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Bombing in Indonesia Kills 4, Wounds 99; Payback Time for Bush Critics?
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now in the news. A locally-based terror group is the initial suspect in this morning's car bomb explosion outside of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. The powerful blast killed four people and wounded 99, most of them security officers or passers-by. We'll go live to Jakarta minutes from now.
Secretary of State Colin Powell testifies about the violence in Sudan this morning. He'll be speaking before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The White House threatens a veto of a big spending bill if House Democrats push through an amendment blocking new overtime rules. A vote on the bill was postponed yesterday and is expected today.
And Hurricane Ivan now packs top winds of 160 miles per hour. It's killed 15 on Grenada, and is now heading for Jamaica and maybe even Florida.
(WEATHER BREAK)
COSTELLO: Just ahead on DAYBREAK, more on the latest reports of President Bush's National Guard records. Have campaign tactics gone too far? That is our e-mail question of the morning. E-mail us at Daybreak@CNN.com. Do you think the campaign gone too negative? And are you sick of this issue?
We'll be right back.
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COSTELLO: Welcome back to DAYBREAK.
A powerful car bomb explodes this morning outside of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. At least four are killed, 99 injured.
Let's get more details now from our bureau chief there, Maria Ressa. She's reporting live from Jakarta.
Good morning -- Maria.
MARIA RESSA, CNN JAKARTA BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.
It was an extremely large blast; larger, say some police officers, than the blast at the JW Marriott Hotel last August in 2003. When the blast happened, Carol, President Megawati Sukarnoputri was attending a royal wedding in Brunei. She was met at the airport by Indonesia's national police chief. They went directly to the site so she could survey the damage.
This is the third terrorist bombing in Indonesia in three years.
So far, Indonesia says at least four people have been killed. About 115 people injured now.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, both Australia and Indonesia say they suspect the group is Jemaah Islamiyah, the group behind the Bali bombings in October, 2002 and the Marriott suicide bombing in August, 2003. That group received funding from al Qaeda for these attacks. Terrorism experts see this group as al Qaeda's arm in Southeast Asia -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Maria Ressa reporting live for us from Jakarta, thank you.
In the race for the White House, John Kerry is spending the morning Des Moines, Iowa. Aides say Kerry will, again, talk about how the war in Iraq is taking money away from addressing skyrocketing health care costs.
This afternoon, he'll speak at the National Baptist Convention in New Orleans, and then he'll wrap up the day in St. Louis, Missouri.
After spending a day with hurricane victims and his brother in Florida, President Bush has two rallies on his agenda today. Both are in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. A campaign aide says the president will lay out his vision for the economy.
In the meantime, a new round of political attack ads hit the airwaves Monday. A group calling itself Texans for Truth says President Bush did not show up for much of his required National Guard service during the Vietnam War.
So, for Bush opponents it's payback time. But does it matter? That's our hot button political discussion this morning.
Vaughn Ververs is editor of "The Hotline," part of the "National Journal." He's on the phone live in Washington.
Good morning.
VAUGHN VERVERS, EDITOR, "THE HOTLINE": Good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: President Bush has asserted in the past he was granted no special favors to get into the Air National Guard. Not so, says the former Texas Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes. He spoke on "60 MINUTES" last night.
Let's listen to what he had to say.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BEN BARNES, FMR. TEXAS HOUSE SPEAKER: I would describe it as preferential treatment. There were hundreds of names on the list of people wanting to get in the Air National Guard or the Army National Guard. I think that would have been a preference to anybody that didn't want to go to Vietnam that didn't want to -- we had a lot of young men that left and went to Canada in the '60s and fled this country.
But those that could get in the Reserves or those that could get into the National Guard, chances are they would not have to go to Vietnam.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Barnes works for the Democrats now. He was a Democrat then.
Vaughn, is this issue resonating?
VERVERS: Well, Carol, I don't think it's going to be quite as big of a deal as we saw with the Swift Boat ads for Kerry. But it could serve to halt some of Bush's momentum that he has coming out of his convention last week.
