Return to Transcripts main page
CNN Live Today
Intelligence Report; 'Daily Dose'
Aired July 09, 2004 - 11:35 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 the CNN Center in Atlanta.
Let's check what's now happening in the news. An exhaustive review of the CIA's prewar intelligence on Iraq was just released to the public a short time ago, and it is not flattering by any means. The report by the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that intelligence used to support going to war was based on faulty information and analysis.
Stay with CNN for complete coverage of this developing story throughout the day.
The International Court of Justice says that Israel's planned 425-mile long barrier in the West Bank should come down. The court says the barrier, which Israel built in response to a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. The court's opinions are nonbinding.
President Bush's campaign. His travels take him to Pennsylvania. He's going back to that state for the 30th time. That's a live picture there, from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and he plans to visit Lancaster and York later this afternoon. This is familiar territory for Mr. Bush, who has visited the battleground state 30 times since taking office.
The U.S. Marine who vanished in Iraq is headed to an American military base in Germany at this hour. He's expected to face some heavy questioning about his alleged abduction. Corporal Wassef Hassoun turned up at the U.S. embassy in Beirut yesterday, more than two weeks after going missing from his unit in Fallujah.
In Santa Maria, California, a unique pretrial hearing in the Michael Jackson case. Jackson's attorneys allege that police overstepped a search warrant when they seized evidence from the office of a private investigator working for the defense team. The defense says the evidence should not be admitted at his trial.
And the winner of the Mega Millions jackpot has come forward. She is a retired custodian in Lowell, Massachusetts. Sixty-eight- year-old Geraldine Williams (ph) today will receive a ceremonial check for $294 million. That is the second highest jackpot in North American history to go to a single person.
Keeping you informed, CNN is the most trusted name in news.
Well, prior to the Iraq war, U.N. weapons inspectors played an important role in trying to ferret out Saddam Hussein's secrets. Former weapons inspector Terence Taylor joins us with his take on today's highly critical Senate report. He currently oversees the U.S. Office of International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Terry, thanks for staying with us throughout the morning.
TERENCE TAYLOR, FMR. U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: My pleasure.
KAGAN: A long hearing, a briefing, what, an over 500-page report from the Senate Intelligence Committee. What was your assessment of what you heard?
TAYLOR: Well, it was a damning report, a damning indictment of the internal operation of the Central Intelligence Agency. As the senators put it, both of them, Senator Roberts and Senator Rockefeller, it was an analytic failure inside the agency. That's how they put it. There was a point of disagreement between the two senators, the -- Senator Rockefeller saying, well, he felt there was a certain amount of -- or significant amount of pressure from outside, which might have affected the analytic process. But this is going to be, I think, addressed in phase two of the committee's work, which is yet to come up.
KAGAN: In fact, we have a soundbite from Senator Rockefeller. Let's go ahead and listen in to that.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEN. PAT ROBERTS (R-KS), CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE: In the end, what the president and the Congress used to send the country to war was information that was provided by the intelligence community and that information was flawed.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KAGAN: Not just the information that was flawed, Terry, but also you heard a lot of criticism from both sides, but especially from Senator Rockefeller, talking about it's one thing to have bad intelligence, but bad or good intelligence, the next thing is what is done with it, both with analysis and what policymakers do with it. From being in the intelligence-gathering business yourself, I think you would understand that frustration.
TAYLOR: Well, I was much more on the policy side of it actually, although gathering information as an inspector.
But that interaction between the intelligence community and the policy and decision-makers is critical, and that process goes on all the time. And even Senator Roberts admitted, there's always this interaction. The policy-maker, the decision-maker needs information to support the decisions they are going to take, key information. And this is how any intelligence agency, whether it's the CIA or somewhere else, will then target their analysts and intelligence gatherers in the right direction. So this interaction is continuous, and this is going to be an important part of the committee's work over the coming months. KAGAN: And whether it's this committee or the 9/11 Commission -- we'll be hearing their reports in a couple of weeks -- clearly, there are signs in Washington, from Capitol Hill, that change is on the way for the basic structure of America's intelligence community.
