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President Hamid Karzai's Trip to Washington; Examining Plot at Ohio Mall Authorities Say They Thwarted
Aired June 15, 2004 - 05:00 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The threat of violence in Afghanistan -- is it growing? The Afghan president talks with President Bush this morning.
It is Tuesday, June 15.
This is DAYBREAK.
And good morning to you.
From the CNN global headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.
Let me bring you up to date with the latest headlines now.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Washington to shore up his support for his government. He meets with President Bush this morning and also addresses a joint meeting of Congress. The Afghan president faces challenges to his leadership in a September election.
The Israeli military says it has killed a Palestinian militant leader and another member of his group in the West Bank. A missile struck a car carrying the leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Nablus.
In money news, how's this sound -- assets of $1 trillion? That's what analysts say will come of the merger between J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank One. But the move will eliminate about 10,000 jobs by 2006.
In culture, Warner Music Group is buying Madonna out of Maverick Records. She and Warner have feuded over the company the Material Girl founded 12 years ago.
And in sports, Houston Rockets pitcher Roger Clemens tried but failed to become the majors' first 10 game winner this year. The Chicago Cubs beat Clemens' Rockets 7-2 -- Chad.
CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Did you say Rockets?
COSTELLO: Did I say Rockets? Oh...
MYERS: Who typed that in?
COSTELLO: I meant -- I am so mortified.
MYERS: Boy, if the Rockets were playing the Cubs, now, that's a story. COSTELLO: I'm an Astros baby.
MYERS: Of course you did. Yes, Roger Clemens trying to go 10-0 yesterday. We're all talking about it up here.
COSTELLO: Oh, that was...
MYERS: It was kind of sad. He was out by the sixth inning with 10 hits and five earned runs against him. So, Prior just threw a great game. So, you know, hey, you know what? Nine-0 is not so bad for a 41-year-old guy like me.
(WEATHER REPORT)
COSTELLO: He's called The Rocket, Roger Clemens.
MYERS: He is called The Rocket.
COSTELLO: That's right. That's what I meant to say.
MYERS: OK.
COSTELLO: See, I'm making excuses.
MYERS: All right.
COSTELLO: And you know what they're like.
MYERS: Fair enough.
COSTELLO: Thank you, Chad.
MYERS: You're welcome.
COSTELLO: The war on terror in Afghanistan is the focus this morning when Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a joint meeting of Congress. He's working to build support for his government, and the timing is critical. Karzai is facing several challengers in his bid for reelection in September. On Monday, he was at the Pentagon, pushing for more NATO peacekeeping troops. The move comes as the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan has doubled to nearly 20,000 in recent weeks.
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PRES. HAMID KARZAI, AFGHANISTAN: We are expecting, ma'am, the deployment of NATO to occur in Afghanistan and to fulfill the promises that we have been made. We are helping -- we are hoping that NATO will come to Afghanistan, especially before the elections of September.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: After his speech to Congress, President Karzai heads to the Oval Office for talks with President Bush.
Well, let's see how the visit by the Afghan leader to Washington is being viewed in Kabul.
That's where we find CNN's Ryan Chilcote this morning -- good morning, Ryan.
RYAN CHILCOTE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
Well, the latest word is that those elections, which, as you just heard the Afghan president say, are slated for September, may actually have to be pushed back to October. And the big problem here in Afghanistan is security. Afghanistan just doesn't have enough of it.
The problem really is twofold. The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, would like to see, as he said there, more NATO peacekeepers, probably at least a few thousand more NATO peacekeepers, get them outside of Kabul into some of the provinces to counter balance the power and the influence of these so-called warlords, who really are pretty much running this country to this day.
The idea is that those warlords, in the absence of those NATO peacekeepers, would likely try to co-opt the vote there in their own favor.
That's not the only security challenge, though, of course. The other problem is the ongoing insurgency in Afghanistan. And to counteract that, President Karzai, as you said, has 20,000 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen here on the ground. He's not going to be asking for more troops. That would probably not be very pragmatic. More likely, he's probably going to try and hold onto them, at least make that request to the president to hold onto them beyond the election.
But if the warlords would like to co-opt the election, the insurgents that are fighting -- there are some 20,000 U.S. and servicewomen in the east and southeast of the country -- they would like to prevent it altogether.
Some very significant security challenges to that election this fall -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Ryan Chilcote reporting live from Kabul this morning.
President Bush and the Afghan president will hold a news conference in the White House Rose Garden this morning. CNN will bring that to you live. It is expected to begin at 11:25 Eastern.
