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Wake-Up Call: Primaries Today; Haiti in Crisis

Aired March 09, 2004 - 06:30   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you. Welcome back to DAYBREAK. I'm Carol Costello. It is Tuesday, March 9. Thank you for waking up with us.
Let me bring you up-to-date.

CNN has learned that Osama bin Laden may be planning to move from his suspected location in Pakistan into Afghanistan. Sources say intelligence information has found evidence of al Qaeda operations along the Afghanistan side of the border.

Doctors will decide this morning if Attorney General John Ashcroft will need surgery later today. Ashcroft has been in intensive care since Thursday with gallstone pancreatitis.

The Associated Press is reporting actor Paul Winfield is dead. Winfield's agent says the 62-year-old actor died of a heart attack. Winfield was a veteran of movies and television.

We update our top stories every 15 minutes. The next update comes your way at 6:45 Eastern.

It is primary day. Yes, this primary season goes on even though John Kerry is running virtually unopposed now.

In Florida, the battle is on for Latino voters. It has already begun.

So, we've placed a "Wake-Up Call" to CNN's John Zarrella. He is in Miami this morning.

Good morning -- John.

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN MIAMI BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.

You know, the polls are expected to open here and should open in about 30 minutes here in Florida. And, as you said, the battle will be on for the Latino voters. Everyone already looking ahead to November here in Florida.

Today might be somewhat anti-climatic. The numbers of voters would have been huge had the Democratic primary still been a contested issue. But now, election officials are saying that it may well be light statewide, although there are certain municipal elections that will draw large crowds in certain cities around Florida.

But the Latin vote certainly is going to be strong, and Senator John Kerry yesterday hit some of the high Democratic strongholds. He hit Hollywood, Florida. He hit West Palm Beach, and then last night over to Tampa. Three-city swing yesterday into some very strong Democratic strongholds.

The one area he won't have a lot of luck in, at least the early read on it is, with Cuban-Americans, who for decades have been staunchly behind the Republican Party. President Bush got 80-plus percent of that Cuban-American block in 2000, although there have been signs of some erosion in that. Republican Cuban-Americans saying that the president has not lived up to the promises he made in 2000, hasn't been as tough on Fidel Castro as he promised he would be. But the Democrats have not, to this point, taken advantages of those cracks in the wall.

So, it is expected, once again, Carol, that with the state split pretty much 50-50, Republicans and Democrats, that come November, Florida will again be a toss up, too close to call, and who knows what will happen here -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well, we know one thing for sure. Both candidates will be visiting Florida a lot. John Zarrella reporting live on the phone from Miami this morning.

On the heels of John's report, we have some new numbers for you to ponder. The man who provides them is live in Princeton, New Jersey. Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport -- welcome.

FRANK NEWPORT, GALLUP POLL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.

Numbers are our life here. Kerry slightly ahead of Bush nationwide. Nader? Well, a minor factor at this point. That's kind of the bottom line of our latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup Poll.

Interesting distinction I want to make between registered voters and likely voters out there across the United States. These are likely voters, and there's a 6 point Kerry over Bush lead among that group, with Nader in the mix. He's only getting 2 percent.

Now, among registered voters, which is a bigger group -- that's all voters who are registered to vote -- it's only a 2 point lead for Kerry over Bush. And then, Nader gets 5 percent. In other words, in likely voters, Nader gets fewer voters, because a lot of these people who support Nader aren't likely to vote, in our estimation.

Also for Kerry, he does actually better among likely voters at this point, so the Democrats are energized.

One other point: Bush approval -- this is key for an incumbent -- below 50 percent. Not good news for Bush. He needs that above 50 percent to be successful, based on our historical analysis. You see the trends. Not a lot of change survey to survey. But right now, latest poll, 49 percent Bush job approval -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Very interesting. Let's move along to the subject of Martha Stewart and what people think about the verdict that came down. NEWPORT: Well, we don't see a lot of sympathy in terms of how she was treated in court. About 60-plus of Americans, two-thirds here say that she was treated fairly. Not a lot of people think that the prosecutors -- the federal prosecutors did something wrong.

Should she go to prison? Well, a slight majority say the domestic diva should -- 53 percent. But 40 percent is an insignificant, so she has some support out there among Americans. I don't know what they think she should do instead. Maybe a work kind of parole program. But nevertheless, 40 percent say no. Keep her out of jail.