This is probably the third or fourth time that we've gone over this issue in a big national discussion. It sort of comes at an opportune time for Democrats. They need something to slow him down.
And, you know, I think that it will have some impact on the president. But I don't think we're going to see the same effect as maybe the Swift Boat ads had on John Kerry, because people are familiar with George Bush. The Vietnam issue for him is not such a big issue. They've seen him as president for four years.
The Kerry stuff came out at a time where we were just starting to learn -- a lot of voters were just starting to learn more about him.
COSTELLO: Well, we're looking at an ad of Texans for Truth, talking about President Bush's service or alleged lack thereof in the Air National Guard. I mean, who cares? All of this happened so long ago.
VERVERS: Well, you know, it does go to the image of Bush as being somebody who had a lot of things in life given to him, a lot of opportunities afforded to him that other people didn't get.
But, again, you know, this is stuff that has been replayed since the 2000 campaign and well before that. I think that people are more focused on what he's done as president, and they're probably angrier at him for some of the things that he's done as president than they are at his conduct, you know, 30 years ago.
COSTELLO: You know, I'm looking at that ad, Texans for Truth, along with the Swift Boat ads, both paid for with soft money, 527s so to speak. Whatever happened to that idea that these things might go away or be forced to go away? VERVERS: Well, you know, this is going to be an issue that we're going to have to deal with after this election, I think unfortunately. There are some limitations to these groups on what types of money they can spend at this point in the campaign.
But as we've seen in the past, you know, with presidential campaigns in general, a lot of rules and regulations can be broken in a lot of different ways. And, really, if there is any punishment that comes down, it doesn't come down for two, three years later. And, you know, then what's the point of trying to obey these laws?
It's going to be something that's going to be a topic of great discussion after this election, though.
COSTELLO: Well, some people really hope so. Vaughn Ververs, editor of "The Hotline," part of the "National Journal," joining us live on DAYBREAK this morning. Thanks, Vaughn.
VERVERS: You bet.
COSTELLO: So, what do you think about all of the political ads and all of the rhetoric? Have campaign tactics just become too negative this year? Are you just sick of it all? Send us your thoughts, Daybreak@CNN.com. Daybreak@CNN.com. Of course, we'll read some of your e-mails at the end of this hour.
We'll be right back.
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COSTELLO: It's time now for a little business buzz. The nation's third-largest airline unveils a major restructuring plan. What might this mean for you and me?
Hopefully, Carrie Lee has all of the answers for us live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.
CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Well, it could be good news for you, Carol, in Atlanta. I'll get to that in a minute.
But Delta is cutting up to 7,000 jobs -- that's about 10 percent of the carrier's workforce -- over the next 18 months. Also, cutting employee wages and shutting its Dallas hub as part of a sweeping turnaround plan. The idea here is to help Delta cope with higher fuel costs and competition from low-fare rivals.
Now, the reason I mention Atlanta is because Delta is de-hubbing its Dallas/Fort Worth location and putting more resources into Atlanta, where it's already a very strong presence. Dallas/Fort Worth has 254 flights going through that location now. Well, that's going to be cut down to just 21 flights. So it's really a restructuring of its business overall.
Delta is also trying to deal with its roughly $20 billion in debt. The company's CEO says that those discussions with creditors are going well. However, the CEO does say that Delta will seek bankruptcy court protection if they can't slow the pace of pilot retirement by the end of September. They're trying to save, Carol, $5 billion a year by 2006. We'll see if they succeed.
The stock, by the way, on this news was down 10 percent yesterday at the close.
COSTELLO: Yes, we might have expected that. Thank you, Carrie Lee, live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.
Your news, money, weather and sports. It is 6:45 Eastern. Here's what's all new this morning.
Australian bomb experts are on their way to Indonesia this morning. A huge car bomb outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta killed at least four people and injured about 115 others.
Four thousand people in San Francisco are spending the week training for terror. The firefighters, police officers and public health officials are focusing on preventing and responding to a terrorist attack.
