message and its suspected courier were seized in a raid on a safe house in January.

BRIG. GEN. MARK KIMMITT, U.S. ARMY: First of all, it is clearly a plan on the part of outsiders to come into this country and spark civil war, create sectarian violence, try to expose fissures in the society.

ARRAF: Military officials say the 17-page document voices frustration. It says the insurgency is having trouble recruiting Iraqis. It says the operation would have to be conducted before the June 30 target for the U.S. to hand power back to Iraq.

It says the biggest threat to the plan is the build-up of new Iraqi security forces and the resolve of U.S. troops. And it claims responsibility for 25 attacks in Iraq, including suicide bombs. The document calls for attacks to foster violence between Iraq, Sunni and Shia Muslims and Kurds. Civil war has been one of the great unrealized fears for this country.

ADNAN PACHACHI, GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER: I think they would fail because it is -- Iraq has never had communal strife between people who belong to various communities or sects.

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ARRAF: So officials aren't saying that this means that there's proof of al Qaeda activity or solid proof of al Qaeda attacks in Iraq. Just that, as they put it, Zarqawi may have been trying to set up an al Qaeda franchise in this country -- Anderson.

COOPER: All right. Jane, live in Baghdad. Thanks, Jane.

So back here at home in politics, can a northern liberal win in the South? Well we are going to find out tomorrow night. Right now, Massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful, John Kerry, has the big mo. You are looking at a live event right now from Memphis, Tennessee, where John Kerry is going to be appearing at a fund-raiser there.

Tomorrow, Tennessee and Virginia are up for grabs. Let's see how the race is heating up.

CNN national correspondent Kelly Wallace is in Memphis.

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KELLY WALLACE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After winning 10 of the first 12 presidential contests, the front-runner appears to have already started the general election campaign.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This president has the worst jobs record of the last 11 presidents combined.

WALLACE: In Roanoke, Virginia Monday, John Kerry never mentioned his rivals, exuding the confidence of a candidate who appears virtually unstoppable now. KERRY: And if you like what Bill Clinton gave you in those eight years, you're going to love what John Kerry gives you in the first four years when we're president.

WALLACE: Despite barely campaigning in Virginia and Tennessee, polls show the Massachusetts senator with a sizable lead over his southern opponents, John Edwards and Wesley Clark, who are battling it out to become the southern alternative to Kerry. The retired general joined Kerry Monday in questioning whether President Bush fulfilled his commitments to the National Guard during the Vietnam War.

WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know that the charges about what he did and didn't do 30 years ago are offensive because all of us who did serve know that you had a job to do and you're supposed to be there.

WALLACE: Howard Dean is not even competing in the South, planting himself instead in Wisconsin, making next week's primary a must-win for him. Kerry, for his part, tries to stick to one page of his winning play book, appealing to the large number of veterans and military retirees in Virginia.

(on camera): If Kerry pulls off a victory here tomorrow, his aides believe he will prove two things: that he can win in the South, and that he could be competitive with President Bush for the military vote.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, Roanoke, Virginia.

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COOPER: Well, some big news from the Dean camp a short time ago. Howard Dean now says even if he loses Wisconsin's primary next Tuesday, he's going to remain in the race. Dean admits it is critical to win in the Wisconsin primary, but says -- and I quote -- "It's not going to be the end of the line" if he loses.

Last week, in an e-mail to supporters, you may remember Dean said he would drop out if he lost Wisconsin. No longer.

Well, President Bush faces no major opponent in the primaries, of course. But now he is in the battle. Today, he visited an election hot spot to refute some sharp criticism from the Democrats.

Senior White House correspondent John King has the story.

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JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On a factory floor in Missouri, more proof the president's campaign is kicking into higher gear while the Democratic front-runner is getting more attention.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now is not the time to raise taxes on the American people. This economy is getting better. KING: Senator John Kerry wants to repeal some of the Bush tax cuts to pay for new health care initiatives and to shrink the federal budget deficit. The president says, don't buy it.

BUSH: They're going to raise the taxes and increase the size of the federal government, which would be bad for the United States economy.

KING: The more aggressive campaigning came during Mr. Bush's 15th visit to Missouri as a president. The state is a presidential campaign bellwether, and Mr. Bush won last time with 51 percent of the vote. The economy is center stage this time and an urgent Bush focus.

The economy has lost 2.2 million jobs during the Bush presidency, including more than 73,000 in Missouri. In a new CNN-Time poll, just 43 percent say Mr. Bush is doing a good job on the economy, down from 49 percent just a month ago.

The president says things are getting better. And in his annual economic report to Congress, predicts four percent growth, declining unemployment, and 2.6 million new jobs this year. Senator Kerry immediately took issue.

KERRY: Well, I've got a feeling this report was prepared by the same people who brought us the intelligence on Iraq.

KING: The election is nine months away. But the president is picking up the pace, adding campaign stops like this, as early polls show him running even or just narrowly ahead of the leading Democrats.

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COOPER: And John King joins us live.

John, how does the White House feel the president did yesterday in his appearance on "Meet the Press?"

KING: Well, they believe he did OK, Anderson. They believe it's important to show the president is willing to take tough questions and repeated questions about the policy, the decision of why he went to war in Iraq and how things have changed since no weapons of mass destruction have been found.

Aides say it was not a campaign-style event, so the president was more subdued, perhaps. He's being criticized for not being more energetic. The White House is saying they waned to get the president out there. They also say that's just the beginning. Look for more campaigning and more interviews as the election draws closer.

COOPER: No doubt about that. All right. John King, thanks very much for that. We're going to have more about the "Meet the Press" interview a little bit later on.

The defense was on the offense in the Martha Stewart trial today. They were trying to shake the credibility of the government's star witness, Douglas Faneuil. Today marked his fourth day of testimony. He is off the stand now.

And CNN's Deborah Feyerick is at the court.

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DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The morning ImClone chief, Sam Waksal, and his family frantically tried dumping stock, assistant broker Dough Faneuil said he had suspicion that the trade stemmed from what he called inside information. Even so, Faneuil testified he told no one what he suspected, not Martha Stewart, not his boss, Peter Bacanovic, who was vacationing in Florida, not a single manager at Merrill Lynch.

Cross-examined by Stewart's lawyer, Faneuil was asked, "Did you think it was your responsibility to tell?" Faneuil's answer, "No." Defense lawyers have said Faneuil is trying to pass the buck and blame his boss. While Faneuil acknowledged he had violated Merrill Lynch policy by not raising the red flag about his suspicions, he said he believed Stewart's broker knew what he was doing when he instructed Faneuil to get Martha on the phone.

It was Faneuil who ultimately spoke to Stewart and passed on the ImClone information. Stewart's lawyer asking, "When you gave that information to Martha Stewart, you didn't think you were doing anything wrong?" Faneuil: "Because it was Peter, I did not think I was doing anything wrong." Faneuil even told an acquaintance Sam Waksal's sale was, in his words, "not unusual because he was always doing crazy things. "

(on camera): Stewart's lawyer suggested that Faneuil stepped forward to corroborate for a simple reason, not to tell the truth, as Faneuil maintains, but because he knew investigators were looking into Stewart's ImClone sale. And so he wanted to cut a deal and avoid numerous felony charges.

Deborah Feyerick, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: It was a fascinating day of testimony. Later on 360 in "Justice Served," we're going to have more on the legal moves of Martha Stewart and her co-defendant, Peter Bacanovic.

Well, we are following right now a number of developing stories "Cross Country." Let's take a look.

Columbus, Ohio: the total, it is now 23. That is the number of shootings on or near local highways linked by police in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Authorities say the shooter may be a white male in his 30s or 40s. No one was injured in the attacks over the weekend.

San Francisco: execution delayed for the moment. Forty-six year old Kevin Cooper, who murdered a San Bernardino couple, their 10-year- old daughter, and her friend will apparently not be put to death early tomorrow. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had granted a temporary stay. California Governor Schwarzenegger denied Cooper clemency shortly after taking office.

Tucson, Arizona: supremely sorry. Singer Diana Ross pleaded no contest to a DUI charge and was ordered by a judge to spend two days in jail. Ross was arrested December 30, 2002. She will likely get to serve her sentence near her home in Los Angeles.

And nationwide: prices hiked. The cost of gasoline nationally jumped over two cents in a week, the highest level since last September. The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is now $1.63.

And that's a look at stories "Cross Country" tonight.

A child predator faces his third strike. An infamous kidnapper in trouble again. This time for trying to buy a boy.

Plus, less is apparently more when it comes to sleep. Dr. Sanjay Gupta with new research that knocks down an old wives' tale.

Also, love and sex, is it just a chemical reaction -- goodness, what are they doing -- or a matter of the heart? We'll take a closer look in the kickoff to a week-long series.

But first, let's take a look "Inside the Box" at the top stories on tonight's network newscasts.

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COOPER: An Oakland, California jury just a short while ago convicted a man accused of trying to buy a 4-year-old boy. The jury took only a few hours today to return a guilty verdict against Kenneth Parnell, a previously convicted kidnapper and child molester.

