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Aired November 22, 2004 - 5:30   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you. Welcome to the second half hour of DAYBREAK. There is a lot going on right now, so let's check the latest headlines for you now.
Peaceful Palestinian elections, Secretary of State Colin Powell says that is a top priority in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death. Powell is in the Middle East right now. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Powell's boss is also on an international trip. President Bush stopped in Columbia today, the final stop on his visit to South America. He's expected to praise U.S. backed efforts to fight drug trafficking.

And check out the scene in Moscow. It is the heaviest snowfall in more than 70 years. Street crews worked furiously to clear roads, at least two people have died from exposure.

Wow! I know you always think of it snowing in Moscow, so just to hear 70 inches. Even they can't handle it.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Incredible.

Certainly the worst they've ever seen in a November. But you know what you still have to have a lot of moisture in the air from November. It is not out of the air yet from the spring, Carol. And you can get that.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Can you year me.

MYERS: I can.

COSTELLO: Now you can.

Out in Moscow, I meant to say, they're going to get -- they have had. Let me get this right. I'm just going to ponder it for just a second, because I had some weird feedback in my ear. But that is gone now.

But in Moscow...

MYERS: Yes?

COSTELLO: ...they're seeing more snow than they've seen in 70. They're not getting 70 inches. MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: OK.

MYERS: For a November.

COSTELLO: For a November. Thank you, Chad.

MYERS: You're welcome.

COSTELLO: Let's get the latest out of Iraq, right now. A grime discovery in Falluja. U.S. officials tell CNN they believe a house in the city's center is where insurgents beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley last month. In the house, shackles and a chicken wire cage.

Kidnappers have freed the cousin of interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. That is the good news coming out of Iraq. They took that man and two other relatives on November 8. The other two were released earlier.

And a big step toward economic relief for Iraq. Some major creditor nations, including the United States have agreed to cancel 80 percent of the debt that Iraq owes them.

Rebuilding Iraq. That is supposed to be the focus of this week's conference of donor nations, at the Egypt resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, but disputes over money and policy could cloud the meeting. Our chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour joins us now from Egypt.

Good morning.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTL. CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

You know, extraordinarily, this is the first major meeting on Iraq ever since the end of the war, which is now more than 18 months ago. It is all of Iraq's six neighboring countries, 20 foreign ministers from all the countries involved in trying to help put Iraq back on its feet, as well as the quartet nations. They are coming to talk about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

But this is a very large and substantial meeting. And it just goes to show how desperate the situation is right now.

The Iraqis have named January 30 as their election date. That may or may not slip, according to observers, depending on the violence. And whether Sunnis are going to boycott that, which would raise questions about its legitimacy. But also, the American soldiers there still battling insurgents around the country and reconstruction in terms of infrastructure has almost barely, just barely, got off the ground.

There is a huge amount to do there because of the violence. And so that is what this meeting is about. To try to see whether something can be put in place to help Iraq. Not only get some reconstruction done, but to pave the way for these elections, which of course are the linchpin of America's strategy there, right now.

We did talk to the Egyptian foreign minister about a half an hour ago, Egypt hosting this conference. And he told us that was the main effort of this Sharm el-Sheikh conference, to try to bolster the interim government, to try to bolster its shaky legitimacy, to try enable it to see what can be done to enable those elections.

But we did ask him, also, whether President Hosni Mubarak's prediction, before the war, had come true. The Egyptian president had said, before the war, that this war could spawn a 100 bin Ladens. This is what the foreign minister had to say to that.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

AHMED ABDUL GHEIT, FOREIGN MINISTER, EGYPT: I think the president of Egypt was absolutely right when he addressed the world in that warning about the dire consequences of such a situation. And we see it. We see it everywhere, and the killings, and the explosions, and lots of tensions that have been created inside Iraq and around Iraq.

You have to understand that the region is really subject to two pools of pressure and tension. The Palestinian problem on one hand, the Iraqi situation on the second. And that will have to be defused on way or the other.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR: So, two huge challenges on the table. One, trying to diffuse the, what some here are calling the Iraqi post-war disaster; and the other, trying to diffuse the essential root of many of the problems in the Middle East, and that is the ongoing conflict between the Palestinian and the Israelis.

