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New Administration in Spain, Perhaps Removal of Spanish Troops

Aired March 16, 2004 - 06:00   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you.
It's Tuesday, March 16.

From the CNN global headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.

Let me bring you up to date now.

An arrest warrant is out for this man. He's suspected in a string of highway shootings near Columbus, Ohio. Police say Charles McCoy, Jr. may be armed and dangerous.

A jury awards $20 million to a popcorn factory worker in Missouri. You see him there in the blue shirt and the red tie. Jurors found fault with the makers of butter flavoring because vapors from the mixing process ruined the man's lungs.

Pakistani paramilitary forces engage in a shootout with unknown gunmen along the rugged Afghan border. The troops have called in tribal elders to negotiate peace.

Secretary of State Colin Powell is in India this morning. He's discussing security and trade issues. Tomorrow, he goes on to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan.

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

Overseas now, there is evidence this morning that apparently al Qaeda got exactly what it wanted -- a new administration in Spain and perhaps the removal of Spanish troops from Iraq.

Our Diana Muriel is in Madrid with more fallout from the train bombings.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DIANA MURIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Reports in the "El Paz" newspaper here in Madrid this Tuesday indicate that police believe they have discovered the identities of six Moroccans, which the report says were responsible for planting the bombs that exploded on the trains here in Madrid last Thursday. One of them, Jamal Zougam, a 31- year-old Moroccan, is already in police custody, arrested over the weekend. He has been identified, according to the report, by two travelers on the train from a photograph.

There have also been witnesses who have identified two others of the six that the police are seeking. But the other five, other than Jamal Zougam, are all still at large.

This latest piece of evidence still unconfirmed, but it would point to the increasing evidence that it was al Qaeda who was behind the attack. CNN has obtained an al Qaeda document published on the Internet last December which officers, if you like, a road map to the way in which Spain could be separated from the rest of the coalition forces in Iraq through the use of terrorism.

It talks about attacks on Spanish forces. It talks about a strategy to force the conservative government out of office and get the socialists elected, which would, according to the document, lead to the Spanish withdrawal from Iraq.

Chilling in the light of the events of Sunday, the national election, when, indeed, the conservative government was voted out of office and the incoming prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, at his first press conference, keen to stress his pledge to take Spanish troops out of Iraq.

Speaking about the war in Iraq, he described is at as a disaster. He says the occupation continues to be a disaster. It hasn't generated anything but violence and hatred, he said. Talking about the occupation in Iraq, he says, "What simply cannot be is that after it became so clear how badly it was handled, there would be no consequences." And he draws a parallel with what happened here at Spain's general election on Sunday with the general election that will take place in the United States, that President Bush is facing, and says that there may be consequences for President Bush.

The investigation into Thursday's bombing attacks, though, is still continuing, and the government has said that there are two lines of inquiry still open, one into the possibility of Islamic extremists being involved and the other, of course, to looking into the possibility that home grown terrorists from the armed Basque separatist group ETA could have been involved.

Diana Muriel, CNN, Madrid.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: And as the investigation intensifies, some analysts say that keeping the focus squarely on al Qaeda blurs the full picture, not because the terror group isn't a likely suspect, but because the threat is actually bigger than just one group.

Here's our justice correspondent Kelli Arena.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLI ARENA, CNN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. counter-terrorism officials agree investigators will probably establish a definitive al Qaeda connection to the Spain bombings. But experts suggest the term "al Qaeda" is now just shorthand for a very complex global terror network.

M.J. GOEHL, ASIA-PACIFIC FOUNDATION: What we're dealing with here is an ideology. It's a global jihad movement composed of al Qaeda and many affiliated terrorist groups. All of these groups are autonomous.

ARENA: Terrorism experts have long said al Qaeda was made up of loosely-affiliated groups. But most attacks, including those on September 11, could eventually be traced back to Osama bin Laden or other leaders.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Some two-thirds of al Qaeda's key leaders have been captured or killed. The rest of them hear us breathing down their neck.

ARENA: In part, the U.S.-led war on terror has created a new enemy by splintering the organization.

PETER BERGEN, CNN TERRORISM EXPERT: This is not like the Gambino crime family, a Mafia family, where if you just arrest the leaders it goes out of business. This is more like a mass movement. And you can arrest as many people as you want, but it's very hard to arrest the movement of ideas.