COSTELLO: Interesting. OK, "The Passion of the Christ," because this is just amazing, Frank -- $200 million this movie has made, and it continues to climb in dollar amount. So, this film seems to have struck a chord with Americans. What are your numbers showing?

NEWPORT: Indeed, it does. We have -- this is fascinating. Seventy-five percent of Americans say they've either seen it or want to see it at some point in the future.

And we asked: What's your impression of the movie? All the controversy, a lot of negative press about Mel Gibson's movie, but look at this. Americans, whether they've seen it or not, based on what they've heard about it, do have an opinion, and look at the numbers: 77 percent, when you add those top two together, say their image, their impression of the movie, whether they'd seen it or not, is favorable, very few unfavorable. And among those who've seen it, very favorable impression as well.

So, the movie all in all is getting a very positive review from the American public -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Interesting numbers. Frank Newport live from Princeton, New Jersey.

You know, voter turnout is always a big problem for both parties. So, how do you get people out to the polls? Hmmm. Why not get teenagers to vote? Yes.

Some California state lawmakers want to allow teenagers under the age of 18 to vote. You know, like in the presidential election? Under the proposed plan, 16-year-olds would be given half a vote in state elections. OK, not for the presidential election, but that would be for governor. Fourteen-year-olds would get a quarter-vote. We'll tell you how it all works out.

(WEATHER BREAK)

COSTELLO: We have a very touching story to tell you about out of Philadelphia. A mother is reunited with a daughter long thought dead. It turns out the girl was abducted as a newborn after the family's home burned down. Investigators had thought the girl died in the fire. Not so. She is alive and well, and the little girl, Delimar, has now been reunited with her mom, Luz Cuevas. As for how Cuevas found her daughter, she saw the girl at a party a month ago, and she was struck by her resemblance to her and her other children. A DNA test was conducted, and it proved Cuevas was indeed the child's mother.

Police have now charged another woman with kidnapping and arson.

The girl's father, by the way, Pedro Vera, will be a guest in the 7:00 a.m. Eastern hour on "AMERICAN MORNING."

Deadly gunfire on the streets of Haiti. Coming up, U.S. Marines explain their role in this country under pressure.

And, "Mean" Joe Greene, remember him? He makes a Steel City comeback.

Plus, David needs some help fixing up a famous fixture in the art world.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: There has been a grenade attack on a government office in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Seven Iraqis are hurt. The attack comes a day after an interim constitution was signed by the Iraqi Governing Council.

Despite the council's approval, a key leader of Iraq's Shiites says the document is flawed, because it has not been approved by an elected national assembly.

In Kirkuk, three Iraqis were killed by stray bullets fired into the air during celebrations marking that signing ceremony. Twenty-one people were wounded.

In other developments, the Defense Department has replaced some of the Halliburton companies' contracts for gas deliveries in Iraq. Halliburton has faced questions about those charges. "The Wall Street Journal" says Halliburton believes repaying the government could adversely affect the company.

And finally, former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix has a book coming out today on the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the turmoil surrounding it.

Haiti is hurrying to rebuild its government. Today, a week after Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced from office, a new prime minister is to be named. But, as our Lucia Newman reports, the violence on the island just won't stop.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LUCIA NEWMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. Marines in Haiti for peacekeeping acknowledged firing their first fatal shot since arriving a week ago -- responding to what they say was enemy fire in front of the presidential palace. COL. MARK GURGANUS, U.S. MARINE SPOKESMAN: I know two things about it. One, he was firing at my Marines. And, two, he was killed. I do not know who he was, and we did not recover him.

NEWMAN: Shooting broke out Sunday afternoon when unidentified gunmen fired on a peaceful demonstration by opponents of Haiti's exile president. At least 10 people were killed, including two Haitian policemen and a Spanish television journalist.

The worst bloodshed since President Aristide's departure February 29 underscores the pressing need for Haiti's violent gangs to be disarmed -- a task, the Marines say, is not in their job description.

GURGANUS: Disarmament is not part of my stated mission. It is a police function. However, with that said, we will work very closely in cooperation with the Haitian national police.

NEWMAN: Under growing pressure to show that they really are here to contribute to law and order, the Marines finally confronted looters in Haiti's most important industrial center. For at least three days, they had been ransacking warehouses and factories unimpeded, only half a mile from where most of the Marines are stationed.

