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Dueling in Davenport; A Mixup at a Fertility Clinic Leaves One Woman With a Baby and a Problem

Aired August 04, 2004 - 10:31   ET

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


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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Let's check in with the Kerry campaign. Our senior political correspondent Candy Crowley is traveling with the Democratic nominee, and we have tracked her down in Davenport.
Candy, good morning.

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning.

A slightly different take here at the Kerry camp, that while George Bush is going to have a rally, a lot of people lining up for it, this is an economic roundtable. I don't know if you can tell behind me.

What the Kerry camp is touting here today is that it has 200 business leaders that are going to endorse John Kerry and John Edwards, the Democratic ticket. They say it's because of a number of things. They say basically almost the opposite of what Suzanne reported the president was going to say, John Kerry will say the economy is not that good, particularly in places like Davenport, which has the highest unemployment rate in the state. He will say that businesses are getting slammed by high health care costs, but he has a program to deal with that.

So same topic, competing messages. And not just competing messages, but competing status reports on how the economy is doing. This is one of the smaller events that John Kerry has done since leaving Boston. Mostly, this has been a tour about gathering momentum, about trying to take the electricity out of Boston and put it on the campaign trail.

Yesterday in Wisconsin, Kerry continued to draw large, enthusiastic crowds. We moved down into Iowa, where he stopped in small towns, talking to people there that they -- in advance people would go out and say John Kerry is coming, and they're equipped with signs. And so he stopped in a lot of the rural, small towns of Iowa, and then finally this sort of collision course here with the Bush campaign.

And as obviously Suzanne has reported, they think that the president is stalking them, and the White House feels differently.

KAGAN: Conspiracy theories in politics, go figure.

Candy, I want to ask you about Iowa. This state has to hold a special place in John Kerry's heart, because it was there that really his campaign really took hold. CROWLEY: Absolutely. That was sort of the topic of his conversation last night in Dubuque was, you know, it started here. I mean, you know, the Kerry campaign was doing very badly in New Hampshire against John Dean, where Kerry was supposed to be doing well. And they made a decision to make a big run here in Iowa to try to get him back up off the mat, where he spent most of late last year. Iowa not only gave him a first, it gave him a first to Howard Dean's third, and virtually crippled the Dean campaign as it went into New Hampshire.

So this is the place -- literally, there are some years obviously where Iowa caucuses don't make that much difference. Iowa caucus this year, you can argue, made this candidate.

KAGAN: And candy, you don't go anywhere. I want to invite you to join our conversation. Bill Schneider, our senior political analyst.

Bill, what do you make of both of these campaigns being blocks apart so few minutes apart today?

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, it's a telling coincidence. I don't think there was any plan, I don't anyone is stalking anyone, but it does show that there are parts of the country where this campaign is going to be intense and it's going to be never ending, and Davenport, Iowa is one of those places. Iowa is a swing state. It's one of about 17 swing states around the country that are generally agreed to be highly competitive. Those places -- there they are, states in yellow on that map. Those places are going to see a very intense presidential campaign, like Iowa will. There will be intensive advertising on television, and by the end of this campaign, the voters there are going to say, enough already!

But if you are unfortunate enough to live in, say, Atlanta, Georgia, or Houston, Texas, or Los Angeles, California, you ain't going to see no campaign, it's going to pass you right by, because those voters are in states that are not very competitive. Nobody is going to pay for ads in expensive markets like Houston, or Atlanta or Los Angeles and waste the money. They're going to pay for ads where it's more productive, and efficient and cheaper, like Davenport, Iowa, where their campaign will never end.

KAGAN: Yes, I think a lot of voters frustrated that if they don't -- if they aren't living in one of those battleground states, they're pretty much being ignored.

Candy, I want you back here and pick up on something that Suzanne was talking about, President Bush speaking to the Catholic organization, Knights of Columbus. John Kerry being Catholic himself, how is he playing the Catholic issue on the campaign trail?