In money news, NASA says getting the space shuttle program airborne again is going to cost $2.2 billion. That's twice what the space agency told Congress it would cost a year ago.
In culture, it was quite a stunning ceremony as the crown prince of Brunei finally took a wife. After the ceremony, the 30-year-old prince and his 17-year-old bride paraded around the capital in a gold Rolls Royce.
In sports, Lindsay Davenport once again advances to the U.S. Open semifinals. She needed just 46 minutes to beat unseeded Shinobu Asagoe. It will be the third straight U.S. Open semifinal for Davenport.
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COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you.
And by the way, Chad. Oh, Chad?
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes, yes.
COSTELLO: I know you're busy up there. But did you see the Genesis capsule come back to Earth yesterday?
MYERS: Unfortunately, yes, I did.
COSTELLO: It was something else. Look at that. It's the size of a refrigerator. That's how big this thing is.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: It came down with quite an unexpected thud.
MYERS: Yes, a big crater, too. COSTELLO: Oh, it's just so sad. It happened after its parachutes did not open. The capsule hit the ground actually, if you want specifics now, at 183 miles per hour. But NASA scientists are hoping they can salvage some of the solar dust the capsule was bringing home. Of course, it has been collecting material from space for the past three years.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: It's just sad!
MYERS: Millions and millions, hundreds of millions of dollars there.
COSTELLO: Well, let's hope they can salvage something.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: Let's head live to New York now to check in with Bill and Heidi, in for Soledad, for a look at what's coming up on "AMERICAN MORNING.
Good morning.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Carol.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Carol.
HEMMER: Heidi is back with us today. Welcome back to you.
COLLINS: Thank you.
HEMMER: I hope everything went well.
COLLINS: Oh, yes, it was great. It was really great.
HEMMER: It's another story.
In a moment here, campaign ads target against President Bush's Guard service from 30 years ago. We'll try and measure what impact that is having today.
New battleground polls are out. A lot of strength given to one of the candidates. We won't tell you which one until Bill Schneider shows up.
And also, Ohio's governor is back with us today, Bob Taft. Some shifting numbers in the Buckeye State that we'll get to today also.
COLLINS: Yes, interesting numbers, that's for sure.
Also, we just saw, Carol, that Genesis capsule. Peoples' hearts just kind of went, oh, when that thing crash-landed in the Utah desert. What went wrong and what was lost? We're going to talk to a NASA scientist about that. Two granules of salt, they say that's how big the information is on the inside that they were trying to collect. HEMMER: What can you learn from that, I wonder?
COLLINS: Yes, I don't know.
HEMMER: Also, the Kobe Bryant matter. We talked the other day with attorneys representing the accuser in the civil case. Today, we have a report that's only in "People" magazine. The prosecutor on that case is talking about it. So, we'll have a look back at that and see what went wrong on the criminal side, and where we go from here.
So, Jack's on vacation. Toure is here.
COLLINS: Yes.
HEMMER: He's got all kinds of crazy stuff going on.
COLLINS: As usual.
HEMMER: See you at the top of the hour -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, we'll see you in 10 minutes. Thanks.
HEMMER: All right.
COSTELLO: Getting ready for work? Then ponder this for a moment. Are you happy with your job? Are you pondering are you happy? We'll explain why the answer is no for so many people, and we've got tips for making things better for you.
We'll be back.
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COSTELLO: I know you're getting ready for work this morning, and some of you are dreading the thought of actually going in to the office. Going in, you know, you deserve a promotion, but your boss is not showing you the love. Well, you're not alone.
Let's head live to Chicago and Rosemary Haefner with CareerBuilder.com.
Good morning.
ROSEMARY HAEFNER, CAREERBUILDER.COM: Good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: So, you say a lot of Americans feel this way.
HAEFNER: Unfortunately, more than we'd like to hear. You know, we very regularly tap in to the workforce to find out what they're liking and what they're not liking. And one thing we're seeing consistently now for a while is people are just not satisfied. They're looking for the next great thing.
