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Grilling Safety; 'Cinderella Man'

Aired June 03, 2005 - 05:30   ET

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


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


VALERIE MORRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everyone, I'm Valerie Morris, in today for Carol Costello. Thanks so much for waking up with us. And welcome to the second half-hour of DAYBREAK.
Coming up in the next 30 minutes, the FAA says New York skies are safe. Air traffic controllers disagree. Who's right and are you at risk?

And later, tough guy Russell Crowe shows his soft side but not in the ring.

But first, "Now in the News."

A teenager, who police say stole a bulldozer and led police on a 15-mile chase, is in critical condition after police fired on the boy. The 14-year-old allegedly turned the bulldozer toward officers after he ignored repeated efforts to get him to stop.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice releases the annual State Department trafficking in persons report today. The U.S. will cite Saudi Arabia as one of the world's worst defenders in forcing people into servitude or the sex trade every year.

A car bomb explodes near a U.S. military convoy this morning but misses. Instead, the explosion in Baghdad injured four Iraqi civilians.

The jury in the Michael Jackson trial gets the case today. That's after hearing once again from the defense, the prosecution and the judge. Jurors could be deliberating Jackson's fate by this afternoon.

And for our fate with the weather, Chad, you know what, I noticed last time you said that in the New York area it could be 80 degrees tomorrow.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes.

MORRIS: Is there a but in this?

MYERS: Well you have all this cloud cover over you. And yesterday it was nice. Yesterday it was 70 degrees. Today the rain comes in and pushes over the top of you. Then tomorrow, in order for that to happen, the warm front has to go by and it's a potential there. The farther you get to the south, let's say Philadelphia, D.C., Allentown, Bethlehem, Trenton, absolutely. It's just going to take awhile for those clouds to roll out of New York City, so. MORRIS: So that means I'm going to have to play my golf somewhere else?

MYERS: No, it's just not going to happen at 1:00. It's going to take until 3:00 or 4:00 to get there.

MORRIS: No problem.

MYERS: Good morning, everybody.

(WEATHER REPORT)

MORRIS: All right, Chad, thank you very much.

MYERS: You bet.

MORRIS: We're keeping an eagle eye on the potential, the screening potential of dangerous imports. It makes its debut at the Port of Maryland. The powerful X-raying imaging machine can screen a 40-foot cargo container in about a minute. Officials say up to a dozen containers can be inspected for weapons of mass destruction within just an hour.

The FAA insists passengers flying in and out of the New York area are not at risk. Air traffic controllers had claimed that overtime cuts caused an increasing number of close calls in the skies. Instead, a FAA audit blames the controllers union for sloppy scheduling designed to maximize overtime pay. The New York facility got double the overtime of any other facility in the country.

The State Department is warning the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan about the potential for terrorist attacks against American targets. Citing new information, the families of embassy staff and non- essential workers are being told to leave the country.

Stay tuned to CNN day and night for the most up-to-date information on your security.

Now truth be told. The reporters who broke the Watergate scandal more than 30 years ago now say Deep Throat served his country. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein talked with Larry King about Mark Felt.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BOB WOODWARD, "THE WASHINGTON POST": This is a man who's 91 now, cared for lovingly by his family, by his daughter, Joan, who I got to know some over the years, who is interested in his welfare. She believed he was Deep Throat.

But he is somebody who's -- I think this is a man, during Watergate, and during the years since Watergate, was in turmoil, profound ambivalence about what he had done, whether he had broken the code within the FBI, or whether he had done something that was absolutely necessary to explain that there was this massive law breaking and obstruction of justice going on, led by, as we now know from the tapes, the president himself. So he found his duty, but never, I think, felt totally comfortable with it.

LARRY KING, HOST: How did you hear that "Vanity Fair"...

CARL BERNSTEIN, FMR. "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTER: Both Bob and I got a call around 10:00.

KING: From?

BERNSTEIN: From a guy named Friend (ph), one of the editors of "Vanity Fair"...

KING: How come?

BERNSTEIN: ... where I am a contributing editor. I knew nothing about this. Bob knew nothing about this.

WOODWARD: The editor is always in the dark, particularly if he's contributing.

BERNSTEIN: That's right.

WOODWARD: Contributing ignorance.

BERNSTEIN: That's right.

KING: So what did he say to you on the phone?

BERNSTEIN: He said, look, we've got a story. We're printing it today. I want to get it to you. We didn't call you in advance. It's about Deep Throat. I'm going to send it to you, and I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. And I got it and I immediately called Bob.

KING: Did he tell you on the phone it was Mark Felt?

BERNSTEIN: No, he did not.

KING: Did not.

