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Two Finnish Businessmen Killed in Iraq; Carter: Iraq War Based on Lies, Uncertain Intelligence

Aired March 22, 2004 - 11:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Daryn Kagan at CNN Center in Atlanta. Let's take a look at the top stories.
Two Finnish businessmen were shot and killed in Iraq today. They were traveling to a meeting when their convoy were ambushed. The men were in Baghdad drumming up business for high-tech companies.

Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview with a British newspaper today says the Iraq war was based on lies and uncertain intelligence. He says President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had no reason, he believes, to attack Saddam Hussein.

Opening statements are delayed this morning in the state murder trial of Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols. Turns out two jurors and an alternate are distant cousins of a prosecutor in the district attorney's office. The judge must decide whether to dismiss those jurors.

A hearing in California this hour for actor Robert Blake. He is charged with killing his wife. His new attorney, which is his fourth, will officially take over the defense. Potential jurors are filling out questionnaires with trial expected to start sometime in September.

The Bush reelection team is stepping up its campaign to portray John Kerry as a tax and spend Democrat. Judy Woodruff has the latest on the race for the White House from Washington, D.C. Judy, good morning.

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Daryn. Thank you.

Yes, look for Republicans to be even more aggressive this week in their push to try to define the president's Oval Office rival. The Bush campaign says that its analysis shows a $1 trillion gap over the next decade between John Kerry's spending plans and the tax increases that they say he has supported to pay for them.

The Republican National Committee has already put a Kerry "spend- o-meter," as it's calling it, on its Web site to drive home the party's claim that Kerry is economically irresponsible. Kerry aides say that this line of attack is, quote, "laughable," given what they say are the failures of the president's own fiscal and economic policies.

Senator Kerry continues his Idaho vacation today, but he returns to the campaign trail Thursday for a big Democratic Party fund raising dinner.

The Kerry campaign is spending its money in a hurry, according to federal documents. Kerry raised $8.4 million in February, but he spent almost the same amount. He had a little over $2 million on hand at the end of the month. But he's already raised almost $15 million this month through the Internet.

More evidence of the tight presidential race that lies ahead. A news week survey of registered voters gives President Bush 45 percent to John Kerry's 42 percent. Ralph Nader is getting 5 percent.

Nader though faces an uphill climb to get his name on all state ballots. When he is removed from this poll, the president and Senator Kerry are in a dead heat at 48 percent each.

In Boston, there was plenty of Blarney from both ends of the political spectrum during the annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast yesterday. Both John Kerry and President Bush phoned in.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm feeling very confident about my ability to win. I've been told by a lot of foreign leprechauns they want me to win.

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you name them?

(LAUGHTER)

KERRY: Not on your life.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I know there's a lot of talk about a Massachusetts politician who has his eye on the presidency. But tell Mitt it's not open until 2008.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WOODRUFF: The president was teasing, of course, Massachusetts Republican Governor Mitt Romney.

The governor during his turn displayed side by side pictures of John Kerry and Michael Jackson, and quipped, quote, "Neither one of these men has ever had cosmetic enhancement," end quote.

Well, this afternoon on INSIDE POLITICS, we'll track the political fallout from the book by former White House counter terrorism chief Richard Clarke. He alleges that the Bush White House falsely tried to link Iraq with the September 11 attacks.

We'll also take a look at presidential campaign through the eyes of two 12-year-old student reporters. Join me at 3:30 Eastern when I go INSIDE POLITICS.

Now quickly back to Daryn in Atlanta. KAGAN: Judy, look forward to seeing you later today.

We have some health news just ahead. If your children are prone to allergies, having a pet around the house could make a major difference. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is up next with updated information.

And "GetAways" for guys. Well, gals too. Playing golf. The world's best golf resorts just ahead. You're watching CNN LIVE TODAY.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Spring time means sneezing and wheezing for millions of Americans who suffer from allergies. Now there's a follow-up study on the about pets and allergies among children. Our medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has a "Daily Dose" of health news.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Here is a topic close to home for many people especially this time of year. Forty to 50 million Americans suffering from significant allergies come this spring. So people were encouraged a couple years ago when there was a study coming out actually looking at pets and the possible protective benefits pets might have on children in terms of developing allergies.

