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Abbas to Gaza; Defending America; BlackBerry Thumb

Aired January 18, 2005 - 05:30   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning to you, welcome to the second half-hour of DAYBREAK. From the Time Warner Center in New York, I'm Carol Costello, along with Chad Myers.
"Now in the News."

A Senate confirmation hearing opens this morning for Condoleezza Rice as the next Secretary of State. She's expected to face some tough questions, especially about Iraq. Some senators believe that the National Security Adviser Rice overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. Despite that, observers say she will be confirmed.

A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle outside the offices of a leading Shiite political party in Baghdad. A guard who tried to stop him was killed. Seven others were injured.

Jury selection begins today in the retrial of former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and his Financial Chief Mark Swartz. The two were accused of stealing $600 million from the company. The original case ended in a mistrial last April.

The entertainment world is paying tribute to actress Ruth Warrick. The former grand dame of the soap opera "All My Children" died Saturday of complications from pneumonia. She was 88 years old.

To the Forecast Center now and, Chad, good morning.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Carol.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Thank you -- Chad.

MYERS: You're welcome.

COSTELLO: Newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will be on the move this morning, and he's facing a key test of his new leadership.

John Vause live in Jerusalem. He has the latest for us.

Hello -- John.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol.

Mahmoud Abbas will leave for Gaza in a few hours from now to try and win a cease-fire agreement with the various Palestinian militant groups. Already some of the militants have said that they may agree to a truce providing Israel stops all military action as well, although others have ruled it out all together.

In the meantime, Mr. Abbas has taken some pretty bold steps, ordering his preventive security forces to try and stop all attacks on Israelis anywhere. And he's warning -- quote -- "anyone taking part in military activity will be punished."

Now controlling the militant groups was always going to be the biggest challenge for this newly elected president and the Palestinian Authority, but few expected it would come this soon. He was only sworn into office on Saturday, but he's been under increasing pressure from both Israel and the United States.

For now, Israel is giving him some breathing room, placing on hold a fairly big military offensive in the Gaza Strip. But Israeli officials are now warning they will not wait long. They want to see some real action on the ground. They want to see those Palestinian security forces deployed around the area where the militant groups have been firing their homemade rockets.

And those rockets keep coming, Carol. And for the second day there were protests and strikes in the Israeli border town of Sderot. The people there are complaining that the Israeli government is not doing enough to stop these missile attacks. Sderot has been a frequent target for these homemade rockets, and they're putting pressure on the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to act and act quickly -- Carol.

COSTELLO: John Vause, live from Jerusalem this morning, thank you.

This look at "Defending America" focuses on rail security. Millions of you ride the subways every day, but is enough being done to make sure you're safe during that ride? And is anything being done to at least make you feel safe?

CNN's Jason Carroll takes a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is one morning Karen Callahan can relax at home with her cup of coffee, a day off from work as a paralegal. She relishes days like this, no 30- minute train ride into Manhattan, no security worries.

KAREN CALLAHAN, SUBWAY RIDER: I feel like a sitting duck. That's what I feel. I feel like, every time I get on a train, it could happen.

CARROLL: We joined Callahan on her commute home through the world's largest train station, New York's Grand Central. This is where security concerns her most.

(on camera): Do you think about it very often?

CALLAHAN: I do. Probably every day.

CARROLL (voice-over): This single mom of two sees the train as her only choice, so she tries to minimize her risk.

CALLAHAN: I tend to go in the very first car for a few reasons, one of them being that it seems it would be easier to get out.

CARROLL: Senator Joe Biden says Callahan's security worries are not unfounded.

SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN (D), DELAWARE: There is no basic security. It is bizarre, absolutely bizarre. I'm actually angry about it.

CARROLL: Biden commutes daily from Delaware to Washington.

BIDEN: It's been 3.5 years of this.

CARROLL: He's so angered by lapses in security, he introduced legislation.

(on camera): Do you see any things around here that you think could be improved?

BIDEN: Well, for example, what you can improve is as people just standing here with the dogs, just bomb-sniffing dogs. I mean it's basic block-and-tackle stuff. I mean basic stuff.

CARROLL: You're also talking about having someone just sort of walking through.

