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Statue of Liberty Reopens for First Time Since 9/11 Attacks; Kerry Campaign, 9/11 Report; Prison Abuse Scandal

Aired August 03, 2004 - 11:31   ET

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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Daryn Kagan, live in Atlanta. Let's take a look at what is happening now in the news for this Tuesday, August 3.
Ceremonies in New York Harbor this hour as the Statue of Liberty reopens to the public for the first time since the September 11 attacks. Tourists can enter the statue but climb only as high as the top of her 16-story pedestal.

President Bush signed a measure today designed to bring down trade barriers with Australia. The Free Trade Agreement will take effect in 2005. The Bush administration says the deal will boost U.S. manufacturing exports to Australia.

Witnesses say an explosion near a refugee camp in Gaza left three people dead today. It's unclear what caused the blast. But an Israeli army has been conducting an operation, searching for tunnels in the border area with Egypt since dawn today.

The spacecraft Messenger is on its five-billion-mile trip to Mercury today. It will take six and a half years to get there. Messenger is expected to spend a year in orbit around Mercury collecting scientific data.

Keeping you informed, CNN is the most trusted name in news.

And let's take a live picture once again, checking out what's happening on Liberty Island. It is the ceremonial reopening of the Statue of Liberty. Despite new warnings of terrorist attacks that took place at financial centers over the weekend and that continue.

There's our Aaron Brown. How about that. He is the master ceremony at this exhibit and at this ceremony.

Earlier, before Aaron was speaking or in between Aaron speaking, Mayor Bloomberg of New York talked about opening and talked about the significance of the Statue of Liberty and life going on despite the terrorist attacks.

Let's listen to that.

(JOINED IN PROGRESS)

MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK: A reasonable question to ask is why we didn't just cancel a high-profile event like this, but I think to stay home and to lock our doors is exactly what the terrorists would want. And I think there's nothing we could do. There's no more appropriate day than to have a ceremony like this today, where we're really saying to the rest of the world, this is America and Americans are strong and Americans value their freedoms.

Earlier this morning, I met with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Governor Pataki and some chief executive officers and security personnel for some of the biggest financial sector companies in this city. Around that room, I can report to you, there was an overwhelming sense that we have to be vigilant, we have to make sure that we are doing everything we can to protect people. But at the same time, we want to continue to go to work.

The governor pointed out this morning at the press conference that the attendance at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday was higher than a normal Monday. I can tell you when I went out to dinner last night, the restaurant was full. There were people on the streets. The subways are busy. No hotel has had cancellations.

This city is going from strength to strength. And it just shows that we are not going to be intimidated. And I think to reopen this beloved landmark is another way to send that message.

KAGAN: And that was Mayor Bloomberg speaking at the ceremony taking place right now on Liberty Island. We'll get back to more of that ceremony just ahead.

Meanwhile, some political news for you. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is focusing on economic issues today. He also continues to hammer away at President Bush over the war on terror and the 9/11 report.

Our Dana Bash is traveling with the Kerry campaign, and she joins us from Wisconsin this morning.

Good morning.

DANA BASH, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.

And job loss here in Beloit, Wisconsin, is considerably higher than the national average. That is something that John Kerry is going to be talking about here at a town hall meeting. You see it's already set up for him behind me.

But as you mentioned, this after a day of some heavy sparring between Senator Kerry and President Bush on who's better to fight terrorism.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BASH (voice over): Determined not to cede any ground on a political advantage, even his opponent's team admits he still has a Rose Garden embrace of intelligence reforms to better fight terrorism.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We are a nation in danger. We're doing everything we can in our power to confront the danger. BASH: The president's proposals track two-week-old recommendations from 9/11 Commission, ideas John Kerry had immediately and wholly endorsed.

There are some differences. Kerry and the 9/11 Commission call for a national director of intelligence with full budget authority over 15 intelligence agencies. Kerry calls that power central to making reforms work.

The president's proposed intelligence director would coordinate budgets, but not control intelligence purse strings.

Kerry calls for the intelligence director to work inside the White House to have the ear of the president. Mr. Bush rejects that, saying the director would be subjected to too much internal pressure.

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC), VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Look at this, a Kerry sign out there on the boat.