Some of the numbers pretty encouraging, children with two or more dogs or cats reduce allergies by 50 percent including allergies to the pets themselves, dust mites, grass or ragweed.

Now a new study, a follow-up study coming out just this weekend, looking at a way those possible beneficial effects might be negated, that is by parents who smoke. Take a look here now. Children with regular smoking parents, either one or both parents who regularly smoke, lost the protective benefits of those pets.

Now this it not a great surprise. People have known that second- hand smoke is bad. But this is the first study really showing that one effect is actually negated by another.

A crude rule of thumb: if both parents have significant allergies, then the child has about a 50 percent of developing allergies. One patient, about 25 percent. Why does this work? That's I get a lot.

Really has to do with introducing allergies to a young child or a baby, and introducing them early in life. Take a look here. Basically the body, especially at birth, is geared towards -- the immune system is geared towards bacteria and allergies.

Now as the child develops, if they're exposed to certain allergens, they're going to develop a natural exposure to the bacteria, and that's going to condition them against the allergies.

Later on in life, the next time this bacteria comes knocking on the door, the next time this allergy comes knocking on the door, the body is going to say, uh uh, not this time, we're not going to develop any sort of reaction to that. And in effect, the body is geared toward these particular allergies. It's the same concept on which already shots work. This time maybe just with pets.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN reporting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: For your Daily Dose of health news online, check out our Web site. You'll find the latest medical headlines. There is also a health guide from CNN and the Mayo Clinic. The address is CNN.com/health.

All right, golfers, this should make your health feel a little bit better. Spring has a lot of golfers itching. For a swing at the course, our guest has a few ideas for a golf getaway in the sun. Ty Wenger is senior editor for "Travel & Leisure Golf" magazine. He's nowhere near a golf course this morning. He's in our New York bureau. Poor guy.

TY WENGER "TRAVEL & LEISURE GOLF" MAGAZINE: Yes, and it's not golfing weather, I can attest to that.

KAGAN: Yes, 33rd and 8th, New York City, not probably the best place to be swinging the club. First of all, before we go down the list, are we saying price is no object here? We're just going to the coolest, best place?

WENGER: Pretty much, yes. We're talking about some great golf getaways for this spring. Yes, price be damned, and it's a matter of finding great places to get on the course.

KAGAN: The budget golf segment is for another day. Now we're doing some dreaming. OK, let's get swinging here. First, Monterey, California, one of the most famous places, Pebble Beach.

WENGER: Yes, you know, we did a 10-page golf guide actually on Monterey, California. And you know, the interesting thing that we found out here with that golf guide is most people think that it is downright impossible to get on the Pebble Beach course.

KAGAN: That's what I was thinking.

WENGER: Yes, you know, a couple years ago had, you about an 18- month, almost two-year waiting list just to get a tee time. Well, the round I played in November, I played with three guys who literally walked on the course that day. So that's a real big misconception. So the great news story here is that thanks to the downturn in the economy, a lot of folks can actually really get out on the course these days, if they're willing to pay $380.

KAGAN: Well, there you go. But bundle up too. It's a little chilly along the coast. TPC of Louisiana, Fairfield, New Orleans.

WENGER: Yes, now this is exciting, because New Orleans has always had a lot of things, you know, great food, jazz, nightlife. It has never had a great public golf course. But when the TPC of Louisiana opens up in a couple of weeks actually, it's a Pete Dye layout that they built right across the river from actually the garden district in New Orleans. This is a fantastic layout. They picked him to do this because it's a similar piece of land to what he designed at the TPC Sawgrass, where the player's championships is going to be held this year, and that's a fantastic course. So we've got high hopes for this one too.

KAGAN: And then if the game doesn't work out that well, you go out and have a good time on Bourbon Street.

WENGER: Yes, there are a couple things to do there.

KAGAN: Yes, a few other things.

KAGAN: Let's go international here, south of the border, Manzanio (ph), Mexico.