(on camera): For the U.S. forces, it's a delicate and sometimes frustrating balancing act to try and restore peace and stability without getting into the messy business of nation-building, especially when Haiti's former president, Aristide, is still accusing Washington of ousting him from power.

Lucia Newman, CNN, Port-au-Prince.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports. It is 6:45 Eastern Time. Here are the headlines.

Democrats in Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana get their turn today. There are 465 delegates up for grabs in today's presidential primaries.

In California, several families of the people who willed their bodies to science have now filed a class-action lawsuit against UCLA. The suit alleges the director of the school's willed body program profited from selling bodies and body parts.

And we are expecting an image today from the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers say the image is a view of what the cosmos looked like when the universe was just 5 percent of its current age. Wow!

In your money, New Jersey officials say carmaker Nissan should have informed buyers about the popularity of xenon headlamps in its Maxima model. The headlights are often targeted by thieves and are expensive to replace. New Jersey is now suing the automaker.

In sports, "Mean" Joe Greene, you remember him. He was a former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers steel curtain defense. He has rejoined the team. The Hall of Famer will handle scouting duties and help evaluate players.

In culture, a judge in California has ruled that the Academy Awards presented to Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane" belongs to his daughter. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had sought to prevent Welles' daughter from selling the Oscar.

And in weather, it's going to be a dry across much of the nation, with scattered rain and snow in the Northeast.

Those are the headlines. Your next update comes your way on "AMERICAN MORNING" at the top of the hour.

And speaking of "AMERICAN MORNING," let's check in with Soledad and Miles, sitting in for Bill Hemmer. They're live in New York.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning.

COSTELLO: And, you know, the intriguing story to me this morning comes out of Philadelphia, the little girl.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: No question.

M. O'BRIEN: It's quite a story. I mean, we've been following this one. It's such a bizarre tale. And that mother and child reunion happened yesterday. But what's -- here's another twist for you, as if we needed another twist, Carol. The father, the biological father of that little girl says he's being left out of this whole thing. So, we'll talk to him and ask him about how he wants to participate in this reunion.

S. O'BRIEN: It's also fascinating how many family members have said, for years apparently, how much that little girl resembled the family members who actually -- the parents, and not the woman who apparently, allegedly, kidnapped her in the first place. It's very bizarre.

M. O'BRIEN: I think we're going to spend a good chunk of the morning on this story.

(CROSSTALK)

S. O'BRIEN: All the messy details of this.

M. O'BRIEN: Yes, yes.

S. O'BRIEN: Also this morning, of course, we're talking about campaign 2004. There's a new poll out. We're going to update you on just who would win if the election were held today.

Plus, we are talking cars. And you know what? I'm in the market for a new car, a new minivan.

COSTELLO: Me, too.

S. O'BRIEN: Are you really?

M. O'BRIEN: You need a -- no, no, no. You don't need a minivan. You need a full-sized van. What are you talking about?

S. O'BRIEN: Maybe a Suburban.

M. O'BRIEN: You need a small school bus.

S. O'BRIEN: Carol is going to get, like, a cute car, the convertible, and I'm going to get one of those hunking (ph) minivans. We're going to tell you exactly what are the best cars around, not only (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

M. O'BRIEN: They're from Detroit, though. Get this. Whatever happened to planned obsolescence? The good cars are from Detroit. It's better quality.

S. O'BRIEN: Yes, exactly. That's the headline there. So, we'll tell you who really has the best cars this year.

COSTELLO: Oh, and that could be very great news for the economy in the long run, too.

S. O'BRIEN: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Thanks to both of you, Soledad and Miles. We'll see you in, oh, in about 10 minutes.

If Martha Stewart goes to prison, where might she be headed? And what will it be like? We will consider the options.

And find out why this opera singer says she was canned.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Time for a little business buzz now. Hoping to save her brand, Martha Stewart prepares to leave the company she built.

Carrie Lee has more, live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.

Good morning -- Carrie.

CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS: Good morning, Carol.

The story continues. Martha Stewart will leave the board of directors of her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. It's not clear whether she's going to resign or simply not run for re-election in May, according to a person who has knowledge of the board's activities. This is what they're telling CNN.