TAYLOR: Indeed. Both the senators, Senator Roberts and Senator Rockefeller, referred to a need for reform. Of course, they said that this was not included in this report, which focused on the national intelligence estimate of October 2002.
Senator Rockefeller said more about the need for reform. He talked about possibly having a director of intelligence overall which is directing all these different agencies together or whether there needs to be improvement in communication between them all.
But clearly there is a need for reform, but it's not addressed by this report and that's something you have to look out for in the future.
KAGAN: Much more to come on that. Terry Taylor, thank you for all your time this morning.
TAYLOR: My pleasure.
KAGAN: We're at 40 minutes past the hour. The question for you parents out there, is your child playing with danger? A major toy recall is going on now. The reason? The possibility of deadly lead poisoning. That story's coming up next.
And later, "Fahrenheit 9/11" may be burning up the box office. But there's also a new documentary offering a second opinion on America. You're going to meet the man behind "America's Heart and Soul" coming up.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: In today's "Daily Dose," it is called metabolic syndrome and depressed women are more vulnerable to have it than others, according to "The Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine." The syndrome encompasses a cluster of conditions such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and higher cholesterol levels.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling millions of pieces of metal toy jewelry. This is the kind that children typically buy from vending machines. The Consumer Product Safety Commission Agency says that about half the pieces contain lead.
For more on that and today's "Daily Dose," our medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is here. Good morning.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. This is one of the largest recalls ever in U.S. history, 150 million pieces of toy jewelry.
Now if any of you are parents you know the kind of jewelry. It's sold in these machines. Here you see people getting rid of some of these pieces of jewelry. As Daryn said about half of the pieces of jewelry out in may contain lead. You never know which. It's just impossible to know which contains lead and which doesn't.
So the advice now to parents is throw out any of this jewelry if you have it. The problem would be if a child actually ingested one of these pieces they could become ill. In fact, in this country about half a million children each year ages 1 to 5 have lead poisoning.
Lead poisoning can lead to behavior problems, learning disabilities, hearing problems, it can stunt a child's growth. And in extreme cases can cause seizures or coma or even death.
Now lead poisoning can be especially problematic bad for pregnant woman because it can harm the developing fetus. It can also cause problems in adults such as fatigue, abdominal pain, headache and neurological problems. And sometimes lead poisoning goes unchecked because as you can see from those symptoms, fatigue, headache, can be signs for anything else.
(CROSSTALK)
KAGAN: Anybody's taken a kid into a restaurant or a store, those machines are right at eye level.
(CROSSTALK)
KAGAN: But besides that, what are other sources of lead poisoning?
COHEN: Right, the other sources of lead poisoning, of course, besides these. For example, water can sometimes have lead in it. So can old paint. That would be water you get sick from drinking it, not from showering in it. Old paint. Homemade health remedies or traditional folk remedies that are popular in parts of the world like India and Southeast Asia.
Also glazes on some ceramics, china and porcelain. You don't need to be too freaked out about that. Those are mostly porcelain that's sold in other countries and there's not a ton of it around. But some people have gotten sick when they've eating off of it day after day.
KAGAN: So when you're talking about whether it's the jewelry or those sources, you're talking about putting it in your mouth?
(CROSSTALK)
COHEN: Exactly. A child who got sick from this jewelry, he actually ate the piece of jewelry. It's not so much of an issue of touching the jewelry, but actually ingesting it.
But to avoid lead poisoning from other sources, here are some things that you do. If you suspect there could be lead in your water, run the water for 30 seconds before drinking it. That can get rid of much of the lead. Use only cold water for drinking or cooking because lead comes in higher concentrations in warmer water. And avoid home remedies, folk remedies, cosmetics, pottery that may contain lead. Avoid those things.
KAGAN: All right, good tips. Elizabeth Cohen, thank you.
Your "Daily Dose" of health news is just a click away. Log on to cnn.com/health for the latest medical news, a health library and information on diet and fitness.