WENGER: Yes, you know, we have a three-page long weekend piece on how to spend three or four days in Manzanio, and I had no idea actually myself personally that there was so much great golf in Mazanio. There is a Los Hadas (ph) course down there and Isla Natividad (ph).

But the real gem is new resort called El Tamarindo (ph), opened up a couple years ago, fantastic course by Robert Trent Jones Jr. And the resort itself is spectacular. It's the kind of place that celebrities go to be seen, trying hard not to be seen. So you can do a little stargazing down there, too, if you want.

KAGAN: Got that.

Last two, Kapalau (ph) resort in Maui and Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand. Only time to talk about one, so you pick.

WENGER: OK. Well,let's talk about Kapalau then, because they have a fantastic package deal. And the people I think will be really excited about it. Five nights of accommodations, five days of rental cars, five days of unlimited golf on any of their three fantastic courses for $955, which, I mean, I you cannot beat that price. It could cost you three or four times that much.

KAGAN: Very good. And they can read more about it in "Travel & Leisure" magazine.

Am I to understand, Ty, that in the interest of journalism, you yourself went and researched many of these sites?

WENGER: You know, it's hard job, but someone has to do it.

KAGAN: Such dedication. Truly to be admired. Ty Wenger, thanks so much for stopping by.

WENGER: Thank you, Daryn.

KAGAN: All right, if you're working on the perfect swing and you want your buddies to snap some shots of your form, Daniel Sieberg has something you might want to check out -- Daniel.

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT: Daryn, that's right, we're here at the wireless show, and you know, we're talking about camera phones to take a little bit better pictures than you're used to if you're out on the golf course. So even though phone calls might be annoying, the pictures will be better quality. We'll show you what they're like, when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Cell phones, ho hum, commonplace. Camera phones? No longer just a novelty. So what is next in the world of wireless communications? Daniel Sieberg is at a major wireless trade show right here in Atlanta. He has the latest stuff for us.

Daniel, good morning.

SIEBERG: Yes, Daryn, we're just around the corner here at the CTIA wireless show where they're showing off all sorts of different technologies. You know, cameras and cell phones, so passe these days. Nowadays we're talking about cameras that are actually better resolution, ones like we've been seeing a few years now.

I'm joined right now Suzanne Kantra, technology editor at "Popular Science," owned by our parent company, Time Warner.

Suzanne, let's talk about a couple of these phones that almost look like a digital camera, in addition to having this camera feature inside?

SUZANNE KANTRA, "POPULAR SCIENCE" MAGAZINE: In the past, sort of, the imaging quality was not good enough for anything but sort of just e-mailing to friends, but now...

SIEBERG: More of a novelty, just to sort of send it to someone else with a phone almost sort of, right?

KANTRA: Sort of almost gimmicky actually. And now, the quality has gone up to one megapixel, which means you can make up to 3x5 inch prints, and they actually look good.

So we see some real camera styling, especially from the Sony Ericsson phone. If you close it up and you turn it over on the back, you can see that it actually has a lens cap on it. When you open it up, it will actually start to...

SIEBERG: And it's got the screen on the back which people like with their digital cameras, where you can see the image size before you take it, and preview basically, right?

KANTRA: Yes, and it's actually a very large screen when you compare it to smaller cameras today.

SIEBERG: Right, and the same here with the Kyocera, the same idea, right, where you can actually see the image. And this one on the back, as we can see here, it's got a protective case for the lens, and the flash, too.

KANTRA: And that's a big deal, because if you have greasy fingers and you're fumbling around in your purse a lot, you don't want to have, you know, big streaks across your images.

SIEBERG: Right. OK. Whether you're a good picture taker or photographer or not is another story. Now what about these two phones? What can you tell me about those?

KANTRA: OK, well, with the Motorola phone, one of the unique features it has is it has actually a preview screen in the front. So if you want to take a picture, you can hold it out in front of you, and it will take a picture of yourself.

SIEBERG: Boost your own ego with a self portrait.

KANTRA: I know, but if you're out and about, a lot of the pictures that you're going to want to be taking is you and your friends, sort of that whole photo booth opportunity from years past. So this actually does a great job of that.