BIDEN: Yes. I mean Just, for example, just the idea that one of these Amtrak policemen would be able to walk through with bomb- sniffing dogs. There's not sufficient cops, there's not sufficient fencing, there's no sufficient cameras. It's just -- it's criminal.

ASA HUTCHINSON, DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY: We're grateful for that voice and that support for increased security.

CARROLL (voice-over): Asa Hutchinson is in charge of border and transportation security for the Department of Homeland Security. He says many lessons were learned from last year's terrorist bombing on a passenger train in Madrid; 191 people were killed. Hutchinson says 70 new inspectors were hired this year to work with 400 already in place, $150 million dedicated to rail security.

HUTCHINSON: You certainly have to worry that we're doing all that we can to protect those rails and also the whole system. And so you're concerned about it, but also you take steps every day to build upon that. Much has been done.

CARROLL: But critics insist, not enough. New York lawmakers gave train and subway security a D, citing unprotected tunnels, rail yards and, in particular, lack of surveillance. So, at a train station in Philadelphia and another in New York, we waited to see how long it would take for security to notice an abandoned bag left in clear view. After 10 minutes, nothing. That wouldn't surprise Callahan, who takes it upon herself to keep an eye out.

CALLAHAN: There was a man sitting behind me with a backpack, and he looked like one of the people that might have been on the airplane. And he got up and he looked around in just kind of a suspicious way to me. And then he walked off. And right then, a man wearing almost the same jacket, same backpack, sat in the very seat behind me. So you can't help it. And if there was a cop, a trooper on it, I think I might have said something.

CARROLL: Back to the bags; 20 minutes pass. In Philadelphia, an officer and his dog look over the bag. Our producer steps in and identifies it. But, in New York, still nothing.

Those who track terror tactics say the U.S. could learn from Great Britain's experience with its train system and threats by the Irish Republican Army.

BRIAN JENKINS, SECURITY EXPERT: If people are admonished to notify authorities of suspicious activity or abandoned parcels, if you then have readily available communication systems for them to do that, telephones that are marked, and you provide rapid response when reports are made, then, in effect, you have closed the loop.

CARROLL: In New York, after 30 minutes, one person stopped, but is too rushed to report the bag. We conclude the experiment.

HUTCHINSON: We know there's some vulnerabilities we need to continue to work on and we are aggressively.

CARROLL: For example, this pilot program to test trained passengers and their luggage for explosives. But for now, it's just a test.

Amtrak says, since 9/11, it's added police, increased use of bomb-sniffing dogs and requires passengers to show I.D. But Karen Callahan believes even more should be done, but she's not holding her breath.

CALLAHAN: I think it all comes down to money. I think it's just probably too expensive to have security on all the trains at all times. Yes, it's money.

CARROLL: So she'll keep riding and keep watching who's sitting nearby.

Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: Security is the focus of our special look at "Defending America." That's coming up tomorrow. CNN's special report comes to you at 7:00 p.m. Eastern with Anderson Cooper and Paula Zahn. And we'll have more "Defending America" coverage at 10:00 p.m. Eastern with Aaron Brown, so stay with CNN. And be sure to stay tuned day and night for the most reliable news about your security.

First there was tennis elbow and now there's BlackBerry thumb. Just ahead, what doctors are doing to treat this geeky ailment and ways to avoid it in the first place.

And don't forget our e-mail "Question of the Morning," are women innately weaker than men in math and science? Send your thoughts to us, DAYBREAK@CNN.com. That's DAYBREAK@CNN.com.

But first, here's a look at what else is making news this Tuesday morning.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports. It's 5:45 Eastern. Here is what's all new this morning.

There's been a suicide car bombing in Baghdad outside of an office of one of Iraq's biggest political parties. A guard who tried to stop the vehicle was killed. Several other people were hurt.

Love among the ruins. An Indian couple who survived the tsunamis got married at a relief camp. They were separated during the disaster but managed to find each other again.

In money news, Electronic Arts, which makes video games like Madden NFL, says it's signed a 15-year deal with ESPN. It will pay ESPN $750 million to $850 million for exclusive rights to use the ESPN brand name on its game.