ARENA: Counter-terrorism officials say one of their biggest concerns is how U.S. actions such as the war in Iraq are motivating new recruits bound by a common goal to destroy western secular society.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: Still talking about the war on terror, in what's being called a major blow to al Qaeda, U.S. officials say a senior leader in the group is dead, killed in a shootout Monday in Saudi Arabia. Abu Hazim al-Sha'ir was al Qaeda's chief of operations in the Arabian Peninsula.

Four American missionaries have been killed in a drive by shooting in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The fourth person killed has not yet been identified. The group went to Iraq for the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. Officials there confirmed three of the dead as Jean Dover Elliott and Larry T. Elliott of Cary, North Carolina; and Karen Denise Watson of Bakersfield, California.

And a former journalist and congressional aide has pleaded not guilty to being a spy for Iraq. Susan Lindauer says she's an anti-war activist and has spent years working for peace in the Middle East. Lindauer's father, who once ran for governor in Alaska as a Republican, says his daughter's indictment is politically motivated.

Armed, dangerous and on the run, take a look at this man. He's 28-year-old Charles McCoy, Jr. and this morning a warrant is out for his arrest. He may be the man behind a string of shootings along an Ohio interstate. Police say he lives within miles of this stretch of Highway I-270 in Ohio. The shootings started back in May and from the beginning, investigators said the suspect was familiar with the area. This is what they told us late last night.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHIEF DEPUTY STEVE MARTIN, FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: McCoy drives a dark green 1999 Geo Metro four door with a black hood bearing Ohio passenger tag C, Charles, G, George, V, Victor, 7387. Anyone that sees McCoy or his vehicle should contact a 911 operator immediately. We caution the public not to attempt to apprehend or confront McCoy.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: Police believe McCoy has bought another gun. If you have any information about him, authorities want you to call them at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Police have removed 12 coffins from the California home where nine bodies were found. Autopsies show all of the victims were shot to death. They're all between the ages of one and 24. The suspect, Marcus Wesson, is thought to be the father and grandfather of the victims. He's being held this morning on $9 million bail.

The death penalty for smuggling immigrants, that tops other stories making headlines across America. Federal prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty against 33-year-old Tyrone Williams. Police say he's the man who drove a truck involved in the nation's deadliest smuggling tragedy. That truck was found abandoned and packed with more than 70 undocumented immigrants last May near Victoria, Texas. Nineteen immigrants inside that truck died from the sweltering heat.

In Baltimore, the last body is finally found. Search crews pulled the fifth victim of a water taxi accident from the Baltimore Inner Harbor. The body was recovered about 30 feet from where two other bodies were found on Sunday. The boat flipped over during a storm on March 6.

Members of the clergy charged for performing same-sex marriages. Two Unitarian ministers in New Paltz, New York have been charged with marrying 13 gay couples who didn't have marriage licenses. The prosecutor says it may be the first time such charges have been leveled against clergy. But the mayor of New Paltz faces similar charges.

And talk about lady luck, that man you're looking at was just laid off from his job at a tractor factory last week and now he is a multi-millionaire. The 24-year-old Indiana man is the sole winner of the $89 million Power Ball jackpot in the Hoosier lottery. Taking the cash option, he will get 49.9 million bucks before taxes.

CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wow.

COSTELLO: Good for him.

MYERS: He could buy a NASCAR team.

COSTELLO: Maybe he will.

MYERS: He could buy his own race team.

Good morning, Carol.

That's about how much it would cost.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Hey, it's time to announce Monday's winner of our DAYBREAK coffee quiz.

MYERS: Oh.

COSTELLO: And you get the honors of being Mr. Vanna White.

MYERS: I do get the honor. I get to turn the -- I get to turn the letters, right?

COSTELLO: Yes.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: So these are the questions that we asked our viewers. In what city did police defuse a bomb in a minivan in front of the U.S. consulate? And what was the Photo of the Day?

MYERS: The answer to the first one was Karachi and the second one was the glacier in Argentina that was kind of falling apart and was (UNINTELLIGIBLE). But other than that, Carol, Raffi Roupen Kamalien from berkeley.edu. So we think he's from Berkeley University. So he should be sleeping.

COSTELLO: He should be sleeping, but he does, indeed, win it.

MYERS: But he was the first one in.

COSTELLO: He's the first one in (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

MYERS: In fact, he wasn't the first one in, but the first person in said the city was Pakistan and, in fact, that's a country.