U.S. and Iraqi officials seem to be at odds over when Saddam Hussein and other detainees will be turned over to Iraq's new government. Pentagon officials say U.S. forces will hold the former Iraqi president and thousands of Iraqi detainees after the transfer of power. Officials say they first must be satisfied with Iraq's arrangements to secure the detainees. The Pentagon made the comment in reaction to a statement from Iraq's new interim prime minister which aired on Al Jazeera.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) IYAD ALLAWI, IRAQI INTERIM PRIME MINISTER (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): All the current detainees will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities and this transporting operation will be done within the next two weeks. Saddam and the others will be delivered to the Iraqis, to the Iraqi government.
QUESTION (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): When will the trial start?
ALLAWI (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): As soon as possible, god willing. They will all be delivered to the Iraqi government.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: A couple of hours from now, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi will be on "AMERICAN MORNING" to talk about custody of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi prisoners, as well as the handover of power. That's coming your way at 7:00 Eastern.
For some time now, you've been hearing that al Qaeda may be targeting shopping malls and hotels. Now those warnings are getting a little more specific, after a Somali man was charged in a plot to attack a mall in Ohio, in Columbus, Ohio.
Justice correspondent Kelli Arena has more for you.
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KELLI ARENA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. officials say they may have thwarted a devastating attack on an Ohio shopping mall.
JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL: The American heartland was targeted for death and destruction by an al Qaeda cell, which allegedly including a Somali immigrant who will now face justice.
ARENA: Nuradin Abdi, a 32-year-old Somali, is charged with providing material support to al Qaeda for allegedly conspiring to set off a bomb at an unidentified mall.
KEVIN BROCK, FBI: There can be a presumption perhaps that because the conspirators were in our area that they were looking at malls in our area but we don't have that specificity.
ARENA: As the charges were read in court, Abdi did not enter a plea. His brothers insist he is innocent.
MOHAMED ABDIKARAMI, BROTHER: I think of it as all lies and stuff because it's not something that Nuradin would be capable of doing. Usually he would be the guy that would hate terrorism.
ARENA: One of Abdi's coconspirators, according to the government, was convicted al Qaeda operative Iyman Faris, who is already serving 20 years in prison.
Law enforcement officials say Abdi was under surveillance before being taken into immigration custody in November. He's also charged with fraud and misuse of documents. The FBI says the shopping mall plot was just one of the threats associated with Abdi but it's the only one listed in the indictment. Terror experts say malls are wide open to attack.
KEN PIERNICK, FORMER FBI COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL: The bomb, if it's a suicide bomb, can be constructed just about any place and then freely transported. We don't have internal security checkpoints to stop people to look for the contents of their vehicles.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: Boston and New York have beefed up their subway security for this summer's Democratic and Republican conventions. But don't expect similar security elsewhere. The American Public Transit Association says the economy, cuts in funding and energy costs have led to reduced staffs for many transit systems. Subway and rail officials say as much as $6 billion is needed for security improvements.
Here are some stories making news across America this Tuesday.
Police in Hollywood have arrested a double homicide suspect just minutes after asking the public for help. Kevin Lee Graff was arrested in connection with two murders, including the beheading of a 91-year-old screenwriter. Graff was picked up near Paramount Studios after a security guard recognized him from the police news conference.
Two police officers testified that Scott Peterson was unable to recount many details from his Christmas Eve fishing trip. Peterson has claimed he was fishing when his wife disappeared. One of the officers also testified that Peterson swore after being questioned. Peterson's attorney called for a mistrial after that revelation, saying the prosecution was withholding evidence. The judge denied the call for a mistrial, but scolded the prosecution.
Newly released audiotapes and financial records may show Enron made over $1 billion in illegal profits on Western energy issues in 2000 and 2001. The tapes indicate the company artificially congested power grids on the West Coast, prompting utility companies to pay them to relieve the congestion.
Listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If the line's not congested, then I just look if I can congest it. Because then it's worth my -- because those are going to be your shoulder hours anyway, and that's when replacement is super cheap, right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. Right.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So I -- those hours, if you can congest it, that's a money maker no matter what, because you're not losing any money to move it down that line.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. Right.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're actually just making money.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Enron officials say they have not heard the tapes, so they will not comment.
Still ahead on DAYBREAK, online identity theft -- it's easier than you think for someone to tap into your bank account. We'll have some advice for you on how to stop it.
Also ahead, Bill Clinton's new book -- the publishing business is bracing for a marketing blitz fit for a rock star.
And spirituality -- more and more people look to unconventional religions.
And later, Iran's nuclear weapons program -- a critical assessment from top U.N. experts meeting in Vienna. We'll have a live report for you.
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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports.
It is 5:13 Eastern.
Here's what's all new this morning.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to meet with President Bush today to discuss the future of his country. Afghanistan is scheduled to hold open elections in September. Karzai will address a joint meeting of Congress before meeting with the president.
A new round of multinational talks on North Korea will be held in Beijing next week. Six nations, including the United States and North Korea, will take part in the nuclear proliferation talks.