In Oakland, Rusty Dornin reviews the case.

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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): His attorney portrayed him as a lonely old man desperate for love and affection. Prosecutors say 71-year-old Kenneth Parnell is a child predator who attempted to buy a 4-year-old boy for $500.

Parnell is the man who kidnapped Steven Stayner in 1972. Stayner was kept prisoner for seven years. When Parnell kidnapped 5-year-old Timothy White in 1980, Stayner escaped with a kindergartner.

Stayner said he was sexually abused, but the statute of limitations had expired. Parnell served five years for the two kidnappings. Steven Stayner was angry.

STEVEN STAYNER: He is a danger to any place that he goes. Wherever he chooses to go, he will definitely be a danger to the people in that community.

DORNIN: One year after that interview, Stayner was killed in a motorcycle accident. But Stayner's mother, and kidnap victim, Timothy White, testified last week about the horrors of the earlier kidnappings. In recent years, Parnell kept a low profile, even offered tips on how to prevent kidnappings.

KENNETH PARNELL, JANUARY 2002: Parents should be aware of what's happening with their children.

DORNIN: But then in December, 2002, Diane Stevens told police Parnell asked her if she could buy a young boy for him. Following his arrest, he told the San Francisco Chronicle he did it because "I wanted to be loved. I guess it was wrong."

His attorney claims sexual abuse was not his aim. His age and health would have prevented that.

(on camera): Do you think he should spend the rest of his life in jail?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.

DORNIN: Why?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think that he didn't injure anybody.

DORNIN (voice-over): Parnell is a three strikes candidate. He could be sentenced to life.

Rusty Dornin, CNN, Oakland, California.

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COOPER: Well, we are tracking several developing stories right now around the globe. Let's check the "UpLink.".

Western Haiti: uprising spreads. We've been covering this story closely. Armed anti-government rebels now have control of at least six towns, and relief agencies report at least 40 people have been killed. The rebels want President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to resign. He says he is not going anywhere.

Moscow, Russia: presidential candidate missing. The search is on for Ivan Rybkin, MIA since Thursday. Speculation ranges from everything from political kidnapping to a staged disappearance to boost a doomed campaign against Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

Konya, Turkey: rescue workers cheer. A 24-year-old woman was pulled alive from the ruble of an 11-story apartment building a week after it collapsed. It is amazing. She reportedly is in serious condition. A boy was pulled from the debris on Sunday. At least 87 people were killed in this collapse.

Taiwan: custody battle. Police forcibly remove a crying 8-year- old orphan from his uncle's home to return him to his Brazilian grandmother. The little boy screamed, "I don't want to go!" Police intervened after the uncle refused to turn the boy over to strangers.

And Tehran, Iran: royal visit. Britain's Prince Charles meets with Iranian President Mohammed Khatami for an hour-long talk. The prince then went to the city of Bam, which you'll remember was destroyed in the December earthquake that killed 41,000 people.

And that is a look at the "UpLink" tonight.

Back here at home, we are now, of course, just five days away from Valentine's Day, the day couples gaze lovingly at one another and single folks, well, just try to ignore. All this week we're going to be bringing you a special series, "Love and Sex." Here's what you can expect.

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COOPER (voice-over): Americans are in love with love. Truly, madly, deeply. In films, books and music.

And then there's sex. We have it an average of 118 times a year, according to a global survey. And if we're not, well, doing it, chances are we're thinking about it, cruising the Internet at home, at work, wherever. All this week in our special series we'll look at why we are so consumed with love and sex.

Tonight, are we hardwired for love? Find out why the love you feel in your heart may really be a chemical reaction in your brain.

Wednesday, the secret sex lives of men and women. What do we really fantasize about? And what don't we tell each other?

Thursday, love hurts. We'll look at jealousy and obsession, the dark side of passion. Could it be an important part of relationships? And when does it become overwhelming, suffocating, even dangerous?

Friday, the new art of seduction. Tips and techniques from flirt masters and pick-up artist who say they can help you attract the one you are attracted to.

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COOPER: Well, part one of our series "Love and Sex" is coming up next. Plus tonight, we're going to be looking at political body language. What do those nods, winks and gestures tell you about the candidates?

Also tonight, the confessions of the Green River Serial Killer. Startling revelations from the mouth of a murderer.

Also tonight, taking the stand against Martha Stewart. The key witness faces some tough questions. Find out what impact that might have on the verdict.

We'll be right back.

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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY") BILLY CRYSTAL, ACTOR, "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY": I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me that I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.

(END VIDEO CLIP, "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY")

COOPER: A classic moment from the movie "When Harry Met Sally."

Tonight, as we kick off our series, "Love and Sex" in advance of Valentine's Day, some new research on why matters of the heart have a direct link to your brain.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE, "MOULIN ROUGE": No. Love is like oxygen. Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love.

COOPER (voice-over): In movies like "Moulin Rouge," they use cliches to describe it. But in life, the mystery that is love defies easy understanding.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's like your feet go into your throat. It is like you're falling down a big cliff, and it's like this exhilarating rush of adrenaline and, like, losing consciousness all at the same time.

COOPER: We all know some of love's symptoms: giddiness, elation, euphoria, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, even anguish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you realize that you've truly fallen in love, your whole live changes.

COOPER: But why do we fall in love? Well, science may have the answer. It turns out the chemistry we describe when we meet someone special may truly be chemistry.

Serotonin, Dopamine, these brain chemicals are released when you are sexually or romantically attracted to someone. Now in a new book, Dr. Helen Fisher examines the MRI scans of people in love. She says that red glow you are seeing is a chemical reaction in your brain, a flurry of activity which we interpret as passion.

How do I love thee? Let me count the neurotransmitters.

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COOPER: Well, today, I talked to Dr. Fisher about how our brains are wired to love. I started off by asking, what's really happening in that three-pound ball of gray matter in our brains when we fall madly in love?

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HELEN FISHER, ANTHROPOLOGIST: Well, the brain has a whole lot of systems going simultaneously. So you are sitting in a room and you can swing rapidly from fear and anxiety to joy to curiosity about something. I mean, the brain is popping on all kinds of levels at all times.

But when you look at a photograph of your sweetheart and you feel that intense passion, that elation, what's going on is this natural stimulant, Dopamine, is beginning to probably spread throughout the brain and give you that craving for that person. It is an addiction.

COOPER: And how long does the rush of love last?

FISHER: It can last a very short time. And we know teenagers who will have a puppy love. Even children fall in love, by the way. And it can last a really -- years, if there is a big barrier to the relationship.

There's only two studies of this. But those two studies say that it lasts between 18 months and three years.

COOPER: If that rush only lasts 18 months to three years, how come some people stay together forever?

FISHER: I think that we've evolved three distinctly different mating systems in the brain for mating and reproduction. Three different brain systems.

One is the sex drive, lost the craving for sexual gratification. One is romantic love, that elation, obsession of first love. And the third is attachment, that sense of calm you can feel with a long-term partner. And I think that some people move out of that romantic phase and into a stage of deep attachment.

Some people end the relationship after the romance. And some people are able to remain in a long-term attachment and also feel a romantic love. And I think what's going on there is that that kind of couple probably does a lot of novel things together. Because novelty drives up levels of Dopamine.

COOPER: What is it that surprised you most based on your research?

FISHER: Certainly first that it was a drive. And second, that we found some gender differences. I had no intention of looking at gender differences in the brain in love. And in many ways, men and women are alike. Men fall in love faster than women do I think because they are so visual.

COOPER: Men fall in love faster?.

FISHER: Yes, they do. And, in fact, three out of four people who kill themselves over lost love are men, not women.

COOPER: Do men then fall out of love faster, too? FISHER: I don't know. That's hard to know. That's very hard to measure. That's a very good question. Nobody's ever asked me that.

What do you think?

COOPER: I don't know. But I'm guessing if people are able to fall in love faster, than perhaps...

FISHER: They can fall...

COOPER: ... fall out of love. I don't know.

FISHER: I don't know either.

COOPER: And in terms of age, I mean, can a person at age 72 still feel that sense of romantic love as quickly as someone who is 32?

FISHER: Yes. I think that it is like fear or any other kind of brain system. It can be triggered at any age. I think it evolved for a very specific reason, to conserve our mating energy, focus it on one individual so we could conserve mating time and energy. I think it will be with us a million years from now.

COOPER: Dr. Helen Fisher, thanks very much.

FISHER: Thank you.

COOPER: Hardwired for love. Who knew?

Of course we want to hear from you. What do you think? Today's "Buzz" question is this: Do you believe in love at first sight? Dr. Fisher said yes. Vote now, cnn.com/360. Results at the end of the program.

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COOPER (voice-over): Defending Martha. Her attorney gets tough with the prosecution's star witness.

Reading the president. Not what he says but how he says it.

And new research on sleep. Is everything you've learned about getting enough sleep wrong?

360 continues.

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COOPER: In the next half hour on 360 President Bush and John Kerry, how they say, what they say, and what message they're sending.