Now, the company's board did meet yesterday. They didn't make any public statement, although there may be an announcement later this week -- again, this source telling us this.

One complication is the company's contract with Kmart requires Stewart to appear on behalf of the retailer 15 to 20 times a year. So, if the company fires her, then, the source says, they're in violation of the contract.

So, certainly, Carol, a sticky situation. Yesterday, her stock continued its tumble, down 9 percent after a 23 percent decline on Friday.

Stocks overall are looking like a flat open this morning. Texas Instruments, a stock to watch, raising the low end of sales and profit guidance for this current quarter -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Carrie Lee, many thanks, live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.

Let's talk a little bit more about Martha Stewart. Of course, she is used to living in the lap of luxury, but that may soon change if she is sentenced to prison, as most experts predict.

CNN's Dan Lothian reports life behind bars won't be pretty.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAN LOTHIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): What could be the next address for domestic diva Martha Stewart may be this federal facility in Danbury, just 20 miles north of her Westport, Connecticut home but, legal experts say, a world away from her posh lifestyle.

PAUL CALLAN, FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: There's no VIP section. You have a number. You are an inmate.

LOTHIAN: Sharing a large room, like this one, with 80 other women, sleeping on bunks in small cubicles, doing manual labor. It is also where other high-profile white-collar inmates have surrendered their privacy, control and freedom as well, like Leona Hensley, convicted of mail fraud and tax evasion in the early '90s.

(on camera): But former inmates say the average person confined at Danbury is not a big name and not someone you want to mingle with at a cocktail party. Who are they?

CALLAN: Drug dealers or the girlfriends of drug dealers who wound up involved in drug dealing or in bank robberies and that sort of thing.

LOTHIAN (voice-over): What's believed to be the other option for Stewart is another minimum security facility in Alderson, West Virginia, where some big names also spent time, from Jazz Singer Billie Holiday to the women who tried to assassinate President Ford -- Sarah J. Moore and "Squeaky" Fromme.

From Wall Street to Main Street, Martha Stewart came to symbolize success. Her supporters believe she was unfairly targeted. On a fan Web site, prison, they say, is not where Martha Stewart belongs. But little will silence the voice of a unanimous jury.

Dan Lothian, CNN, Boston.

(END VIDEOTAPE) COSTELLO: Chad will join me for "The Lightning Round." That's coming up. But first, here are the latest headlines.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Yes, it is time for our "Lightning Round." Thank you, Chad.

In this game of five on one, Chad...

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes.

COSTELLO: ... keep in mind the elephants always win.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: After losing this tug-of-war exhibition four years in a row, this men's basketball team in Jerusalem says maybe Mikalah (ph), the elephant, should just join their team. Yes, they lost the game for a fifth year in a row.

MYERS: It didn't even look like a competition.

COSTELLO: No. Go, Mikalah (ph)!

It sounds like something out of "The Jetsons," but a South Korean company has come up with a baby-sitting robot. It has 40 facial expressions and can even teach English.

MYERS: I didn't see a face.

COSTELLO: Do you remember -- that's true. How can that face have expressions? But apparently, it can. Remember Rosie (ph) on "The Jetsons?"

MYERS: Yes, sure.

COSTELLO: Didn't she have two kids? She was the maid, wasn't she?

MYERS: She was the maid.

COSTELLO: Hey, Chad.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: If you were 500 years old, you might be wearing down, too. An art restoration team wants to scan Michelangelo's David for damage around the statue's ankles. It seems he has weak ankles. They have to fill in the cracks. David is big.

MYERS: He's 17 feet tall.

COSTELLO: Yes.

MYERS: Look at those eyes. COSTELLO: It's a beautiful statue. If you ever get a chance to go see it, go. It's worth it.

A plus-size soprano says London's royal opera house had a problem with her big hips, and they have replaced her with a more slender singer. The opera house says American Deborah Voight (ph) was not appropriate for their production, which ironically would have required her to wear a little black dress.

I'm trying to think of an opera where that would be appropriate, a little black dress.

MYERS: I'm not sure. She looks perfect for an opera singer to me.

COSTELLO: I know. You don't think of opera singers as, like, super models on the runway.

MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: You kind of admire them for their singing ability. Very bizarre.

That does it for our "Lightning Round" this morning. "AMERICAN MORNING" starts right now. You make it a great day.