BASH: Busing and boating through the Midwest, the Kerry camp conceded the president endorsed much of what the independent commission proposed, but only after running out of political choices. They say he cried uncle.

KERRY: September 11, 2001. September 11, 2002 came and went. September 11, 2003 came and went. September 11, 2004 is almost here, and only finally are we doing some of the things that some of us have been calling for all that period of time. We need leadership!

BASH: Kerry aides privately tipped their hat to a president using his incumbent status for political advantage, but won't let go of the senator's "he won't make you as safe as I will" stump line. He issued a challenge.

KERRY: If the president had a sense of urgency about this director of intelligence and about the needs to strengthen America, he would call the Congress back and get the job done now.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BASH: And Bush aides mocked Kerry's pitch, noting his own absence from Congress this campaign year. The president, Daryn, said he has no intention of calling Congress back officially from summer recess, saying that the committees are already doing their work, and that they get into action and they can actually begin to take action fully in September -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Dana Bash in Beloit, Wisconsin. Dana, thank you.

We continue our talk on terrorism with new security rules. And in New York, that means trouble for truckers.

Here is CNN correspondent Jason Bellini.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JASON BELLINI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a moral imperative that New Yorkers conduct business as usual, said Senator Charles Schumer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We went probably 90 feet in 45 minutes.

BELLINI: The increased security should give everybody comfort, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is like a line to the men's room at a Led Zeppelin concert, and there's only two urinals.

BELLINI: Monday, the city closed the Holland Tunnel, the Williamsburg Bridge and the northbound Battery Tunnel to trucks entering Manhattan. Truck driver Neil doesn't know when he'll have his next normal day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're here. The checkpoint is up here. And that's where we're going to go. And if I was allowed to use the Williamsburg Bridge, we never would have met.

BELLINI: In Manhattan, a frustrated foreman waits for Neil and his load of gravel, the contract is to pave a school sidewalk.

ROB CHARLES, CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN: What's usually a 40-minute round-trip turned into six hours.

BELLINI (on camera): That hurts.

CHARLES: Tell me about it. I'm going broke real quick here.

BELLINI (voice-over): Idle time is time when Neil contemplates why he's here in the first place.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's Gina (ph).

BELLINI (on camera): Gina?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's who I do this for six days a week, 60, 70 hours. That's what it's all about, so she don't have to do what I do.

BELLINI (voice-over): At the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, police check trucks one by one.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've got gravel.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Be careful up there.

BELLINI: After making it to the bridge, Neil is home-free. Foreman Rob Charles is still waiting. But most of his workers had already left for the day.

CHARLES: It's killing us. It's killing us; 40 other guys relying on this truck to get here with materials.

BELLINI: Charles points out his labor costs come to $20,000 a day.

(on camera): Neil was supposed to complete six round-trips today. He only ended up making one. And now, on his way back, he's not carrying back any debris with him, as he planned to, because the dump is already closed.

Frustrating?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. The clock is running.

BELLINI (voice-over): As Neil sees it, that's now the cost of doing business.

Jason Bellini, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: We're going to take a look at health news straight ahead. Getting the flu while pregnant can be tougher on an expectant mother. But a new study says what it can mean for the baby is downright frightening. Details coming up next.

And our resident fitness guru joins us from L.A., Jerry Anderson. Who else would have those bulging muscles joining us from L.A.? We're going to talk about some fact or fiction on losing weight and getting in shape. The workout begins in just a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: A woman featured prominently in the prison abuse scandal photographs is the defendant in a military hearing today in North Carolina.

Our national correspondent Bob Franken is at Fort Bragg this morning with more on that.

Bob -- good morning.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.

This is the repeatedly delayed Article 32 hearing. This is where they will decide whether she is going to face court-martial. Lynndie England is charged with a combination of allegations that could bring with them a potential, a maximum potential, of 38 years in prison. Of course, she's well along in a pregnancy, which reportedly the father is Corporal Charles Grainer, who is a prominent figure in this and Abu Ghraib prison.

Of course, we've heard a lot of speculation based on their allegation that the leash picture, the famous leash picture with Lynndie England is the one that has gained so much worldwide attention.

And according to Special Agent Paul Arthur (ph), who was the lead investigative agency, she said that this was just for fun. She said it was Grainer who got the leash and told her to pose with the prisoner, Gus, on a leash, who Grainer said was suspected of killing coalition forces.