Four days in the crossfire. The key witness against Martha Stewart gets grilled again. Find out how he did on the stand. Confessions of the Green River serial killer. A shocking new look at how one man got away with murder for years. In his own words, his confession.

First let's update the top stories in tonight's "Reset."

Springfield, Missouri. President Bush says his tax cuts have strengthened the economy and he'll make them permanent. Mr. Bush told a group of small business owners and workers today that the tax cuts have helped create new jobs, kept interest rates low and boosted home ownership.

In Washington. White House press secretary Scott McClellan says he testified Friday before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name. McClellan has previously denied knowing who blew Valerie Plame's cover. Today he said he was just following President Bush's instruction to cooperate.

Convicted Washington area John Allen Muhammad is asking a Virginia judge to overturn his conviction and death sentence. Muhammad argues the jury that found him guilty in the shooting death of Dean Harold Myers based its verdict on guesswork and emotion.

From Santo Domingo. A sad update to a story we followed last week. A Dominican baby girl who had surgery to have a second head removed Friday. Well, she died the next morning. Rebeca Martinez was just seven weeks old.

Washington. If you never picked up your refund for federal taxes paid in the year 2000, you have until April 15 to claim it or kiss it good-bye. The IRS says nearly 2 million students, retirees and other taxpayers stand to lose -- get this -- $2.5 billion in refund if they do not act fast. And that's a quick look at tonight's "Reset."

We turn to justice served. Defense attorneys for Martha Stewart and co-defendant Peter Bacanovic have been sharpening their knives for months now preparing to take on the prosecution's star witness. Today was Douglas Faneuil's fourth and final day on the stand. He was anything but a pushover.

With us here, 360 legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom and "Celebrity Justice" correspondent Carolina Buia. Good to see both of you. Kimberly, let me start off with you. A lot of defense attorneys say what they were really focusing on with Doug Faneuil was this date, I think, December 27, 2001. They said he can remember his conversation with Martha Stewart but couldn't remember conversations with other people that day. What did they prove?

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE NEWSOM, 360 LEGAL ANALYST: That's an excellent strategy. You have to ask those questions. That's something that the jury will say, that makes sense. Why did that stand out? The prosecution didn't address it in redirect. So they probably thought that the defense didn't make a lot of points, he held up real well on cross. However, they can still argue it in their case when they present the case to the jury. The prosecution can come back and say, listen, of course he will remember Martha Stewart. Wouldn't you, if someone like that was on the phone and you're dealing with her, she will stand out amongst the other clients. CAROLINA BUIA, "CELEBRITY JUSTICE" CORRESPONDENT: Not only was it Martha Stewart on the phone but it was Martha Stewart, he was doing something illegal with Martha Stewart and also, just four days later he's being grilled about it by Merrill Lynch and a few days later the FCC is grilling him about it so he better remember what he said to Martha Stewart.

COOPER: You've been in the courtroom. One of the things that Doug Faneuil said today that jumped out at me, I'm going to put it on the screen. "The thing I have always been most scared of is being up here on the stand and having to tell the truth in a trial which I knew Peter was lying." Peter is his former boss, Peter Bacanovic. How did that play in the room today?

BUIA: Notice at the end he tacked on because Peter was lying. He said that repeatedly. The defense will say, maybe we better put Peter on the stand. Because after Faneuil's testimony, his credibility hasn't been injured as badly as Peter's -- Peter's credibility.

COOPER: You think he's done real harm to Bacanovic?

BUIA: Yes. And I think now his lawyers have no other choice but to put him on the stand.

COOPER: Someone else who may be coming on the stand at the behest of the defense is Douglas Faneuil's first attorney, this guy, Jeremiah Gutman. I'm a little confused by this. Why are they bringing him onto the stand?

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: They are going to try and damage Faneuil's credibility. He has held up so well. They really haven't accomplished a lot between Peter Bacanovic's attorney and Martha Stewart's attorney. They want to get to the heart of the matter here, to talk about what, if anything, he told him and any kind of wrongdoing. So this jury will really begin to question Faneuil's story in general.

COOPER: Initially, Gutman, I guess there had been this report out there that Gutman had maybe said to the FBI that Faneuil wasn't sure where some information came from.

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: It would be a direct lie, it would show a contradiction that perhaps this kid is making this up. The reason he said I remember this word for word. I'm not sure. Maybe he is making it as he goes along. If he said something to his attorney that contradicts what he's saying now, that can be used against him.

BUIA: In that same FBI interview, Gutman said, wait a second. Maybe it is me who's not remembering well. What did the kid say? Was it Waksal that gave him the information or was it his boss, Peter Bacanovic?

As you watch what is happening on the stand, Martha Stewart's attorney seemed to be distancing her a little bit from Peter Bacanovic, her co-defendant.

BUIA: Yes. Very different styles. Bacanovic's attorney with Martha Stewart. For starters, he was a lot quicker. He didn't take almost eight hours to cross-examine him. He's trying to distance his client away from Peter Bacanovic.

COOPER: Have you been surprised, Kimberly, at how well Douglas Faneuil has done on the stand? I mean, four days against some experienced attorneys. He's 28-years-old.

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: What's abundantly clear is the fact the prosecution has prepared their witness very well. He's holding up on the stand. People expected him to crack. They've been running photos of him with tattoos and trying to demean his character in different papers, et cetera.

COOPER: And drug use.

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: Anything they can to throw against him to say, this is a guy you don't believe. The only thing that's happening so far is Peter Bacanovic is not looking so good and Martha is looking a little bit better. That's why they will try to distance the two. They don't need to go down as a team. The best thing Martha's attorneys can do is put their client on the opposite end of the country from Peter Bacanovic.

COOPER: Carolina, what happens next in court? Faneuil is done testifying for good?

BUIA: Yes. At the end of the day, Annie Armstrong, who's Martha Stewart's assistant, took the stand. We only got a very brief testimony. She actually started breaking down, crying, bawling and the judge said we'll continue to tomorrow morning so to be continued tomorrow.

COOPER: Do you think Peter Bacanovic will in fact take the stand and Martha Stewart? Do you think that's possible?

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: I think it's too soon to tell right now. It's definitely a possibility. They will see how this case shapes up by the end of it and make a strategic decision. If they think they will do very well on the stand, because it's one word against the other, I think Peter really has to get on there. Martha, maybe she can wait and see.

COOPER: Thanks very much. I'm obsessed. This trial is fascinating.

BUIA: It is unbelievable.

COOPER: Every Monday on fresh print we look at what the magazines are talking about. Today everyone's talking about President Bush's interview on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. But they are saying somewhat different things. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER (voice-over): The "New York Times," "Wall Street Journal" and "USA Today" cast President Bush's appearance in political terms motivated, at least in part, by recent polls. The "Washington Post" headlined Bush's surprise at lack of Iraqi arms. The "L.A. Times" points out a presidential concession. The "Washington Times" made note of Mr. Bush's promise not to change. But both the "L.A. Times" and "Slate" floated the theory that Bush's resolve, a strength in 2000, might now be seen as inability to recognize reality.

The "Washington Post" did some digging to fact check the president. Take this quote for example. In the last year of President Clinton, discretionary spending was up 15 percent and ours have steadily declined. According to the "Post" that's not true. It has grown by more than 25 percent in the last two fiscal years. And the "Post" pointed out that Mr. Bush's evidence of Saddam's threat that he paid families of suicide bombers also applies to Saudi Arabia.

Well, President Bush may face Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in November. Wins for Kerry in tomorrow's Tennessee and Virginia primaries could help seal that. As the presidential race narrows to two candidates there's one thing we'll be watching closely, their body language and what it tells us and their words and how they say them. Earlier I spoke with a communication strategist, Richard Green, author of "Words That Shook The World, 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events." I started the interview by playing him an excerpt from President Bush's interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's essential that I explain this properly to the parents of those who lost their lives. Saddam Hussein was dangerous. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) trust a mad man. Dangerous man. He had the ability to make weapons, at the very minimum.

COOPER: In this statement, what works and what doesn't?

RICHARD GREENE, COMMUNICATION STRATEGIST: You know, it is amazing. It took him so long, about 10 different attempts inside of his brain to figure out what, in fact, he was going to say. When you see that, someone is spinning and they are having a hard time connecting with the auditory part of the brain which translates what they think and feel and see into actual words. The second thing, we saw a strong George Bush. Once he gets a feeling he feels strong about, he's very good. And he makes people feel good because of that certainty he communicates. Then we saw a smirk. The smirk in this cases for George Bush, he uses it a lot, when he says something that he is proud of, that he thinks was good think, is a very juvenile kind of thing to do. It's almost like a facial body language victory lap. Look, I actually scored a point. I think that's disconcert for a lot of people.

COOPER: There was some pretty tough criticism there, Richard. Isn't if fair to say though that some people like the fact that he's maybe not as polished a speaker as other politicians and he's searching for the words that he thinks have real mean. GREENE: It is one thing to search for deep, analytical kinds of words but not simple things you should have on the tip of your tongue. That has been a challenge for him as a communicator.

COOPER: All right. Let's look at Senator John Kerry, a recent statement he made. And see what works and what doesn't.