In culture, actress Virginia Mayo, who appeared in such films as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "White Heat," has died at the age of 84. She died yesterday of pneumonia near Los Angeles.

And in sports, the U.S. Tennis champion Svetlana Kuznetsova says she is certain she'll be cleared of doping charges. The tennis star tested positive at an exhibition in Belgium last month.

To the Forecast Center now and -- Chad.

MYERS: That was a good try, Carol. I have no better try on that name than that.

COSTELLO: That's a tough one.

MYERS: My hardest one today is just to say Denver.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Thank you -- Chad.

MYERS: All right.

COSTELLO: For all of you techno geeks out there, that includes Chad, typing away on your BlackBerry can be a real pain in the thumb. But never fear, the solution is within your reach.

DAYBREAK contributor Ali Velshi joins us now with the cure for BlackBerry thumb.

ALI VELSHI, CNN DAYBREAK CONTRIBUTOR: Just like this, just massage right here.

Do you remember a few weeks ago I did that story on men and going to spas and stuff? It was one of those tough assignments. While I was at the spa, there was a woman who was conducting hand massages for some of the clients.

COSTELLO: Great.

VELSHI: And as part of a manicure, they would give hand massages. But this guy was just sitting around getting a hand massage. And so I was talking to her, and she said, yes, I know a lot of guys around here, because they're right in midtown Manhattan, there's a lot of guys there who use a BlackBerry, have developed a soreness right around here.

Now I BlackBerry a lot. And I realized, after she said that, that I also have a soreness around here. I'm a medical wonder. I can come up with any kind of ailment. So I thought what a funny story. So I started researching this and realized that about two or three years ago, in fact, there was some stuff written up about BlackBerry thumb from people who use their little devices.

So you know I brought a few. I mean many people in this country use BlackBerrys. This is my old one, which I just found in my drawer, and tech support is going to call any minute and say why is that in your drawer? But you know the little keyboards like this. And this is the new Handspring, I'm sorry, not Handspring, it's PalmOne. PalmOne's Treo 650, even a smaller keyboard than the BlackBerry.

And what happens is you type all the time and your muscles start to get affected by this. And doctors -- also, by the way, if you use text messaging. I know a lot of people send us messages from their phone. Same idea, using your phone. So what's going to happen is we're going to evolve in a thousand years into people with pointy thumbs with a little flat point so that you can do this.

But what do you do? I mean you might find that your thumbs start to hurt and these muscles around here start to hurt. So doctors who do treat this prescribe massage or physical therapy or anti- inflammatories.

And there are these little gadgets. I've got to show you one of these. There's like a little glove that's come out. It was initially for people who type a lot, but now you can see there's a little thumb extension that's been put onto this glove. And it's called The Smart Glove glove, and it helps support the muscles, like a splint, like something you'd wear on your knee.

COSTELLO: I'm speechless after that. VELSHI: Millions and millions of people. I'm telling you, this is really -- it's not just about the rudeness of using these things in public.

COSTELLO: So it's like the carpal tunnel syndrome of BlackBerrys.

VELSHI: It's carpal thumbel syndrome is what I heard somebody call it, carpal thumbel syndrome.

COSTELLO: How many people actually suffer from this?

VELSHI: Well more, because in an hour I'm going to come back and show regular people who don't have these devices connected to their work e-mail how you might use this at home. If you just like having your e-mail with you wherever you go but you want to use it for your personal e-mail, I'll be back to talk about that. So I'm creating a problem.

COSTELLO: That is a beautiful thing.

VELSHI: Thank you.

COSTELLO: And a big market for that glove.

VELSHI: I've got to go back and massage my thumbs.

COSTELLO: Thank you, Ali.

They traveled across the globe looking for a medical miracle and now this baby and his family have a lot to smile about. We'll have that amazing story next.

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COSTELLO: A bit of developing news to tell you about this morning. The archbishop that was kidnapped by terrorists in Iraq has apparently been freed. We don't know much more information than that. We've heard differing accounts this morning. We're going to get to Jeff Koinange live in Baghdad with more on this. But again, that archbishop who was kidnapped in Iraq has been freed and that is according to The Associated Press this morning.