Secretary Colin Powell is in the region. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials, before coming here to this Sharm el-Sheikh meeting. And that now, is a crucial next step for the American administration. President Bush vowing that he will spend some of that capital earned in the election to reinvigorate the really dormant stalled Palestinian/Israeli peace process -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Christiane Amanpour from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this morning. Thank you.

The network reporter who videotaped a Marine fatally shooting an apparently unarmed wounded Iraqi in Falluja, is speaking out. He's been writing about what he saw and how he feels on his Web site -- or at least, he was. To "The War Room" now with senior international editor David Clinch.

Good morning, David.

DAVID CLINCH, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Good morning, Carol.

Yes, the reporter who was working, at the time, in the U.S. pool, in Falluja, witnessed, and of course, filmed that shooting incident. Saying in his Web log, his blog, today a couple of interesting things that we had not heard before.

From his point of view it was clear that the Marine who did the shooting was not aware that he was being filmed at the time. The reporter saying, in his Web log, that the Marine, after realizing that he was being filmed, came towards him and said, words to the effect. I didn't know. I didn't know.

The other, perhaps, more interesting thing, the reporter indicating that he himself was conflicted about what he had shot, what he had filmed there in Falluja. And briefly considered destroying the tape, but expressing his opinion that he thought the incident itself was "wrong". That is his word, the reporter's word. But he also thought that destroying the tape would be "wrong".

And explaining in quite interesting terms, at least for we journalists, how he faced those conflicts. He gave the material to the Marines, allowed them to view it. Allowed them to start the process of the investigation, before sending the material back to the pool, back to his own network. Of course, the complication, as well, is that once it is sent back, once it is available to all of the pool, not just U.S. networks, but Al-Jazeera and everybody else. It takes on a life of its own.

COSTELLO: Oh, boy, you are not kidding. Wasn't he, at one point, getting death threats on his Web site?

CLINCH: Well, this is a Web site that has existed for a long time. And he certainly was getting threatening messages. He talks about that in his blog and tries to explain himself, tries to explain how from his point of view he stayed on the middle line. But of course, the fact is that some people have the impression that these embeds and the pool situation allows material to go out that reflects badly on the U.S. Marines.

Whether he likes it or not, of course, the way it is interpreted by other networks, and again, Arab networks in particular. While we were talking about Margaret Hassan, and other horrific events last week in Iraq, many of the Arab networks were concentrating very specifically on this shooting incident.

And he's aware of that, and still very concerned and conflicted about the whole event.

COSTELLO: David Clinch, live from London, thank you.

Hey, how about losing that 9 to 5 drudgery and opening up a restaurant. Then maybe you can work 24 hours a day, instead. Our own Ali Velshi has the ingredients for success in the food business. That will come your way in three minutes.

And round house roundball in Detroit Friday night, oh, that leads to least to a round of suspensions and perhaps criminal charges.

Oh, and that brings us to our e-mail question of the morning. Sports and violence? Who is to blame? The fans, the players, the combination. The address Daybreak@cnn.com. That is, Daybreak@cnn.com. But first, here is what else is making news this Monday morning.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Welcome back to DAYBREAK. Have you ever thought about opening up a restaurant? That involves a lot more than just whipping up great dishes and there are a lot of ways to get burned. DAYBREAK contributor Ali Velshi has more on the business of food.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Having a restaurant is like having a party every night, except for, oh, by the way, you are supposed to make money at the end of the night.

ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The good food, the constant energy, it is easy to succumb to the idea. Fortunately, most people come to their senses.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe some little joint, you know, in the right location. You know, steamed (ph) cheeseburger, or a chicken wing place, I've thought about it, but realistically, I don't think so.

VELSHI: Experts say more than half of all new restaurants fail, but a lot of them survive, if they have the cash to make it.