COSTELLO: Well, why aren't they satisfied? What's happening at work to make them so dissatisfied? HAEFNER: You know, I think a lot of it is things that we take for granted. You know, we hear all about quality of life not being what people want.
But in the day-to-day it's even more practical things, more tangible things. They're not getting enough direction from their supervisors. A lot of people speak to feeling they don't have the right training or education to do their role correctly. There aren't advancement opportunities that they'd like to see in their current position.
So, a lot of things they're frustrated with.
COSTELLO: Well, do they have unrealistic expectations?
HAEFNER: I don't think it's unrealistic. I think that what we're seeing now is a slight difference. Before, people would just say, I'm dissatisfied, I'm unhappy. Somebody else needs to fix it. And what we're seeing now is actually an interesting trend. People are taking action.
COSTELLO: OK.
HAEFNER: They're actually looking at things they can do to improve it themselves.
COSTELLO: Yes, I like that. People are taking action, because that's what you have to do to propel yourself forward.
HAEFNER: Yes.
COSTELLO: And you have some tips for us, and I find them very interesting. The first one is focus on the positive.
HAEFNER: Focus on the positive, absolutely. As I just said, I mean, it's very easy for people to focus on the fact they're unhappy. They're dissatisfied.
But, you know, what are you going to do about it? Look at what actually is good about the current position. So, if you're looking to make a move, you want to make sure you keep that intact in the next role. Look at all of the good that you currently have as well.
COSTELLO: And you probably should take a good, long, honest look at yourself to identify what's hindering you in your job.
HAEFNER: Correct. I think, you know, the necessary step in writing an action plan for your next move is look at the strengths and the weaknesses. What we're seeing as, again, a more positive sign is people are very candid with themselves. What education do I need? What exposure or experience do I want to gain so I'm more attractive to potential new employers?
And they're finding those opportunities in some cases as a volunteer, you know, working for free, we're even seeing, which is an interesting development just to try and gain that exposure.
COSTELLO: Interesting. So, you have to use all of that stuff that you're learning about yourself. So you should create some kind of strategy, but how?
HAEFNER: The easiest thing to do is put pen to paper. It does not need to be anything fancy. I think it's just a big step for a lot of people to actually take the time to sit down and be very honest with themselves. Focus on what do they want to achieve, when do they want to achieve it, and what do they need to do to get there?
In many cases, it's talking to other individuals in a career field they want to enter into, securing a mentor perhaps. Being realistic about what where do they want to live? How much money do they want to make? You know, what hours do they want to work? And actually just being very honest with themselves. That's a first step. It sounds simple, but a lot of people have been dodging it for quite some time.
COSTELLO: I certainly understand that. Rosemary Haefner from CareerBuilder.com, thank you for joining DAYBREAK this morning.
HAEFNER: It's great to be here. Thanks, Carol.
COSTELLO: We're going to read some of your e-mails on the air later, and we'll also give away that mug. Chad is finally down here.
We'll be right back.
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COSTELLO: We apologize. We don't have time to give the mug away today. But we wanted to get to some of your e-mails just because we've been getting so many this morning.
We're talking about the political campaign, the new ads that came out against, you know, against President Bush.
MYERS: Go ahead and start.
COSTELLO: OK. Here it goes.
This is from Denise in San Diego. She says: "You bet we're sick of hearing about the service records of both candidates. As long as we're talking about what did or did not happen 30 to 35 years ago, we're not talking about the present and current important issues of today."
MYERS: Jason doesn't think that these campaigns are too negative, but he wishes the 527 groups would bear the burden of proof, along with their right to free speech.
COSTELLO: And this is from Mike from Minnesota. He says: "As long as voters continue to be as ignorant as they are, we'll be stuck with the sound byte politics we have today. Americans need to stop being so lazy and take their civic responsibility seriously."
Whoa! Mike is getting tough.
MYERS: It's getting pretty deep this morning.
COSTELLO: Yes.
MYERS: All right.
COSTELLO: Thanks for your feedback this morning. I'm Carol Costello along with Chad Myers. "AMERICAN MORNING" starts right now.