SIEBERG: OK, that was from Motorola. And this is LG.

KANTRA: This is from LG. And the really exciting thing about this camera is that it is going to be working on the very high-speed networks later on this summer, 300 to 500 kilobits per second, which basically means that it's about the same speed you'd get from a DSL line or high-speed modem in your home today.

SIEBERG: Streaming realtime video from your cell phone.

KANTRA: Web cams from your cell phone or video chat. Let's says that you're on the road a lot and you a want to be able to talk to your family, see your kids. This is a great way to stay in contact.

SIEBERG: OK. What about these last two? This one here, same sort of form where you can swivel it open.

KANTRA: Same kind of form factor. What's interesting is another thing we're seeing with video and camera phones is they're going to MPG 4 which makes it easier to transfer to your PC. No proprietary file formats. Anything you take on these will be easy to put on your e-mail.

SIEBERG: Share around.

(CROSSTALK)

SIEBERG: This is different but we're out of time.

(CROSSTALK)

SIEBERG: Suzanne Kantra, technology editor at "Popular Science." Thanks so much for joining us.

KANTRA: Thank you. SIEBERG: Daryn, there are a lot of phones here. There are about 35,000 attendees expected, about 1,000 exhibiters. And this is one of the few places where you can talk on your cell phone and it's quite acceptable. You're breaking the rules or annoying anyone. You're allowed here.

KAGAN: And take pictures, it's OK too. Daniel Sieberg in Heaven, among all that technology. Daniel, thank you for that.

(MARKET UPDATE)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Perhaps they're bored with another long cold winter. Russians are becoming amateur pig racers, a throwback to the old days when Russian nobility entertained themselves with swift swine. You try saying that one ten times fast.

Apollo the pig won the contest earning himself a pail full of carrots topped with whipped cream. Apollo also avoids becoming dinnertime anytime soon. Showing off his racing chops.

(WEATHER UPDATE:)

KAGAN: Thank you so much that's it for me, Daryn Kagan. I will tell you this one last note, though. It was one year ago today many of us CNNers were in Kuwait City. We gathered around a birthday cake and we sang "Happy Birthday" to Wolf Blitzer. Today, one year later, we find the birthday boy in Washington, D.C.

Wolf, happy birthday.

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks, Daryn. We have to get together like this every year. March 22, a big day in my life last year. How the year has flown. One year ago today. Thanks very much, Daryn Kagan.

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Aired March 22, 2004 - 11:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Daryn Kagan at CNN Center in Atlanta. Let's take a look at the top stories.
Two Finnish businessmen were shot and killed in Iraq today. They were traveling to a meeting when their convoy were ambushed. The men were in Baghdad drumming up business for high-tech companies.

Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview with a British newspaper today says the Iraq war was based on lies and uncertain intelligence. He says President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had no reason, he believes, to attack Saddam Hussein.

Opening statements are delayed this morning in the state murder trial of Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols. Turns out two jurors and an alternate are distant cousins of a prosecutor in the district attorney's office. The judge must decide whether to dismiss those jurors.

A hearing in California this hour for actor Robert Blake. He is charged with killing his wife. His new attorney, which is his fourth, will officially take over the defense. Potential jurors are filling out questionnaires with trial expected to start sometime in September.

The Bush reelection team is stepping up its campaign to portray John Kerry as a tax and spend Democrat. Judy Woodruff has the latest on the race for the White House from Washington, D.C. Judy, good morning.

JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Daryn. Thank you.

Yes, look for Republicans to be even more aggressive this week in their push to try to define the president's Oval Office rival. The Bush campaign says that its analysis shows a $1 trillion gap over the next decade between John Kerry's spending plans and the tax increases that they say he has supported to pay for them.

The Republican National Committee has already put a Kerry "spend- o-meter," as it's calling it, on its Web site to drive home the party's claim that Kerry is economically irresponsible. Kerry aides say that this line of attack is, quote, "laughable," given what they say are the failures of the president's own fiscal and economic policies.

Senator Kerry continues his Idaho vacation today, but he returns to the campaign trail Thursday for a big Democratic Party fund raising dinner.