In money news, the Navy has chosen Boeing to build a new patrol plane. The multi-billion dollar contract is for a plane to replace the PC Orion. The as yet unnamed aircraft is expected to debut in about five years. That would be the as yet named aircraft.
In culture, Michael Moore is contesting the R-rating being given to his award winning documentary, "Fahrenheit 911." He says the movie needs to be available to a wider audience. An appeal hearing is set for next week.
In sports, Lance Armstrong is reportedly planning to sue for libel. He's quite upset over a new book that suggests he used performance enhancing drugs. The book was written by a former member of Armstrong's staff -- Chad.
MYERS: And good morning, Carol. (WEATHER REPORT)
COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you.
Online thieves are going fishing for your information and your money.
The newest Internet scam makes up just part of the $2 billion stolen every year through cyberspace. It's called phishing.
CNN's Lisa Sylvester has more for you.
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LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thieves have found a new way to tap into consumers' bank accounts. They don't even have to steal personal information, they just ask for it. It's called phishing. Criminals send out phony e-mails requesting bank information updates with a link to a fake Web site. It is almost impossible to tell the difference between this phony Fleet Bank Web site and the real one.
AVILA LITAN, GARTNER CONSULTING: Even though it may say in your e-mail a legitimate Web site, hidden behind that address is the crook's address.
SYLVESTER: For identity theft victims, clearing their names can take years. Sharon Jones has a pile of letters from creditors demanding payment for bills that are not hers.
SHARON JONES, IDENTITY THEFT VICTIM: It's been a total nightmare because you never know when something else is going to pop up, so you have to constantly check your credit report.
SYLVESTER: Phishing e-mails have increased 4,000 percent in the past six months according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, which includes Internet providers, banks and law enforcement officials. Citibank, eBay and PayPal are the most common targets. But consumers can protect themselves by looking for tipoffs such as misspelled words and by not clicking on links, even that look legitimate.
DAVID JEVANS, ANTI-PHISHING WORKING GROUP: The most effective thing is to really open up a Web browser window and go directly to the bank, yourself. Type in the address, into the Web browser, rather than relying on the link.
SYLVESTER: The financial and computer industries are working on standards to authenticate e-mail. In the meantime, banks will reimburse victims of credit and checking account scams provided they're reported within two months.
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COSTELLO: Time now to check the overseas markets. Investors seem a little nervous about some U.S. inflation data due out later today. For more on that, let's head live to London and check in with Jim Boulden -- good morning, Jim.
JIM BOULDEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, good morning, Carol.
Indeed, the world is waiting to hear about the U.S. inflation numbers out later this morning, and also what Alan Greenspan has to say before the Senate Finance and Banking Committee. Of course, the world is waiting to see whether the U.S. will have to raise interest rates more aggressively at the end of June than first thought.
But, also, Carol, I wanted to tell you, we're coming from the new London stock exchange. After nearly 200 years in the center of the City of London, the stock exchange has moved west. And right behind me you can see some of it is St. Paul's Cathedral. And also they're taking the advantage of moving us to a new location...
COSTELLO: Oh, I want to see that...
BOULDEN: ... with, hopefully, some new whiz bang graphics. Well, you can't really see it, but this is...
COSTELLO: Is it right behind you?
BOULDEN: This is -- yes, this is Paternoster Square, which is the very famous square just off of St. Paul's Cathedral. This whole areas has been redeveloped. They knocked down all the awful '60s, 1960s buildings, and they've put up some of the new buildings here. And the London Stock Exchange has taken one of them. So, a bit of a historic week, as we've moved into the new buildings. And hopefully when I click this button, we'll see our new graphics, as well. Yes, there we go. You can see here, we're all up in positive territory. Yesterday was a dismal day in the European stock markets because they were very worried about U.S. inflation data. But for some reason, you know, we've gone the other way today, everyone up quite, quite nicely.
The CAC 40, it's an interesting story there, new car sales in May were up 1.2 percent in Europe, and there's a lot of car companies in the French stock market. So that's helping there a little bit.
Also, the inflation data out of here -- consumer prices rose 1.5 percent over the past year here in the U.K. Now, 1.5 isn't a lot, but there was a lot of fuel costs increased into that. And so people were worried that the fuel costs are obviously very high. So a 1.5 percent increase in inflation here. We'll see if there's anything similar to that coming out of the U.S. later -- Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: All right, Jim Boulden live in London.
Thank you.
The Olympic Torch tour. We go south of the border, where a seasoned athlete with the gift of speed gladly takes on the task. Look at her getting ready. We'll tell you about her winning ways just ahead.
And he's a former president with a steamy story to tell, but will he tell it -- all? We're on the cusp of the Clinton memoirs, ahead.