MYERS: See you tomorrow.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now in the news. A locally-based terror group is the initial suspect in this morning's car bomb explosion outside of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. The powerful blast killed four people and wounded 99, most of them security officers or passers-by. We'll go live to Jakarta minutes from now.
Secretary of State Colin Powell testifies about the violence in Sudan this morning. He'll be speaking before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The White House threatens a veto of a big spending bill if House Democrats push through an amendment blocking new overtime rules. A vote on the bill was postponed yesterday and is expected today.
And Hurricane Ivan now packs top winds of 160 miles per hour. It's killed 15 on Grenada, and is now heading for Jamaica and maybe even Florida.
(WEATHER BREAK)
COSTELLO: Just ahead on DAYBREAK, more on the latest reports of President Bush's National Guard records. Have campaign tactics gone too far? That is our e-mail question of the morning. E-mail us at Daybreak@CNN.com. Do you think the campaign gone too negative? And are you sick of this issue?
We'll be right back.
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COSTELLO: Welcome back to DAYBREAK.
A powerful car bomb explodes this morning outside of the Australian embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. At least four are killed, 99 injured.
Let's get more details now from our bureau chief there, Maria Ressa. She's reporting live from Jakarta.
Good morning -- Maria.
MARIA RESSA, CNN JAKARTA BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Carol.
It was an extremely large blast; larger, say some police officers, than the blast at the JW Marriott Hotel last August in 2003. When the blast happened, Carol, President Megawati Sukarnoputri was attending a royal wedding in Brunei. She was met at the airport by Indonesia's national police chief. They went directly to the site so she could survey the damage.
This is the third terrorist bombing in Indonesia in three years.
So far, Indonesia says at least four people have been killed. About 115 people injured now.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, both Australia and Indonesia say they suspect the group is Jemaah Islamiyah, the group behind the Bali bombings in October, 2002 and the Marriott suicide bombing in August, 2003. That group received funding from al Qaeda for these attacks. Terrorism experts see this group as al Qaeda's arm in Southeast Asia -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Maria Ressa reporting live for us from Jakarta, thank you.
In the race for the White House, John Kerry is spending the morning Des Moines, Iowa. Aides say Kerry will, again, talk about how the war in Iraq is taking money away from addressing skyrocketing health care costs.
This afternoon, he'll speak at the National Baptist Convention in New Orleans, and then he'll wrap up the day in St. Louis, Missouri.
After spending a day with hurricane victims and his brother in Florida, President Bush has two rallies on his agenda today. Both are in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. A campaign aide says the president will lay out his vision for the economy.
In the meantime, a new round of political attack ads hit the airwaves Monday. A group calling itself Texans for Truth says President Bush did not show up for much of his required National Guard service during the Vietnam War.
So, for Bush opponents it's payback time. But does it matter? That's our hot button political discussion this morning.
Vaughn Ververs is editor of "The Hotline," part of the "National Journal." He's on the phone live in Washington.
Good morning.
VAUGHN VERVERS, EDITOR, "THE HOTLINE": Good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: President Bush has asserted in the past he was granted no special favors to get into the Air National Guard. Not so, says the former Texas Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes. He spoke on "60 MINUTES" last night.
Let's listen to what he had to say.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BEN BARNES, FMR. TEXAS HOUSE SPEAKER: I would describe it as preferential treatment. There were hundreds of names on the list of people wanting to get in the Air National Guard or the Army National Guard. I think that would have been a preference to anybody that didn't want to go to Vietnam that didn't want to -- we had a lot of young men that left and went to Canada in the '60s and fled this country.
But those that could get in the Reserves or those that could get into the National Guard, chances are they would not have to go to Vietnam.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Barnes works for the Democrats now. He was a Democrat then.
Vaughn, is this issue resonating?
VERVERS: Well, Carol, I don't think it's going to be quite as big of a deal as we saw with the Swift Boat ads for Kerry. But it could serve to halt some of Bush's momentum that he has coming out of his convention last week.
This is probably the third or fourth time that we've gone over this issue in a big national discussion. It sort of comes at an opportune time for Democrats. They need something to slow him down.