CROWLEY: Well, it hasn't come up on this round since the post- convention. You've heard him at the convention say, look, I don't wear my religion on my sleeve, but they are trying to talk about cultural issues, and that does get to the religious and spirituality issue. He says, you know, mainstream values are not a campaign slogan; it's in how you live your life, and that of course gets John Kerry back to his resume, and sacrifice for country and that sort of thing.

So as far as a Catholic vote is concerned, they have obviously very high hopes here, because there are polls showing the majority of Catholics happen to be for abortion rights, which is where Kerry stands, even though he says that, personally, he believes that life begins at conception, he votes on the pro-abortion right side. So it's a fine line he's walking, but it's one that a lot of Catholics do. And Catholics always a very important vote, but no sign of any real worry here at this point.

KAGAN: Candy Crowley, we're going to let you go, there on the campaign trail. Thank you for your time. and we'll be looking for that event just ahead.

And, Bill, before you go, I wanted to ask you about the Catholic issue. When President Bush was talking about it, he, himself, is not Catholic, but he literally can say some of his best friends are -- his brother, Jeb, the Governor of Florida, also a member of Knights of Columbus. And he made reference to that in his speech yesterday.

SCHNEIDER: That's right. The Catholic issue is interesting this year, because while it was a tremendous issue 40-some years ago when John Kennedy ran, and of course Al Smith back in the '20s ran, first Catholic candidate, and was defeated, it isn't an issue this year.

It's worth noting we passed some kind of a milestone, because the only constituency that appears to be bothered, or interested or absorbed by the fact that John Kerry is a Catholic is the Catholic church, which is criticizing Kerry for not running on Catholic church teachings, for deviating from the church's position. Other voters don't really seem to care. And the Catholic vote itself, which came out very heavily for John F. Kennedy -- 80 percent for Kennedy in 1960 -- now appears to be a genuine swing vote.

KAGAN: Bill Schneider, in Washington D.C., thank you for your time as well.

Let's check out some other political news now. Voters in Missouri have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. National groups on both sides of the issue closely watched this vote. It's the nation's first such vote since Massachusetts legalized gay unions last year.

And speaking of voters, here's a little election year riddle: In the race to be the head of the U.S. government, which head might wobble and bobble all the way to the White House?

The voters in our next story from CNN's John Zarrella may have the answer.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Look at the line. Voting for president is serious business, even if it's August and it really doesn't count.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ladies and gentlemen, the polls are now open. Welcome to "Bobblelection."

ZARRELLA: Seven minor league baseball stadiums hosted a spirited presidential election.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We need a change. We need a change.

ZARRELLA: Fans got to vote for either President Bush or Senator John Kerry. In exchange, they got a bobblehead doll of the candidate of their choice.

Kim Harris cast the first Florida vote.

KIM HARRIS: As a disabled veteran, I have to go with George Bush.

ZARRELLA: From Ft. Myers, Florida, home of "the Miracle," to the Sioux Falls Canaries, the ballparks were all decked out, bunting hanging from the facade, voting booths and even representatives from the two major parties. It was supposed to be just a fun promotion to boost summer attendance, but...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're not smiling. I walked down a minute ago, and I said, would you people lighten up? And they're just, you know, we got to vote right, got to vote right, got to get in there.

ZARRELLA: As a reminder of unpleasantries past, every Ft. Myers voter received a hanging chad. And as expected here in Florida, there were some who didn't think the election was fair.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought Nader wasn't on the ballot. It's just like every other Florida election.

ZARRELLA: Dick Cheney had no problem with it. That's right, this man's name is Richard Cheney. You can guess who he voted for.

RICHARD CHENEY: The vice president is a distant cousin.

ZARRELLA (on camera): Does he really -- does he know who you are?

CHENEY: No, I doubt it.

ZARRELLA (voice-over): At the end of the night, just as expected to be in November, the election was close. Of the seven cities, President Bush won four to Senator Kerry's three. And the president won Ft. Myers with 53 percent of the vote, despite partisan vote- counters...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two in a row. We're rallying, baby, we're rallying.