COSTELLO: That's the country, right.

MYERS: Yes, so we...

COSTELLO: A lot of people said Caracas instead of Karachi.

MYERS: Yes, well, sure. You could get those two, because of the spelling maybe, or the, you know, the K-A-R C-A-R.

COSTELLO: Yes, Chad, I know.

MYERS: I'm not sure. I'm just stretching here. But other than that. I loved the one from Edith Ricc (ph). "Would love to have a CNN coffee mug. Don't know the answers because I was in the shower."

COSTELLO: At least she was being honest. But we will send that coffee mug out.

MYERS: All right.

COSTELLO: So hopefully...

MYERS: And another chance coming up.

COSTELLO: Another chance coming up.

When is our next question, quiz coming up? 6:50.

MYERS: All right.

COSTELLO: Still to come on DAYBREAK, the latest news coming out of Pakistan this morning, a new operation to root out terrorists.

And the way to make your morning cup of java really jam, a new menu item coming soon to a coffee chain near you.

And a new class of fame for some favorite rock and rollers.

This is DAYBREAK for March 16th.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Just about 6:15 Eastern time.

Time to take a quick look at the top stories now.

Pakistani paramilitary troops clash with tribesmen suspected of sheltering Al Qaeda and the Taliban along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Ohio authorities have issued an arrest warrant for this man, 28- year-old Charles McCoy, Jr. He's allegedly linked to a string of 24 highway shootings in the Columbus area. One person was killed.

And in the Iraqi city of Mosul, four American Baptist missionaries have been killed in a drive by shooting. A fifth missionary has been wounded.

We update the top stories every 15 minutes. The next update comes your way at 6:30 Eastern.

They were opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but today they are dealing with a war on their own turf.

CNN's Matthew Chance live in London with the story of two European leaders confronting terrorism. Of course, this is in light of the bombings in Madrid, Spain -- Matthew, tell us who's meeting this morning.

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it will be the French and the German leaders, Jacques Chirac and Gerhardt Schroeder, meeting in the French campaign, Paris. Two leaders, as you mentioned, who were strongly opposed to the U.S.-led war in Iraq. And we're expecting to see from this sort of preplanned summit some kind of expression of solidarity with the new Spanish government, which has already come out and said that it was a mistake for Spain to participate in that war and has threatened to withdraw its forces from the coalition troops on the ground there. So expecting to see some comments on that.

But the overriding concern at this meeting, along with other meetings that are planned over the next 10 days or so after the Madrid bombing is to look at how Europe should respond to this threat of terrorism which, for the first time since 9/11, has come really on the continental Europe itself. People here are very concerned about it and looking for the right response -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well, Matthew, just a question for you. France and Germany, they're going to embrace this new Spanish leader. They seem to be freezing out the United States.

Is that really smart for them to do in the long run?

CHANCE: Well, there certainly seems to be a shift with the Spanish electorate voting in the socialists to power. The socialists long time opponents of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, joining, essentially, with the French and the Germans in their sort of ongoing opposition to U.S.-led policy in Iraq.

It's of concern for other governments, as well; for the Italians, Silvio Berlesconi; and, of course, for Tony Blair here in Britain, who is at the head of a government that, of course, has been strongly in favor of the war in Iraq and yet has had many people in this country who are against it, a great concern about what it will mean for him come the next election.

COSTELLO: Matthew Chance live from London this morning.

Time for a little business buzz now. Want your morning java to jump and jive? Starbucks can help.

CARRIE LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carrie Lee reports live from the NASDAQ market site -- how can Starbucks help?

CARRIE LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, starting today, custom music CDs along with double lattes, that is what Starbucks is serving up. Starting today in Santa Monica and then expanding from there, Starbucks' customers will be able to download five songs for $6.99. In addition to that, songs will go for $0.99 each. And basically here's how it works. People walk up to a counter in a Starbucks, use a flat touch screen computer display to browse through about 150,000 tracks. You can download what you like. Included in that price, a labeled CD and a case. They're starting in Santa Monica, expanding into Seattle later this spring and in a couple of years they hope to have about half of the 5,400 stores in the U.S. equipped with these music capabilities. So, that is the latest from Starbucks, Carol.