RICHARD CORAINE, UNION SQUARE HOSPITALITY: I think many restaurants fail the first year because they are under capitalized. And I think that is a huge obstacle to overcome if you are going on a shoestring and then you open the door. So I would urge people to make sure they have enough working capital for two or three months.

VELSHI: Most restaurateurs go to cooking school, not business school. Here's one possible recipe for success, for $6900 the French Culinary Institute in New York offers a restaurant management program.

DOROTHY CANN HAMILTON, FRENCH CULINARY INSTITUTE: This course offers you the most hands on experience of running a restaurant.

VELSHI: The six-month course aims to teach cost control. Marketing strategies and the legal aspects of owning a restaurant.

HAMILTON: This is a trade school course. This is, I really want to do it, here are the fundamentals.

VELSHI: One key to success? Sticking to a budget. Food and drink expenses should stay below 50 percent of total sales, keep wages to less than 30 percent, and rent under 10 percent of revenue.

DAVID BARHER, BLIE HILL RESTAURANT: If you are going to go into a high rent area, you really want to be confident that you are going to have the traffic.

VELSHI: Advertising and incidentals? Call it another 5 percent of the pie. That leaves just 5 percent for you. And that is why so many restaurants are, well.... (FLAMING SAUTEE PAN)

...just a flash in the pan.

(on camera): While it looks good, and it tastes...hmm...fantastic. But the ability to turn out a great dish, doesn't necessarily mean the ability to turn a profit.

(voice-over): The main ingredient for success? Passion.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), tomato, ravioli and a soup.

BARHER: The curtain goes up a 5:00 every night. And it is a lot like a Broadway show, and in many ways, it can only go wrong.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: That just sounds so tough.

You know, you said to start out with a lot of capital.

VELSHI: Yes.

COSTELLO: More than you need, but how much more than you need.

VELSHI: You run through -- we had one person say no less than what you will need for three to six months of all of your expenses, because it takes a while to get going and if you want to build a successful restaurant it is based on reputation, it is based on people showing up, and regulars being there.

And another thing that they said, particularly in New York, a lot of people want celebrities to show up and they want the big names to come, but you know, there is a Monday and a Tuesday and a Wednesday at all of these restaurants. And you want people to come all the time.

COSTELLO: And you know what, if they have bad food, I don't care if Danny DeVito is sitting next to me.

VELSHI: You are not eating.

COSTELLO: I'm out of there.

VELSHI: You like my -- I've got a little chef's hat going on here.

COSTELLO: It is Ali Velshi as a bobble head, with a chef's had on.

VELSHI: I've tried this business, by the way. A few years ago, when my family and I, we all moved to South Africa to do get into the construction business. I couldn't get a good bagel. So we opened up a bagel operation. Oh, man!

COSTELLO: And that is all you have left from it?

VELSHI: That's all I have left. That is all I have left is the bobble head as a souvenir.

(LAUGHTER)

COSTELLO: You'll have more for us tomorrow?

VELSHI: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Thanks, Ali.

ALI: See ya.

COSTELLO: Still to come on DAYBREAK this morning. If you hate to go to the dentist Doctor Sanjay Gupta says there might be some new dental devices that could lure you back to the chair.

And following the Motown melee, today's e-mail question: Sports and violence: Who is to blame? Shoot us one at Daybreak@cnn.com.

And you are watching DAYBREAK for Monday, November 22.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: You know you should go, but for some of you a visit to the dentist is awfully scary. But technology has brought a lot of changes to the dentist's office, ones that will make it a lot less scary. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells us about them.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The sound of the drill or the fear of the needle can be enough to keep millions of adults away from the dentist's office.

Those who haven't had their teeth checked in a while may not be aware of some newer gadgets that can take the bite out of a dental exam.

DR. PETER VANSTROM, COMPREHENSIVE DENTISTRY: Hi, Vanessa. How have you been?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm OK.

GUPTA: So we asked one dentist to show us what is new at the office. For example, it is now a lot easier to actually look at your teeth with the help of an intra-oral camera.

VANSTROM: It gives you a magnification of up to 40 times and you can see things on a large screen that you couldn't see just looking with your small mirror in the mouth.