ZARRELLA: ... who favored Senator Kerry. (on camera): Now given all the problems Florida's had with electronic voting machines and counting ballots, come November, elections officials might want to consider something really simple. Like a "bobblection."

John Zarrella, CNN. Ft. Myers, Florida.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: We're at 41 minutes past the hour.

The woman who you saw smiling in the Iraqi prison abuse photos, she heads back to court today for a second day of her pretrial hearing.

Plus, a mixup at a fertility clinic leaves one woman with a baby and a problem. We'll tell you about the follow-up to a huge mistake.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Testimony is due to resume this morning in the military hearing of Private First Class Lynndie England, one of the Army Reservists implicated in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. At issue, whether her photographed humiliation of detainees was the work of a rogue soldier or someone reluctantly following orders.

Our Susan Candiotti has details on that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a day of embarrassing testimony for the diminutive, 6-month pregnant Reservists from rural West Virginia. Twenty-one-year-old Private First Class Lynndie England appeared uncomfortable facing witnesses, who described not only her alleged role in abusing Iraqi prisoners, but detailed, sexually explicit photos of England with other soldiers.

The lead investigator testified England was asked why she posed with naked Iraqi detainees stacked in a human pyramid, why she agreed to hold a dog leash tied around the neck of another nude detainee. He said England offered this explanation: "It was just for fun."

As for all the guards involved, these words: "They didn't think it was that big a deal. They were joking around."

The investigator testified that only once when England was first questioned did she mention military intelligence, that she said agents told guards it was OK to rough up these suspected rapists.

When testimony turned to others, more personal photographs, as her mother looked on, England turned away and dropped her head. When England left at the lunch break, she did not return for the afternoon session. Her lawyer said she had called her doctor, who asked her to come in. He would not elaborate, other than to say it had been a difficult day for her. RICHARD HERNANDEZ, ATTORNEY FOR LYNNDIE ENGLAND: She's as stressed as anyone else would be if you were a 20-year-old - 21-year- old young lady who's facing 30 years for pictures, intimate photographs that are - you would see at Mardi Gras on spring break. But not in this case. She's facing 30 years.

CANDIOTTI (on camera): For now, England is keeping her silence at this investigative hearing. She spoke only briefly in court, saying the defense does not plan to call any witnesses. But she is expected in court on Wednesday to hear more of the government's case against her.

Susan Candiotti, CNN, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(STOCK MARKET UPDATE)

KAGAN: Story from a California fertility clinic, paying the price for implanting the wrong embryo. We'll tell you about the mixup.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Let's look at other stories making news coast to coast.

Police in suburban Atlanta are waiting the return today of two teenage girls accused of stabbing to death the grandparents of one of the suspects. The girls were arrested yesterday. Police say that 16- year-old Sandra Ketchum and 15-year-old Holly Ann Harvey killed Holly's grandparents so that they could run away to the beach.

Crews are expanding their search in California's San Bernardino Mountains, after finding signs that a missing 9-year-old boy may still be alive. Searchers found small footprints about a mile and a half from the campsite where David Gonzalez was last seen on Saturday. He had walked to the family's truck some 50 yards away to fetch some cookies when he disappeared.

And remember this videotaped beating after a police chase? It has changed and it has prompted a change in Los Angeles Police Department. Chief William Bratton says that his officers will soon carry smaller rubberized flashlights. There was public outcry when television news helicopters videotaped an officer striking the suspected car thief 11 times using his flashlight.

Well, a woman in California had problems getting pregnant. She turned to a San Francisco clinic for help, and it was there that her dream of finally having a baby turned into a nightmare.