Now, what about the claim by the defense that she was merely following orders? There was one point where she said that they had created a pyramid because military intelligence wanted them to rough up the prisoners. But for the most part, the special agent said there was no claim that there were other orders. That was the claim made by her lawyer in an interview with CNN today.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RICHARD HERNANDEZ, LYNNDIE ENGLAND'S LAWYER: What the government wants you to be is that this was a rogue band of adequately-trained soldiers who went behind their chain of command to do whatever they wanted to do. Nothing can be further from the truth.

They know that this goes through M.I. They know it's a systematic problem. And you don't have to take my word for it. The International Red Cross, Amnesty International, the Army's own Taguba report have all reported that this is widespread abuse, and that these incidents such as underwear on the head, didn't occur just at Abu Ghraib. It occurred all over Iraq.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

FRANKEN: Another testimony, more testimony came from another special agent; this one Warren Worth (ph). He was asked, did she ever -- meaning Lynndie England. Did she ever say she was not a willing participant? His answer, "At no time did she ever say that."

We expect to have a total of about 25 witnesses. It could be a week-long hearing -- Daryn.

KAGAN: All right, Bob Franken, we'll let you go so you can go in and listen in to that hearing and report back later. Thank you.

Your "Daily Dose" of health news is coming up next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Not the kind of delivery you want to get at home. This is Long Beach, California. Our thanks to KTTV, our affiliate there. A semi-truck into the side of a home in Long Beach. And we apologize for the not so fantastic live picture. We're working on getting more information about what took place, if there any injuries. It does look like there has been some damage, not only to the truck but to the home. So once again, a semi-truck into a house in Long Beach.

All right, let's hope the health is better in our "Daily Dose" of health news.

First for pregnant women, the flu in pregnancy is being linked to schizophrenia. That is a finding of a small new study. Researchers are saying that if an expected woman gets the flu during the first half of pregnancy, it may damage the fetal brain. And that raises the risk of the child later developing schizophrenia. Well, if you have a pacemaker, a defibrillator or other implanted heart device, you'll be glad to know it's probably safe to undergo an MRI. Researches say that tests on laboratory animals suggest that magnetic scans will not damage or dislodge the newest devices.

And you may be able to test for sexually-transmitted diseases in the privacy of your home some day. An infection test kit is being study in Maryland. Researches say the kit allows women to test themselves in much the same way they could test for pregnancy.

When it comes to exercising, eating right and losing weight, it's often hard to separate the fact from the fiction -- unless you have our guest who we have with us this morning, personal trainer Jerry Anderson in Los Angeles for our "Daily Dose" of health news.

Jerry, you're up early. You are raring to go.

JERRY ANDERSON, PERSONAL TRAINER: Oh, most definitely. I've already worked out, and I'm ready for some fact or fiction to beat food addiction.

Because you know what, Daryn, is so amazing is everyone, you know, wants to get in shape and make the changes, but they don't know what to do. That's where I put this fact or fiction of beating food addiction is really important. So, hey, all of your viewers get out a pen and paper and get ready for a big change.

KAGAN: OK. Here comes the mental workout of your day. First, let's go to olive oil. The question is, olive oil -- or the fact or fiction, olive is lower in fat than other fats? Is that fact or fiction?

ANDERSON: You know what, Daryn? That is fiction. All fats yield nine calories per gram. And you know, olive oil is healthy for you. But if you take it in, in abundance, it will store as body fat.

And you see a lot of times I see these cooking shows where a lot of chefs are going bam, bam, bam with olive oil. And all I can see are calories, calories, calories, calories.

KAGAN: Oh!

ANDERSON: Yes, you have to watch it, because whenever you take in more calories than you burn, you gain weight. It doesn't matter the source. It's still fat and it will store as body fat and increase your waistline. You don't want to do that.

KAGAN: Oh, yes, that old formula, if you take in more than you burn. OK, moving on. Vitamin and minerals can give you energy.

ANDERSON: Great question. You know, that is fiction also. Vitamins and minerals don't have calories and cannot provide energy. A lot of people are taking vitamins and minerals for energy. But the only way that you're going to get energy from it is if it has a stimulant in it, because there are two ways, again, to use calories is through nutrition or through a supplement of stimulation. So watch out for some of these supplements. People...