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SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And in this new report they say they're going to create 2.5 million jobs over the course of the next year. Well, I got a feeling this report was prepared by the same people who brought us the intelligence on Iraq.

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COOPER: What works and what doesn't work on that?

GREENE: The thing with John Kerry is a little bit like a water hose on high pressure. There's so much -- and I got a feeling. And it's strong and it's powerful. There's no softness, no nuance. And when a communicator does that and doesn't soften up, and doesn't allow the nuances, he doesn't the viewers, the audience into him. And that's why he was dogged for so many weeks. He's distant, cold, can't connect. It's because of his voice tone. Voice tone communicates 38 percent, Anderson of what causes a voter to vote for or against somebody.

COOPER: Let's look at the great communicator, Ronald Reagan, former president. Take a look at what he said.

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RONALD REAGAN (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate.

(APPLAUSE)

REAGAN: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

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COOPER: Obviously that's a classic moment form Ronald Reagan. There's really no one like him these days?

GREENE: He was the great communicator. Why, he did something most candidates and this president can't do which is to say what he feels, to feel what he says. And there's pauses and everything about it. You get the sense that Ronald Reagan is 100 percent behind it. And he was the master translating these large themes into simple words that people -- everybody can relate to. It is a very high standard for both Democrats and Republicans to follow.

COOPER: Richard Greene, thanks very much.

(END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Coming up, the Green River serial killer convicted. Coming up, you're going hear for the first time his chilling confessions on tape.

For a lighter note. Coming up, want more shut eye?

Forget about conventional wisdom, researcher have a new take on how much sleep you need each night. You might be surprised.

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Well, a story we've been telling you about earlier tonight, confessions on tape of a murderer. Just released, what the convicted Green River Killer told police about his 20-year crime spree.

CNN's David Mattingly has the shocking tapes.

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GARY RIDGEWAY, GREEN RIVER KILLER: Then I got behind her and I killed her.

DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a story of unimaginable violence and death as told by America's most prolific serial killer. Gary Ridgeway, "The Green River Killer" is heard for the first time giving his behind the scenes confession to the murders of 48 women.

RIDGEWAY: I put her in face up. And with no -- I covered her with the rocks and stuff, in the hole in the dirt.

MATTINGLY: His coldly casual confessions videotaped over a period of five months were just released by authorities. Ridgeway talked after he struck a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced in December to 48 life terms.

RIDGEWAY: Later on, maybe I don't know what I choked her with. I thought it was my arm.

MATTINGLY: On camera just as he did during his emotional trial, Ridgeway meticulously described how he strangled dozens of prostitutes over a 20-year period, dumping their bodies and eluding investigators. But he offers no clear reason why. Ridgeway's decades of murder ended with the arrival of DNA testing, positively identifying this unassuming figure as a elusive and deadly killer.

David Mattingly, CNN.

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COOPER: It's just hard to imagine.

Well, coming up, you can throw out conventional wisdom on sleep. There's new research on how much shut-eye you need each night.

Also tonight, if you thought Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie got around before, find out what they're up to next in "Tonight's Current." We'll be right back.

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COOPER: Time for "The Current." Let's see what's going on. "The New York Post" quotes Hollywood insiders as saying Catherine Zeta-Jones dropped her longtime agent because husband Michael Douglas told her it was the only way she could win another Oscar. Apparently he had ruled out another option, acting well.

Anna Nicole Smith is getting a series of specials on E!, starting this month, to replace her weekly series. The network said her show's ratings were strong, but that creatively it made more sense to use a string of specials to degrade and embarrass her.

And Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are taking a road trip. They will spend the second season of "The Simple Life" traveling in a winnebago. It's the first time a TV show has had the unofficial slogan "if the van is a rockin' don't come a-knockin'." The unofficial slogan.

Well, two new health studies are turning some conventional wisdom upside down. For instance, get eight hours of sleep and stay healthy. Right? Well, think again. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins us from Atlanta. Good evening, doctor.

SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good evening, Anderson. Everyone's talking about sleep. People seem to be obsessed with it, but no one can figure out exactly how much you should get. Which is why there is so much excitement about a new study out looking at 104,000 people and following them for 10 years trying to figure out what the optimal level of sleep is so you live the longest. That was the question they tried to answer.

Take a look at some of the results, sort of interesting. 6.5 to 7.5 hours seemed to be optimal in terms of living longest. 4.5 to 6.5, those people actually lived longer than the people who slept too much, 7.5 to 8. And then if you slept less than 4.5 hours, or between nine and 10 hours, you lived shorter lives.

What does this all mean? Well, they came up with seven as being the magic number in terms of hours of sleep. Although the researchers conceded that when you're starting to sleep around 5.5 hours or less, you start to have problems with memory, getting your thoughts straight, speaking clearly, things like that. If you want to live long, seven hours -- Anderson.

COOPER: I don't know, I sleep like 10 hours. Or if I can, I would. That sounds a little depressing for me.

Listen, I also heard about this other study today, just released, suggesting that encouraging cancer patients to have a positive attitude actually doesn't make them live longer and can actually put more pressure on them. Sounds almost counterintuitive.

GUPTA: Yeah, really interesting study here as well. Certainly when you talk about cancer, terminal cancer, especially, doctors often suggest be optimistic, have a good attitude. That seems like pretty sound advice. But actually some Australian researchers decided to put this to the test, to try to figure out, was there any scientific merit to doing that. Studied 179 people, newly diagnosed with lung cancer, a very aggressive form of cancer. One hundred and seventy-one of those patients died within five years.

What they concluded -- they actually did all these questionnaires on optimism, trying to figure out exactly how optimism attitude played a role. Here is what they concluded: No evidence that optimism was related to survival in these lung cancer patients. And sort of even more striking, encouraging patients to be positive may, in fact, be an additional burden. That's what they came up with this particular study, Anderson.

COOPER: Does that mean, though, that there is no benefit to having a positive attitude?

GUPTA: No. You know, and I think that's the question. I don't think that there is no benefit. Certainly, people who have a better attitude, even in the last few months/last few years of life are probably going to have a better quality of life. What they wanted to emphasize in the study, we talked to the researchers, was that, you know, optimism should never be in lieu of treatment. That you should never substitute one for the other.

Also, you should not feel guilty if somehow your treatment is not going the way you want it to, even though you are being optimistic. That's where the sort of guilt and burden sort of fits in. And finally, if you are not doing well, if your treatment is not going as well, then you shouldn't deprive yourself of other things that you enjoy in life. That's sort of where they were going with that.

Just because you're not doing well, despite your optimism, don't feel guilty about it -- Anderson.

COOPER: All right, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Thanks very much, Sanjay.

GUPTA: Thank you.

COOPER: Still ahead this evening, Justin Timberlake sticks it to the man. We'll take this out-of-control bad boy to "The Nth Degree."

Plus, tomorrow, we will have special election coverage of tomorrow's primaries, starting right as the first poll is closed. Join us tomorrow for the very first results. That's tomorrow night, 7:00.

First, today's "Buzz." Do you believe in love at first sight? Vote now, cnn.com/360. That's what it is. The results when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Time now for "The Buzz." We asked you, do you believe in love at first sight? Part of our love and sex series. Here's what you said: 65 percent of you said yes, 35 no. Not a scientific poll, just your buzz. We appreciate it.

Tonight, taking rock n' roll rebellion to "The Nth Degree." Last night, Justin Timberlake, still under fire for exposing a breast other than his own appeared at the Grammy Awards. And like a latter-day Jim Morrison unleashing his own personal lizard king, Timberlake told the world where they could stick it, unapologetically using the tough language of the streets.

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, PERFORMER: What occurred was unintentional, completely regrettable, and I apologize if you guys were offended.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COOPER: Well, it's good to see the spirit of rock n' roll rebellion living on. You have to ask whether Timberlake took it a little too far last night, saying whatever he wanted, no matter how outrageous.

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TIMBERLAKE: I know it's been a rough week on everybody.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COOPER: Look, you can excuse the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) spokesman, if you want. We all know the hardships he's endured, like getting reduced to tears on "Punk'd." But if Timberlake continues on this rash, crazy, out-of-control path, couldn't he trigger a backlash? It may sound like an impossible nightmare, but for all we know, the networks could react by telling performers what they can and cannot say. Lawyers and PR flacks could end up running the music business. I don't know about you, but (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

I'm Anderson Cooper. Thanks for watching the program. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW."

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST (voice-over): Al Qaeda and Iraq. Were international terrorists recruited to start a civil war?

A preview of tomorrow's southern primaries. Can John Kerry deliver a knockout blow?

Politicians and body language. How they say what they say may send the wrong signal.

Martha Stewart's defense gets tough for the prosecution's star witness.

Tired all the time? Surprising new research on how much sleep you really need.

And the chemistry of passion. A peek at your brain in love.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And welcome to 360.

Tonight, just released chilling confessions from the Green River Killer, America's most savage serial murderer. You will hear him in his own words spell out how he killed and killed again. The video recordings have just been made public. We're going to bring them to you shortly.