Here is reporter Bob Platebo (ph) from affiliate KRON.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BOB PLATEBO (ph), KRON REPORTER (voice-over): Susan Buchweitz gave birth to a health baby boy three years ago, by way of in vitro fertilization. But somehow she got the wrong embryo here at the fertilization clinic of the bay area. And now the couple who provided the embryo are suing for custody of the child, arguing that since both women were implanted with embryos fertilized by the husband's sperm, the children are biologically brother and sister.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It has actually wrecked her life. It's been a horrible, terrible thing. She had a baby that she thought was hers alone. She found out that the baby was from the embryo of someone else.

PLATEBO: Susan Buchweitz successfully sued her doctor, Steven L. Katz, for malpractice, and has reportedly mortgaged her Campbell home to defend against the couple's custody suit.

Meantime, the case has raised questions about why months went by before the mistake was finally revealed by a whistle-blower, and how could the embryos have been mixed up to begin with.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Somehow the identification protocol clearly broke down.

PLATEBO: Dr. David Adamson (ph), of Fertility Physicians of Northern California, not connected to the San Francisco clinic, says there is no national standard that protocol varies from one clinic to the next. But offered this advice...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think that people should check to make sure the clinic is a member of SART, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. They should meet with a physician and make sure that they're comfortable with them and that they have all of their questions answered, and they should ask their doctor about protocols in place to deal with this kind of situation.

PLATEBO: The technology itself, says Adamson, is reliable, with more than 100,000 successful in vitro babies born since the first so- called test-tube baby was born 26 years ago.

Nancy Hirsch (ph) says her client is telling her story now in the hopes it won't happen again to someone else.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Her main interest is in educating the public and other women who undergo in vitro procedures to be careful to become their own patient advocates, not to assume that there are protocols in place that will protect them.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: That story from Rob Platebo, from our affiliate KRON in San Francisco.

In Cleveland this morning, hopes are high that the next Fantasia, or Rubin or Kelly could be somewhere in the group that you're looking at. The high notes and the low notes ahead.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(SINGING)

KAGAN: I thought he sounded pretty good there. Who was that guy? Could he be the next American Idol?

Cleveland playing host today to this year's first round of "American Idol" auditions. More than 15,000 wannabes have been waiting in line through the night for their chance at stardom.

(WEATHER REPORT)

KAGAN: Well, after more than seven years behind bars, convicted sex offender Mary Kay Letourneau is free. We'll tell you how her now 21-year-old former lover feels about that.

And if you think you could run a better campaign than they can, we'll show you how you can find out. The second hour of CNN LIVE TODAY begins right now.

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Aired August 4, 2004 - 10:31   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Let's check in with the Kerry campaign. Our senior political correspondent Candy Crowley is traveling with the Democratic nominee, and we have tracked her down in Davenport.
Candy, good morning.

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning.

A slightly different take here at the Kerry camp, that while George Bush is going to have a rally, a lot of people lining up for it, this is an economic roundtable. I don't know if you can tell behind me.

What the Kerry camp is touting here today is that it has 200 business leaders that are going to endorse John Kerry and John Edwards, the Democratic ticket. They say it's because of a number of things. They say basically almost the opposite of what Suzanne reported the president was going to say, John Kerry will say the economy is not that good, particularly in places like Davenport, which has the highest unemployment rate in the state. He will say that businesses are getting slammed by high health care costs, but he has a program to deal with that.

So same topic, competing messages. And not just competing messages, but competing status reports on how the economy is doing. This is one of the smaller events that John Kerry has done since leaving Boston. Mostly, this has been a tour about gathering momentum, about trying to take the electricity out of Boston and put it on the campaign trail.

Yesterday in Wisconsin, Kerry continued to draw large, enthusiastic crowds. We moved down into Iowa, where he stopped in small towns, talking to people there that they -- in advance people would go out and say John Kerry is coming, and they're equipped with signs. And so he stopped in a lot of the rural, small towns of Iowa, and then finally this sort of collision course here with the Bush campaign.

And as obviously Suzanne has reported, they think that the president is stalking them, and the White House feels differently.

KAGAN: Conspiracy theories in politics, go figure.