KAGAN: Yes, but you're not saying to go take those supplements that have the caffeine and all of that kind of stuff and get you buzzed but thin.

ANDERSON: Right. But those are very dangerous.

KAGAN: Right.

ANDERSON: Because you can create the motivation on your own. A lot of people are using those. And you know what they're doing since Ephedra is off the market, a lot of companies are doubling up on the caffeine. Instead of hitting with a hammer, they're using a brick. You get the same effect.

KAGAN: OK.

ANDERSON: You've got to really look at it.

KAGAN: Let's head into the gym. People going to the gym, they're thinking about making the most use of their time there.

ANDERSON: Yes.

KAGAN: And they say, I know, I'm going to head to the stepper machine because that is going to burn more calories than the treadmill.

ANDERSON: You know what? It's fiction. Your body doesn't know what piece of equipment you're using. It doesn't have the intellectual ability to look at the machine, and say, oh, that's a Stairmaster, that's a treadmill, that's a life cycle.

What happens is the more effort you use while you're exercising, the more calories you burn. It's that simple a principle.

And you know, Daryn, you see these infomercials where they've got these girls on there and these gorgeous guys, they're all in shape. And they're moving in slow motion like they're on "Baywatch" telling you this machine works better. You know that's not true. Your body has no idea what piece of equipment you're using.

Just find out what you like to do and do it and enjoy and progress. That's the way you get to your goal to burn more calories. It's a simple, easy to do it. And even if you burn 100 extra calories a day, that's a 10-pound weight loss for the entire year. It's amazing.

KAGAN: Not such a bad thing to reverse.

ANDERSON: Yes.

KAGAN: Now talk about something I know you like to do, just looking at those biceps, my friend.

ANDERSON: Yes. KAGAN: This next statement -- and you've got to convince me on this one, because I don't believe it.

ANDERSON: OK.

KAGAN: Weight lifting burns more calories than cardiovascular exercise after working out. Come on.

ANDERSON: Here's the thing, I tell you, Daryn, studies have shown that after working out, weight lifting will burn extra calories up to 48 hours after working out versus cardio one hour.

And you know the amazing thing about it is the heat, it keeps your body burning. A lot of people don't realize it. If you put on a heart rate monitor and you wear it for the entire day after weight lifting and you wear a heart rate monitor after doing cardio, you'll see that your elevated heart rate is a lot higher for a longer period of time. It's almost like when you turn the oven off, it's still on.

And here's another tip about weight training. I love weight training. It does so many great things.

KAGAN: You do, really?

ANDERSON: Yes, yes, yes. It builds bone density, lean muscle mass, and it turns your body in a fat-burning machine. It gives you more curves than the Long Beach Grand Prix, have you sizzling like fajitas.

KAGAN: OK, and as we say good-bye, why don't you turn the ovens on, on those biceps for us to show just how much you're working out?

ANDERSON: You know, this is how you work it, the biceps. And there you go. And remember, your body will change whether or not you choose to change it, but you have the choice to choose the direction. And stay tuned for more fact or fiction to beat food addiction.

KAGAN: Well, we chose to spend some time with you, and I think I burned some calories.

ANDERSON: All right.

KAGAN: Jerry Anderson, thank you so much for your time, and good workouts ahead.

ANDERSON: All right, thank you and have a great day.

KAGAN: OK, from the gym -- we will.

From the gym, computer geeks now. Picking up canned food and bottled water. You're not going to leave your home for months. The obsession begins again. "Doom 3" arrives next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: You can say good-bye to your geeky gamer friends. "Doom 3" is on the way. It is a video game. It's the next video game descending to store shelves on Earth today. More than a million copies have already been sold. That means at least as many Americans will be glued to their computers during the next several weeks.

Critics have suggested that the "Doom" games encourage real-life violence. There have been no definitive scientific studies on that subject.

(BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE)

KAGAN: And that is going to do it for me, Daryn Kagan. I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, Wolf Blitzer is out there somewhere.

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Vacationing.

KAGAN: Vacationing.

LIN: Well-deserved after the Democratic Convention.

KAGAN: That's true, and before the Republican Convention.

LIN: You bet.

KAGAN: So, Carol Lin is here to step in for the next hour.