A quick check on the futures. We are expecting a solidly higher open right now for stocks. We saw a lot of selling yesterday. MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, really soaring last night in the after hours session, up about 13 percent. They're considering a one time special dividend, about six to nine bucks to pay out per share. It looks like they have a lot of cash, Carol, and not too much debt, a rather enviable position for a company to be in -- back to you.

COSTELLO: For anybody to be in, really.

LEE: Yes.

COSTELLO: Thank you, Carrie.

Return to Haiti -- treating the sick and educating the poor. We'll hear more from our special DAYBREAK guest this week, Father Carrier.

Plus, people with allergies are hating it, this time of year, that is. We'll tell you which cities are the worst, as we move into springtime, for allergy sufferers.

And our DAYBREAK Photo Of the Day. Hmm, interesting. Take a look. What is it? We'll have the answer for you, when we come back.

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COSTELLO: Chad, I can actually see you doing the very thing that this thing is doing in the Photo of the Day.

MYERS: Chlorinating the pool?

COSTELLO: No. Think back to when you had fun.

MYERS: Belly-flop.

COSTELLO: That's it. How did you get that? That's excellent. Yes, it's a college student making his best effort in the spring break belly flop contest in Daytona Beach.

MYERS: Nice. Nice.

COSTELLO: It looks like a lot of fun, except, of course, if you live in Ohio this morning.

MYERS: Yes, well, it looked like a face flop, too, actually, because the belly wasn't getting too -- he was too skinny. You've got to have a belly to do a belly flop.

Hey, Carol?

COSTELLO: Yes?

MYERS: You know what? We're doing all this spring thing?

COSTELLO: Uh-huh.

MYERS: You know what? I was figuring it up, because officially spring begins at 1:49 a.m. Eastern time, March the 20th, which is Saturday. So really, three days, 19 hours and 20 minutes to spring.

COSTELLO: Ah.

MYERS: If you're counting.

COSTELLO: And I am.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: But it's only three days, and, what, 19 hours till spring?

MYERS: And 20 minutes. But who's counting?

COSTELLO: Well, spring is almost here, and that means many of us will be sneezing and wheezing because, of course, it's allergy season now. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation is out with its ranking of the worst cities in America for allergy suffers. Louisville, Kentucky tops the list; followed by Austin, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; Atlanta; and Charlotte, North Carolina rounds out the top five. Just in case you wanted to know.

What is on your mind? Coming up, the latest poll numbers on what Americans really think is affecting them this election year.

Plus, a mission to Haiti. Father Paul Carrier joins me once again with more on his travels to that poverty stricken country.

We'll be right back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Good morning to you.

Welcome back to DAYBREAK.

The search is on for a suspect in a series of highway shootings in Columbus, Ohio. An arrest warrant has been issued for this man, 28-year-old Charles McCoy, Jr. He lives in the Columbus area. We'll have a live report for you out of Columbus in just about 15 minutes.

CNN has obtained an al Qaeda document spelling out the group's plan to get Spain to pull its troops out of Iraq. It was posted last December on a computer message board used by the terrorist group.

European security is a concern in the wake of the bombings. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will discuss anti-terrorism measures at a meeting in Paris today.

And the publicist for Grammy award winner Whitney Houston says she has entered a drug rehab center. The publicist is revealing no other information about Houston.

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

German and French officials are set to meet right about now to talk about security and al Qaeda. Fear in Europe is high after the bombings in Spain.

As for Americans, soldiers in Afghanistan have launched Operation Mountain Storm to corner and catch members of al Qaeda.

Live to Islamabad now and Ash-Har Quraishi -- hello, Ash-Har.

ASH-HAR QURAISHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

Well, Pakistani military troops this morning, operating on a tip off indicating the presence of what they call "miscreants" in the area known as South Waziristan in the tribal belt of northwest Pakistan along that border with Afghanistan. Now, paramilitary troops went in and called in for the tribal elders of the local area to try and negotiate a surrender of the suspects. When they did not, gunfire erupted, in which we understand at least four paramilitary troops from the Pakistan Army were killed, at least a dozen more injured, and three of the suspects have also been killed, one of them believed to be a foreign suspect.

Officials right now say that this is part of an ongoing operation that they have been conducting over the last few weeks and months to try and root out what they say are hundreds of suspected al Qaeda terrorists that are taking refuge in the areas of northwest Pakistan in this tribal belt -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Ash-har Quraishi reporting live from Islamabad, Pakistan, this morning.