The Kerry campaign is spending its money in a hurry, according to federal documents. Kerry raised $8.4 million in February, but he spent almost the same amount. He had a little over $2 million on hand at the end of the month. But he's already raised almost $15 million this month through the Internet.

More evidence of the tight presidential race that lies ahead. A news week survey of registered voters gives President Bush 45 percent to John Kerry's 42 percent. Ralph Nader is getting 5 percent.

Nader though faces an uphill climb to get his name on all state ballots. When he is removed from this poll, the president and Senator Kerry are in a dead heat at 48 percent each.

In Boston, there was plenty of Blarney from both ends of the political spectrum during the annual St. Patrick's Day breakfast yesterday. Both John Kerry and President Bush phoned in.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm feeling very confident about my ability to win. I've been told by a lot of foreign leprechauns they want me to win.

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you name them?

(LAUGHTER)

KERRY: Not on your life.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I know there's a lot of talk about a Massachusetts politician who has his eye on the presidency. But tell Mitt it's not open until 2008.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

WOODRUFF: The president was teasing, of course, Massachusetts Republican Governor Mitt Romney.

The governor during his turn displayed side by side pictures of John Kerry and Michael Jackson, and quipped, quote, "Neither one of these men has ever had cosmetic enhancement," end quote.

Well, this afternoon on INSIDE POLITICS, we'll track the political fallout from the book by former White House counter terrorism chief Richard Clarke. He alleges that the Bush White House falsely tried to link Iraq with the September 11 attacks.

We'll also take a look at presidential campaign through the eyes of two 12-year-old student reporters. Join me at 3:30 Eastern when I go INSIDE POLITICS.

Now quickly back to Daryn in Atlanta. KAGAN: Judy, look forward to seeing you later today.

We have some health news just ahead. If your children are prone to allergies, having a pet around the house could make a major difference. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is up next with updated information.

And "GetAways" for guys. Well, gals too. Playing golf. The world's best golf resorts just ahead. You're watching CNN LIVE TODAY.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Spring time means sneezing and wheezing for millions of Americans who suffer from allergies. Now there's a follow-up study on the about pets and allergies among children. Our medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has a "Daily Dose" of health news.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Here is a topic close to home for many people especially this time of year. Forty to 50 million Americans suffering from significant allergies come this spring. So people were encouraged a couple years ago when there was a study coming out actually looking at pets and the possible protective benefits pets might have on children in terms of developing allergies.

Some of the numbers pretty encouraging, children with two or more dogs or cats reduce allergies by 50 percent including allergies to the pets themselves, dust mites, grass or ragweed.

Now a new study, a follow-up study coming out just this weekend, looking at a way those possible beneficial effects might be negated, that is by parents who smoke. Take a look here now. Children with regular smoking parents, either one or both parents who regularly smoke, lost the protective benefits of those pets.

Now this it not a great surprise. People have known that second- hand smoke is bad. But this is the first study really showing that one effect is actually negated by another.

A crude rule of thumb: if both parents have significant allergies, then the child has about a 50 percent of developing allergies. One patient, about 25 percent. Why does this work? That's I get a lot.

Really has to do with introducing allergies to a young child or a baby, and introducing them early in life. Take a look here. Basically the body, especially at birth, is geared towards -- the immune system is geared towards bacteria and allergies.

Now as the child develops, if they're exposed to certain allergens, they're going to develop a natural exposure to the bacteria, and that's going to condition them against the allergies.

Later on in life, the next time this bacteria comes knocking on the door, the next time this allergy comes knocking on the door, the body is going to say, uh uh, not this time, we're not going to develop any sort of reaction to that. And in effect, the body is geared toward these particular allergies. It's the same concept on which already shots work. This time maybe just with pets.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN reporting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: For your Daily Dose of health news online, check out our Web site. You'll find the latest medical headlines. There is also a health guide from CNN and the Mayo Clinic. The address is CNN.com/health.

All right, golfers, this should make your health feel a little bit better. Spring has a lot of golfers itching. For a swing at the course, our guest has a few ideas for a golf getaway in the sun. Ty Wenger is senior editor for "Travel & Leisure Golf" magazine. He's nowhere near a golf course this morning. He's in our New York bureau. Poor guy.