We are back in a moment.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: For weeks we've been hearing all about Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11." Today we thought we'd bring you what is being called by some the patriotic polar opposite to that documentary. Here's a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "AMERICA'S HEART & SOUL")
ANNOUNCER: Walt Disney pictures presents a unique motion picture experience that will take you on a breathtaking journey across the nation to meet the people who make up the heart and soul of America.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KAGAN: It is called "America's Heart & Soul." The film follows several Americans from all walks of life, looking at what inspires them and what should inspire us about them. Joining us now is the film's director. Louis Schwartzberg, joining us from Los Angeles.
Louis, good morning.
LOUIS SCHWARTZBERG, DIRECTOR: How are you?
KAGAN: I'm doing great. Pleased to finally get you back on. Not easy in these days of developing news.
SCHWARTZBERG: I know.
KAGAN: Let's talk about your movie. What exactly were you trying to show?
SCHWARTZBERG: Well, I was trying to show stories of remarkable or ordinary people all across this country that have the true grit character of the American spirit. My parents were Holocaust survivors. I know what it's like to overcome adversity. And those are the kind of stories I like to tell.
KAGAN: And so here you are trying to make a nice movie about America and somehow find your way in the middle of what some would consider a controversy of sorts. People calling your movie the anti- "Fahrenheit 9/11". What do you think about that?
SCHWARTZBERG: Well, obviously, I think it's hilarious because I've been working on this film for 15 years and Disney decided to distribute it a year-and-a-half ago before 9/11. The film is not political. This has been my dream, my passion and it's a joke to be considered a right-wing kook, when, if anything, I'm an environmentalist and I love change. And the film is a populist movie. I'm letting ordinary Americans speak their own voice. And if anything, that's the greatest political statement you can make.
KAGAN: Well, let's kind of explain the right-wing kook comment just a bit. Now part of the controversy here is Disney made the decision not to distribute Michael Moore's movie "Fahrenheit 9/11", but is distributing your movie. And in response to that, Michael Moore on his own Web site posted a statement accusing Disney of joining forces with the right-wing kooks who have come together to attempt to sensor "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Are these two stories that are just developing side by side?
SCHWARTZBERG: It's totally untrue. I think Disney never intended to distribute Michael Moore's film. I mean, it was actually funded by Miramax and the truth is, we showed our film to all kinds of groups and the grassroots effort across this country, the Sierra Club, the farmers, Boy Scouts, faith-based communities, as a way to get people interested in the movie.
Again, I made this as an independent movie with my own money, my own time and passion. And to compare the two is totally ridiculous.
KAGAN: No such thing as bad publicity, though. It gets people out there looking and seeing not just your movie, "Fahrenheit 9/11" and just more focus on documentaries in general.
SCHWARTZBERG: Well, i think that's a good thing. I mean, I think it's actually a wonderful one-two punch. Mark Twain said that the definition of a patriot is someone who loves their country and isn't afraid to criticize their government. I think audiences can go see both movies and have debate and conversation and dialogue because freedom of speech is our greatest freedom and that's what I think we're fighting for.
KAGAN: Well, as you said, this has been your life-long dream, to get this movie made. And congratulations on doing that and may a lot of people go see your movie as well.
SCHWARTZBERG: Thank you very much, I hope they do, and make their own decisions about it.
KAGAN: Absolutely, that's what really at the end of the day, what America is about, is it not.
SCHWARTZBERG: It is.
KAGAN: Louis Schwartzberg, thank you for your time. Appreciate it.
We will be back in a moment.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
Let's take a look at the markets right now. Looking like they are feeling pretty good on this Friday. The Dow is up 50 and the Nasdaq is in positive territory as well. It is up 9 points.
(WEATHER REPORT)
KAGAN: That is going to do it for me, Daryn Kagan. A short week here. But I'll be back here on Monday morning. Carol Lin is in today for Wolf Blitzer.
Good to see you.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: And we are hoping to hear from the MegaLotto winner.
KAGAN: Love that story.
LIN: A 68-year-old cleaning woman, we're hoping to see her live for the first time.
KAGAN: Second-highest single mega ticket ever.
LIN: Yes, $294 million, what we would do with that money, Daryn.
KAGAN: Yes, but I'm glad that she has it. She's worked a lot of years.