In "Health Headlines" for you, a new study suggests that chamomile tea may help prevent colds. Researchers watched 14 people who drank five cups of tea every day and they found that the tea produced an increase of a substance that helps the body fight off a cold. But they admit that it isn't known if the overall effects are good or bad.

French researchers believe that a measles vaccine can be modified to help fight the West Nile virus. They say the new vaccine could protect adults from West Nile as soon as just eight days after inoculation. The vaccine worked on mice and is now being tested in primates. Scientists in Italy believe Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in children may be linked to low levels of iodine in their mother's systems. The researchers are urging women to get thyroid tests done early in pregnancy. The conclusions were reached after studying a group of children over a 10-year period.

For more on this or any other health story, head to our Web site. The address, CNN.com/health.

Doctors in Miami say an 11-month-old baby who received transplants for six of his organs is making a remarkable recovery. The boy, who is from Japan, underwent a transplant operation of his liver, pancreas, stomach, small and large intestine and spleen on Christmas Eve. He had the surgery in Miami because Japanese law bars children under the age of 15 from donating organs. He's doing just fine this morning. That's amazing.

Here's what's all new in the next hour of DAYBREAK.

With every top government official gathered in one place for Thursday's inauguration, security officials are taking no chances. We'll look at the sometimes drastic measures they're putting into place in Washington, D.C.

Plus, U.S. senators say we'll say plenty later today about what they think of Condoleezza Rice, but how does the rest of America feel? We'll have new results for you from Gallup.

So stick around, you are watching DAYBREAK.

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COSTELLO: We told you earlier this hour about some controversial comments from Harvard University's president. Now we want to get your take on them. Lawrence Summers recently suggested that innate differences between the sexes might be one reason why fewer women succeed in science or math careers. In other words, women just aren't born to do math. His comment sparked an uproar on campus. Summers says he wasn't being sexist.

We wanted to know what you thought about that this morning.

And I understand, Chad, we've been getting a lot of e-mails.

MYERS: We have, actually, a couple hundred. One from Bridget (ph) that's quite interesting and may go right along the line of this. Harvard president's comment is only important that it proves my hypothesis that men are weaker than women in communication.

And then from Ron in, I'm not sure where, but from Ron, don't think women are weaker in sciences, just sometimes men are pushed farther ahead, therefore the women choose not to excel or study in it.

And I think that goes along the lines with a lot of e-mails we're getting today. COSTELLO: Well a lot of scholars think that socialization does have a lot to do with it, because you know little girls really aren't pushed to go into things like engineering, to take calculus, things like that, you know.

MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: It's just something that parents don't push them to do for whatever reason.

MYERS: I did get some SAT numbers e-mailed to me by some professors, and they show that some of the math shows that the women are right in the middle and the men are either here or here on the Bell Curve. They're really dumb or they're really smart and the women are all very right down the middle and all very intelligent rather than the one side or the other, so.

COSTELLO: Well it's interesting, too, because now studies show that more women than men go to college. In fact, men in greater numbers are not choosing to go to college anymore for whatever reason.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: And also you could have said that about the medical profession years ago, right?

MYERS: Well of course.

COSTELLO: Women going to medical school now outnumber men.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: And you need a lot of math skills to do medicine.

MYERS: And that's why I married my wife because she was smarter than me.

From M.K.V. (ph), as many women have said over the years, men are logical, women are emotional. Emotions have no place in math or science. That is from Chinook, Montana this morning, so.

COSTELLO: Well what does that have to do with anything?

MYERS: I just think that that's where his thought process is that there's emotion and there's maybe analytical.

COSTELLO: Interesting.

MYERS: We'll see.

COSTELLO: Thank you for your comments this morning.

MYERS: You bet.

COSTELLO: We found them interesting, as usual.

The next hour of DAYBREAK starts right now.

Straight-ahead on DAYBREAK, streets shut down, police out in force, it's not an emergency, it's an inauguration.

Also, look up in the sky, it's not a bird and it's certainly not your average plane, it's super jumbo.

And being on the road doesn't mean you have to be offline. We'll show you some gadgets on the go.

It is Tuesday, January 18. You are watching DAYBREAK.

And good morning to you, from the Time Warner Center in New York, I'm Carol Costello, along with Chad Myers.