But first, our top story at this hour.

A startling discovery in Iraq. A possible smoking gun that may link Iraq's insurgents to al Qaeda. It's a 17-page document found on a computer disk, and it allegedly asks al Qaeda to help spark civil war and chaos in Iraq.

CNN's Baghdad bureau chief, Jane Arraf, has details.

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JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): Military officials say it was written by suspected al Qaeda operative in Iraq, Abu-Musa al-Zarqawi, to al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan. The message and its suspected courier were seized in a raid on a safe house in January.

BRIG. GEN. MARK KIMMITT, U.S. ARMY: First of all, it is clearly a plan on the part of outsiders to come into this country and spark civil war, create sectarian violence, try to expose fissures in the society.

ARRAF: Military officials say the 17-page document voices frustration. It says the insurgency is having trouble recruiting Iraqis. It says the operation would have to be conducted before the June 30 target for the U.S. to hand power back to Iraq.

It says the biggest threat to the plan is the build-up of new Iraqi security forces and the resolve of U.S. troops. And it claims responsibility for 25 attacks in Iraq, including suicide bombs. The document calls for attacks to foster violence between Iraq, Sunni and Shia Muslims and Kurds. Civil war has been one of the great unrealized fears for this country.

ADNAN PACHACHI, GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER: I think they would fail because it is -- Iraq has never had communal strife between people who belong to various communities or sects.

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ARRAF: So officials aren't saying that this means that there's proof of al Qaeda activity or solid proof of al Qaeda attacks in Iraq. Just that, as they put it, Zarqawi may have been trying to set up an al Qaeda franchise in this country -- Anderson.

COOPER: All right. Jane, live in Baghdad. Thanks, Jane.

So back here at home in politics, can a northern liberal win in the South? Well we are going to find out tomorrow night. Right now, Massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful, John Kerry, has the big mo. You are looking at a live event right now from Memphis, Tennessee, where John Kerry is going to be appearing at a fund-raiser there.

Tomorrow, Tennessee and Virginia are up for grabs. Let's see how the race is heating up.

CNN national correspondent Kelly Wallace is in Memphis.

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KELLY WALLACE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After winning 10 of the first 12 presidential contests, the front-runner appears to have already started the general election campaign.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This president has the worst jobs record of the last 11 presidents combined.

WALLACE: In Roanoke, Virginia Monday, John Kerry never mentioned his rivals, exuding the confidence of a candidate who appears virtually unstoppable now. KERRY: And if you like what Bill Clinton gave you in those eight years, you're going to love what John Kerry gives you in the first four years when we're president.

WALLACE: Despite barely campaigning in Virginia and Tennessee, polls show the Massachusetts senator with a sizable lead over his southern opponents, John Edwards and Wesley Clark, who are battling it out to become the southern alternative to Kerry. The retired general joined Kerry Monday in questioning whether President Bush fulfilled his commitments to the National Guard during the Vietnam War.

WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know that the charges about what he did and didn't do 30 years ago are offensive because all of us who did serve know that you had a job to do and you're supposed to be there.

WALLACE: Howard Dean is not even competing in the South, planting himself instead in Wisconsin, making next week's primary a must-win for him. Kerry, for his part, tries to stick to one page of his winning play book, appealing to the large number of veterans and military retirees in Virginia.

(on camera): If Kerry pulls off a victory here tomorrow, his aides believe he will prove two things: that he can win in the South, and that he could be competitive with President Bush for the military vote.

Kelly Wallace, CNN, Roanoke, Virginia.

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COOPER: Well, some big news from the Dean camp a short time ago. Howard Dean now says even if he loses Wisconsin's primary next Tuesday, he's going to remain in the race. Dean admits it is critical to win in the Wisconsin primary, but says -- and I quote -- "It's not going to be the end of the line" if he loses.

Last week, in an e-mail to supporters, you may remember Dean said he would drop out if he lost Wisconsin. No longer.

Well, President Bush faces no major opponent in the primaries, of course. But now he is in the battle. Today, he visited an election hot spot to refute some sharp criticism from the Democrats.

Senior White House correspondent John King has the story.

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JOHN KING, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On a factory floor in Missouri, more proof the president's campaign is kicking into higher gear while the Democratic front-runner is getting more attention.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now is not the time to raise taxes on the American people. This economy is getting better. KING: Senator John Kerry wants to repeal some of the Bush tax cuts to pay for new health care initiatives and to shrink the federal budget deficit. The president says, don't buy it.

BUSH: They're going to raise the taxes and increase the size of the federal government, which would be bad for the United States economy.

KING: The more aggressive campaigning came during Mr. Bush's 15th visit to Missouri as a president. The state is a presidential campaign bellwether, and Mr. Bush won last time with 51 percent of the vote. The economy is center stage this time and an urgent Bush focus.

The economy has lost 2.2 million jobs during the Bush presidency, including more than 73,000 in Missouri. In a new CNN-Time poll, just 43 percent say Mr. Bush is doing a good job on the economy, down from 49 percent just a month ago.

The president says things are getting better. And in his annual economic report to Congress, predicts four percent growth, declining unemployment, and 2.6 million new jobs this year. Senator Kerry immediately took issue.

KERRY: Well, I've got a feeling this report was prepared by the same people who brought us the intelligence on Iraq.

KING: The election is nine months away. But the president is picking up the pace, adding campaign stops like this, as early polls show him running even or just narrowly ahead of the leading Democrats.

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COOPER: And John King joins us live.

John, how does the White House feel the president did yesterday in his appearance on "Meet the Press?"

KING: Well, they believe he did OK, Anderson. They believe it's important to show the president is willing to take tough questions and repeated questions about the policy, the decision of why he went to war in Iraq and how things have changed since no weapons of mass destruction have been found.

Aides say it was not a campaign-style event, so the president was more subdued, perhaps. He's being criticized for not being more energetic. The White House is saying they waned to get the president out there. They also say that's just the beginning. Look for more campaigning and more interviews as the election draws closer.

COOPER: No doubt about that. All right. John King, thanks very much for that. We're going to have more about the "Meet the Press" interview a little bit later on.

The defense was on the offense in the Martha Stewart trial today. They were trying to shake the credibility of the government's star witness, Douglas Faneuil. Today marked his fourth day of testimony. He is off the stand now.

And CNN's Deborah Feyerick is at the court.

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DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The morning ImClone chief, Sam Waksal, and his family frantically tried dumping stock, assistant broker Dough Faneuil said he had suspicion that the trade stemmed from what he called inside information. Even so, Faneuil testified he told no one what he suspected, not Martha Stewart, not his boss, Peter Bacanovic, who was vacationing in Florida, not a single manager at Merrill Lynch.

Cross-examined by Stewart's lawyer, Faneuil was asked, "Did you think it was your responsibility to tell?" Faneuil's answer, "No." Defense lawyers have said Faneuil is trying to pass the buck and blame his boss. While Faneuil acknowledged he had violated Merrill Lynch policy by not raising the red flag about his suspicions, he said he believed Stewart's broker knew what he was doing when he instructed Faneuil to get Martha on the phone.

It was Faneuil who ultimately spoke to Stewart and passed on the ImClone information. Stewart's lawyer asking, "When you gave that information to Martha Stewart, you didn't think you were doing anything wrong?" Faneuil: "Because it was Peter, I did not think I was doing anything wrong." Faneuil even told an acquaintance Sam Waksal's sale was, in his words, "not unusual because he was always doing crazy things. "

(on camera): Stewart's lawyer suggested that Faneuil stepped forward to corroborate for a simple reason, not to tell the truth, as Faneuil maintains, but because he knew investigators were looking into Stewart's ImClone sale. And so he wanted to cut a deal and avoid numerous felony charges.

Deborah Feyerick, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: It was a fascinating day of testimony. Later on 360 in "Justice Served," we're going to have more on the legal moves of Martha Stewart and her co-defendant, Peter Bacanovic.

Well, we are following right now a number of developing stories "Cross Country." Let's take a look.

Columbus, Ohio: the total, it is now 23. That is the number of shootings on or near local highways linked by police in the Columbus, Ohio, area. Authorities say the shooter may be a white male in his 30s or 40s. No one was injured in the attacks over the weekend.

San Francisco: execution delayed for the moment. Forty-six year old Kevin Cooper, who murdered a San Bernardino couple, their 10-year- old daughter, and her friend will apparently not be put to death early tomorrow. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had granted a temporary stay. California Governor Schwarzenegger denied Cooper clemency shortly after taking office.

Tucson, Arizona: supremely sorry. Singer Diana Ross pleaded no contest to a DUI charge and was ordered by a judge to spend two days in jail. Ross was arrested December 30, 2002. She will likely get to serve her sentence near her home in Los Angeles.

And nationwide: prices hiked. The cost of gasoline nationally jumped over two cents in a week, the highest level since last September. The average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is now $1.63.

And that's a look at stories "Cross Country" tonight.

A child predator faces his third strike. An infamous kidnapper in trouble again. This time for trying to buy a boy.