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COSTELLO: Not just anybody can carry the Olympic Torch. You've got to be in fighting form. Look at this lady, Chad. This is 93- year-old Rosario Ingelsia. She is known as the world's fastest woman in the 90 and up category. Isn't that terrific?
MYERS: You go, ma'am.
COSTELLO: She's getting ready to carry the torch through Mexico City. She'll get to show off her speed when she carries that torch through the streets.
The next stop on the Olympic sprint, Los Angeles, and then to St. Louis, and then that torch will be right here in Atlanta.
And as we watch the torch travel across North America, DAYBREAK is taking a closer look at the upcoming games in Athens. All week long, we'll be going in depth, talking about the Games, the athletes, the security issues and the big question -- will Athens be ready in time for the Olympics?
And on Friday, when the torch comes to Atlanta, we'll be bringing you the last half hour of DAYBREAK from our Olympic home, which would be Centennial Park. So be sure to tune in on Friday.
Time for our DAYBREAK Eye-Opener now. Police are not exactly sure what possessed this barefoot man to climb up a 180 foot utility tower in Texas. The unidentified man climbed down off his high energy perch after about five hours. When he finally reached the ground, he was handcuffed and given a ride in a police car.
More high times in Minnesota -- a radio station contest put a couple of dozen people in the Wild Thing Roller Coaster for a really long ride. The last person to leave the coaster gets a new car. Not only do they continuously have to go up and down the tracks, but they have to spend their nights in the stopped coaster cars.
Millions more people can now hear what Donald Trump thinks. "Trumped" debuted on nearly 300 radio stations across the country. The 90 second report features Trump commenting on anything from politics to business to his own lifestyle, and possibly his hairstyle.
Speaking of hype, Bill Clinton's memoir isn't even in bookstores yet and already it's a best seller.
And as CNN's Chris Huntington reports, the Clinton book tour might have a lot in common with a rock and roll road show.
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CHRIS HUNTINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bill Clinton is a book seller's dream.
CLINTON: A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
(LAUGHTER)
HUNTINGTON: But, certainly tales of power, politics, international intrigue and possibly, just possibly, a dash of sex are all ingredients for a best-seller. But when the man who has been called the best natural politician of his generation starts stumping for his book next week, industry predict, he'll set a new standard for hawking hard-covers.
STEVE ZEITCHIK, "PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY": This is one of the biggest releases the publishing industry has ever seen. You're going to see a book tour here that rivals that of any major celebrity coming to town, any reunion tour of a band that hasn't been around for, you know, decades.
HUNTINGTON: Clinton received a record $10 million advance to write "My Life." That's about $7 million more than his wife got for her memoirs. But even before the book is available to the public, publisher Alfred A. Knopf has already paid off the advance by selling out the first printing of 1.5 million copies to bookstores.
Random House will release an abridged version of "My Life" on CD and cassette read by Clinton himself.
CLINTON: I don't spare myself in this book. I take on a lot of water for not just the personal, but also the political errors I think I made.
HUNTINGTON: But the big buzz is over his book and media tour starting Friday, June 18, with Mr. Clinton reading passages from "My Life" on American Online and on the radio stations of Infinity Broadcasting, June 20, a full hour of "60 Minutes" with Dan Rather. The book goes on sale at 12:01 Tuesday morning, June 22th.
And Clinton begins a two-week whirlwind of book signings with two stops in Manhattan. That afternoon, a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey and, two days later, his first live interview about the book with Larry King.
(on camera): Former President Clinton's first book signing will be at a Barnes & Noble in midtown Manhattan. It's one of the chain's busiest stores. But his second stop will be up here in Harlem at the Hue-Man bookstore. It's just couple of blocks from Clinton's current office. And it's a move that speaks volumes about his loyalty to a core constituency.
Chris Huntington, CNN, New York.
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COSTELLO: And something else Bill Clinton will be doing as he hops from "60 Minutes" to...
MYERS: Right. Exactly.
COSTELLO: He's going to be campaigning for John Kerry in a very subtle way.
MYERS: Right.
COSTELLO: Some people think that could help John Kerry. Others think it could hurt John Kerry, because, you know, Clinton is larger than life and John Kerry, many say, is not. So, our e-mail question of the day: Do you think that President Clinton will help or hurt John Kerry if he subtly campaigns on his book tour? Daybreak@cnn.com. That's daybreak@cnn.com. The question this morning: Will Bill Clinton help or hurt John Kerry?
Here's what's all new in the next half hour of DAYBREAK.
Keeping the faith -- how far are you willing to go in your pursuit of spiritual growth?
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Driving a Goth boat (ph) or driving a car, to running my home to running our business, all of that was dropping like a Stuka dive bomber and it was very, very frustrating.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The threat of violence in Afghanistan -- is it growing? The Afghan president talks with President Bush this morning.