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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.
It's Tuesday, March 16.

From the CNN global headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.

Let me bring you up to date now.

An arrest warrant is out for this man. He's suspected in a string of highway shootings near Columbus, Ohio. Police say Charles McCoy, Jr. may be armed and dangerous.

A jury awards $20 million to a popcorn factory worker in Missouri. You see him there in the blue shirt and the red tie. Jurors found fault with the makers of butter flavoring because vapors from the mixing process ruined the man's lungs.

Pakistani paramilitary forces engage in a shootout with unknown gunmen along the rugged Afghan border. The troops have called in tribal elders to negotiate peace.

Secretary of State Colin Powell is in India this morning. He's discussing security and trade issues. Tomorrow, he goes on to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan.

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

Overseas now, there is evidence this morning that apparently al Qaeda got exactly what it wanted -- a new administration in Spain and perhaps the removal of Spanish troops from Iraq.

Our Diana Muriel is in Madrid with more fallout from the train bombings.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DIANA MURIEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Reports in the "El Paz" newspaper here in Madrid this Tuesday indicate that police believe they have discovered the identities of six Moroccans, which the report says were responsible for planting the bombs that exploded on the trains here in Madrid last Thursday. One of them, Jamal Zougam, a 31- year-old Moroccan, is already in police custody, arrested over the weekend. He has been identified, according to the report, by two travelers on the train from a photograph.

There have also been witnesses who have identified two others of the six that the police are seeking. But the other five, other than Jamal Zougam, are all still at large.

This latest piece of evidence still unconfirmed, but it would point to the increasing evidence that it was al Qaeda who was behind the attack. CNN has obtained an al Qaeda document published on the Internet last December which officers, if you like, a road map to the way in which Spain could be separated from the rest of the coalition forces in Iraq through the use of terrorism.

It talks about attacks on Spanish forces. It talks about a strategy to force the conservative government out of office and get the socialists elected, which would, according to the document, lead to the Spanish withdrawal from Iraq.

Chilling in the light of the events of Sunday, the national election, when, indeed, the conservative government was voted out of office and the incoming prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, at his first press conference, keen to stress his pledge to take Spanish troops out of Iraq.

Speaking about the war in Iraq, he described is at as a disaster. He says the occupation continues to be a disaster. It hasn't generated anything but violence and hatred, he said. Talking about the occupation in Iraq, he says, "What simply cannot be is that after it became so clear how badly it was handled, there would be no consequences." And he draws a parallel with what happened here at Spain's general election on Sunday with the general election that will take place in the United States, that President Bush is facing, and says that there may be consequences for President Bush.

The investigation into Thursday's bombing attacks, though, is still continuing, and the government has said that there are two lines of inquiry still open, one into the possibility of Islamic extremists being involved and the other, of course, to looking into the possibility that home grown terrorists from the armed Basque separatist group ETA could have been involved.

Diana Muriel, CNN, Madrid.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: And as the investigation intensifies, some analysts say that keeping the focus squarely on al Qaeda blurs the full picture, not because the terror group isn't a likely suspect, but because the threat is actually bigger than just one group.

Here's our justice correspondent Kelli Arena.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KELLI ARENA, CNN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. counter-terrorism officials agree investigators will probably establish a definitive al Qaeda connection to the Spain bombings. But experts suggest the term "al Qaeda" is now just shorthand for a very complex global terror network.

M.J. GOEHL, ASIA-PACIFIC FOUNDATION: What we're dealing with here is an ideology. It's a global jihad movement composed of al Qaeda and many affiliated terrorist groups. All of these groups are autonomous.

ARENA: Terrorism experts have long said al Qaeda was made up of loosely-affiliated groups. But most attacks, including those on September 11, could eventually be traced back to Osama bin Laden or other leaders.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Some two-thirds of al Qaeda's key leaders have been captured or killed. The rest of them hear us breathing down their neck.

ARENA: In part, the U.S.-led war on terror has created a new enemy by splintering the organization.

PETER BERGEN, CNN TERRORISM EXPERT: This is not like the Gambino crime family, a Mafia family, where if you just arrest the leaders it goes out of business. This is more like a mass movement. And you can arrest as many people as you want, but it's very hard to arrest the movement of ideas.