GUPTA: And if a cavity is not yet visible, a laser device can help see those cavities before they get to be a big problem.

VANSTROM: It gives us the capacity for very early detection of any cavities that are in the teeth. It actually emits a light, that the bacteria absorb and reflect back in through the machine gives a reading, both numerical and in tone, as to how much of the bacteria is present.

GUPTA: What you are hoping for is that the numbers stay low. If they rise over 20 or 25, a cavity has been found.

And that brings us to avoiding those dreaded shots. It is call Ora-Quick, and it numbs the gums. And even thought it is applied with a syringe, there is no needle. But does it work?

Here's what Vanstrom's wife, and patient, had to say.

VANESSA VANSTROM, DENTAL PATIENT: What this? Definitely, if I don't have to get a shot, but it feels very numb. So, it's much -- there's no pain.

GUPTA: Then, if your tooth needs some rebuilding, a new device that actually sees the color of your teeth can match your crown to the color of other teeth.

These new devices may just make your visit to the dentist ...

(DRILL SOUNDS)

...well, feel less like a visit to the dentist -- Doctor Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: And for more on this or any other health story, head to our Web site, the address, CNN.com/health.

Here's what is all new for you in the next hour of DAYBREAK. We'll check it out, the revolutionary vehicle that earned the cover of "Time" magazine. And eye-witness to the melee in Motown. We'll get the low-down on DAYBREAK in 20 minutes.

And oh, we'll read some of your e-mails. They are quite pointed this morning on this topic. And today's question, are you ready?

What day of the week was November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? What day of the week was it, that day that President John F. Kennedy. We know that it was November 22, but what day?

This is DAYBREAK for a Monday.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: All right, our history trivia question for the morning.

What day of the week was November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? And the answer is: It was a Friday.

President Kennedy was gunned down while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. Of course, a lot of us remember that day. It is the fight, let's talk about the NBA now, it is the fight they will be talking about at water coolers and sporting events for days and weeks, maybe even years to come.

Pacer's forward Ron Artest was the first to jump into the stands, after that beverage hit him. And that got him suspended for the rest of the season. Artest' suspension will cost him nearly $5 million of his $6 million salary.

Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers will lose more than $4 million during his 25-game suspension. And there were more suspensions as well and maybe criminal charges to come. We're going to see how events unfold in the days to come.

It's time to read our e-mails, because a lot of you are weighing in on this question. Sports and violence: Who is to blame? Because this certainly isn't the first incident where we have seen violence during a game involving fans and players.

We've been getting a lot of e-mails, Chad.

MYERS: You know what, a lot of them I can't even read. They're not suitable for air. They are so vulgar. I -- I -- I just -- I am shocked at the fervor of our viewers this morning. Whew!

COSTELLO: Well, read some of the clean ones.

MYERS: I have some good ones here. "The fans should not have any right to throw anything on the field, if they do their tickets should be revoked. And if that is a season ticket, that is fine. The guilty players also should be suspended for life."

I'm seeing that a lot. I thinking that a lot of those people think Artest should be suspended for three years or more. You could come back in three years if he -- uh.

COSTELLO: Well, he's been suspended for 73 games as it stands right now.

(CROSSTALK)

MYERS: Yes, a lot of people think that is not enough.

COSTELLO: This is from Ruth from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She says, "Our country's moral values are what we have witnessed at that ballgame. Go to church in the morning and attack our fellow citizen in the afternoon. Any player that participated in that melee should be jailed like a common thug. It is an embarrassing time in America.

MYERS: John thinks that "It is the owner's fault for paying these guys way too much money. It gives them a free pass when it comes to assault. And then they think they can do anything. Then the fans pay a ticket and they think they it is open season on these players."

COSTELLO: OK, just one more from Gail, from Omaha, because I think she's got it down. She says, "They should prohibit alcohol at these games and get rid of it." Because she's certain that that was a factor.

Thank you for your e-mails, Daybreak@CNN.com. And the next hour of DAYBREAK starts right now.