It is Tuesday, June 15.
This is DAYBREAK.
And good morning to you.
From the CNN global headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.
Let me bring you up to date with the latest headlines now.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Washington to shore up his support for his government. He meets with President Bush this morning and also addresses a joint meeting of Congress. The Afghan president faces challenges to his leadership in a September election.
The Israeli military says it has killed a Palestinian militant leader and another member of his group in the West Bank. A missile struck a car carrying the leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Nablus.
In money news, how's this sound -- assets of $1 trillion? That's what analysts say will come of the merger between J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank One. But the move will eliminate about 10,000 jobs by 2006.
In culture, Warner Music Group is buying Madonna out of Maverick Records. She and Warner have feuded over the company the Material Girl founded 12 years ago.
And in sports, Houston Rockets pitcher Roger Clemens tried but failed to become the majors' first 10 game winner this year. The Chicago Cubs beat Clemens' Rockets 7-2 -- Chad.
CHAD MYERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Did you say Rockets?
COSTELLO: Did I say Rockets? Oh...
MYERS: Who typed that in?
COSTELLO: I meant -- I am so mortified.
MYERS: Boy, if the Rockets were playing the Cubs, now, that's a story. COSTELLO: I'm an Astros baby.
MYERS: Of course you did. Yes, Roger Clemens trying to go 10-0 yesterday. We're all talking about it up here.
COSTELLO: Oh, that was...
MYERS: It was kind of sad. He was out by the sixth inning with 10 hits and five earned runs against him. So, Prior just threw a great game. So, you know, hey, you know what? Nine-0 is not so bad for a 41-year-old guy like me.
(WEATHER REPORT)
COSTELLO: He's called The Rocket, Roger Clemens.
MYERS: He is called The Rocket.
COSTELLO: That's right. That's what I meant to say.
MYERS: OK.
COSTELLO: See, I'm making excuses.
MYERS: All right.
COSTELLO: And you know what they're like.
MYERS: Fair enough.
COSTELLO: Thank you, Chad.
MYERS: You're welcome.
COSTELLO: The war on terror in Afghanistan is the focus this morning when Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a joint meeting of Congress. He's working to build support for his government, and the timing is critical. Karzai is facing several challengers in his bid for reelection in September. On Monday, he was at the Pentagon, pushing for more NATO peacekeeping troops. The move comes as the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan has doubled to nearly 20,000 in recent weeks.
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PRES. HAMID KARZAI, AFGHANISTAN: We are expecting, ma'am, the deployment of NATO to occur in Afghanistan and to fulfill the promises that we have been made. We are helping -- we are hoping that NATO will come to Afghanistan, especially before the elections of September.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: After his speech to Congress, President Karzai heads to the Oval Office for talks with President Bush.
Well, let's see how the visit by the Afghan leader to Washington is being viewed in Kabul.
That's where we find CNN's Ryan Chilcote this morning -- good morning, Ryan.
RYAN CHILCOTE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
Well, the latest word is that those elections, which, as you just heard the Afghan president say, are slated for September, may actually have to be pushed back to October. And the big problem here in Afghanistan is security. Afghanistan just doesn't have enough of it.
The problem really is twofold. The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, would like to see, as he said there, more NATO peacekeepers, probably at least a few thousand more NATO peacekeepers, get them outside of Kabul into some of the provinces to counter balance the power and the influence of these so-called warlords, who really are pretty much running this country to this day.
The idea is that those warlords, in the absence of those NATO peacekeepers, would likely try to co-opt the vote there in their own favor.
That's not the only security challenge, though, of course. The other problem is the ongoing insurgency in Afghanistan. And to counteract that, President Karzai, as you said, has 20,000 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen here on the ground. He's not going to be asking for more troops. That would probably not be very pragmatic. More likely, he's probably going to try and hold onto them, at least make that request to the president to hold onto them beyond the election.
But if the warlords would like to co-opt the election, the insurgents that are fighting -- there are some 20,000 U.S. and servicewomen in the east and southeast of the country -- they would like to prevent it altogether.
Some very significant security challenges to that election this fall -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Ryan Chilcote reporting live from Kabul this morning.
President Bush and the Afghan president will hold a news conference in the White House Rose Garden this morning. CNN will bring that to you live. It is expected to begin at 11:25 Eastern.
U.S. and Iraqi officials seem to be at odds over when Saddam Hussein and other detainees will be turned over to Iraq's new government. Pentagon officials say U.S. forces will hold the former Iraqi president and thousands of Iraqi detainees after the transfer of power. Officials say they first must be satisfied with Iraq's arrangements to secure the detainees. The Pentagon made the comment in reaction to a statement from Iraq's new interim prime minister which aired on Al Jazeera.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) IYAD ALLAWI, IRAQI INTERIM PRIME MINISTER (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): All the current detainees will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities and this transporting operation will be done within the next two weeks. Saddam and the others will be delivered to the Iraqis, to the Iraqi government.