ARENA: Counter-terrorism officials say one of their biggest concerns is how U.S. actions such as the war in Iraq are motivating new recruits bound by a common goal to destroy western secular society.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: Still talking about the war on terror, in what's being called a major blow to al Qaeda, U.S. officials say a senior leader in the group is dead, killed in a shootout Monday in Saudi Arabia. Abu Hazim al-Sha'ir was al Qaeda's chief of operations in the Arabian Peninsula.

Four American missionaries have been killed in a drive by shooting in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The fourth person killed has not yet been identified. The group went to Iraq for the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. Officials there confirmed three of the dead as Jean Dover Elliott and Larry T. Elliott of Cary, North Carolina; and Karen Denise Watson of Bakersfield, California.

And a former journalist and congressional aide has pleaded not guilty to being a spy for Iraq. Susan Lindauer says she's an anti-war activist and has spent years working for peace in the Middle East. Lindauer's father, who once ran for governor in Alaska as a Republican, says his daughter's indictment is politically motivated.

Armed, dangerous and on the run, take a look at this man. He's 28-year-old Charles McCoy, Jr. and this morning a warrant is out for his arrest. He may be the man behind a string of shootings along an Ohio interstate. Police say he lives within miles of this stretch of Highway I-270 in Ohio. The shootings started back in May and from the beginning, investigators said the suspect was familiar with the area. This is what they told us late last night.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHIEF DEPUTY STEVE MARTIN, FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT: McCoy drives a dark green 1999 Geo Metro four door with a black hood bearing Ohio passenger tag C, Charles, G, George, V, Victor, 7387. Anyone that sees McCoy or his vehicle should contact a 911 operator immediately. We caution the public not to attempt to apprehend or confront McCoy.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: Police believe McCoy has bought another gun. If you have any information about him, authorities want you to call them at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.

Police have removed 12 coffins from the California home where nine bodies were found. Autopsies show all of the victims were shot to death. They're all between the ages of one and 24. The suspect, Marcus Wesson, is thought to be the father and grandfather of the victims. He's being held this morning on $9 million bail.

The death penalty for smuggling immigrants, that tops other stories making headlines across America. Federal prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty against 33-year-old Tyrone Williams. Police say he's the man who drove a truck involved in the nation's deadliest smuggling tragedy. That truck was found abandoned and packed with more than 70 undocumented immigrants last May near Victoria, Texas. Nineteen immigrants inside that truck died from the sweltering heat.

In Baltimore, the last body is finally found. Search crews pulled the fifth victim of a water taxi accident from the Baltimore Inner Harbor. The body was recovered about 30 feet from where two other bodies were found on Sunday. The boat flipped over during a storm on March 6.

Members of the clergy charged for performing same-sex marriages. Two Unitarian ministers in New Paltz, New York have been charged with marrying 13 gay couples who didn't have marriage licenses. The prosecutor says it may be the first time such charges have been leveled against clergy. But the mayor of New Paltz faces similar charges.

And talk about lady luck, that man you're looking at was just laid off from his job at a tractor factory last week and now he is a multi-millionaire. The 24-year-old Indiana man is the sole winner of the $89 million Power Ball jackpot in the Hoosier lottery. Taking the cash option, he will get 49.9 million bucks before taxes.

CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wow.

COSTELLO: Good for him.

MYERS: He could buy a NASCAR team.

COSTELLO: Maybe he will.

MYERS: He could buy his own race team.

Good morning, Carol.

That's about how much it would cost.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Hey, it's time to announce Monday's winner of our DAYBREAK coffee quiz.

MYERS: Oh.

COSTELLO: And you get the honors of being Mr. Vanna White.

MYERS: I do get the honor. I get to turn the -- I get to turn the letters, right?

COSTELLO: Yes.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: So these are the questions that we asked our viewers. In what city did police defuse a bomb in a minivan in front of the U.S. consulate? And what was the Photo of the Day?

MYERS: The answer to the first one was Karachi and the second one was the glacier in Argentina that was kind of falling apart and was (UNINTELLIGIBLE). But other than that, Carol, Raffi Roupen Kamalien from berkeley.edu. So we think he's from Berkeley University. So he should be sleeping.

COSTELLO: He should be sleeping, but he does, indeed, win it.

MYERS: But he was the first one in.

COSTELLO: He's the first one in (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

MYERS: In fact, he wasn't the first one in, but the first person in said the city was Pakistan and, in fact, that's a country.

COSTELLO: That's the country, right.