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Aired November 22, 2004 - 5:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning to you. Welcome to the second half hour of DAYBREAK. There is a lot going on right now, so let's check the latest headlines for you now.
Peaceful Palestinian elections, Secretary of State Colin Powell says that is a top priority in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death. Powell is in the Middle East right now. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Powell's boss is also on an international trip. President Bush stopped in Columbia today, the final stop on his visit to South America. He's expected to praise U.S. backed efforts to fight drug trafficking.

And check out the scene in Moscow. It is the heaviest snowfall in more than 70 years. Street crews worked furiously to clear roads, at least two people have died from exposure.

Wow! I know you always think of it snowing in Moscow, so just to hear 70 inches. Even they can't handle it.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Incredible.

Certainly the worst they've ever seen in a November. But you know what you still have to have a lot of moisture in the air from November. It is not out of the air yet from the spring, Carol. And you can get that.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Can you year me.

MYERS: I can.

COSTELLO: Now you can.

Out in Moscow, I meant to say, they're going to get -- they have had. Let me get this right. I'm just going to ponder it for just a second, because I had some weird feedback in my ear. But that is gone now.

But in Moscow...

MYERS: Yes?

COSTELLO: ...they're seeing more snow than they've seen in 70. They're not getting 70 inches. MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: OK.

MYERS: For a November.

COSTELLO: For a November. Thank you, Chad.

MYERS: You're welcome.

COSTELLO: Let's get the latest out of Iraq, right now. A grime discovery in Falluja. U.S. officials tell CNN they believe a house in the city's center is where insurgents beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley last month. In the house, shackles and a chicken wire cage.

Kidnappers have freed the cousin of interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. That is the good news coming out of Iraq. They took that man and two other relatives on November 8. The other two were released earlier.

And a big step toward economic relief for Iraq. Some major creditor nations, including the United States have agreed to cancel 80 percent of the debt that Iraq owes them.

Rebuilding Iraq. That is supposed to be the focus of this week's conference of donor nations, at the Egypt resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, but disputes over money and policy could cloud the meeting. Our chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour joins us now from Egypt.

Good morning.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN CHIEF INTL. CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

You know, extraordinarily, this is the first major meeting on Iraq ever since the end of the war, which is now more than 18 months ago. It is all of Iraq's six neighboring countries, 20 foreign ministers from all the countries involved in trying to help put Iraq back on its feet, as well as the quartet nations. They are coming to talk about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

But this is a very large and substantial meeting. And it just goes to show how desperate the situation is right now.

The Iraqis have named January 30 as their election date. That may or may not slip, according to observers, depending on the violence. And whether Sunnis are going to boycott that, which would raise questions about its legitimacy. But also, the American soldiers there still battling insurgents around the country and reconstruction in terms of infrastructure has almost barely, just barely, got off the ground.

There is a huge amount to do there because of the violence. And so that is what this meeting is about. To try to see whether something can be put in place to help Iraq. Not only get some reconstruction done, but to pave the way for these elections, which of course are the linchpin of America's strategy there, right now.

We did talk to the Egyptian foreign minister about a half an hour ago, Egypt hosting this conference. And he told us that was the main effort of this Sharm el-Sheikh conference, to try to bolster the interim government, to try to bolster its shaky legitimacy, to try enable it to see what can be done to enable those elections.

But we did ask him, also, whether President Hosni Mubarak's prediction, before the war, had come true. The Egyptian president had said, before the war, that this war could spawn a 100 bin Ladens. This is what the foreign minister had to say to that.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

AHMED ABDUL GHEIT, FOREIGN MINISTER, EGYPT: I think the president of Egypt was absolutely right when he addressed the world in that warning about the dire consequences of such a situation. And we see it. We see it everywhere, and the killings, and the explosions, and lots of tensions that have been created inside Iraq and around Iraq.

You have to understand that the region is really subject to two pools of pressure and tension. The Palestinian problem on one hand, the Iraqi situation on the second. And that will have to be defused on way or the other.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

AMANPOUR: So, two huge challenges on the table. One, trying to diffuse the, what some here are calling the Iraqi post-war disaster; and the other, trying to diffuse the essential root of many of the problems in the Middle East, and that is the ongoing conflict between the Palestinian and the Israelis.