LIN: Thanks very much, Daryn.

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Aired August 3, 2004 - 11:31   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, live in Atlanta. Let's take a look at what is happening now in the news for this Tuesday, August 3.
Ceremonies in New York Harbor this hour as the Statue of Liberty reopens to the public for the first time since the September 11 attacks. Tourists can enter the statue but climb only as high as the top of her 16-story pedestal.

President Bush signed a measure today designed to bring down trade barriers with Australia. The Free Trade Agreement will take effect in 2005. The Bush administration says the deal will boost U.S. manufacturing exports to Australia.

Witnesses say an explosion near a refugee camp in Gaza left three people dead today. It's unclear what caused the blast. But an Israeli army has been conducting an operation, searching for tunnels in the border area with Egypt since dawn today.

The spacecraft Messenger is on its five-billion-mile trip to Mercury today. It will take six and a half years to get there. Messenger is expected to spend a year in orbit around Mercury collecting scientific data.

Keeping you informed, CNN is the most trusted name in news.

And let's take a live picture once again, checking out what's happening on Liberty Island. It is the ceremonial reopening of the Statue of Liberty. Despite new warnings of terrorist attacks that took place at financial centers over the weekend and that continue.

There's our Aaron Brown. How about that. He is the master ceremony at this exhibit and at this ceremony.

Earlier, before Aaron was speaking or in between Aaron speaking, Mayor Bloomberg of New York talked about opening and talked about the significance of the Statue of Liberty and life going on despite the terrorist attacks.

Let's listen to that.

(JOINED IN PROGRESS)

MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK: A reasonable question to ask is why we didn't just cancel a high-profile event like this, but I think to stay home and to lock our doors is exactly what the terrorists would want. And I think there's nothing we could do. There's no more appropriate day than to have a ceremony like this today, where we're really saying to the rest of the world, this is America and Americans are strong and Americans value their freedoms.

Earlier this morning, I met with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Governor Pataki and some chief executive officers and security personnel for some of the biggest financial sector companies in this city. Around that room, I can report to you, there was an overwhelming sense that we have to be vigilant, we have to make sure that we are doing everything we can to protect people. But at the same time, we want to continue to go to work.

The governor pointed out this morning at the press conference that the attendance at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday was higher than a normal Monday. I can tell you when I went out to dinner last night, the restaurant was full. There were people on the streets. The subways are busy. No hotel has had cancellations.

This city is going from strength to strength. And it just shows that we are not going to be intimidated. And I think to reopen this beloved landmark is another way to send that message.

KAGAN: And that was Mayor Bloomberg speaking at the ceremony taking place right now on Liberty Island. We'll get back to more of that ceremony just ahead.

Meanwhile, some political news for you. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry is focusing on economic issues today. He also continues to hammer away at President Bush over the war on terror and the 9/11 report.

Our Dana Bash is traveling with the Kerry campaign, and she joins us from Wisconsin this morning.

Good morning.

DANA BASH, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.

And job loss here in Beloit, Wisconsin, is considerably higher than the national average. That is something that John Kerry is going to be talking about here at a town hall meeting. You see it's already set up for him behind me.

But as you mentioned, this after a day of some heavy sparring between Senator Kerry and President Bush on who's better to fight terrorism.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BASH (voice over): Determined not to cede any ground on a political advantage, even his opponent's team admits he still has a Rose Garden embrace of intelligence reforms to better fight terrorism.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We are a nation in danger. We're doing everything we can in our power to confront the danger. BASH: The president's proposals track two-week-old recommendations from 9/11 Commission, ideas John Kerry had immediately and wholly endorsed.

There are some differences. Kerry and the 9/11 Commission call for a national director of intelligence with full budget authority over 15 intelligence agencies. Kerry calls that power central to making reforms work.

The president's proposed intelligence director would coordinate budgets, but not control intelligence purse strings.

Kerry calls for the intelligence director to work inside the White House to have the ear of the president. Mr. Bush rejects that, saying the director would be subjected to too much internal pressure.

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS (D-NC), VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Look at this, a Kerry sign out there on the boat.

BASH: Busing and boating through the Midwest, the Kerry camp conceded the president endorsed much of what the independent commission proposed, but only after running out of political choices. They say he cried uncle.