And, you know, I think that it will have some impact on the president. But I don't think we're going to see the same effect as maybe the Swift Boat ads had on John Kerry, because people are familiar with George Bush. The Vietnam issue for him is not such a big issue. They've seen him as president for four years.
The Kerry stuff came out at a time where we were just starting to learn -- a lot of voters were just starting to learn more about him.
COSTELLO: Well, we're looking at an ad of Texans for Truth, talking about President Bush's service or alleged lack thereof in the Air National Guard. I mean, who cares? All of this happened so long ago.
VERVERS: Well, you know, it does go to the image of Bush as being somebody who had a lot of things in life given to him, a lot of opportunities afforded to him that other people didn't get.
But, again, you know, this is stuff that has been replayed since the 2000 campaign and well before that. I think that people are more focused on what he's done as president, and they're probably angrier at him for some of the things that he's done as president than they are at his conduct, you know, 30 years ago.
COSTELLO: You know, I'm looking at that ad, Texans for Truth, along with the Swift Boat ads, both paid for with soft money, 527s so to speak. Whatever happened to that idea that these things might go away or be forced to go away? VERVERS: Well, you know, this is going to be an issue that we're going to have to deal with after this election, I think unfortunately. There are some limitations to these groups on what types of money they can spend at this point in the campaign.
But as we've seen in the past, you know, with presidential campaigns in general, a lot of rules and regulations can be broken in a lot of different ways. And, really, if there is any punishment that comes down, it doesn't come down for two, three years later. And, you know, then what's the point of trying to obey these laws?
It's going to be something that's going to be a topic of great discussion after this election, though.
COSTELLO: Well, some people really hope so. Vaughn Ververs, editor of "The Hotline," part of the "National Journal," joining us live on DAYBREAK this morning. Thanks, Vaughn.
VERVERS: You bet.
COSTELLO: So, what do you think about all of the political ads and all of the rhetoric? Have campaign tactics just become too negative this year? Are you just sick of it all? Send us your thoughts, Daybreak@CNN.com. Daybreak@CNN.com. Of course, we'll read some of your e-mails at the end of this hour.
We'll be right back.
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COSTELLO: It's time now for a little business buzz. The nation's third-largest airline unveils a major restructuring plan. What might this mean for you and me?
Hopefully, Carrie Lee has all of the answers for us live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.
CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Well, it could be good news for you, Carol, in Atlanta. I'll get to that in a minute.
But Delta is cutting up to 7,000 jobs -- that's about 10 percent of the carrier's workforce -- over the next 18 months. Also, cutting employee wages and shutting its Dallas hub as part of a sweeping turnaround plan. The idea here is to help Delta cope with higher fuel costs and competition from low-fare rivals.
Now, the reason I mention Atlanta is because Delta is de-hubbing its Dallas/Fort Worth location and putting more resources into Atlanta, where it's already a very strong presence. Dallas/Fort Worth has 254 flights going through that location now. Well, that's going to be cut down to just 21 flights. So it's really a restructuring of its business overall.
Delta is also trying to deal with its roughly $20 billion in debt. The company's CEO says that those discussions with creditors are going well. However, the CEO does say that Delta will seek bankruptcy court protection if they can't slow the pace of pilot retirement by the end of September. They're trying to save, Carol, $5 billion a year by 2006. We'll see if they succeed.
The stock, by the way, on this news was down 10 percent yesterday at the close.
COSTELLO: Yes, we might have expected that. Thank you, Carrie Lee, live from the Nasdaq Marketsite.
Your news, money, weather and sports. It is 6:45 Eastern. Here's what's all new this morning.
Australian bomb experts are on their way to Indonesia this morning. A huge car bomb outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta killed at least four people and injured about 115 others.
Four thousand people in San Francisco are spending the week training for terror. The firefighters, police officers and public health officials are focusing on preventing and responding to a terrorist attack.
In money news, NASA says getting the space shuttle program airborne again is going to cost $2.2 billion. That's twice what the space agency told Congress it would cost a year ago.