Secretary Colin Powell is in the region. He's meeting with Israeli and Palestinian officials, before coming here to this Sharm el-Sheikh meeting. And that now, is a crucial next step for the American administration. President Bush vowing that he will spend some of that capital earned in the election to reinvigorate the really dormant stalled Palestinian/Israeli peace process -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Christiane Amanpour from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this morning. Thank you.

The network reporter who videotaped a Marine fatally shooting an apparently unarmed wounded Iraqi in Falluja, is speaking out. He's been writing about what he saw and how he feels on his Web site -- or at least, he was. To "The War Room" now with senior international editor David Clinch.

Good morning, David.

DAVID CLINCH, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: Good morning, Carol.

Yes, the reporter who was working, at the time, in the U.S. pool, in Falluja, witnessed, and of course, filmed that shooting incident. Saying in his Web log, his blog, today a couple of interesting things that we had not heard before.

From his point of view it was clear that the Marine who did the shooting was not aware that he was being filmed at the time. The reporter saying, in his Web log, that the Marine, after realizing that he was being filmed, came towards him and said, words to the effect. I didn't know. I didn't know.

The other, perhaps, more interesting thing, the reporter indicating that he himself was conflicted about what he had shot, what he had filmed there in Falluja. And briefly considered destroying the tape, but expressing his opinion that he thought the incident itself was "wrong". That is his word, the reporter's word. But he also thought that destroying the tape would be "wrong".

And explaining in quite interesting terms, at least for we journalists, how he faced those conflicts. He gave the material to the Marines, allowed them to view it. Allowed them to start the process of the investigation, before sending the material back to the pool, back to his own network. Of course, the complication, as well, is that once it is sent back, once it is available to all of the pool, not just U.S. networks, but Al-Jazeera and everybody else. It takes on a life of its own.

COSTELLO: Oh, boy, you are not kidding. Wasn't he, at one point, getting death threats on his Web site?

CLINCH: Well, this is a Web site that has existed for a long time. And he certainly was getting threatening messages. He talks about that in his blog and tries to explain himself, tries to explain how from his point of view he stayed on the middle line. But of course, the fact is that some people have the impression that these embeds and the pool situation allows material to go out that reflects badly on the U.S. Marines.

Whether he likes it or not, of course, the way it is interpreted by other networks, and again, Arab networks in particular. While we were talking about Margaret Hassan, and other horrific events last week in Iraq, many of the Arab networks were concentrating very specifically on this shooting incident.

And he's aware of that, and still very concerned and conflicted about the whole event.

COSTELLO: David Clinch, live from London, thank you.

Hey, how about losing that 9 to 5 drudgery and opening up a restaurant. Then maybe you can work 24 hours a day, instead. Our own Ali Velshi has the ingredients for success in the food business. That will come your way in three minutes.

And round house roundball in Detroit Friday night, oh, that leads to least to a round of suspensions and perhaps criminal charges.

Oh, and that brings us to our e-mail question of the morning. Sports and violence? Who is to blame? The fans, the players, the combination. The address Daybreak@cnn.com. That is, Daybreak@cnn.com. But first, here is what else is making news this Monday morning.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Welcome back to DAYBREAK. Have you ever thought about opening up a restaurant? That involves a lot more than just whipping up great dishes and there are a lot of ways to get burned. DAYBREAK contributor Ali Velshi has more on the business of food.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Having a restaurant is like having a party every night, except for, oh, by the way, you are supposed to make money at the end of the night.

ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The good food, the constant energy, it is easy to succumb to the idea. Fortunately, most people come to their senses.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe some little joint, you know, in the right location. You know, steamed (ph) cheeseburger, or a chicken wing place, I've thought about it, but realistically, I don't think so.

VELSHI: Experts say more than half of all new restaurants fail, but a lot of them survive, if they have the cash to make it.