KERRY: September 11, 2001. September 11, 2002 came and went. September 11, 2003 came and went. September 11, 2004 is almost here, and only finally are we doing some of the things that some of us have been calling for all that period of time. We need leadership!

BASH: Kerry aides privately tipped their hat to a president using his incumbent status for political advantage, but won't let go of the senator's "he won't make you as safe as I will" stump line. He issued a challenge.

KERRY: If the president had a sense of urgency about this director of intelligence and about the needs to strengthen America, he would call the Congress back and get the job done now.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

BASH: And Bush aides mocked Kerry's pitch, noting his own absence from Congress this campaign year. The president, Daryn, said he has no intention of calling Congress back officially from summer recess, saying that the committees are already doing their work, and that they get into action and they can actually begin to take action fully in September -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Dana Bash in Beloit, Wisconsin. Dana, thank you.

We continue our talk on terrorism with new security rules. And in New York, that means trouble for truckers.

Here is CNN correspondent Jason Bellini.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JASON BELLINI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a moral imperative that New Yorkers conduct business as usual, said Senator Charles Schumer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We went probably 90 feet in 45 minutes.

BELLINI: The increased security should give everybody comfort, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is like a line to the men's room at a Led Zeppelin concert, and there's only two urinals.

BELLINI: Monday, the city closed the Holland Tunnel, the Williamsburg Bridge and the northbound Battery Tunnel to trucks entering Manhattan. Truck driver Neil doesn't know when he'll have his next normal day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're here. The checkpoint is up here. And that's where we're going to go. And if I was allowed to use the Williamsburg Bridge, we never would have met.

BELLINI: In Manhattan, a frustrated foreman waits for Neil and his load of gravel, the contract is to pave a school sidewalk.

ROB CHARLES, CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN: What's usually a 40-minute round-trip turned into six hours.

BELLINI (on camera): That hurts.

CHARLES: Tell me about it. I'm going broke real quick here.

BELLINI (voice-over): Idle time is time when Neil contemplates why he's here in the first place.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's Gina (ph).

BELLINI (on camera): Gina?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's who I do this for six days a week, 60, 70 hours. That's what it's all about, so she don't have to do what I do.

BELLINI (voice-over): At the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, police check trucks one by one.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've got gravel.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Be careful up there.

BELLINI: After making it to the bridge, Neil is home-free. Foreman Rob Charles is still waiting. But most of his workers had already left for the day.

CHARLES: It's killing us. It's killing us; 40 other guys relying on this truck to get here with materials.

BELLINI: Charles points out his labor costs come to $20,000 a day.

(on camera): Neil was supposed to complete six round-trips today. He only ended up making one. And now, on his way back, he's not carrying back any debris with him, as he planned to, because the dump is already closed.

Frustrating?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. The clock is running.

BELLINI (voice-over): As Neil sees it, that's now the cost of doing business.

Jason Bellini, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: We're going to take a look at health news straight ahead. Getting the flu while pregnant can be tougher on an expectant mother. But a new study says what it can mean for the baby is downright frightening. Details coming up next.

And our resident fitness guru joins us from L.A., Jerry Anderson. Who else would have those bulging muscles joining us from L.A.? We're going to talk about some fact or fiction on losing weight and getting in shape. The workout begins in just a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: A woman featured prominently in the prison abuse scandal photographs is the defendant in a military hearing today in North Carolina.

Our national correspondent Bob Franken is at Fort Bragg this morning with more on that.

Bob -- good morning.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.

This is the repeatedly delayed Article 32 hearing. This is where they will decide whether she is going to face court-martial. Lynndie England is charged with a combination of allegations that could bring with them a potential, a maximum potential, of 38 years in prison. Of course, she's well along in a pregnancy, which reportedly the father is Corporal Charles Grainer, who is a prominent figure in this and Abu Ghraib prison.

Of course, we've heard a lot of speculation based on their allegation that the leash picture, the famous leash picture with Lynndie England is the one that has gained so much worldwide attention.

And according to Special Agent Paul Arthur (ph), who was the lead investigative agency, she said that this was just for fun. She said it was Grainer who got the leash and told her to pose with the prisoner, Gus, on a leash, who Grainer said was suspected of killing coalition forces.