LIN: You bet, you bet.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Aired July 9, 2004 - 11:35 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 the CNN Center in Atlanta.
Let's check what's now happening in the news. An exhaustive review of the CIA's prewar intelligence on Iraq was just released to the public a short time ago, and it is not flattering by any means. The report by the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that intelligence used to support going to war was based on faulty information and analysis.
Stay with CNN for complete coverage of this developing story throughout the day.
The International Court of Justice says that Israel's planned 425-mile long barrier in the West Bank should come down. The court says the barrier, which Israel built in response to a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings. The court's opinions are nonbinding.
President Bush's campaign. His travels take him to Pennsylvania. He's going back to that state for the 30th time. That's a live picture there, from Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and he plans to visit Lancaster and York later this afternoon. This is familiar territory for Mr. Bush, who has visited the battleground state 30 times since taking office.
The U.S. Marine who vanished in Iraq is headed to an American military base in Germany at this hour. He's expected to face some heavy questioning about his alleged abduction. Corporal Wassef Hassoun turned up at the U.S. embassy in Beirut yesterday, more than two weeks after going missing from his unit in Fallujah.
In Santa Maria, California, a unique pretrial hearing in the Michael Jackson case. Jackson's attorneys allege that police overstepped a search warrant when they seized evidence from the office of a private investigator working for the defense team. The defense says the evidence should not be admitted at his trial.
And the winner of the Mega Millions jackpot has come forward. She is a retired custodian in Lowell, Massachusetts. Sixty-eight- year-old Geraldine Williams (ph) today will receive a ceremonial check for $294 million. That is the second highest jackpot in North American history to go to a single person.
Keeping you informed, CNN is the most trusted name in news.
Well, prior to the Iraq war, U.N. weapons inspectors played an important role in trying to ferret out Saddam Hussein's secrets. Former weapons inspector Terence Taylor joins us with his take on today's highly critical Senate report. He currently oversees the U.S. Office of International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Terry, thanks for staying with us throughout the morning.
TERENCE TAYLOR, FMR. U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: My pleasure.
KAGAN: A long hearing, a briefing, what, an over 500-page report from the Senate Intelligence Committee. What was your assessment of what you heard?
TAYLOR: Well, it was a damning report, a damning indictment of the internal operation of the Central Intelligence Agency. As the senators put it, both of them, Senator Roberts and Senator Rockefeller, it was an analytic failure inside the agency. That's how they put it. There was a point of disagreement between the two senators, the -- Senator Rockefeller saying, well, he felt there was a certain amount of -- or significant amount of pressure from outside, which might have affected the analytic process. But this is going to be, I think, addressed in phase two of the committee's work, which is yet to come up.
KAGAN: In fact, we have a soundbite from Senator Rockefeller. Let's go ahead and listen in to that.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SEN. PAT ROBERTS (R-KS), CHAIRMAN, INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE: In the end, what the president and the Congress used to send the country to war was information that was provided by the intelligence community and that information was flawed.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KAGAN: Not just the information that was flawed, Terry, but also you heard a lot of criticism from both sides, but especially from Senator Rockefeller, talking about it's one thing to have bad intelligence, but bad or good intelligence, the next thing is what is done with it, both with analysis and what policymakers do with it. From being in the intelligence-gathering business yourself, I think you would understand that frustration.
TAYLOR: Well, I was much more on the policy side of it actually, although gathering information as an inspector.
But that interaction between the intelligence community and the policy and decision-makers is critical, and that process goes on all the time. And even Senator Roberts admitted, there's always this interaction. The policy-maker, the decision-maker needs information to support the decisions they are going to take, key information. And this is how any intelligence agency, whether it's the CIA or somewhere else, will then target their analysts and intelligence gatherers in the right direction. So this interaction is continuous, and this is going to be an important part of the committee's work over the coming months. KAGAN: And whether it's this committee or the 9/11 Commission -- we'll be hearing their reports in a couple of weeks -- clearly, there are signs in Washington, from Capitol Hill, that change is on the way for the basic structure of America's intelligence community.