Candy, I want to ask you about Iowa. This state has to hold a special place in John Kerry's heart, because it was there that really his campaign really took hold. CROWLEY: Absolutely. That was sort of the topic of his conversation last night in Dubuque was, you know, it started here. I mean, you know, the Kerry campaign was doing very badly in New Hampshire against John Dean, where Kerry was supposed to be doing well. And they made a decision to make a big run here in Iowa to try to get him back up off the mat, where he spent most of late last year. Iowa not only gave him a first, it gave him a first to Howard Dean's third, and virtually crippled the Dean campaign as it went into New Hampshire.

So this is the place -- literally, there are some years obviously where Iowa caucuses don't make that much difference. Iowa caucus this year, you can argue, made this candidate.

KAGAN: And candy, you don't go anywhere. I want to invite you to join our conversation. Bill Schneider, our senior political analyst.

Bill, what do you make of both of these campaigns being blocks apart so few minutes apart today?

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SR. POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, it's a telling coincidence. I don't think there was any plan, I don't anyone is stalking anyone, but it does show that there are parts of the country where this campaign is going to be intense and it's going to be never ending, and Davenport, Iowa is one of those places. Iowa is a swing state. It's one of about 17 swing states around the country that are generally agreed to be highly competitive. Those places -- there they are, states in yellow on that map. Those places are going to see a very intense presidential campaign, like Iowa will. There will be intensive advertising on television, and by the end of this campaign, the voters there are going to say, enough already!

But if you are unfortunate enough to live in, say, Atlanta, Georgia, or Houston, Texas, or Los Angeles, California, you ain't going to see no campaign, it's going to pass you right by, because those voters are in states that are not very competitive. Nobody is going to pay for ads in expensive markets like Houston, or Atlanta or Los Angeles and waste the money. They're going to pay for ads where it's more productive, and efficient and cheaper, like Davenport, Iowa, where their campaign will never end.

KAGAN: Yes, I think a lot of voters frustrated that if they don't -- if they aren't living in one of those battleground states, they're pretty much being ignored.

Candy, I want you back here and pick up on something that Suzanne was talking about, President Bush speaking to the Catholic organization, Knights of Columbus. John Kerry being Catholic himself, how is he playing the Catholic issue on the campaign trail?

CROWLEY: Well, it hasn't come up on this round since the post- convention. You've heard him at the convention say, look, I don't wear my religion on my sleeve, but they are trying to talk about cultural issues, and that does get to the religious and spirituality issue. He says, you know, mainstream values are not a campaign slogan; it's in how you live your life, and that of course gets John Kerry back to his resume, and sacrifice for country and that sort of thing.

So as far as a Catholic vote is concerned, they have obviously very high hopes here, because there are polls showing the majority of Catholics happen to be for abortion rights, which is where Kerry stands, even though he says that, personally, he believes that life begins at conception, he votes on the pro-abortion right side. So it's a fine line he's walking, but it's one that a lot of Catholics do. And Catholics always a very important vote, but no sign of any real worry here at this point.

KAGAN: Candy Crowley, we're going to let you go, there on the campaign trail. Thank you for your time. and we'll be looking for that event just ahead.

And, Bill, before you go, I wanted to ask you about the Catholic issue. When President Bush was talking about it, he, himself, is not Catholic, but he literally can say some of his best friends are -- his brother, Jeb, the Governor of Florida, also a member of Knights of Columbus. And he made reference to that in his speech yesterday.

SCHNEIDER: That's right. The Catholic issue is interesting this year, because while it was a tremendous issue 40-some years ago when John Kennedy ran, and of course Al Smith back in the '20s ran, first Catholic candidate, and was defeated, it isn't an issue this year.

It's worth noting we passed some kind of a milestone, because the only constituency that appears to be bothered, or interested or absorbed by the fact that John Kerry is a Catholic is the Catholic church, which is criticizing Kerry for not running on Catholic church teachings, for deviating from the church's position. Other voters don't really seem to care. And the Catholic vote itself, which came out very heavily for John F. Kennedy -- 80 percent for Kennedy in 1960 -- now appears to be a genuine swing vote.