Now, what about the claim by the defense that she was merely following orders? There was one point where she said that they had created a pyramid because military intelligence wanted them to rough up the prisoners. But for the most part, the special agent said there was no claim that there were other orders. That was the claim made by her lawyer in an interview with CNN today.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RICHARD HERNANDEZ, LYNNDIE ENGLAND'S LAWYER: What the government wants you to be is that this was a rogue band of adequately-trained soldiers who went behind their chain of command to do whatever they wanted to do. Nothing can be further from the truth.

They know that this goes through M.I. They know it's a systematic problem. And you don't have to take my word for it. The International Red Cross, Amnesty International, the Army's own Taguba report have all reported that this is widespread abuse, and that these incidents such as underwear on the head, didn't occur just at Abu Ghraib. It occurred all over Iraq.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

FRANKEN: Another testimony, more testimony came from another special agent; this one Warren Worth (ph). He was asked, did she ever -- meaning Lynndie England. Did she ever say she was not a willing participant? His answer, "At no time did she ever say that."

We expect to have a total of about 25 witnesses. It could be a week-long hearing -- Daryn.

KAGAN: All right, Bob Franken, we'll let you go so you can go in and listen in to that hearing and report back later. Thank you.

Your "Daily Dose" of health news is coming up next.

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KAGAN: Not the kind of delivery you want to get at home. This is Long Beach, California. Our thanks to KTTV, our affiliate there. A semi-truck into the side of a home in Long Beach. And we apologize for the not so fantastic live picture. We're working on getting more information about what took place, if there any injuries. It does look like there has been some damage, not only to the truck but to the home. So once again, a semi-truck into a house in Long Beach.

All right, let's hope the health is better in our "Daily Dose" of health news.

First for pregnant women, the flu in pregnancy is being linked to schizophrenia. That is a finding of a small new study. Researchers are saying that if an expected woman gets the flu during the first half of pregnancy, it may damage the fetal brain. And that raises the risk of the child later developing schizophrenia. Well, if you have a pacemaker, a defibrillator or other implanted heart device, you'll be glad to know it's probably safe to undergo an MRI. Researches say that tests on laboratory animals suggest that magnetic scans will not damage or dislodge the newest devices.

And you may be able to test for sexually-transmitted diseases in the privacy of your home some day. An infection test kit is being study in Maryland. Researches say the kit allows women to test themselves in much the same way they could test for pregnancy.

When it comes to exercising, eating right and losing weight, it's often hard to separate the fact from the fiction -- unless you have our guest who we have with us this morning, personal trainer Jerry Anderson in Los Angeles for our "Daily Dose" of health news.

Jerry, you're up early. You are raring to go.

JERRY ANDERSON, PERSONAL TRAINER: Oh, most definitely. I've already worked out, and I'm ready for some fact or fiction to beat food addiction.

Because you know what, Daryn, is so amazing is everyone, you know, wants to get in shape and make the changes, but they don't know what to do. That's where I put this fact or fiction of beating food addiction is really important. So, hey, all of your viewers get out a pen and paper and get ready for a big change.

KAGAN: OK. Here comes the mental workout of your day. First, let's go to olive oil. The question is, olive oil -- or the fact or fiction, olive is lower in fat than other fats? Is that fact or fiction?

ANDERSON: You know what, Daryn? That is fiction. All fats yield nine calories per gram. And you know, olive oil is healthy for you. But if you take it in, in abundance, it will store as body fat.

And you see a lot of times I see these cooking shows where a lot of chefs are going bam, bam, bam with olive oil. And all I can see are calories, calories, calories, calories.

KAGAN: Oh!

ANDERSON: Yes, you have to watch it, because whenever you take in more calories than you burn, you gain weight. It doesn't matter the source. It's still fat and it will store as body fat and increase your waistline. You don't want to do that.

KAGAN: Oh, yes, that old formula, if you take in more than you burn. OK, moving on. Vitamin and minerals can give you energy.

ANDERSON: Great question. You know, that is fiction also. Vitamins and minerals don't have calories and cannot provide energy. A lot of people are taking vitamins and minerals for energy. But the only way that you're going to get energy from it is if it has a stimulant in it, because there are two ways, again, to use calories is through nutrition or through a supplement of stimulation. So watch out for some of these supplements. People...