TY WENGER "TRAVEL & LEISURE GOLF" MAGAZINE: Yes, and it's not golfing weather, I can attest to that.

KAGAN: Yes, 33rd and 8th, New York City, not probably the best place to be swinging the club. First of all, before we go down the list, are we saying price is no object here? We're just going to the coolest, best place?

WENGER: Pretty much, yes. We're talking about some great golf getaways for this spring. Yes, price be damned, and it's a matter of finding great places to get on the course.

KAGAN: The budget golf segment is for another day. Now we're doing some dreaming. OK, let's get swinging here. First, Monterey, California, one of the most famous places, Pebble Beach.

WENGER: Yes, you know, we did a 10-page golf guide actually on Monterey, California. And you know, the interesting thing that we found out here with that golf guide is most people think that it is downright impossible to get on the Pebble Beach course.

KAGAN: That's what I was thinking.

WENGER: Yes, you know, a couple years ago had, you about an 18- month, almost two-year waiting list just to get a tee time. Well, the round I played in November, I played with three guys who literally walked on the course that day. So that's a real big misconception. So the great news story here is that thanks to the downturn in the economy, a lot of folks can actually really get out on the course these days, if they're willing to pay $380.

KAGAN: Well, there you go. But bundle up too. It's a little chilly along the coast. TPC of Louisiana, Fairfield, New Orleans.

WENGER: Yes, now this is exciting, because New Orleans has always had a lot of things, you know, great food, jazz, nightlife. It has never had a great public golf course. But when the TPC of Louisiana opens up in a couple of weeks actually, it's a Pete Dye layout that they built right across the river from actually the garden district in New Orleans. This is a fantastic layout. They picked him to do this because it's a similar piece of land to what he designed at the TPC Sawgrass, where the player's championships is going to be held this year, and that's a fantastic course. So we've got high hopes for this one too.

KAGAN: And then if the game doesn't work out that well, you go out and have a good time on Bourbon Street.

WENGER: Yes, there are a couple things to do there.

KAGAN: Yes, a few other things.

KAGAN: Let's go international here, south of the border, Manzanio (ph), Mexico.

WENGER: Yes, you know, we have a three-page long weekend piece on how to spend three or four days in Manzanio, and I had no idea actually myself personally that there was so much great golf in Mazanio. There is a Los Hadas (ph) course down there and Isla Natividad (ph).

But the real gem is new resort called El Tamarindo (ph), opened up a couple years ago, fantastic course by Robert Trent Jones Jr. And the resort itself is spectacular. It's the kind of place that celebrities go to be seen, trying hard not to be seen. So you can do a little stargazing down there, too, if you want.

KAGAN: Got that.

Last two, Kapalau (ph) resort in Maui and Cape Kidnappers in New Zealand. Only time to talk about one, so you pick.

WENGER: OK. Well,let's talk about Kapalau then, because they have a fantastic package deal. And the people I think will be really excited about it. Five nights of accommodations, five days of rental cars, five days of unlimited golf on any of their three fantastic courses for $955, which, I mean, I you cannot beat that price. It could cost you three or four times that much.

KAGAN: Very good. And they can read more about it in "Travel & Leisure" magazine.

Am I to understand, Ty, that in the interest of journalism, you yourself went and researched many of these sites?

WENGER: You know, it's hard job, but someone has to do it.

KAGAN: Such dedication. Truly to be admired. Ty Wenger, thanks so much for stopping by.

WENGER: Thank you, Daryn.

KAGAN: All right, if you're working on the perfect swing and you want your buddies to snap some shots of your form, Daniel Sieberg has something you might want to check out -- Daniel.

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT: Daryn, that's right, we're here at the wireless show, and you know, we're talking about camera phones to take a little bit better pictures than you're used to if you're out on the golf course. So even though phone calls might be annoying, the pictures will be better quality. We'll show you what they're like, when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Cell phones, ho hum, commonplace. Camera phones? No longer just a novelty. So what is next in the world of wireless communications? Daniel Sieberg is at a major wireless trade show right here in Atlanta. He has the latest stuff for us.