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning to you, welcome to the second half-hour of DAYBREAK. From the Time Warner Center in New York, I'm Carol Costello, along with Chad Myers.
"Now in the News."

A Senate confirmation hearing opens this morning for Condoleezza Rice as the next Secretary of State. She's expected to face some tough questions, especially about Iraq. Some senators believe that the National Security Adviser Rice overstated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. Despite that, observers say she will be confirmed.

A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle outside the offices of a leading Shiite political party in Baghdad. A guard who tried to stop him was killed. Seven others were injured.

Jury selection begins today in the retrial of former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and his Financial Chief Mark Swartz. The two were accused of stealing $600 million from the company. The original case ended in a mistrial last April.

The entertainment world is paying tribute to actress Ruth Warrick. The former grand dame of the soap opera "All My Children" died Saturday of complications from pneumonia. She was 88 years old.

To the Forecast Center now and, Chad, good morning.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Carol.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Thank you -- Chad.

MYERS: You're welcome.

COSTELLO: Newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will be on the move this morning, and he's facing a key test of his new leadership.

John Vause live in Jerusalem. He has the latest for us.

Hello -- John.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Carol.

Mahmoud Abbas will leave for Gaza in a few hours from now to try and win a cease-fire agreement with the various Palestinian militant groups. Already some of the militants have said that they may agree to a truce providing Israel stops all military action as well, although others have ruled it out all together.

In the meantime, Mr. Abbas has taken some pretty bold steps, ordering his preventive security forces to try and stop all attacks on Israelis anywhere. And he's warning -- quote -- "anyone taking part in military activity will be punished."

Now controlling the militant groups was always going to be the biggest challenge for this newly elected president and the Palestinian Authority, but few expected it would come this soon. He was only sworn into office on Saturday, but he's been under increasing pressure from both Israel and the United States.

For now, Israel is giving him some breathing room, placing on hold a fairly big military offensive in the Gaza Strip. But Israeli officials are now warning they will not wait long. They want to see some real action on the ground. They want to see those Palestinian security forces deployed around the area where the militant groups have been firing their homemade rockets.

And those rockets keep coming, Carol. And for the second day there were protests and strikes in the Israeli border town of Sderot. The people there are complaining that the Israeli government is not doing enough to stop these missile attacks. Sderot has been a frequent target for these homemade rockets, and they're putting pressure on the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to act and act quickly -- Carol.

COSTELLO: John Vause, live from Jerusalem this morning, thank you.

This look at "Defending America" focuses on rail security. Millions of you ride the subways every day, but is enough being done to make sure you're safe during that ride? And is anything being done to at least make you feel safe?

CNN's Jason Carroll takes a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is one morning Karen Callahan can relax at home with her cup of coffee, a day off from work as a paralegal. She relishes days like this, no 30- minute train ride into Manhattan, no security worries.

KAREN CALLAHAN, SUBWAY RIDER: I feel like a sitting duck. That's what I feel. I feel like, every time I get on a train, it could happen.

CARROLL: We joined Callahan on her commute home through the world's largest train station, New York's Grand Central. This is where security concerns her most.

(on camera): Do you think about it very often?

CALLAHAN: I do. Probably every day.

CARROLL (voice-over): This single mom of two sees the train as her only choice, so she tries to minimize her risk.

CALLAHAN: I tend to go in the very first car for a few reasons, one of them being that it seems it would be easier to get out.

CARROLL: Senator Joe Biden says Callahan's security worries are not unfounded.

SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN (D), DELAWARE: There is no basic security. It is bizarre, absolutely bizarre. I'm actually angry about it.

CARROLL: Biden commutes daily from Delaware to Washington.

BIDEN: It's been 3.5 years of this.

CARROLL: He's so angered by lapses in security, he introduced legislation.

(on camera): Do you see any things around here that you think could be improved?

BIDEN: Well, for example, what you can improve is as people just standing here with the dogs, just bomb-sniffing dogs. I mean it's basic block-and-tackle stuff. I mean basic stuff.

CARROLL: You're also talking about having someone just sort of walking through.