MYERS: Yes, so we...

COSTELLO: A lot of people said Caracas instead of Karachi.

MYERS: Yes, well, sure. You could get those two, because of the spelling maybe, or the, you know, the K-A-R C-A-R.

COSTELLO: Yes, Chad, I know.

MYERS: I'm not sure. I'm just stretching here. But other than that. I loved the one from Edith Ricc (ph). "Would love to have a CNN coffee mug. Don't know the answers because I was in the shower."

COSTELLO: At least she was being honest. But we will send that coffee mug out.

MYERS: All right.

COSTELLO: So hopefully...

MYERS: And another chance coming up.

COSTELLO: Another chance coming up.

When is our next question, quiz coming up? 6:50.

MYERS: All right.

COSTELLO: Still to come on DAYBREAK, the latest news coming out of Pakistan this morning, a new operation to root out terrorists.

And the way to make your morning cup of java really jam, a new menu item coming soon to a coffee chain near you.

And a new class of fame for some favorite rock and rollers.

This is DAYBREAK for March 16th.

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COSTELLO: Just about 6:15 Eastern time.

Time to take a quick look at the top stories now.

Pakistani paramilitary troops clash with tribesmen suspected of sheltering Al Qaeda and the Taliban along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Ohio authorities have issued an arrest warrant for this man, 28- year-old Charles McCoy, Jr. He's allegedly linked to a string of 24 highway shootings in the Columbus area. One person was killed.

And in the Iraqi city of Mosul, four American Baptist missionaries have been killed in a drive by shooting. A fifth missionary has been wounded.

We update the top stories every 15 minutes. The next update comes your way at 6:30 Eastern.

They were opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but today they are dealing with a war on their own turf.

CNN's Matthew Chance live in London with the story of two European leaders confronting terrorism. Of course, this is in light of the bombings in Madrid, Spain -- Matthew, tell us who's meeting this morning.

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it will be the French and the German leaders, Jacques Chirac and Gerhardt Schroeder, meeting in the French campaign, Paris. Two leaders, as you mentioned, who were strongly opposed to the U.S.-led war in Iraq. And we're expecting to see from this sort of preplanned summit some kind of expression of solidarity with the new Spanish government, which has already come out and said that it was a mistake for Spain to participate in that war and has threatened to withdraw its forces from the coalition troops on the ground there. So expecting to see some comments on that.

But the overriding concern at this meeting, along with other meetings that are planned over the next 10 days or so after the Madrid bombing is to look at how Europe should respond to this threat of terrorism which, for the first time since 9/11, has come really on the continental Europe itself. People here are very concerned about it and looking for the right response -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Well, Matthew, just a question for you. France and Germany, they're going to embrace this new Spanish leader. They seem to be freezing out the United States.

Is that really smart for them to do in the long run?

CHANCE: Well, there certainly seems to be a shift with the Spanish electorate voting in the socialists to power. The socialists long time opponents of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, joining, essentially, with the French and the Germans in their sort of ongoing opposition to U.S.-led policy in Iraq.

It's of concern for other governments, as well; for the Italians, Silvio Berlesconi; and, of course, for Tony Blair here in Britain, who is at the head of a government that, of course, has been strongly in favor of the war in Iraq and yet has had many people in this country who are against it, a great concern about what it will mean for him come the next election.

COSTELLO: Matthew Chance live from London this morning.

Time for a little business buzz now. Want your morning java to jump and jive? Starbucks can help.

CARRIE LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carrie Lee reports live from the NASDAQ market site -- how can Starbucks help?

CARRIE LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, starting today, custom music CDs along with double lattes, that is what Starbucks is serving up. Starting today in Santa Monica and then expanding from there, Starbucks' customers will be able to download five songs for $6.99. In addition to that, songs will go for $0.99 each. And basically here's how it works. People walk up to a counter in a Starbucks, use a flat touch screen computer display to browse through about 150,000 tracks. You can download what you like. Included in that price, a labeled CD and a case. They're starting in Santa Monica, expanding into Seattle later this spring and in a couple of years they hope to have about half of the 5,400 stores in the U.S. equipped with these music capabilities. So, that is the latest from Starbucks, Carol.