TAYLOR: Indeed. Both the senators, Senator Roberts and Senator Rockefeller, referred to a need for reform. Of course, they said that this was not included in this report, which focused on the national intelligence estimate of October 2002.
Senator Rockefeller said more about the need for reform. He talked about possibly having a director of intelligence overall which is directing all these different agencies together or whether there needs to be improvement in communication between them all.
But clearly there is a need for reform, but it's not addressed by this report and that's something you have to look out for in the future.
KAGAN: Much more to come on that. Terry Taylor, thank you for all your time this morning.
TAYLOR: My pleasure.
KAGAN: We're at 40 minutes past the hour. The question for you parents out there, is your child playing with danger? A major toy recall is going on now. The reason? The possibility of deadly lead poisoning. That story's coming up next.
And later, "Fahrenheit 9/11" may be burning up the box office. But there's also a new documentary offering a second opinion on America. You're going to meet the man behind "America's Heart and Soul" coming up.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: In today's "Daily Dose," it is called metabolic syndrome and depressed women are more vulnerable to have it than others, according to "The Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine." The syndrome encompasses a cluster of conditions such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and higher cholesterol levels.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling millions of pieces of metal toy jewelry. This is the kind that children typically buy from vending machines. The Consumer Product Safety Commission Agency says that about half the pieces contain lead.
For more on that and today's "Daily Dose," our medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is here. Good morning.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. This is one of the largest recalls ever in U.S. history, 150 million pieces of toy jewelry.
Now if any of you are parents you know the kind of jewelry. It's sold in these machines. Here you see people getting rid of some of these pieces of jewelry. As Daryn said about half of the pieces of jewelry out in may contain lead. You never know which. It's just impossible to know which contains lead and which doesn't.
So the advice now to parents is throw out any of this jewelry if you have it. The problem would be if a child actually ingested one of these pieces they could become ill. In fact, in this country about half a million children each year ages 1 to 5 have lead poisoning.
Lead poisoning can lead to behavior problems, learning disabilities, hearing problems, it can stunt a child's growth. And in extreme cases can cause seizures or coma or even death.
Now lead poisoning can be especially problematic bad for pregnant woman because it can harm the developing fetus. It can also cause problems in adults such as fatigue, abdominal pain, headache and neurological problems. And sometimes lead poisoning goes unchecked because as you can see from those symptoms, fatigue, headache, can be signs for anything else.
(CROSSTALK)
KAGAN: Anybody's taken a kid into a restaurant or a store, those machines are right at eye level.
(CROSSTALK)
KAGAN: But besides that, what are other sources of lead poisoning?
COHEN: Right, the other sources of lead poisoning, of course, besides these. For example, water can sometimes have lead in it. So can old paint. That would be water you get sick from drinking it, not from showering in it. Old paint. Homemade health remedies or traditional folk remedies that are popular in parts of the world like India and Southeast Asia.
Also glazes on some ceramics, china and porcelain. You don't need to be too freaked out about that. Those are mostly porcelain that's sold in other countries and there's not a ton of it around. But some people have gotten sick when they've eating off of it day after day.
KAGAN: So when you're talking about whether it's the jewelry or those sources, you're talking about putting it in your mouth?
(CROSSTALK)
COHEN: Exactly. A child who got sick from this jewelry, he actually ate the piece of jewelry. It's not so much of an issue of touching the jewelry, but actually ingesting it.
But to avoid lead poisoning from other sources, here are some things that you do. If you suspect there could be lead in your water, run the water for 30 seconds before drinking it. That can get rid of much of the lead. Use only cold water for drinking or cooking because lead comes in higher concentrations in warmer water. And avoid home remedies, folk remedies, cosmetics, pottery that may contain lead. Avoid those things.
KAGAN: All right, good tips. Elizabeth Cohen, thank you.
Your "Daily Dose" of health news is just a click away. Log on to cnn.com/health for the latest medical news, a health library and information on diet and fitness.