Plus, less is apparently more when it comes to sleep. Dr. Sanjay Gupta with new research that knocks down an old wives' tale.

Also, love and sex, is it just a chemical reaction -- goodness, what are they doing -- or a matter of the heart? We'll take a closer look in the kickoff to a week-long series.

But first, let's take a look "Inside the Box" at the top stories on tonight's network newscasts.

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COOPER: An Oakland, California jury just a short while ago convicted a man accused of trying to buy a 4-year-old boy. The jury took only a few hours today to return a guilty verdict against Kenneth Parnell, a previously convicted kidnapper and child molester.

In Oakland, Rusty Dornin reviews the case.

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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): His attorney portrayed him as a lonely old man desperate for love and affection. Prosecutors say 71-year-old Kenneth Parnell is a child predator who attempted to buy a 4-year-old boy for $500.

Parnell is the man who kidnapped Steven Stayner in 1972. Stayner was kept prisoner for seven years. When Parnell kidnapped 5-year-old Timothy White in 1980, Stayner escaped with a kindergartner.

Stayner said he was sexually abused, but the statute of limitations had expired. Parnell served five years for the two kidnappings. Steven Stayner was angry.

STEVEN STAYNER: He is a danger to any place that he goes. Wherever he chooses to go, he will definitely be a danger to the people in that community.

DORNIN: One year after that interview, Stayner was killed in a motorcycle accident. But Stayner's mother, and kidnap victim, Timothy White, testified last week about the horrors of the earlier kidnappings. In recent years, Parnell kept a low profile, even offered tips on how to prevent kidnappings.

KENNETH PARNELL, JANUARY 2002: Parents should be aware of what's happening with their children.

DORNIN: But then in December, 2002, Diane Stevens told police Parnell asked her if she could buy a young boy for him. Following his arrest, he told the San Francisco Chronicle he did it because "I wanted to be loved. I guess it was wrong."

His attorney claims sexual abuse was not his aim. His age and health would have prevented that.

(on camera): Do you think he should spend the rest of his life in jail?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No.

DORNIN: Why?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think that he didn't injure anybody.

DORNIN (voice-over): Parnell is a three strikes candidate. He could be sentenced to life.

Rusty Dornin, CNN, Oakland, California.

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COOPER: Well, we are tracking several developing stories right now around the globe. Let's check the "UpLink.".

Western Haiti: uprising spreads. We've been covering this story closely. Armed anti-government rebels now have control of at least six towns, and relief agencies report at least 40 people have been killed. The rebels want President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to resign. He says he is not going anywhere.

Moscow, Russia: presidential candidate missing. The search is on for Ivan Rybkin, MIA since Thursday. Speculation ranges from everything from political kidnapping to a staged disappearance to boost a doomed campaign against Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

Konya, Turkey: rescue workers cheer. A 24-year-old woman was pulled alive from the ruble of an 11-story apartment building a week after it collapsed. It is amazing. She reportedly is in serious condition. A boy was pulled from the debris on Sunday. At least 87 people were killed in this collapse.

Taiwan: custody battle. Police forcibly remove a crying 8-year- old orphan from his uncle's home to return him to his Brazilian grandmother. The little boy screamed, "I don't want to go!" Police intervened after the uncle refused to turn the boy over to strangers.

And Tehran, Iran: royal visit. Britain's Prince Charles meets with Iranian President Mohammed Khatami for an hour-long talk. The prince then went to the city of Bam, which you'll remember was destroyed in the December earthquake that killed 41,000 people.

And that is a look at the "UpLink" tonight.

Back here at home, we are now, of course, just five days away from Valentine's Day, the day couples gaze lovingly at one another and single folks, well, just try to ignore. All this week we're going to be bringing you a special series, "Love and Sex." Here's what you can expect.

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COOPER (voice-over): Americans are in love with love. Truly, madly, deeply. In films, books and music.

And then there's sex. We have it an average of 118 times a year, according to a global survey. And if we're not, well, doing it, chances are we're thinking about it, cruising the Internet at home, at work, wherever. All this week in our special series we'll look at why we are so consumed with love and sex.

Tonight, are we hardwired for love? Find out why the love you feel in your heart may really be a chemical reaction in your brain.

Wednesday, the secret sex lives of men and women. What do we really fantasize about? And what don't we tell each other?

Thursday, love hurts. We'll look at jealousy and obsession, the dark side of passion. Could it be an important part of relationships? And when does it become overwhelming, suffocating, even dangerous?

Friday, the new art of seduction. Tips and techniques from flirt masters and pick-up artist who say they can help you attract the one you are attracted to.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Well, part one of our series "Love and Sex" is coming up next. Plus tonight, we're going to be looking at political body language. What do those nods, winks and gestures tell you about the candidates?

Also tonight, the confessions of the Green River Serial Killer. Startling revelations from the mouth of a murderer.

Also tonight, taking the stand against Martha Stewart. The key witness faces some tough questions. Find out what impact that might have on the verdict.

We'll be right back.

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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY") BILLY CRYSTAL, ACTOR, "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY": I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me that I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night.

(END VIDEO CLIP, "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY")

COOPER: A classic moment from the movie "When Harry Met Sally."

Tonight, as we kick off our series, "Love and Sex" in advance of Valentine's Day, some new research on why matters of the heart have a direct link to your brain.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE, "MOULIN ROUGE": No. Love is like oxygen. Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love.

COOPER (voice-over): In movies like "Moulin Rouge," they use cliches to describe it. But in life, the mystery that is love defies easy understanding.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's like your feet go into your throat. It is like you're falling down a big cliff, and it's like this exhilarating rush of adrenaline and, like, losing consciousness all at the same time.

COOPER: We all know some of love's symptoms: giddiness, elation, euphoria, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, even anguish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you realize that you've truly fallen in love, your whole live changes.

COOPER: But why do we fall in love? Well, science may have the answer. It turns out the chemistry we describe when we meet someone special may truly be chemistry.

Serotonin, Dopamine, these brain chemicals are released when you are sexually or romantically attracted to someone. Now in a new book, Dr. Helen Fisher examines the MRI scans of people in love. She says that red glow you are seeing is a chemical reaction in your brain, a flurry of activity which we interpret as passion.

How do I love thee? Let me count the neurotransmitters.

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COOPER: Well, today, I talked to Dr. Fisher about how our brains are wired to love. I started off by asking, what's really happening in that three-pound ball of gray matter in our brains when we fall madly in love?

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HELEN FISHER, ANTHROPOLOGIST: Well, the brain has a whole lot of systems going simultaneously. So you are sitting in a room and you can swing rapidly from fear and anxiety to joy to curiosity about something. I mean, the brain is popping on all kinds of levels at all times.

But when you look at a photograph of your sweetheart and you feel that intense passion, that elation, what's going on is this natural stimulant, Dopamine, is beginning to probably spread throughout the brain and give you that craving for that person. It is an addiction.

COOPER: And how long does the rush of love last?

FISHER: It can last a very short time. And we know teenagers who will have a puppy love. Even children fall in love, by the way. And it can last a really -- years, if there is a big barrier to the relationship.

There's only two studies of this. But those two studies say that it lasts between 18 months and three years.

COOPER: If that rush only lasts 18 months to three years, how come some people stay together forever?

FISHER: I think that we've evolved three distinctly different mating systems in the brain for mating and reproduction. Three different brain systems.

One is the sex drive, lost the craving for sexual gratification. One is romantic love, that elation, obsession of first love. And the third is attachment, that sense of calm you can feel with a long-term partner. And I think that some people move out of that romantic phase and into a stage of deep attachment.

Some people end the relationship after the romance. And some people are able to remain in a long-term attachment and also feel a romantic love. And I think what's going on there is that that kind of couple probably does a lot of novel things together. Because novelty drives up levels of Dopamine.

COOPER: What is it that surprised you most based on your research?

FISHER: Certainly first that it was a drive. And second, that we found some gender differences. I had no intention of looking at gender differences in the brain in love. And in many ways, men and women are alike. Men fall in love faster than women do I think because they are so visual.

COOPER: Men fall in love faster?.

FISHER: Yes, they do. And, in fact, three out of four people who kill themselves over lost love are men, not women.

COOPER: Do men then fall out of love faster, too? FISHER: I don't know. That's hard to know. That's very hard to measure. That's a very good question. Nobody's ever asked me that.

What do you think?

COOPER: I don't know. But I'm guessing if people are able to fall in love faster, than perhaps...

FISHER: They can fall...

COOPER: ... fall out of love. I don't know.

FISHER: I don't know either.

COOPER: And in terms of age, I mean, can a person at age 72 still feel that sense of romantic love as quickly as someone who is 32?

FISHER: Yes. I think that it is like fear or any other kind of brain system. It can be triggered at any age. I think it evolved for a very specific reason, to conserve our mating energy, focus it on one individual so we could conserve mating time and energy. I think it will be with us a million years from now.

COOPER: Dr. Helen Fisher, thanks very much.

FISHER: Thank you.

COOPER: Hardwired for love. Who knew?