KAGAN: Bill Schneider, in Washington D.C., thank you for your time as well.

Let's check out some other political news now. Voters in Missouri have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. National groups on both sides of the issue closely watched this vote. It's the nation's first such vote since Massachusetts legalized gay unions last year.

And speaking of voters, here's a little election year riddle: In the race to be the head of the U.S. government, which head might wobble and bobble all the way to the White House?

The voters in our next story from CNN's John Zarrella may have the answer.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Look at the line. Voting for president is serious business, even if it's August and it really doesn't count.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ladies and gentlemen, the polls are now open. Welcome to "Bobblelection."

ZARRELLA: Seven minor league baseball stadiums hosted a spirited presidential election.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We need a change. We need a change.

ZARRELLA: Fans got to vote for either President Bush or Senator John Kerry. In exchange, they got a bobblehead doll of the candidate of their choice.

Kim Harris cast the first Florida vote.

KIM HARRIS: As a disabled veteran, I have to go with George Bush.

ZARRELLA: From Ft. Myers, Florida, home of "the Miracle," to the Sioux Falls Canaries, the ballparks were all decked out, bunting hanging from the facade, voting booths and even representatives from the two major parties. It was supposed to be just a fun promotion to boost summer attendance, but...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They're not smiling. I walked down a minute ago, and I said, would you people lighten up? And they're just, you know, we got to vote right, got to vote right, got to get in there.

ZARRELLA: As a reminder of unpleasantries past, every Ft. Myers voter received a hanging chad. And as expected here in Florida, there were some who didn't think the election was fair.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought Nader wasn't on the ballot. It's just like every other Florida election.

ZARRELLA: Dick Cheney had no problem with it. That's right, this man's name is Richard Cheney. You can guess who he voted for.

RICHARD CHENEY: The vice president is a distant cousin.

ZARRELLA (on camera): Does he really -- does he know who you are?

CHENEY: No, I doubt it.

ZARRELLA (voice-over): At the end of the night, just as expected to be in November, the election was close. Of the seven cities, President Bush won four to Senator Kerry's three. And the president won Ft. Myers with 53 percent of the vote, despite partisan vote- counters...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two in a row. We're rallying, baby, we're rallying.

ZARRELLA: ... who favored Senator Kerry. (on camera): Now given all the problems Florida's had with electronic voting machines and counting ballots, come November, elections officials might want to consider something really simple. Like a "bobblection."

John Zarrella, CNN. Ft. Myers, Florida.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: We're at 41 minutes past the hour.

The woman who you saw smiling in the Iraqi prison abuse photos, she heads back to court today for a second day of her pretrial hearing.

Plus, a mixup at a fertility clinic leaves one woman with a baby and a problem. We'll tell you about the follow-up to a huge mistake.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Testimony is due to resume this morning in the military hearing of Private First Class Lynndie England, one of the Army Reservists implicated in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. At issue, whether her photographed humiliation of detainees was the work of a rogue soldier or someone reluctantly following orders.

Our Susan Candiotti has details on that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was a day of embarrassing testimony for the diminutive, 6-month pregnant Reservists from rural West Virginia. Twenty-one-year-old Private First Class Lynndie England appeared uncomfortable facing witnesses, who described not only her alleged role in abusing Iraqi prisoners, but detailed, sexually explicit photos of England with other soldiers.

The lead investigator testified England was asked why she posed with naked Iraqi detainees stacked in a human pyramid, why she agreed to hold a dog leash tied around the neck of another nude detainee. He said England offered this explanation: "It was just for fun."

As for all the guards involved, these words: "They didn't think it was that big a deal. They were joking around."

The investigator testified that only once when England was first questioned did she mention military intelligence, that she said agents told guards it was OK to rough up these suspected rapists.