We are back in a moment.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
KAGAN: For weeks we've been hearing all about Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11." Today we thought we'd bring you what is being called by some the patriotic polar opposite to that documentary. Here's a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM "AMERICA'S HEART & SOUL")
ANNOUNCER: Walt Disney pictures presents a unique motion picture experience that will take you on a breathtaking journey across the nation to meet the people who make up the heart and soul of America.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KAGAN: It is called "America's Heart & Soul." The film follows several Americans from all walks of life, looking at what inspires them and what should inspire us about them. Joining us now is the film's director. Louis Schwartzberg, joining us from Los Angeles.
Louis, good morning.
LOUIS SCHWARTZBERG, DIRECTOR: How are you?
KAGAN: I'm doing great. Pleased to finally get you back on. Not easy in these days of developing news.
SCHWARTZBERG: I know.
KAGAN: Let's talk about your movie. What exactly were you trying to show?
SCHWARTZBERG: Well, I was trying to show stories of remarkable or ordinary people all across this country that have the true grit character of the American spirit. My parents were Holocaust survivors. I know what it's like to overcome adversity. And those are the kind of stories I like to tell.
KAGAN: And so here you are trying to make a nice movie about America and somehow find your way in the middle of what some would consider a controversy of sorts. People calling your movie the anti- "Fahrenheit 9/11". What do you think about that?
SCHWARTZBERG: Well, obviously, I think it's hilarious because I've been working on this film for 15 years and Disney decided to distribute it a year-and-a-half ago before 9/11. The film is not political. This has been my dream, my passion and it's a joke to be considered a right-wing kook, when, if anything, I'm an environmentalist and I love change. And the film is a populist movie. I'm letting ordinary Americans speak their own voice. And if anything, that's the greatest political statement you can make.
KAGAN: Well, let's kind of explain the right-wing kook comment just a bit. Now part of the controversy here is Disney made the decision not to distribute Michael Moore's movie "Fahrenheit 9/11", but is distributing your movie. And in response to that, Michael Moore on his own Web site posted a statement accusing Disney of joining forces with the right-wing kooks who have come together to attempt to sensor "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Are these two stories that are just developing side by side?
SCHWARTZBERG: It's totally untrue. I think Disney never intended to distribute Michael Moore's film. I mean, it was actually funded by Miramax and the truth is, we showed our film to all kinds of groups and the grassroots effort across this country, the Sierra Club, the farmers, Boy Scouts, faith-based communities, as a way to get people interested in the movie.
Again, I made this as an independent movie with my own money, my own time and passion. And to compare the two is totally ridiculous.
KAGAN: No such thing as bad publicity, though. It gets people out there looking and seeing not just your movie, "Fahrenheit 9/11" and just more focus on documentaries in general.
SCHWARTZBERG: Well, i think that's a good thing. I mean, I think it's actually a wonderful one-two punch. Mark Twain said that the definition of a patriot is someone who loves their country and isn't afraid to criticize their government. I think audiences can go see both movies and have debate and conversation and dialogue because freedom of speech is our greatest freedom and that's what I think we're fighting for.
KAGAN: Well, as you said, this has been your life-long dream, to get this movie made. And congratulations on doing that and may a lot of people go see your movie as well.
SCHWARTZBERG: Thank you very much, I hope they do, and make their own decisions about it.
KAGAN: Absolutely, that's what really at the end of the day, what America is about, is it not.
SCHWARTZBERG: It is.
KAGAN: Louis Schwartzberg, thank you for your time. Appreciate it.
We will be back in a moment.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
Let's take a look at the markets right now. Looking like they are feeling pretty good on this Friday. The Dow is up 50 and the Nasdaq is in positive territory as well. It is up 9 points.
(WEATHER REPORT)
KAGAN: That is going to do it for me, Daryn Kagan. A short week here. But I'll be back here on Monday morning. Carol Lin is in today for Wolf Blitzer.
Good to see you.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: And we are hoping to hear from the MegaLotto winner.
KAGAN: Love that story.
LIN: A 68-year-old cleaning woman, we're hoping to see her live for the first time.
KAGAN: Second-highest single mega ticket ever.
LIN: Yes, $294 million, what we would do with that money, Daryn.
KAGAN: Yes, but I'm glad that she has it. She's worked a lot of years.
LIN: You bet, you bet.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