RICHARD CORAINE, UNION SQUARE HOSPITALITY: I think many restaurants fail the first year because they are under capitalized. And I think that is a huge obstacle to overcome if you are going on a shoestring and then you open the door. So I would urge people to make sure they have enough working capital for two or three months.

VELSHI: Most restaurateurs go to cooking school, not business school. Here's one possible recipe for success, for $6900 the French Culinary Institute in New York offers a restaurant management program.

DOROTHY CANN HAMILTON, FRENCH CULINARY INSTITUTE: This course offers you the most hands on experience of running a restaurant.

VELSHI: The six-month course aims to teach cost control. Marketing strategies and the legal aspects of owning a restaurant.

HAMILTON: This is a trade school course. This is, I really want to do it, here are the fundamentals.

VELSHI: One key to success? Sticking to a budget. Food and drink expenses should stay below 50 percent of total sales, keep wages to less than 30 percent, and rent under 10 percent of revenue.

DAVID BARHER, BLIE HILL RESTAURANT: If you are going to go into a high rent area, you really want to be confident that you are going to have the traffic.

VELSHI: Advertising and incidentals? Call it another 5 percent of the pie. That leaves just 5 percent for you. And that is why so many restaurants are, well.... (FLAMING SAUTEE PAN)

...just a flash in the pan.

(on camera): While it looks good, and it tastes...hmm...fantastic. But the ability to turn out a great dish, doesn't necessarily mean the ability to turn a profit.

(voice-over): The main ingredient for success? Passion.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), tomato, ravioli and a soup.

BARHER: The curtain goes up a 5:00 every night. And it is a lot like a Broadway show, and in many ways, it can only go wrong.

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COSTELLO: That just sounds so tough.

You know, you said to start out with a lot of capital.

VELSHI: Yes.

COSTELLO: More than you need, but how much more than you need.

VELSHI: You run through -- we had one person say no less than what you will need for three to six months of all of your expenses, because it takes a while to get going and if you want to build a successful restaurant it is based on reputation, it is based on people showing up, and regulars being there.

And another thing that they said, particularly in New York, a lot of people want celebrities to show up and they want the big names to come, but you know, there is a Monday and a Tuesday and a Wednesday at all of these restaurants. And you want people to come all the time.

COSTELLO: And you know what, if they have bad food, I don't care if Danny DeVito is sitting next to me.

VELSHI: You are not eating.

COSTELLO: I'm out of there.

VELSHI: You like my -- I've got a little chef's hat going on here.

COSTELLO: It is Ali Velshi as a bobble head, with a chef's had on.

VELSHI: I've tried this business, by the way. A few years ago, when my family and I, we all moved to South Africa to do get into the construction business. I couldn't get a good bagel. So we opened up a bagel operation. Oh, man!

COSTELLO: And that is all you have left from it?

VELSHI: That's all I have left. That is all I have left is the bobble head as a souvenir.

(LAUGHTER)

COSTELLO: You'll have more for us tomorrow?

VELSHI: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Thanks, Ali.

ALI: See ya.

COSTELLO: Still to come on DAYBREAK this morning. If you hate to go to the dentist Doctor Sanjay Gupta says there might be some new dental devices that could lure you back to the chair.

And following the Motown melee, today's e-mail question: Sports and violence: Who is to blame? Shoot us one at Daybreak@cnn.com.

And you are watching DAYBREAK for Monday, November 22.

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COSTELLO: You know you should go, but for some of you a visit to the dentist is awfully scary. But technology has brought a lot of changes to the dentist's office, ones that will make it a lot less scary. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells us about them.

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DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The sound of the drill or the fear of the needle can be enough to keep millions of adults away from the dentist's office.

Those who haven't had their teeth checked in a while may not be aware of some newer gadgets that can take the bite out of a dental exam.

DR. PETER VANSTROM, COMPREHENSIVE DENTISTRY: Hi, Vanessa. How have you been?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm OK.

GUPTA: So we asked one dentist to show us what is new at the office. For example, it is now a lot easier to actually look at your teeth with the help of an intra-oral camera.

VANSTROM: It gives you a magnification of up to 40 times and you can see things on a large screen that you couldn't see just looking with your small mirror in the mouth.