QUESTION (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): When will the trial start?
ALLAWI (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): As soon as possible, god willing. They will all be delivered to the Iraqi government.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: A couple of hours from now, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi will be on "AMERICAN MORNING" to talk about custody of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi prisoners, as well as the handover of power. That's coming your way at 7:00 Eastern.
For some time now, you've been hearing that al Qaeda may be targeting shopping malls and hotels. Now those warnings are getting a little more specific, after a Somali man was charged in a plot to attack a mall in Ohio, in Columbus, Ohio.
Justice correspondent Kelli Arena has more for you.
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KELLI ARENA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): U.S. officials say they may have thwarted a devastating attack on an Ohio shopping mall.
JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL: The American heartland was targeted for death and destruction by an al Qaeda cell, which allegedly including a Somali immigrant who will now face justice.
ARENA: Nuradin Abdi, a 32-year-old Somali, is charged with providing material support to al Qaeda for allegedly conspiring to set off a bomb at an unidentified mall.
KEVIN BROCK, FBI: There can be a presumption perhaps that because the conspirators were in our area that they were looking at malls in our area but we don't have that specificity.
ARENA: As the charges were read in court, Abdi did not enter a plea. His brothers insist he is innocent.
MOHAMED ABDIKARAMI, BROTHER: I think of it as all lies and stuff because it's not something that Nuradin would be capable of doing. Usually he would be the guy that would hate terrorism.
ARENA: One of Abdi's coconspirators, according to the government, was convicted al Qaeda operative Iyman Faris, who is already serving 20 years in prison.
Law enforcement officials say Abdi was under surveillance before being taken into immigration custody in November. He's also charged with fraud and misuse of documents. The FBI says the shopping mall plot was just one of the threats associated with Abdi but it's the only one listed in the indictment. Terror experts say malls are wide open to attack.
KEN PIERNICK, FORMER FBI COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL: The bomb, if it's a suicide bomb, can be constructed just about any place and then freely transported. We don't have internal security checkpoints to stop people to look for the contents of their vehicles.
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COSTELLO: Boston and New York have beefed up their subway security for this summer's Democratic and Republican conventions. But don't expect similar security elsewhere. The American Public Transit Association says the economy, cuts in funding and energy costs have led to reduced staffs for many transit systems. Subway and rail officials say as much as $6 billion is needed for security improvements.
Here are some stories making news across America this Tuesday.
Police in Hollywood have arrested a double homicide suspect just minutes after asking the public for help. Kevin Lee Graff was arrested in connection with two murders, including the beheading of a 91-year-old screenwriter. Graff was picked up near Paramount Studios after a security guard recognized him from the police news conference.
Two police officers testified that Scott Peterson was unable to recount many details from his Christmas Eve fishing trip. Peterson has claimed he was fishing when his wife disappeared. One of the officers also testified that Peterson swore after being questioned. Peterson's attorney called for a mistrial after that revelation, saying the prosecution was withholding evidence. The judge denied the call for a mistrial, but scolded the prosecution.
Newly released audiotapes and financial records may show Enron made over $1 billion in illegal profits on Western energy issues in 2000 and 2001. The tapes indicate the company artificially congested power grids on the West Coast, prompting utility companies to pay them to relieve the congestion.
Listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If the line's not congested, then I just look if I can congest it. Because then it's worth my -- because those are going to be your shoulder hours anyway, and that's when replacement is super cheap, right?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. Right.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So I -- those hours, if you can congest it, that's a money maker no matter what, because you're not losing any money to move it down that line.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. Right.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're actually just making money.
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COSTELLO: Enron officials say they have not heard the tapes, so they will not comment.
Still ahead on DAYBREAK, online identity theft -- it's easier than you think for someone to tap into your bank account. We'll have some advice for you on how to stop it.
Also ahead, Bill Clinton's new book -- the publishing business is bracing for a marketing blitz fit for a rock star.
And spirituality -- more and more people look to unconventional religions.
And later, Iran's nuclear weapons program -- a critical assessment from top U.N. experts meeting in Vienna. We'll have a live report for you.
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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports.
It is 5:13 Eastern.
Here's what's all new this morning.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to meet with President Bush today to discuss the future of his country. Afghanistan is scheduled to hold open elections in September. Karzai will address a joint meeting of Congress before meeting with the president.
A new round of multinational talks on North Korea will be held in Beijing next week. Six nations, including the United States and North Korea, will take part in the nuclear proliferation talks.
In money news, the Navy has chosen Boeing to build a new patrol plane. The multi-billion dollar contract is for a plane to replace the PC Orion. The as yet unnamed aircraft is expected to debut in about five years. That would be the as yet named aircraft.