Of course we want to hear from you. What do you think? Today's "Buzz" question is this: Do you believe in love at first sight? Dr. Fisher said yes. Vote now, cnn.com/360. Results at the end of the program.

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COOPER (voice-over): Defending Martha. Her attorney gets tough with the prosecution's star witness.

Reading the president. Not what he says but how he says it.

And new research on sleep. Is everything you've learned about getting enough sleep wrong?

360 continues.

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COOPER: In the next half hour on 360 President Bush and John Kerry, how they say, what they say, and what message they're sending.

Four days in the crossfire. The key witness against Martha Stewart gets grilled again. Find out how he did on the stand. Confessions of the Green River serial killer. A shocking new look at how one man got away with murder for years. In his own words, his confession.

First let's update the top stories in tonight's "Reset."

Springfield, Missouri. President Bush says his tax cuts have strengthened the economy and he'll make them permanent. Mr. Bush told a group of small business owners and workers today that the tax cuts have helped create new jobs, kept interest rates low and boosted home ownership.

In Washington. White House press secretary Scott McClellan says he testified Friday before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name. McClellan has previously denied knowing who blew Valerie Plame's cover. Today he said he was just following President Bush's instruction to cooperate.

Convicted Washington area John Allen Muhammad is asking a Virginia judge to overturn his conviction and death sentence. Muhammad argues the jury that found him guilty in the shooting death of Dean Harold Myers based its verdict on guesswork and emotion.

From Santo Domingo. A sad update to a story we followed last week. A Dominican baby girl who had surgery to have a second head removed Friday. Well, she died the next morning. Rebeca Martinez was just seven weeks old.

Washington. If you never picked up your refund for federal taxes paid in the year 2000, you have until April 15 to claim it or kiss it good-bye. The IRS says nearly 2 million students, retirees and other taxpayers stand to lose -- get this -- $2.5 billion in refund if they do not act fast. And that's a quick look at tonight's "Reset."

We turn to justice served. Defense attorneys for Martha Stewart and co-defendant Peter Bacanovic have been sharpening their knives for months now preparing to take on the prosecution's star witness. Today was Douglas Faneuil's fourth and final day on the stand. He was anything but a pushover.

With us here, 360 legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom and "Celebrity Justice" correspondent Carolina Buia. Good to see both of you. Kimberly, let me start off with you. A lot of defense attorneys say what they were really focusing on with Doug Faneuil was this date, I think, December 27, 2001. They said he can remember his conversation with Martha Stewart but couldn't remember conversations with other people that day. What did they prove?

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE NEWSOM, 360 LEGAL ANALYST: That's an excellent strategy. You have to ask those questions. That's something that the jury will say, that makes sense. Why did that stand out? The prosecution didn't address it in redirect. So they probably thought that the defense didn't make a lot of points, he held up real well on cross. However, they can still argue it in their case when they present the case to the jury. The prosecution can come back and say, listen, of course he will remember Martha Stewart. Wouldn't you, if someone like that was on the phone and you're dealing with her, she will stand out amongst the other clients. CAROLINA BUIA, "CELEBRITY JUSTICE" CORRESPONDENT: Not only was it Martha Stewart on the phone but it was Martha Stewart, he was doing something illegal with Martha Stewart and also, just four days later he's being grilled about it by Merrill Lynch and a few days later the FCC is grilling him about it so he better remember what he said to Martha Stewart.

COOPER: You've been in the courtroom. One of the things that Doug Faneuil said today that jumped out at me, I'm going to put it on the screen. "The thing I have always been most scared of is being up here on the stand and having to tell the truth in a trial which I knew Peter was lying." Peter is his former boss, Peter Bacanovic. How did that play in the room today?

BUIA: Notice at the end he tacked on because Peter was lying. He said that repeatedly. The defense will say, maybe we better put Peter on the stand. Because after Faneuil's testimony, his credibility hasn't been injured as badly as Peter's -- Peter's credibility.

COOPER: You think he's done real harm to Bacanovic?

BUIA: Yes. And I think now his lawyers have no other choice but to put him on the stand.

COOPER: Someone else who may be coming on the stand at the behest of the defense is Douglas Faneuil's first attorney, this guy, Jeremiah Gutman. I'm a little confused by this. Why are they bringing him onto the stand?

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: They are going to try and damage Faneuil's credibility. He has held up so well. They really haven't accomplished a lot between Peter Bacanovic's attorney and Martha Stewart's attorney. They want to get to the heart of the matter here, to talk about what, if anything, he told him and any kind of wrongdoing. So this jury will really begin to question Faneuil's story in general.

COOPER: Initially, Gutman, I guess there had been this report out there that Gutman had maybe said to the FBI that Faneuil wasn't sure where some information came from.

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: It would be a direct lie, it would show a contradiction that perhaps this kid is making this up. The reason he said I remember this word for word. I'm not sure. Maybe he is making it as he goes along. If he said something to his attorney that contradicts what he's saying now, that can be used against him.

BUIA: In that same FBI interview, Gutman said, wait a second. Maybe it is me who's not remembering well. What did the kid say? Was it Waksal that gave him the information or was it his boss, Peter Bacanovic?

As you watch what is happening on the stand, Martha Stewart's attorney seemed to be distancing her a little bit from Peter Bacanovic, her co-defendant.

BUIA: Yes. Very different styles. Bacanovic's attorney with Martha Stewart. For starters, he was a lot quicker. He didn't take almost eight hours to cross-examine him. He's trying to distance his client away from Peter Bacanovic.

COOPER: Have you been surprised, Kimberly, at how well Douglas Faneuil has done on the stand? I mean, four days against some experienced attorneys. He's 28-years-old.

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: What's abundantly clear is the fact the prosecution has prepared their witness very well. He's holding up on the stand. People expected him to crack. They've been running photos of him with tattoos and trying to demean his character in different papers, et cetera.

COOPER: And drug use.

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: Anything they can to throw against him to say, this is a guy you don't believe. The only thing that's happening so far is Peter Bacanovic is not looking so good and Martha is looking a little bit better. That's why they will try to distance the two. They don't need to go down as a team. The best thing Martha's attorneys can do is put their client on the opposite end of the country from Peter Bacanovic.

COOPER: Carolina, what happens next in court? Faneuil is done testifying for good?

BUIA: Yes. At the end of the day, Annie Armstrong, who's Martha Stewart's assistant, took the stand. We only got a very brief testimony. She actually started breaking down, crying, bawling and the judge said we'll continue to tomorrow morning so to be continued tomorrow.

COOPER: Do you think Peter Bacanovic will in fact take the stand and Martha Stewart? Do you think that's possible?

GUILFOYLE NEWSOM: I think it's too soon to tell right now. It's definitely a possibility. They will see how this case shapes up by the end of it and make a strategic decision. If they think they will do very well on the stand, because it's one word against the other, I think Peter really has to get on there. Martha, maybe she can wait and see.

COOPER: Thanks very much. I'm obsessed. This trial is fascinating.

BUIA: It is unbelievable.

COOPER: Every Monday on fresh print we look at what the magazines are talking about. Today everyone's talking about President Bush's interview on "Meet the Press" on Sunday. But they are saying somewhat different things. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER (voice-over): The "New York Times," "Wall Street Journal" and "USA Today" cast President Bush's appearance in political terms motivated, at least in part, by recent polls. The "Washington Post" headlined Bush's surprise at lack of Iraqi arms. The "L.A. Times" points out a presidential concession. The "Washington Times" made note of Mr. Bush's promise not to change. But both the "L.A. Times" and "Slate" floated the theory that Bush's resolve, a strength in 2000, might now be seen as inability to recognize reality.

The "Washington Post" did some digging to fact check the president. Take this quote for example. In the last year of President Clinton, discretionary spending was up 15 percent and ours have steadily declined. According to the "Post" that's not true. It has grown by more than 25 percent in the last two fiscal years. And the "Post" pointed out that Mr. Bush's evidence of Saddam's threat that he paid families of suicide bombers also applies to Saudi Arabia.

Well, President Bush may face Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in November. Wins for Kerry in tomorrow's Tennessee and Virginia primaries could help seal that. As the presidential race narrows to two candidates there's one thing we'll be watching closely, their body language and what it tells us and their words and how they say them. Earlier I spoke with a communication strategist, Richard Green, author of "Words That Shook The World, 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events." I started the interview by playing him an excerpt from President Bush's interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's essential that I explain this properly to the parents of those who lost their lives. Saddam Hussein was dangerous. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) trust a mad man. Dangerous man. He had the ability to make weapons, at the very minimum.

COOPER: In this statement, what works and what doesn't?

RICHARD GREENE, COMMUNICATION STRATEGIST: You know, it is amazing. It took him so long, about 10 different attempts inside of his brain to figure out what, in fact, he was going to say. When you see that, someone is spinning and they are having a hard time connecting with the auditory part of the brain which translates what they think and feel and see into actual words. The second thing, we saw a strong George Bush. Once he gets a feeling he feels strong about, he's very good. And he makes people feel good because of that certainty he communicates. Then we saw a smirk. The smirk in this cases for George Bush, he uses it a lot, when he says something that he is proud of, that he thinks was good think, is a very juvenile kind of thing to do. It's almost like a facial body language victory lap. Look, I actually scored a point. I think that's disconcert for a lot of people.