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Aired March 9, 2004 - 06:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you. Welcome back to DAYBREAK. I'm Carol Costello. It is Tuesday, March 9. Thank you for waking up with us.
Let me bring you up-to-date.

CNN has learned that Osama bin Laden may be planning to move from his suspected location in Pakistan into Afghanistan. Sources say intelligence information has found evidence of al Qaeda operations along the Afghanistan side of the border.

Doctors will decide this morning if Attorney General John Ashcroft will need surgery later today. Ashcroft has been in intensive care since Thursday with gallstone pancreatitis.

The Associated Press is reporting actor Paul Winfield is dead. Winfield's agent says the 62-year-old actor died of a heart attack. Winfield was a veteran of movies and television.

We update our top stories every 15 minutes. The next update comes your way at 6:45 Eastern.

It is primary day. Yes, this primary season goes on even though John Kerry is running virtually unopposed now.

In Florida, the battle is on for Latino voters. It has already begun.

So, we've placed a "Wake-Up Call" to CNN's John Zarrella. He is in Miami this morning.

Good morning -- John.

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN MIAMI BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.

You know, the polls are expected to open here and should open in about 30 minutes here in Florida. And, as you said, the battle will be on for the Latino voters. Everyone already looking ahead to November here in Florida.

Today might be somewhat anti-climatic. The numbers of voters would have been huge had the Democratic primary still been a contested issue. But now, election officials are saying that it may well be light statewide, although there are certain municipal elections that will draw large crowds in certain cities around Florida.

But the Latin vote certainly is going to be strong, and Senator John Kerry yesterday hit some of the high Democratic strongholds. He hit Hollywood, Florida. He hit West Palm Beach, and then last night over to Tampa. Three-city swing yesterday into some very strong Democratic strongholds.

The one area he won't have a lot of luck in, at least the early read on it is, with Cuban-Americans, who for decades have been staunchly behind the Republican Party. President Bush got 80-plus percent of that Cuban-American block in 2000, although there have been signs of some erosion in that. Republican Cuban-Americans saying that the president has not lived up to the promises he made in 2000, hasn't been as tough on Fidel Castro as he promised he would be. But the Democrats have not, to this point, taken advantages of those cracks in the wall.

So, it is expected, once again, Carol, that with the state split pretty much 50-50, Republicans and Democrats, that come November, Florida will again be a toss up, too close to call, and who knows what will happen here -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well, we know one thing for sure. Both candidates will be visiting Florida a lot. John Zarrella reporting live on the phone from Miami this morning.

On the heels of John's report, we have some new numbers for you to ponder. The man who provides them is live in Princeton, New Jersey. Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport -- welcome.

FRANK NEWPORT, GALLUP POLL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.

Numbers are our life here. Kerry slightly ahead of Bush nationwide. Nader? Well, a minor factor at this point. That's kind of the bottom line of our latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup Poll.

Interesting distinction I want to make between registered voters and likely voters out there across the United States. These are likely voters, and there's a 6 point Kerry over Bush lead among that group, with Nader in the mix. He's only getting 2 percent.

Now, among registered voters, which is a bigger group -- that's all voters who are registered to vote -- it's only a 2 point lead for Kerry over Bush. And then, Nader gets 5 percent. In other words, in likely voters, Nader gets fewer voters, because a lot of these people who support Nader aren't likely to vote, in our estimation.

Also for Kerry, he does actually better among likely voters at this point, so the Democrats are energized.

One other point: Bush approval -- this is key for an incumbent -- below 50 percent. Not good news for Bush. He needs that above 50 percent to be successful, based on our historical analysis. You see the trends. Not a lot of change survey to survey. But right now, latest poll, 49 percent Bush job approval -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Very interesting. Let's move along to the subject of Martha Stewart and what people think about the verdict that came down. NEWPORT: Well, we don't see a lot of sympathy in terms of how she was treated in court. About 60-plus of Americans, two-thirds here say that she was treated fairly. Not a lot of people think that the prosecutors -- the federal prosecutors did something wrong.

Should she go to prison? Well, a slight majority say the domestic diva should -- 53 percent. But 40 percent is an insignificant, so she has some support out there among Americans. I don't know what they think she should do instead. Maybe a work kind of parole program. But nevertheless, 40 percent say no. Keep her out of jail.