In culture, Michael Moore is contesting the R-rating being given to his award winning documentary, "Fahrenheit 911." He says the movie needs to be available to a wider audience. An appeal hearing is set for next week.
In sports, Lance Armstrong is reportedly planning to sue for libel. He's quite upset over a new book that suggests he used performance enhancing drugs. The book was written by a former member of Armstrong's staff -- Chad.
MYERS: And good morning, Carol. (WEATHER REPORT)
COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you.
Online thieves are going fishing for your information and your money.
The newest Internet scam makes up just part of the $2 billion stolen every year through cyberspace. It's called phishing.
CNN's Lisa Sylvester has more for you.
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LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thieves have found a new way to tap into consumers' bank accounts. They don't even have to steal personal information, they just ask for it. It's called phishing. Criminals send out phony e-mails requesting bank information updates with a link to a fake Web site. It is almost impossible to tell the difference between this phony Fleet Bank Web site and the real one.
AVILA LITAN, GARTNER CONSULTING: Even though it may say in your e-mail a legitimate Web site, hidden behind that address is the crook's address.
SYLVESTER: For identity theft victims, clearing their names can take years. Sharon Jones has a pile of letters from creditors demanding payment for bills that are not hers.
SHARON JONES, IDENTITY THEFT VICTIM: It's been a total nightmare because you never know when something else is going to pop up, so you have to constantly check your credit report.
SYLVESTER: Phishing e-mails have increased 4,000 percent in the past six months according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, which includes Internet providers, banks and law enforcement officials. Citibank, eBay and PayPal are the most common targets. But consumers can protect themselves by looking for tipoffs such as misspelled words and by not clicking on links, even that look legitimate.
DAVID JEVANS, ANTI-PHISHING WORKING GROUP: The most effective thing is to really open up a Web browser window and go directly to the bank, yourself. Type in the address, into the Web browser, rather than relying on the link.
SYLVESTER: The financial and computer industries are working on standards to authenticate e-mail. In the meantime, banks will reimburse victims of credit and checking account scams provided they're reported within two months.
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COSTELLO: Time now to check the overseas markets. Investors seem a little nervous about some U.S. inflation data due out later today. For more on that, let's head live to London and check in with Jim Boulden -- good morning, Jim.
JIM BOULDEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, good morning, Carol.
Indeed, the world is waiting to hear about the U.S. inflation numbers out later this morning, and also what Alan Greenspan has to say before the Senate Finance and Banking Committee. Of course, the world is waiting to see whether the U.S. will have to raise interest rates more aggressively at the end of June than first thought.
But, also, Carol, I wanted to tell you, we're coming from the new London stock exchange. After nearly 200 years in the center of the City of London, the stock exchange has moved west. And right behind me you can see some of it is St. Paul's Cathedral. And also they're taking the advantage of moving us to a new location...
COSTELLO: Oh, I want to see that...
BOULDEN: ... with, hopefully, some new whiz bang graphics. Well, you can't really see it, but this is...
COSTELLO: Is it right behind you?
BOULDEN: This is -- yes, this is Paternoster Square, which is the very famous square just off of St. Paul's Cathedral. This whole areas has been redeveloped. They knocked down all the awful '60s, 1960s buildings, and they've put up some of the new buildings here. And the London Stock Exchange has taken one of them. So, a bit of a historic week, as we've moved into the new buildings. And hopefully when I click this button, we'll see our new graphics, as well. Yes, there we go. You can see here, we're all up in positive territory. Yesterday was a dismal day in the European stock markets because they were very worried about U.S. inflation data. But for some reason, you know, we've gone the other way today, everyone up quite, quite nicely.
The CAC 40, it's an interesting story there, new car sales in May were up 1.2 percent in Europe, and there's a lot of car companies in the French stock market. So that's helping there a little bit.
Also, the inflation data out of here -- consumer prices rose 1.5 percent over the past year here in the U.K. Now, 1.5 isn't a lot, but there was a lot of fuel costs increased into that. And so people were worried that the fuel costs are obviously very high. So a 1.5 percent increase in inflation here. We'll see if there's anything similar to that coming out of the U.S. later -- Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: All right, Jim Boulden live in London.
Thank you.
The Olympic Torch tour. We go south of the border, where a seasoned athlete with the gift of speed gladly takes on the task. Look at her getting ready. We'll tell you about her winning ways just ahead.
And he's a former president with a steamy story to tell, but will he tell it -- all? We're on the cusp of the Clinton memoirs, ahead.
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COSTELLO: Not just anybody can carry the Olympic Torch. You've got to be in fighting form. Look at this lady, Chad. This is 93- year-old Rosario Ingelsia. She is known as the world's fastest woman in the 90 and up category. Isn't that terrific?