Daniel, good morning.

SIEBERG: Yes, Daryn, we're just around the corner here at the CTIA wireless show where they're showing off all sorts of different technologies. You know, cameras and cell phones, so passe these days. Nowadays we're talking about cameras that are actually better resolution, ones like we've been seeing a few years now.

I'm joined right now Suzanne Kantra, technology editor at "Popular Science," owned by our parent company, Time Warner.

Suzanne, let's talk about a couple of these phones that almost look like a digital camera, in addition to having this camera feature inside?

SUZANNE KANTRA, "POPULAR SCIENCE" MAGAZINE: In the past, sort of, the imaging quality was not good enough for anything but sort of just e-mailing to friends, but now...

SIEBERG: More of a novelty, just to sort of send it to someone else with a phone almost sort of, right?

KANTRA: Sort of almost gimmicky actually. And now, the quality has gone up to one megapixel, which means you can make up to 3x5 inch prints, and they actually look good.

So we see some real camera styling, especially from the Sony Ericsson phone. If you close it up and you turn it over on the back, you can see that it actually has a lens cap on it. When you open it up, it will actually start to...

SIEBERG: And it's got the screen on the back which people like with their digital cameras, where you can see the image size before you take it, and preview basically, right?

KANTRA: Yes, and it's actually a very large screen when you compare it to smaller cameras today.

SIEBERG: Right, and the same here with the Kyocera, the same idea, right, where you can actually see the image. And this one on the back, as we can see here, it's got a protective case for the lens, and the flash, too.

KANTRA: And that's a big deal, because if you have greasy fingers and you're fumbling around in your purse a lot, you don't want to have, you know, big streaks across your images.

SIEBERG: Right. OK. Whether you're a good picture taker or photographer or not is another story. Now what about these two phones? What can you tell me about those?

KANTRA: OK, well, with the Motorola phone, one of the unique features it has is it has actually a preview screen in the front. So if you want to take a picture, you can hold it out in front of you, and it will take a picture of yourself.

SIEBERG: Boost your own ego with a self portrait.

KANTRA: I know, but if you're out and about, a lot of the pictures that you're going to want to be taking is you and your friends, sort of that whole photo booth opportunity from years past. So this actually does a great job of that.

SIEBERG: OK, that was from Motorola. And this is LG.

KANTRA: This is from LG. And the really exciting thing about this camera is that it is going to be working on the very high-speed networks later on this summer, 300 to 500 kilobits per second, which basically means that it's about the same speed you'd get from a DSL line or high-speed modem in your home today.

SIEBERG: Streaming realtime video from your cell phone.

KANTRA: Web cams from your cell phone or video chat. Let's says that you're on the road a lot and you a want to be able to talk to your family, see your kids. This is a great way to stay in contact.

SIEBERG: OK. What about these last two? This one here, same sort of form where you can swivel it open.

KANTRA: Same kind of form factor. What's interesting is another thing we're seeing with video and camera phones is they're going to MPG 4 which makes it easier to transfer to your PC. No proprietary file formats. Anything you take on these will be easy to put on your e-mail.

SIEBERG: Share around.

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SIEBERG: This is different but we're out of time.

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SIEBERG: Suzanne Kantra, technology editor at "Popular Science." Thanks so much for joining us.

KANTRA: Thank you. SIEBERG: Daryn, there are a lot of phones here. There are about 35,000 attendees expected, about 1,000 exhibiters. And this is one of the few places where you can talk on your cell phone and it's quite acceptable. You're breaking the rules or annoying anyone. You're allowed here.

KAGAN: And take pictures, it's OK too. Daniel Sieberg in Heaven, among all that technology. Daniel, thank you for that.

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KAGAN: Thank you so much that's it for me, Daryn Kagan. I will tell you this one last note, though. It was one year ago today many of us CNNers were in Kuwait City. We gathered around a birthday cake and we sang "Happy Birthday" to Wolf Blitzer. Today, one year later, we find the birthday boy in Washington, D.C.

Wolf, happy birthday.

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