A quick check on the futures. We are expecting a solidly higher open right now for stocks. We saw a lot of selling yesterday. MGM, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, really soaring last night in the after hours session, up about 13 percent. They're considering a one time special dividend, about six to nine bucks to pay out per share. It looks like they have a lot of cash, Carol, and not too much debt, a rather enviable position for a company to be in -- back to you.

COSTELLO: For anybody to be in, really.

LEE: Yes.

COSTELLO: Thank you, Carrie.

Return to Haiti -- treating the sick and educating the poor. We'll hear more from our special DAYBREAK guest this week, Father Carrier.

Plus, people with allergies are hating it, this time of year, that is. We'll tell you which cities are the worst, as we move into springtime, for allergy sufferers.

And our DAYBREAK Photo Of the Day. Hmm, interesting. Take a look. What is it? We'll have the answer for you, when we come back.

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COSTELLO: Chad, I can actually see you doing the very thing that this thing is doing in the Photo of the Day.

MYERS: Chlorinating the pool?

COSTELLO: No. Think back to when you had fun.

MYERS: Belly-flop.

COSTELLO: That's it. How did you get that? That's excellent. Yes, it's a college student making his best effort in the spring break belly flop contest in Daytona Beach.

MYERS: Nice. Nice.

COSTELLO: It looks like a lot of fun, except, of course, if you live in Ohio this morning.

MYERS: Yes, well, it looked like a face flop, too, actually, because the belly wasn't getting too -- he was too skinny. You've got to have a belly to do a belly flop.

Hey, Carol?

COSTELLO: Yes?

MYERS: You know what? We're doing all this spring thing?

COSTELLO: Uh-huh.

MYERS: You know what? I was figuring it up, because officially spring begins at 1:49 a.m. Eastern time, March the 20th, which is Saturday. So really, three days, 19 hours and 20 minutes to spring.

COSTELLO: Ah.

MYERS: If you're counting.

COSTELLO: And I am.

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COSTELLO: But it's only three days, and, what, 19 hours till spring?

MYERS: And 20 minutes. But who's counting?

COSTELLO: Well, spring is almost here, and that means many of us will be sneezing and wheezing because, of course, it's allergy season now. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation is out with its ranking of the worst cities in America for allergy suffers. Louisville, Kentucky tops the list; followed by Austin, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; Atlanta; and Charlotte, North Carolina rounds out the top five. Just in case you wanted to know.

What is on your mind? Coming up, the latest poll numbers on what Americans really think is affecting them this election year.

Plus, a mission to Haiti. Father Paul Carrier joins me once again with more on his travels to that poverty stricken country.

We'll be right back.

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COSTELLO: Good morning to you.

Welcome back to DAYBREAK.

The search is on for a suspect in a series of highway shootings in Columbus, Ohio. An arrest warrant has been issued for this man, 28-year-old Charles McCoy, Jr. He lives in the Columbus area. We'll have a live report for you out of Columbus in just about 15 minutes.

CNN has obtained an al Qaeda document spelling out the group's plan to get Spain to pull its troops out of Iraq. It was posted last December on a computer message board used by the terrorist group.

European security is a concern in the wake of the bombings. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will discuss anti-terrorism measures at a meeting in Paris today.

And the publicist for Grammy award winner Whitney Houston says she has entered a drug rehab center. The publicist is revealing no other information about Houston.

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

German and French officials are set to meet right about now to talk about security and al Qaeda. Fear in Europe is high after the bombings in Spain.

As for Americans, soldiers in Afghanistan have launched Operation Mountain Storm to corner and catch members of al Qaeda.

Live to Islamabad now and Ash-Har Quraishi -- hello, Ash-Har.

ASH-HAR QURAISHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

Well, Pakistani military troops this morning, operating on a tip off indicating the presence of what they call "miscreants" in the area known as South Waziristan in the tribal belt of northwest Pakistan along that border with Afghanistan. Now, paramilitary troops went in and called in for the tribal elders of the local area to try and negotiate a surrender of the suspects. When they did not, gunfire erupted, in which we understand at least four paramilitary troops from the Pakistan Army were killed, at least a dozen more injured, and three of the suspects have also been killed, one of them believed to be a foreign suspect.

Officials right now say that this is part of an ongoing operation that they have been conducting over the last few weeks and months to try and root out what they say are hundreds of suspected al Qaeda terrorists that are taking refuge in the areas of northwest Pakistan in this tribal belt -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Ash-har Quraishi reporting live from Islamabad, Pakistan, this morning.

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