COSTELLO: Interesting. OK, "The Passion of the Christ," because this is just amazing, Frank -- $200 million this movie has made, and it continues to climb in dollar amount. So, this film seems to have struck a chord with Americans. What are your numbers showing?

NEWPORT: Indeed, it does. We have -- this is fascinating. Seventy-five percent of Americans say they've either seen it or want to see it at some point in the future.

And we asked: What's your impression of the movie? All the controversy, a lot of negative press about Mel Gibson's movie, but look at this. Americans, whether they've seen it or not, based on what they've heard about it, do have an opinion, and look at the numbers: 77 percent, when you add those top two together, say their image, their impression of the movie, whether they'd seen it or not, is favorable, very few unfavorable. And among those who've seen it, very favorable impression as well.

So, the movie all in all is getting a very positive review from the American public -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Interesting numbers. Frank Newport live from Princeton, New Jersey.

You know, voter turnout is always a big problem for both parties. So, how do you get people out to the polls? Hmmm. Why not get teenagers to vote? Yes.

Some California state lawmakers want to allow teenagers under the age of 18 to vote. You know, like in the presidential election? Under the proposed plan, 16-year-olds would be given half a vote in state elections. OK, not for the presidential election, but that would be for governor. Fourteen-year-olds would get a quarter-vote. We'll tell you how it all works out.

(WEATHER BREAK)

COSTELLO: We have a very touching story to tell you about out of Philadelphia. A mother is reunited with a daughter long thought dead. It turns out the girl was abducted as a newborn after the family's home burned down. Investigators had thought the girl died in the fire. Not so. She is alive and well, and the little girl, Delimar, has now been reunited with her mom, Luz Cuevas. As for how Cuevas found her daughter, she saw the girl at a party a month ago, and she was struck by her resemblance to her and her other children. A DNA test was conducted, and it proved Cuevas was indeed the child's mother.

Police have now charged another woman with kidnapping and arson.

The girl's father, by the way, Pedro Vera, will be a guest in the 7:00 a.m. Eastern hour on "AMERICAN MORNING."

Deadly gunfire on the streets of Haiti. Coming up, U.S. Marines explain their role in this country under pressure.

And, "Mean" Joe Greene, remember him? He makes a Steel City comeback.

Plus, David needs some help fixing up a famous fixture in the art world.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: There has been a grenade attack on a government office in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Seven Iraqis are hurt. The attack comes a day after an interim constitution was signed by the Iraqi Governing Council.

Despite the council's approval, a key leader of Iraq's Shiites says the document is flawed, because it has not been approved by an elected national assembly.

In Kirkuk, three Iraqis were killed by stray bullets fired into the air during celebrations marking that signing ceremony. Twenty-one people were wounded.

In other developments, the Defense Department has replaced some of the Halliburton companies' contracts for gas deliveries in Iraq. Halliburton has faced questions about those charges. "The Wall Street Journal" says Halliburton believes repaying the government could adversely affect the company.

And finally, former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix has a book coming out today on the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the turmoil surrounding it.

Haiti is hurrying to rebuild its government. Today, a week after Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced from office, a new prime minister is to be named. But, as our Lucia Newman reports, the violence on the island just won't stop.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LUCIA NEWMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. Marines in Haiti for peacekeeping acknowledged firing their first fatal shot since arriving a week ago -- responding to what they say was enemy fire in front of the presidential palace. COL. MARK GURGANUS, U.S. MARINE SPOKESMAN: I know two things about it. One, he was firing at my Marines. And, two, he was killed. I do not know who he was, and we did not recover him.

NEWMAN: Shooting broke out Sunday afternoon when unidentified gunmen fired on a peaceful demonstration by opponents of Haiti's exile president. At least 10 people were killed, including two Haitian policemen and a Spanish television journalist.

The worst bloodshed since President Aristide's departure February 29 underscores the pressing need for Haiti's violent gangs to be disarmed -- a task, the Marines say, is not in their job description.

GURGANUS: Disarmament is not part of my stated mission. It is a police function. However, with that said, we will work very closely in cooperation with the Haitian national police.

NEWMAN: Under growing pressure to show that they really are here to contribute to law and order, the Marines finally confronted looters in Haiti's most important industrial center. For at least three days, they had been ransacking warehouses and factories unimpeded, only half a mile from where most of the Marines are stationed.