BIDEN: Yes. I mean Just, for example, just the idea that one of these Amtrak policemen would be able to walk through with bomb- sniffing dogs. There's not sufficient cops, there's not sufficient fencing, there's no sufficient cameras. It's just -- it's criminal.

ASA HUTCHINSON, DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY: We're grateful for that voice and that support for increased security.

CARROLL (voice-over): Asa Hutchinson is in charge of border and transportation security for the Department of Homeland Security. He says many lessons were learned from last year's terrorist bombing on a passenger train in Madrid; 191 people were killed. Hutchinson says 70 new inspectors were hired this year to work with 400 already in place, $150 million dedicated to rail security.

HUTCHINSON: You certainly have to worry that we're doing all that we can to protect those rails and also the whole system. And so you're concerned about it, but also you take steps every day to build upon that. Much has been done.

CARROLL: But critics insist, not enough. New York lawmakers gave train and subway security a D, citing unprotected tunnels, rail yards and, in particular, lack of surveillance. So, at a train station in Philadelphia and another in New York, we waited to see how long it would take for security to notice an abandoned bag left in clear view. After 10 minutes, nothing. That wouldn't surprise Callahan, who takes it upon herself to keep an eye out.

CALLAHAN: There was a man sitting behind me with a backpack, and he looked like one of the people that might have been on the airplane. And he got up and he looked around in just kind of a suspicious way to me. And then he walked off. And right then, a man wearing almost the same jacket, same backpack, sat in the very seat behind me. So you can't help it. And if there was a cop, a trooper on it, I think I might have said something.

CARROLL: Back to the bags; 20 minutes pass. In Philadelphia, an officer and his dog look over the bag. Our producer steps in and identifies it. But, in New York, still nothing.

Those who track terror tactics say the U.S. could learn from Great Britain's experience with its train system and threats by the Irish Republican Army.

BRIAN JENKINS, SECURITY EXPERT: If people are admonished to notify authorities of suspicious activity or abandoned parcels, if you then have readily available communication systems for them to do that, telephones that are marked, and you provide rapid response when reports are made, then, in effect, you have closed the loop.

CARROLL: In New York, after 30 minutes, one person stopped, but is too rushed to report the bag. We conclude the experiment.

HUTCHINSON: We know there's some vulnerabilities we need to continue to work on and we are aggressively.

CARROLL: For example, this pilot program to test trained passengers and their luggage for explosives. But for now, it's just a test.

Amtrak says, since 9/11, it's added police, increased use of bomb-sniffing dogs and requires passengers to show I.D. But Karen Callahan believes even more should be done, but she's not holding her breath.

CALLAHAN: I think it all comes down to money. I think it's just probably too expensive to have security on all the trains at all times. Yes, it's money.

CARROLL: So she'll keep riding and keep watching who's sitting nearby.

Jason Carroll, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: Security is the focus of our special look at "Defending America." That's coming up tomorrow. CNN's special report comes to you at 7:00 p.m. Eastern with Anderson Cooper and Paula Zahn. And we'll have more "Defending America" coverage at 10:00 p.m. Eastern with Aaron Brown, so stay with CNN. And be sure to stay tuned day and night for the most reliable news about your security.

First there was tennis elbow and now there's BlackBerry thumb. Just ahead, what doctors are doing to treat this geeky ailment and ways to avoid it in the first place.

And don't forget our e-mail "Question of the Morning," are women innately weaker than men in math and science? Send your thoughts to us, DAYBREAK@CNN.com. That's DAYBREAK@CNN.com.

But first, here's a look at what else is making news this Tuesday morning.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports. It's 5:45 Eastern. Here is what's all new this morning.

There's been a suicide car bombing in Baghdad outside of an office of one of Iraq's biggest political parties. A guard who tried to stop the vehicle was killed. Several other people were hurt.

Love among the ruins. An Indian couple who survived the tsunamis got married at a relief camp. They were separated during the disaster but managed to find each other again.

In money news, Electronic Arts, which makes video games like Madden NFL, says it's signed a 15-year deal with ESPN. It will pay ESPN $750 million to $850 million for exclusive rights to use the ESPN brand name on its game.

In culture, actress Virginia Mayo, who appeared in such films as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and "White Heat," has died at the age of 84. She died yesterday of pneumonia near Los Angeles.