MYERS: You go, ma'am.
COSTELLO: She's getting ready to carry the torch through Mexico City. She'll get to show off her speed when she carries that torch through the streets.
The next stop on the Olympic sprint, Los Angeles, and then to St. Louis, and then that torch will be right here in Atlanta.
And as we watch the torch travel across North America, DAYBREAK is taking a closer look at the upcoming games in Athens. All week long, we'll be going in depth, talking about the Games, the athletes, the security issues and the big question -- will Athens be ready in time for the Olympics?
And on Friday, when the torch comes to Atlanta, we'll be bringing you the last half hour of DAYBREAK from our Olympic home, which would be Centennial Park. So be sure to tune in on Friday.
Time for our DAYBREAK Eye-Opener now. Police are not exactly sure what possessed this barefoot man to climb up a 180 foot utility tower in Texas. The unidentified man climbed down off his high energy perch after about five hours. When he finally reached the ground, he was handcuffed and given a ride in a police car.
More high times in Minnesota -- a radio station contest put a couple of dozen people in the Wild Thing Roller Coaster for a really long ride. The last person to leave the coaster gets a new car. Not only do they continuously have to go up and down the tracks, but they have to spend their nights in the stopped coaster cars.
Millions more people can now hear what Donald Trump thinks. "Trumped" debuted on nearly 300 radio stations across the country. The 90 second report features Trump commenting on anything from politics to business to his own lifestyle, and possibly his hairstyle.
Speaking of hype, Bill Clinton's memoir isn't even in bookstores yet and already it's a best seller.
And as CNN's Chris Huntington reports, the Clinton book tour might have a lot in common with a rock and roll road show.
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CHRIS HUNTINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bill Clinton is a book seller's dream.
CLINTON: A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
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HUNTINGTON: But, certainly tales of power, politics, international intrigue and possibly, just possibly, a dash of sex are all ingredients for a best-seller. But when the man who has been called the best natural politician of his generation starts stumping for his book next week, industry predict, he'll set a new standard for hawking hard-covers.
STEVE ZEITCHIK, "PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY": This is one of the biggest releases the publishing industry has ever seen. You're going to see a book tour here that rivals that of any major celebrity coming to town, any reunion tour of a band that hasn't been around for, you know, decades.
HUNTINGTON: Clinton received a record $10 million advance to write "My Life." That's about $7 million more than his wife got for her memoirs. But even before the book is available to the public, publisher Alfred A. Knopf has already paid off the advance by selling out the first printing of 1.5 million copies to bookstores.
Random House will release an abridged version of "My Life" on CD and cassette read by Clinton himself.
CLINTON: I don't spare myself in this book. I take on a lot of water for not just the personal, but also the political errors I think I made.
HUNTINGTON: But the big buzz is over his book and media tour starting Friday, June 18, with Mr. Clinton reading passages from "My Life" on American Online and on the radio stations of Infinity Broadcasting, June 20, a full hour of "60 Minutes" with Dan Rather. The book goes on sale at 12:01 Tuesday morning, June 22th.
And Clinton begins a two-week whirlwind of book signings with two stops in Manhattan. That afternoon, a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey and, two days later, his first live interview about the book with Larry King.
(on camera): Former President Clinton's first book signing will be at a Barnes & Noble in midtown Manhattan. It's one of the chain's busiest stores. But his second stop will be up here in Harlem at the Hue-Man bookstore. It's just couple of blocks from Clinton's current office. And it's a move that speaks volumes about his loyalty to a core constituency.
Chris Huntington, CNN, New York.
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COSTELLO: And something else Bill Clinton will be doing as he hops from "60 Minutes" to...
MYERS: Right. Exactly.
COSTELLO: He's going to be campaigning for John Kerry in a very subtle way.
MYERS: Right.
COSTELLO: Some people think that could help John Kerry. Others think it could hurt John Kerry, because, you know, Clinton is larger than life and John Kerry, many say, is not. So, our e-mail question of the day: Do you think that President Clinton will help or hurt John Kerry if he subtly campaigns on his book tour? Daybreak@cnn.com. That's daybreak@cnn.com. The question this morning: Will Bill Clinton help or hurt John Kerry?
Here's what's all new in the next half hour of DAYBREAK.
Keeping the faith -- how far are you willing to go in your pursuit of spiritual growth?
And the search is on for an American held hostage in Saudi Arabia. We'll tell you what measures companies are taking to calm the fears of families.
Plus...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Driving a Goth boat (ph) or driving a car, to running my home to running our business, all of that was dropping like a Stuka dive bomber and it was very, very frustrating.
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COSTELLO: Alzheimer's -- a debilitating disease. But what if you or someone you loved were mistakenly diagnosed?
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