In culture, it was quite a stunning ceremony as the crown prince of Brunei finally took a wife. After the ceremony, the 30-year-old prince and his 17-year-old bride paraded around the capital in a gold Rolls Royce.
In sports, Lindsay Davenport once again advances to the U.S. Open semifinals. She needed just 46 minutes to beat unseeded Shinobu Asagoe. It will be the third straight U.S. Open semifinal for Davenport.
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COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you.
And by the way, Chad. Oh, Chad?
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes, yes.
COSTELLO: I know you're busy up there. But did you see the Genesis capsule come back to Earth yesterday?
MYERS: Unfortunately, yes, I did.
COSTELLO: It was something else. Look at that. It's the size of a refrigerator. That's how big this thing is.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: It came down with quite an unexpected thud.
MYERS: Yes, a big crater, too. COSTELLO: Oh, it's just so sad. It happened after its parachutes did not open. The capsule hit the ground actually, if you want specifics now, at 183 miles per hour. But NASA scientists are hoping they can salvage some of the solar dust the capsule was bringing home. Of course, it has been collecting material from space for the past three years.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: It's just sad!
MYERS: Millions and millions, hundreds of millions of dollars there.
COSTELLO: Well, let's hope they can salvage something.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: Let's head live to New York now to check in with Bill and Heidi, in for Soledad, for a look at what's coming up on "AMERICAN MORNING.
Good morning.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Carol.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, Carol.
HEMMER: Heidi is back with us today. Welcome back to you.
COLLINS: Thank you.
HEMMER: I hope everything went well.
COLLINS: Oh, yes, it was great. It was really great.
HEMMER: It's another story.
In a moment here, campaign ads target against President Bush's Guard service from 30 years ago. We'll try and measure what impact that is having today.
New battleground polls are out. A lot of strength given to one of the candidates. We won't tell you which one until Bill Schneider shows up.
And also, Ohio's governor is back with us today, Bob Taft. Some shifting numbers in the Buckeye State that we'll get to today also.
COLLINS: Yes, interesting numbers, that's for sure.
Also, we just saw, Carol, that Genesis capsule. Peoples' hearts just kind of went, oh, when that thing crash-landed in the Utah desert. What went wrong and what was lost? We're going to talk to a NASA scientist about that. Two granules of salt, they say that's how big the information is on the inside that they were trying to collect. HEMMER: What can you learn from that, I wonder?
COLLINS: Yes, I don't know.
HEMMER: Also, the Kobe Bryant matter. We talked the other day with attorneys representing the accuser in the civil case. Today, we have a report that's only in "People" magazine. The prosecutor on that case is talking about it. So, we'll have a look back at that and see what went wrong on the criminal side, and where we go from here.
So, Jack's on vacation. Toure is here.
COLLINS: Yes.
HEMMER: He's got all kinds of crazy stuff going on.
COLLINS: As usual.
HEMMER: See you at the top of the hour -- Carol.
COSTELLO: All right, we'll see you in 10 minutes. Thanks.
HEMMER: All right.
COSTELLO: Getting ready for work? Then ponder this for a moment. Are you happy with your job? Are you pondering are you happy? We'll explain why the answer is no for so many people, and we've got tips for making things better for you.
We'll be back.
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COSTELLO: I know you're getting ready for work this morning, and some of you are dreading the thought of actually going in to the office. Going in, you know, you deserve a promotion, but your boss is not showing you the love. Well, you're not alone.
Let's head live to Chicago and Rosemary Haefner with CareerBuilder.com.
Good morning.
ROSEMARY HAEFNER, CAREERBUILDER.COM: Good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: So, you say a lot of Americans feel this way.
HAEFNER: Unfortunately, more than we'd like to hear. You know, we very regularly tap in to the workforce to find out what they're liking and what they're not liking. And one thing we're seeing consistently now for a while is people are just not satisfied. They're looking for the next great thing.