And in sports, the U.S. Tennis champion Svetlana Kuznetsova says she is certain she'll be cleared of doping charges. The tennis star tested positive at an exhibition in Belgium last month.

To the Forecast Center now and -- Chad.

MYERS: That was a good try, Carol. I have no better try on that name than that.

COSTELLO: That's a tough one.

MYERS: My hardest one today is just to say Denver.

(WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: Thank you -- Chad.

MYERS: All right.

COSTELLO: For all of you techno geeks out there, that includes Chad, typing away on your BlackBerry can be a real pain in the thumb. But never fear, the solution is within your reach.

DAYBREAK contributor Ali Velshi joins us now with the cure for BlackBerry thumb.

ALI VELSHI, CNN DAYBREAK CONTRIBUTOR: Just like this, just massage right here.

Do you remember a few weeks ago I did that story on men and going to spas and stuff? It was one of those tough assignments. While I was at the spa, there was a woman who was conducting hand massages for some of the clients.

COSTELLO: Great.

VELSHI: And as part of a manicure, they would give hand massages. But this guy was just sitting around getting a hand massage. And so I was talking to her, and she said, yes, I know a lot of guys around here, because they're right in midtown Manhattan, there's a lot of guys there who use a BlackBerry, have developed a soreness right around here.

Now I BlackBerry a lot. And I realized, after she said that, that I also have a soreness around here. I'm a medical wonder. I can come up with any kind of ailment. So I thought what a funny story. So I started researching this and realized that about two or three years ago, in fact, there was some stuff written up about BlackBerry thumb from people who use their little devices.

So you know I brought a few. I mean many people in this country use BlackBerrys. This is my old one, which I just found in my drawer, and tech support is going to call any minute and say why is that in your drawer? But you know the little keyboards like this. And this is the new Handspring, I'm sorry, not Handspring, it's PalmOne. PalmOne's Treo 650, even a smaller keyboard than the BlackBerry.

And what happens is you type all the time and your muscles start to get affected by this. And doctors -- also, by the way, if you use text messaging. I know a lot of people send us messages from their phone. Same idea, using your phone. So what's going to happen is we're going to evolve in a thousand years into people with pointy thumbs with a little flat point so that you can do this.

But what do you do? I mean you might find that your thumbs start to hurt and these muscles around here start to hurt. So doctors who do treat this prescribe massage or physical therapy or anti- inflammatories.

And there are these little gadgets. I've got to show you one of these. There's like a little glove that's come out. It was initially for people who type a lot, but now you can see there's a little thumb extension that's been put onto this glove. And it's called The Smart Glove glove, and it helps support the muscles, like a splint, like something you'd wear on your knee.

COSTELLO: I'm speechless after that. VELSHI: Millions and millions of people. I'm telling you, this is really -- it's not just about the rudeness of using these things in public.

COSTELLO: So it's like the carpal tunnel syndrome of BlackBerrys.

VELSHI: It's carpal thumbel syndrome is what I heard somebody call it, carpal thumbel syndrome.

COSTELLO: How many people actually suffer from this?

VELSHI: Well more, because in an hour I'm going to come back and show regular people who don't have these devices connected to their work e-mail how you might use this at home. If you just like having your e-mail with you wherever you go but you want to use it for your personal e-mail, I'll be back to talk about that. So I'm creating a problem.

COSTELLO: That is a beautiful thing.

VELSHI: Thank you.

COSTELLO: And a big market for that glove.

VELSHI: I've got to go back and massage my thumbs.

COSTELLO: Thank you, Ali.

They traveled across the globe looking for a medical miracle and now this baby and his family have a lot to smile about. We'll have that amazing story next.

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COSTELLO: A bit of developing news to tell you about this morning. The archbishop that was kidnapped by terrorists in Iraq has apparently been freed. We don't know much more information than that. We've heard differing accounts this morning. We're going to get to Jeff Koinange live in Baghdad with more on this. But again, that archbishop who was kidnapped in Iraq has been freed and that is according to The Associated Press this morning.