GUPTA: And if a cavity is not yet visible, a laser device can help see those cavities before they get to be a big problem.

VANSTROM: It gives us the capacity for very early detection of any cavities that are in the teeth. It actually emits a light, that the bacteria absorb and reflect back in through the machine gives a reading, both numerical and in tone, as to how much of the bacteria is present.

GUPTA: What you are hoping for is that the numbers stay low. If they rise over 20 or 25, a cavity has been found.

And that brings us to avoiding those dreaded shots. It is call Ora-Quick, and it numbs the gums. And even thought it is applied with a syringe, there is no needle. But does it work?

Here's what Vanstrom's wife, and patient, had to say.

VANESSA VANSTROM, DENTAL PATIENT: What this? Definitely, if I don't have to get a shot, but it feels very numb. So, it's much -- there's no pain.

GUPTA: Then, if your tooth needs some rebuilding, a new device that actually sees the color of your teeth can match your crown to the color of other teeth.

These new devices may just make your visit to the dentist ...

(DRILL SOUNDS)

...well, feel less like a visit to the dentist -- Doctor Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.

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COSTELLO: And for more on this or any other health story, head to our Web site, the address, CNN.com/health.

Here's what is all new for you in the next hour of DAYBREAK. We'll check it out, the revolutionary vehicle that earned the cover of "Time" magazine. And eye-witness to the melee in Motown. We'll get the low-down on DAYBREAK in 20 minutes.

And oh, we'll read some of your e-mails. They are quite pointed this morning on this topic. And today's question, are you ready?

What day of the week was November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? What day of the week was it, that day that President John F. Kennedy. We know that it was November 22, but what day?

This is DAYBREAK for a Monday.

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COSTELLO: All right, our history trivia question for the morning.

What day of the week was November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? And the answer is: It was a Friday.

President Kennedy was gunned down while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. Of course, a lot of us remember that day. It is the fight, let's talk about the NBA now, it is the fight they will be talking about at water coolers and sporting events for days and weeks, maybe even years to come.

Pacer's forward Ron Artest was the first to jump into the stands, after that beverage hit him. And that got him suspended for the rest of the season. Artest' suspension will cost him nearly $5 million of his $6 million salary.

Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers will lose more than $4 million during his 25-game suspension. And there were more suspensions as well and maybe criminal charges to come. We're going to see how events unfold in the days to come.

It's time to read our e-mails, because a lot of you are weighing in on this question. Sports and violence: Who is to blame? Because this certainly isn't the first incident where we have seen violence during a game involving fans and players.

We've been getting a lot of e-mails, Chad.

MYERS: You know what, a lot of them I can't even read. They're not suitable for air. They are so vulgar. I -- I -- I just -- I am shocked at the fervor of our viewers this morning. Whew!

COSTELLO: Well, read some of the clean ones.

MYERS: I have some good ones here. "The fans should not have any right to throw anything on the field, if they do their tickets should be revoked. And if that is a season ticket, that is fine. The guilty players also should be suspended for life."

I'm seeing that a lot. I thinking that a lot of those people think Artest should be suspended for three years or more. You could come back in three years if he -- uh.

COSTELLO: Well, he's been suspended for 73 games as it stands right now.

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MYERS: Yes, a lot of people think that is not enough.

COSTELLO: This is from Ruth from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She says, "Our country's moral values are what we have witnessed at that ballgame. Go to church in the morning and attack our fellow citizen in the afternoon. Any player that participated in that melee should be jailed like a common thug. It is an embarrassing time in America.

MYERS: John thinks that "It is the owner's fault for paying these guys way too much money. It gives them a free pass when it comes to assault. And then they think they can do anything. Then the fans pay a ticket and they think they it is open season on these players."

COSTELLO: OK, just one more from Gail, from Omaha, because I think she's got it down. She says, "They should prohibit alcohol at these games and get rid of it." Because she's certain that that was a factor.

Thank you for your e-mails, Daybreak@CNN.com. And the next hour of DAYBREAK starts right now.

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