KAGAN: Yes, but you're not saying to go take those supplements that have the caffeine and all of that kind of stuff and get you buzzed but thin.

ANDERSON: Right. But those are very dangerous.

KAGAN: Right.

ANDERSON: Because you can create the motivation on your own. A lot of people are using those. And you know what they're doing since Ephedra is off the market, a lot of companies are doubling up on the caffeine. Instead of hitting with a hammer, they're using a brick. You get the same effect.

KAGAN: OK.

ANDERSON: You've got to really look at it.

KAGAN: Let's head into the gym. People going to the gym, they're thinking about making the most use of their time there.

ANDERSON: Yes.

KAGAN: And they say, I know, I'm going to head to the stepper machine because that is going to burn more calories than the treadmill.

ANDERSON: You know what? It's fiction. Your body doesn't know what piece of equipment you're using. It doesn't have the intellectual ability to look at the machine, and say, oh, that's a Stairmaster, that's a treadmill, that's a life cycle.

What happens is the more effort you use while you're exercising, the more calories you burn. It's that simple a principle.

And you know, Daryn, you see these infomercials where they've got these girls on there and these gorgeous guys, they're all in shape. And they're moving in slow motion like they're on "Baywatch" telling you this machine works better. You know that's not true. Your body has no idea what piece of equipment you're using.

Just find out what you like to do and do it and enjoy and progress. That's the way you get to your goal to burn more calories. It's a simple, easy to do it. And even if you burn 100 extra calories a day, that's a 10-pound weight loss for the entire year. It's amazing.

KAGAN: Not such a bad thing to reverse.

ANDERSON: Yes.

KAGAN: Now talk about something I know you like to do, just looking at those biceps, my friend.

ANDERSON: Yes. KAGAN: This next statement -- and you've got to convince me on this one, because I don't believe it.

ANDERSON: OK.

KAGAN: Weight lifting burns more calories than cardiovascular exercise after working out. Come on.

ANDERSON: Here's the thing, I tell you, Daryn, studies have shown that after working out, weight lifting will burn extra calories up to 48 hours after working out versus cardio one hour.

And you know the amazing thing about it is the heat, it keeps your body burning. A lot of people don't realize it. If you put on a heart rate monitor and you wear it for the entire day after weight lifting and you wear a heart rate monitor after doing cardio, you'll see that your elevated heart rate is a lot higher for a longer period of time. It's almost like when you turn the oven off, it's still on.

And here's another tip about weight training. I love weight training. It does so many great things.

KAGAN: You do, really?

ANDERSON: Yes, yes, yes. It builds bone density, lean muscle mass, and it turns your body in a fat-burning machine. It gives you more curves than the Long Beach Grand Prix, have you sizzling like fajitas.

KAGAN: OK, and as we say good-bye, why don't you turn the ovens on, on those biceps for us to show just how much you're working out?

ANDERSON: You know, this is how you work it, the biceps. And there you go. And remember, your body will change whether or not you choose to change it, but you have the choice to choose the direction. And stay tuned for more fact or fiction to beat food addiction.

KAGAN: Well, we chose to spend some time with you, and I think I burned some calories.

ANDERSON: All right.

KAGAN: Jerry Anderson, thank you so much for your time, and good workouts ahead.

ANDERSON: All right, thank you and have a great day.

KAGAN: OK, from the gym -- we will.

From the gym, computer geeks now. Picking up canned food and bottled water. You're not going to leave your home for months. The obsession begins again. "Doom 3" arrives next.

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KAGAN: You can say good-bye to your geeky gamer friends. "Doom 3" is on the way. It is a video game. It's the next video game descending to store shelves on Earth today. More than a million copies have already been sold. That means at least as many Americans will be glued to their computers during the next several weeks.

Critics have suggested that the "Doom" games encourage real-life violence. There have been no definitive scientific studies on that subject.

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KAGAN: And that is going to do it for me, Daryn Kagan. I'll see you right back here tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, Wolf Blitzer is out there somewhere.

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Vacationing.

KAGAN: Vacationing.

LIN: Well-deserved after the Democratic Convention.

KAGAN: That's true, and before the Republican Convention.

LIN: You bet.

KAGAN: So, Carol Lin is here to step in for the next hour.

LIN: Thanks very much, Daryn.

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