When testimony turned to others, more personal photographs, as her mother looked on, England turned away and dropped her head. When England left at the lunch break, she did not return for the afternoon session. Her lawyer said she had called her doctor, who asked her to come in. He would not elaborate, other than to say it had been a difficult day for her. RICHARD HERNANDEZ, ATTORNEY FOR LYNNDIE ENGLAND: She's as stressed as anyone else would be if you were a 20-year-old - 21-year- old young lady who's facing 30 years for pictures, intimate photographs that are - you would see at Mardi Gras on spring break. But not in this case. She's facing 30 years.

CANDIOTTI (on camera): For now, England is keeping her silence at this investigative hearing. She spoke only briefly in court, saying the defense does not plan to call any witnesses. But she is expected in court on Wednesday to hear more of the government's case against her.

Susan Candiotti, CNN, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

(STOCK MARKET UPDATE)

KAGAN: Story from a California fertility clinic, paying the price for implanting the wrong embryo. We'll tell you about the mixup.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Let's look at other stories making news coast to coast.

Police in suburban Atlanta are waiting the return today of two teenage girls accused of stabbing to death the grandparents of one of the suspects. The girls were arrested yesterday. Police say that 16- year-old Sandra Ketchum and 15-year-old Holly Ann Harvey killed Holly's grandparents so that they could run away to the beach.

Crews are expanding their search in California's San Bernardino Mountains, after finding signs that a missing 9-year-old boy may still be alive. Searchers found small footprints about a mile and a half from the campsite where David Gonzalez was last seen on Saturday. He had walked to the family's truck some 50 yards away to fetch some cookies when he disappeared.

And remember this videotaped beating after a police chase? It has changed and it has prompted a change in Los Angeles Police Department. Chief William Bratton says that his officers will soon carry smaller rubberized flashlights. There was public outcry when television news helicopters videotaped an officer striking the suspected car thief 11 times using his flashlight.

Well, a woman in California had problems getting pregnant. She turned to a San Francisco clinic for help, and it was there that her dream of finally having a baby turned into a nightmare.

Here is reporter Bob Platebo (ph) from affiliate KRON.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BOB PLATEBO (ph), KRON REPORTER (voice-over): Susan Buchweitz gave birth to a health baby boy three years ago, by way of in vitro fertilization. But somehow she got the wrong embryo here at the fertilization clinic of the bay area. And now the couple who provided the embryo are suing for custody of the child, arguing that since both women were implanted with embryos fertilized by the husband's sperm, the children are biologically brother and sister.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It has actually wrecked her life. It's been a horrible, terrible thing. She had a baby that she thought was hers alone. She found out that the baby was from the embryo of someone else.

PLATEBO: Susan Buchweitz successfully sued her doctor, Steven L. Katz, for malpractice, and has reportedly mortgaged her Campbell home to defend against the couple's custody suit.

Meantime, the case has raised questions about why months went by before the mistake was finally revealed by a whistle-blower, and how could the embryos have been mixed up to begin with.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Somehow the identification protocol clearly broke down.

PLATEBO: Dr. David Adamson (ph), of Fertility Physicians of Northern California, not connected to the San Francisco clinic, says there is no national standard that protocol varies from one clinic to the next. But offered this advice...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think that people should check to make sure the clinic is a member of SART, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. They should meet with a physician and make sure that they're comfortable with them and that they have all of their questions answered, and they should ask their doctor about protocols in place to deal with this kind of situation.

PLATEBO: The technology itself, says Adamson, is reliable, with more than 100,000 successful in vitro babies born since the first so- called test-tube baby was born 26 years ago.

Nancy Hirsch (ph) says her client is telling her story now in the hopes it won't happen again to someone else.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Her main interest is in educating the public and other women who undergo in vitro procedures to be careful to become their own patient advocates, not to assume that there are protocols in place that will protect them.

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KAGAN: That story from Rob Platebo, from our affiliate KRON in San Francisco.

In Cleveland this morning, hopes are high that the next Fantasia, or Rubin or Kelly could be somewhere in the group that you're looking at. The high notes and the low notes ahead.

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