In "Health Headlines" for you, a new study suggests that chamomile tea may help prevent colds. Researchers watched 14 people who drank five cups of tea every day and they found that the tea produced an increase of a substance that helps the body fight off a cold. But they admit that it isn't known if the overall effects are good or bad.

French researchers believe that a measles vaccine can be modified to help fight the West Nile virus. They say the new vaccine could protect adults from West Nile as soon as just eight days after inoculation. The vaccine worked on mice and is now being tested in primates. Scientists in Italy believe Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in children may be linked to low levels of iodine in their mother's systems. The researchers are urging women to get thyroid tests done early in pregnancy. The conclusions were reached after studying a group of children over a 10-year period.

For more on this or any other health story, head to our Web site. The address, CNN.com/health.

Doctors in Miami say an 11-month-old baby who received transplants for six of his organs is making a remarkable recovery. The boy, who is from Japan, underwent a transplant operation of his liver, pancreas, stomach, small and large intestine and spleen on Christmas Eve. He had the surgery in Miami because Japanese law bars children under the age of 15 from donating organs. He's doing just fine this morning. That's amazing.

Here's what's all new in the next hour of DAYBREAK.

With every top government official gathered in one place for Thursday's inauguration, security officials are taking no chances. We'll look at the sometimes drastic measures they're putting into place in Washington, D.C.

Plus, U.S. senators say we'll say plenty later today about what they think of Condoleezza Rice, but how does the rest of America feel? We'll have new results for you from Gallup.

So stick around, you are watching DAYBREAK.

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COSTELLO: We told you earlier this hour about some controversial comments from Harvard University's president. Now we want to get your take on them. Lawrence Summers recently suggested that innate differences between the sexes might be one reason why fewer women succeed in science or math careers. In other words, women just aren't born to do math. His comment sparked an uproar on campus. Summers says he wasn't being sexist.

We wanted to know what you thought about that this morning.

And I understand, Chad, we've been getting a lot of e-mails.

MYERS: We have, actually, a couple hundred. One from Bridget (ph) that's quite interesting and may go right along the line of this. Harvard president's comment is only important that it proves my hypothesis that men are weaker than women in communication.

And then from Ron in, I'm not sure where, but from Ron, don't think women are weaker in sciences, just sometimes men are pushed farther ahead, therefore the women choose not to excel or study in it.

And I think that goes along the lines with a lot of e-mails we're getting today. COSTELLO: Well a lot of scholars think that socialization does have a lot to do with it, because you know little girls really aren't pushed to go into things like engineering, to take calculus, things like that, you know.

MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: It's just something that parents don't push them to do for whatever reason.

MYERS: I did get some SAT numbers e-mailed to me by some professors, and they show that some of the math shows that the women are right in the middle and the men are either here or here on the Bell Curve. They're really dumb or they're really smart and the women are all very right down the middle and all very intelligent rather than the one side or the other, so.

COSTELLO: Well it's interesting, too, because now studies show that more women than men go to college. In fact, men in greater numbers are not choosing to go to college anymore for whatever reason.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: And also you could have said that about the medical profession years ago, right?

MYERS: Well of course.

COSTELLO: Women going to medical school now outnumber men.

MYERS: Yes.

COSTELLO: And you need a lot of math skills to do medicine.

MYERS: And that's why I married my wife because she was smarter than me.

From M.K.V. (ph), as many women have said over the years, men are logical, women are emotional. Emotions have no place in math or science. That is from Chinook, Montana this morning, so.

COSTELLO: Well what does that have to do with anything?

MYERS: I just think that that's where his thought process is that there's emotion and there's maybe analytical.

COSTELLO: Interesting.

MYERS: We'll see.

COSTELLO: Thank you for your comments this morning.

MYERS: You bet.

COSTELLO: We found them interesting, as usual.

The next hour of DAYBREAK starts right now.

Straight-ahead on DAYBREAK, streets shut down, police out in force, it's not an emergency, it's an inauguration.

Also, look up in the sky, it's not a bird and it's certainly not your average plane, it's super jumbo.

And being on the road doesn't mean you have to be offline. We'll show you some gadgets on the go.

It is Tuesday, January 18. You are watching DAYBREAK.

And good morning to you, from the Time Warner Center in New York, I'm Carol Costello, along with Chad Myers.

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