COOPER: There was some pretty tough criticism there, Richard. Isn't if fair to say though that some people like the fact that he's maybe not as polished a speaker as other politicians and he's searching for the words that he thinks have real mean. GREENE: It is one thing to search for deep, analytical kinds of words but not simple things you should have on the tip of your tongue. That has been a challenge for him as a communicator.

COOPER: All right. Let's look at Senator John Kerry, a recent statement he made. And see what works and what doesn't.

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SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And in this new report they say they're going to create 2.5 million jobs over the course of the next year. Well, I got a feeling this report was prepared by the same people who brought us the intelligence on Iraq.

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COOPER: What works and what doesn't work on that?

GREENE: The thing with John Kerry is a little bit like a water hose on high pressure. There's so much -- and I got a feeling. And it's strong and it's powerful. There's no softness, no nuance. And when a communicator does that and doesn't soften up, and doesn't allow the nuances, he doesn't the viewers, the audience into him. And that's why he was dogged for so many weeks. He's distant, cold, can't connect. It's because of his voice tone. Voice tone communicates 38 percent, Anderson of what causes a voter to vote for or against somebody.

COOPER: Let's look at the great communicator, Ronald Reagan, former president. Take a look at what he said.

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RONALD REAGAN (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate.

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REAGAN: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

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COOPER: Obviously that's a classic moment form Ronald Reagan. There's really no one like him these days?

GREENE: He was the great communicator. Why, he did something most candidates and this president can't do which is to say what he feels, to feel what he says. And there's pauses and everything about it. You get the sense that Ronald Reagan is 100 percent behind it. And he was the master translating these large themes into simple words that people -- everybody can relate to. It is a very high standard for both Democrats and Republicans to follow.

COOPER: Richard Greene, thanks very much.

(END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: Coming up, the Green River serial killer convicted. Coming up, you're going hear for the first time his chilling confessions on tape.

For a lighter note. Coming up, want more shut eye?

Forget about conventional wisdom, researcher have a new take on how much sleep you need each night. You might be surprised.

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Well, a story we've been telling you about earlier tonight, confessions on tape of a murderer. Just released, what the convicted Green River Killer told police about his 20-year crime spree.

CNN's David Mattingly has the shocking tapes.

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GARY RIDGEWAY, GREEN RIVER KILLER: Then I got behind her and I killed her.

DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a story of unimaginable violence and death as told by America's most prolific serial killer. Gary Ridgeway, "The Green River Killer" is heard for the first time giving his behind the scenes confession to the murders of 48 women.

RIDGEWAY: I put her in face up. And with no -- I covered her with the rocks and stuff, in the hole in the dirt.

MATTINGLY: His coldly casual confessions videotaped over a period of five months were just released by authorities. Ridgeway talked after he struck a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced in December to 48 life terms.

RIDGEWAY: Later on, maybe I don't know what I choked her with. I thought it was my arm.

MATTINGLY: On camera just as he did during his emotional trial, Ridgeway meticulously described how he strangled dozens of prostitutes over a 20-year period, dumping their bodies and eluding investigators. But he offers no clear reason why. Ridgeway's decades of murder ended with the arrival of DNA testing, positively identifying this unassuming figure as a elusive and deadly killer.

David Mattingly, CNN.

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COOPER: It's just hard to imagine.

Well, coming up, you can throw out conventional wisdom on sleep. There's new research on how much shut-eye you need each night.

Also tonight, if you thought Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie got around before, find out what they're up to next in "Tonight's Current." We'll be right back.

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COOPER: Time for "The Current." Let's see what's going on. "The New York Post" quotes Hollywood insiders as saying Catherine Zeta-Jones dropped her longtime agent because husband Michael Douglas told her it was the only way she could win another Oscar. Apparently he had ruled out another option, acting well.

Anna Nicole Smith is getting a series of specials on E!, starting this month, to replace her weekly series. The network said her show's ratings were strong, but that creatively it made more sense to use a string of specials to degrade and embarrass her.

And Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are taking a road trip. They will spend the second season of "The Simple Life" traveling in a winnebago. It's the first time a TV show has had the unofficial slogan "if the van is a rockin' don't come a-knockin'." The unofficial slogan.

Well, two new health studies are turning some conventional wisdom upside down. For instance, get eight hours of sleep and stay healthy. Right? Well, think again. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins us from Atlanta. Good evening, doctor.

SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey, good evening, Anderson. Everyone's talking about sleep. People seem to be obsessed with it, but no one can figure out exactly how much you should get. Which is why there is so much excitement about a new study out looking at 104,000 people and following them for 10 years trying to figure out what the optimal level of sleep is so you live the longest. That was the question they tried to answer.

Take a look at some of the results, sort of interesting. 6.5 to 7.5 hours seemed to be optimal in terms of living longest. 4.5 to 6.5, those people actually lived longer than the people who slept too much, 7.5 to 8. And then if you slept less than 4.5 hours, or between nine and 10 hours, you lived shorter lives.

What does this all mean? Well, they came up with seven as being the magic number in terms of hours of sleep. Although the researchers conceded that when you're starting to sleep around 5.5 hours or less, you start to have problems with memory, getting your thoughts straight, speaking clearly, things like that. If you want to live long, seven hours -- Anderson.

COOPER: I don't know, I sleep like 10 hours. Or if I can, I would. That sounds a little depressing for me.

Listen, I also heard about this other study today, just released, suggesting that encouraging cancer patients to have a positive attitude actually doesn't make them live longer and can actually put more pressure on them. Sounds almost counterintuitive.

GUPTA: Yeah, really interesting study here as well. Certainly when you talk about cancer, terminal cancer, especially, doctors often suggest be optimistic, have a good attitude. That seems like pretty sound advice. But actually some Australian researchers decided to put this to the test, to try to figure out, was there any scientific merit to doing that. Studied 179 people, newly diagnosed with lung cancer, a very aggressive form of cancer. One hundred and seventy-one of those patients died within five years.

What they concluded -- they actually did all these questionnaires on optimism, trying to figure out exactly how optimism attitude played a role. Here is what they concluded: No evidence that optimism was related to survival in these lung cancer patients. And sort of even more striking, encouraging patients to be positive may, in fact, be an additional burden. That's what they came up with this particular study, Anderson.

COOPER: Does that mean, though, that there is no benefit to having a positive attitude?

GUPTA: No. You know, and I think that's the question. I don't think that there is no benefit. Certainly, people who have a better attitude, even in the last few months/last few years of life are probably going to have a better quality of life. What they wanted to emphasize in the study, we talked to the researchers, was that, you know, optimism should never be in lieu of treatment. That you should never substitute one for the other.

Also, you should not feel guilty if somehow your treatment is not going the way you want it to, even though you are being optimistic. That's where the sort of guilt and burden sort of fits in. And finally, if you are not doing well, if your treatment is not going as well, then you shouldn't deprive yourself of other things that you enjoy in life. That's sort of where they were going with that.

Just because you're not doing well, despite your optimism, don't feel guilty about it -- Anderson.

COOPER: All right, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Thanks very much, Sanjay.

GUPTA: Thank you.

COOPER: Still ahead this evening, Justin Timberlake sticks it to the man. We'll take this out-of-control bad boy to "The Nth Degree."

Plus, tomorrow, we will have special election coverage of tomorrow's primaries, starting right as the first poll is closed. Join us tomorrow for the very first results. That's tomorrow night, 7:00.

First, today's "Buzz." Do you believe in love at first sight? Vote now, cnn.com/360. That's what it is. The results when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Time now for "The Buzz." We asked you, do you believe in love at first sight? Part of our love and sex series. Here's what you said: 65 percent of you said yes, 35 no. Not a scientific poll, just your buzz. We appreciate it.

Tonight, taking rock n' roll rebellion to "The Nth Degree." Last night, Justin Timberlake, still under fire for exposing a breast other than his own appeared at the Grammy Awards. And like a latter-day Jim Morrison unleashing his own personal lizard king, Timberlake told the world where they could stick it, unapologetically using the tough language of the streets.

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, PERFORMER: What occurred was unintentional, completely regrettable, and I apologize if you guys were offended.

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COOPER: Well, it's good to see the spirit of rock n' roll rebellion living on. You have to ask whether Timberlake took it a little too far last night, saying whatever he wanted, no matter how outrageous.

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TIMBERLAKE: I know it's been a rough week on everybody.

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COOPER: Look, you can excuse the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) spokesman, if you want. We all know the hardships he's endured, like getting reduced to tears on "Punk'd." But if Timberlake continues on this rash, crazy, out-of-control path, couldn't he trigger a backlash? It may sound like an impossible nightmare, but for all we know, the networks could react by telling performers what they can and cannot say. Lawyers and PR flacks could end up running the music business. I don't know about you, but (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

I'm Anderson Cooper. Thanks for watching the program. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW."

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