(on camera): For the U.S. forces, it's a delicate and sometimes frustrating balancing act to try and restore peace and stability without getting into the messy business of nation-building, especially when Haiti's former president, Aristide, is still accusing Washington of ousting him from power.

Lucia Newman, CNN, Port-au-Prince.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports. It is 6:45 Eastern Time. Here are the headlines.

Democrats in Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana get their turn today. There are 465 delegates up for grabs in today's presidential primaries.

In California, several families of the people who willed their bodies to science have now filed a class-action lawsuit against UCLA. The suit alleges the director of the school's willed body program profited from selling bodies and body parts.

And we are expecting an image today from the Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers say the image is a view of what the cosmos looked like when the universe was just 5 percent of its current age. Wow!

In your money, New Jersey officials say carmaker Nissan should have informed buyers about the popularity of xenon headlamps in its Maxima model. The headlights are often targeted by thieves and are expensive to replace. New Jersey is now suing the automaker.

In sports, "Mean" Joe Greene, you remember him. He was a former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers steel curtain defense. He has rejoined the team. The Hall of Famer will handle scouting duties and help evaluate players.

In culture, a judge in California has ruled that the Academy Awards presented to Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane" belongs to his daughter. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had sought to prevent Welles' daughter from selling the Oscar.

And in weather, it's going to be a dry across much of the nation, with scattered rain and snow in the Northeast.

Those are the headlines. Your next update comes your way on "AMERICAN MORNING" at the top of the hour.

And speaking of "AMERICAN MORNING," let's check in with Soledad and Miles, sitting in for Bill Hemmer. They're live in New York.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning.

COSTELLO: And, you know, the intriguing story to me this morning comes out of Philadelphia, the little girl.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: No question.

M. O'BRIEN: It's quite a story. I mean, we've been following this one. It's such a bizarre tale. And that mother and child reunion happened yesterday. But what's -- here's another twist for you, as if we needed another twist, Carol. The father, the biological father of that little girl says he's being left out of this whole thing. So, we'll talk to him and ask him about how he wants to participate in this reunion.

S. O'BRIEN: It's also fascinating how many family members have said, for years apparently, how much that little girl resembled the family members who actually -- the parents, and not the woman who apparently, allegedly, kidnapped her in the first place. It's very bizarre.

M. O'BRIEN: I think we're going to spend a good chunk of the morning on this story.

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S. O'BRIEN: All the messy details of this.

M. O'BRIEN: Yes, yes.

S. O'BRIEN: Also this morning, of course, we're talking about campaign 2004. There's a new poll out. We're going to update you on just who would win if the election were held today.

Plus, we are talking cars. And you know what? I'm in the market for a new car, a new minivan.

COSTELLO: Me, too.

S. O'BRIEN: Are you really?

M. O'BRIEN: You need a -- no, no, no. You don't need a minivan. You need a full-sized van. What are you talking about?

S. O'BRIEN: Maybe a Suburban.

M. O'BRIEN: You need a small school bus.

S. O'BRIEN: Carol is going to get, like, a cute car, the convertible, and I'm going to get one of those hunking (ph) minivans. We're going to tell you exactly what are the best cars around, not only (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

M. O'BRIEN: They're from Detroit, though. Get this. Whatever happened to planned obsolescence? The good cars are from Detroit. It's better quality.

S. O'BRIEN: Yes, exactly. That's the headline there. So, we'll tell you who really has the best cars this year.

COSTELLO: Oh, and that could be very great news for the economy in the long run, too.

S. O'BRIEN: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Thanks to both of you, Soledad and Miles. We'll see you in, oh, in about 10 minutes.

If Martha Stewart goes to prison, where might she be headed? And what will it be like? We will consider the options.

And find out why this opera singer says she was canned.

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COSTELLO: Time for a little business buzz now. Hoping to save her brand, Martha Stewart prepares to leave the company she built.

Carrie Lee has more, live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.

Good morning -- Carrie.

CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS: Good morning, Carol.

The story continues. Martha Stewart will leave the board of directors of her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. It's not clear whether she's going to resign or simply not run for re-election in May, according to a person who has knowledge of the board's activities. This is what they're telling CNN.