COSTELLO: Well, why aren't they satisfied? What's happening at work to make them so dissatisfied? HAEFNER: You know, I think a lot of it is things that we take for granted. You know, we hear all about quality of life not being what people want.
But in the day-to-day it's even more practical things, more tangible things. They're not getting enough direction from their supervisors. A lot of people speak to feeling they don't have the right training or education to do their role correctly. There aren't advancement opportunities that they'd like to see in their current position.
So, a lot of things they're frustrated with.
COSTELLO: Well, do they have unrealistic expectations?
HAEFNER: I don't think it's unrealistic. I think that what we're seeing now is a slight difference. Before, people would just say, I'm dissatisfied, I'm unhappy. Somebody else needs to fix it. And what we're seeing now is actually an interesting trend. People are taking action.
COSTELLO: OK.
HAEFNER: They're actually looking at things they can do to improve it themselves.
COSTELLO: Yes, I like that. People are taking action, because that's what you have to do to propel yourself forward.
HAEFNER: Yes.
COSTELLO: And you have some tips for us, and I find them very interesting. The first one is focus on the positive.
HAEFNER: Focus on the positive, absolutely. As I just said, I mean, it's very easy for people to focus on the fact they're unhappy. They're dissatisfied.
But, you know, what are you going to do about it? Look at what actually is good about the current position. So, if you're looking to make a move, you want to make sure you keep that intact in the next role. Look at all of the good that you currently have as well.
COSTELLO: And you probably should take a good, long, honest look at yourself to identify what's hindering you in your job.
HAEFNER: Correct. I think, you know, the necessary step in writing an action plan for your next move is look at the strengths and the weaknesses. What we're seeing as, again, a more positive sign is people are very candid with themselves. What education do I need? What exposure or experience do I want to gain so I'm more attractive to potential new employers?
And they're finding those opportunities in some cases as a volunteer, you know, working for free, we're even seeing, which is an interesting development just to try and gain that exposure.
COSTELLO: Interesting. So, you have to use all of that stuff that you're learning about yourself. So you should create some kind of strategy, but how?
HAEFNER: The easiest thing to do is put pen to paper. It does not need to be anything fancy. I think it's just a big step for a lot of people to actually take the time to sit down and be very honest with themselves. Focus on what do they want to achieve, when do they want to achieve it, and what do they need to do to get there?
In many cases, it's talking to other individuals in a career field they want to enter into, securing a mentor perhaps. Being realistic about what where do they want to live? How much money do they want to make? You know, what hours do they want to work? And actually just being very honest with themselves. That's a first step. It sounds simple, but a lot of people have been dodging it for quite some time.
COSTELLO: I certainly understand that. Rosemary Haefner from CareerBuilder.com, thank you for joining DAYBREAK this morning.
HAEFNER: It's great to be here. Thanks, Carol.
COSTELLO: We're going to read some of your e-mails on the air later, and we'll also give away that mug. Chad is finally down here.
We'll be right back.
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COSTELLO: We apologize. We don't have time to give the mug away today. But we wanted to get to some of your e-mails just because we've been getting so many this morning.
We're talking about the political campaign, the new ads that came out against, you know, against President Bush.
MYERS: Go ahead and start.
COSTELLO: OK. Here it goes.
This is from Denise in San Diego. She says: "You bet we're sick of hearing about the service records of both candidates. As long as we're talking about what did or did not happen 30 to 35 years ago, we're not talking about the present and current important issues of today."
MYERS: Jason doesn't think that these campaigns are too negative, but he wishes the 527 groups would bear the burden of proof, along with their right to free speech.
COSTELLO: And this is from Mike from Minnesota. He says: "As long as voters continue to be as ignorant as they are, we'll be stuck with the sound byte politics we have today. Americans need to stop being so lazy and take their civic responsibility seriously."
Whoa! Mike is getting tough.
MYERS: It's getting pretty deep this morning.
COSTELLO: Yes.
MYERS: All right.
COSTELLO: Thanks for your feedback this morning. I'm Carol Costello along with Chad Myers. "AMERICAN MORNING" starts right now.
MYERS: See you tomorrow.
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