Now, the company's board did meet yesterday. They didn't make any public statement, although there may be an announcement later this week -- again, this source telling us this.

One complication is the company's contract with Kmart requires Stewart to appear on behalf of the retailer 15 to 20 times a year. So, if the company fires her, then, the source says, they're in violation of the contract.

So, certainly, Carol, a sticky situation. Yesterday, her stock continued its tumble, down 9 percent after a 23 percent decline on Friday.

Stocks overall are looking like a flat open this morning. Texas Instruments, a stock to watch, raising the low end of sales and profit guidance for this current quarter -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Carrie Lee, many thanks, live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.

Let's talk a little bit more about Martha Stewart. Of course, she is used to living in the lap of luxury, but that may soon change if she is sentenced to prison, as most experts predict.

CNN's Dan Lothian reports life behind bars won't be pretty.

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DAN LOTHIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): What could be the next address for domestic diva Martha Stewart may be this federal facility in Danbury, just 20 miles north of her Westport, Connecticut home but, legal experts say, a world away from her posh lifestyle.

PAUL CALLAN, FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR: There's no VIP section. You have a number. You are an inmate.

LOTHIAN: Sharing a large room, like this one, with 80 other women, sleeping on bunks in small cubicles, doing manual labor. It is also where other high-profile white-collar inmates have surrendered their privacy, control and freedom as well, like Leona Hensley, convicted of mail fraud and tax evasion in the early '90s.

(on camera): But former inmates say the average person confined at Danbury is not a big name and not someone you want to mingle with at a cocktail party. Who are they?

CALLAN: Drug dealers or the girlfriends of drug dealers who wound up involved in drug dealing or in bank robberies and that sort of thing.

LOTHIAN (voice-over): What's believed to be the other option for Stewart is another minimum security facility in Alderson, West Virginia, where some big names also spent time, from Jazz Singer Billie Holiday to the women who tried to assassinate President Ford -- Sarah J. Moore and "Squeaky" Fromme.

From Wall Street to Main Street, Martha Stewart came to symbolize success. Her supporters believe she was unfairly targeted. On a fan Web site, prison, they say, is not where Martha Stewart belongs. But little will silence the voice of a unanimous jury.

Dan Lothian, CNN, Boston.

(END VIDEOTAPE) COSTELLO: Chad will join me for "The Lightning Round." That's coming up. But first, here are the latest headlines.

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COSTELLO: Yes, it is time for our "Lightning Round." Thank you, Chad.

In this game of five on one, Chad...

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes.

COSTELLO: ... keep in mind the elephants always win.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: After losing this tug-of-war exhibition four years in a row, this men's basketball team in Jerusalem says maybe Mikalah (ph), the elephant, should just join their team. Yes, they lost the game for a fifth year in a row.

MYERS: It didn't even look like a competition.

COSTELLO: No. Go, Mikalah (ph)!

It sounds like something out of "The Jetsons," but a South Korean company has come up with a baby-sitting robot. It has 40 facial expressions and can even teach English.

MYERS: I didn't see a face.

COSTELLO: Do you remember -- that's true. How can that face have expressions? But apparently, it can. Remember Rosie (ph) on "The Jetsons?"

MYERS: Yes, sure.

COSTELLO: Didn't she have two kids? She was the maid, wasn't she?

MYERS: She was the maid.

COSTELLO: Hey, Chad.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: If you were 500 years old, you might be wearing down, too. An art restoration team wants to scan Michelangelo's David for damage around the statue's ankles. It seems he has weak ankles. They have to fill in the cracks. David is big.

MYERS: He's 17 feet tall.

COSTELLO: Yes.

MYERS: Look at those eyes. COSTELLO: It's a beautiful statue. If you ever get a chance to go see it, go. It's worth it.

A plus-size soprano says London's royal opera house had a problem with her big hips, and they have replaced her with a more slender singer. The opera house says American Deborah Voight (ph) was not appropriate for their production, which ironically would have required her to wear a little black dress.

I'm trying to think of an opera where that would be appropriate, a little black dress.

MYERS: I'm not sure. She looks perfect for an opera singer to me.

COSTELLO: I know. You don't think of opera singers as, like, super models on the runway.

MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: You kind of admire them for their singing ability. Very bizarre.

That does it for our "Lightning Round" this morning. "AMERICAN MORNING" starts right now. You make it a great day.

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