BERNSTEIN: And I saw it, and I said, well, they certainly have it. And, at the time, it was very unclear that they really had it enough in a credible way for Mark Felt himself.

KING: Which is why you didn't go...

BERNSTEIN: So we went through the day, in fact, saying, we're not going to reveal his identity until we were 100 percent sure that our bond and that our word would not be broken by confirming it. And finally, "The Washington Post," it was clear was going to confirm it, not us, but "The Washington Post" was right and we were released by the family.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MORRIS: Woodward says Felt did not break the law because he did not provide direct information from FBI files or report.

And still to come on DAYBREAK this half-hour, Iraqi forces move against insurgents. An update is just six minutes away.

And in 17 minutes, CNN's Sibila Vargas goes to the movies with Russell Crowe.

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

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Your news, money, weather and sports. It is now 5:41, and here is what's all new this morning.

The 2006 budget proposed by President Bush would cut $125 million allocated to victims of the 9/11 tragedy. New York lawmakers are demanding the money not be withheld.

Citing the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge orders the Army to release videos of dozens of pictures from the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal. The Army has one month to comply.

In money, President Bush chose California Congressman Christopher Cox to run the Securities and Exchange Commission if approved by the Senate this summer, as expected. Cox is expected to be a pro-business conservative.

In culture, apparently pop star Lindsay Lohan was making a beeline for a police car when a paparazzi photographer crashed into her car. At least that's the latest word from L.A. police. They also say the singer/actress did suffer some cuts and bruises in the accident.

In sports, members of the original basketball dream team will help choose the next one. Former NBA stars Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson will join other Hall of Famers to choose the next lineup for the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics.

And in weather.

MYERS: Good morning -- Valerie.

MORRIS: Good morning again.

(WEATHER REPORT)

MORRIS: All right, Chad, thank you.

And now to Iraq, the government says Operation Lightning, the offensive to root out rebels in Baghdad, has scored big gains. The Interior Minister says Iraqi soldiers and police captured 700 suspected insurgents and killed 28 militants this week.

Meanwhile, the first official count of civilians killed in insurgent attacks is emerging in Iraq. "The Washington Post" -- quoting Iraq's Interior Minister -- says "at least 12,000 civilians have been killed by insurgents in the last year and a half." That breaks down to an average of more than 20 civilians each day. Insurgents killed 38 people in a series of attacks yesterday alone.

Materials that could be used to make biological weapons and banned long-range missiles is reportedly missing in Iraq. The Associated Press reports U.N. weapons experts say satellite photos indicate the material has been removed from 109 sites. A report to the U.N. Security Council draws no conclusion about who removed the items or where they went.

Barbecue season has officially begun. After the break, what you need to know about grill safety.

And don't forget our e-mail "Question of the Day," billboards of shame: are they effective or medieval? E-mail us at DAYBREAK@CNN.com.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Extra pounds are dangerous. That's the message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The head of the CDC is reminding people that obesity raises the risk of heart disease and some cancers. This comes just weeks after a CDC study said that obesity causes fewer deaths than previously thought. But many experts say that study was misleading.

Well with warm weather on the way, more people are spending time outside, and that, of course, includes cooking outdoors. We want to make sure that you grill safely, so our senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is here with some tips on making sure that your grilling doesn't make you sick.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Summertime means grilling time for many of us. Unfortunately, summer and grills together make the perfect breeding ground for bacteria. Cases of food poisoning increase during this warm and often humid season.

So here are some tips to keep bad bacteria away from your barbecue.

First, start with a clean grill.

TONY VOLK, PARTNERSHIP FOR FOOD SAFETY ED.: You've got to clean it. Clean it well before you get on -- and then turn that temperature up to high. That high temperature is going to really burn off any bacteria there.

GUPTA: With a charcoal grill, preheat your charcoal for at least 25 minutes before cooking. Once the grill is ready, and before you bring out the food, wash your hands.

VOLK: You need to wash at least 20 seconds to get rid of all that dirt and bacteria that might be clinging to your hands after you've been out preparing the grill.

GUPTA: And before you lay out those burgers, make sure you have the right thermometer.

VOLK: You can see that it has a LED readout. Tells you exactly what the temperature is when you touch the tip of this instrument to the center of the meat.

GUPTA: If the temperature outside is above 90 degrees, place the meat you're not immediately cooking inside a chilled cooler. And remember, keep poultry and beef apart on the grill, and that includes using a different thermometer.

VOLK: You don't have to be a mathematician to be a good grill expert, but you've got to remember the right temperatures. For instance, 160 for hamburger, 145 for medium rare steaks and 170 for boneless chicken parts. It says 170, 170 is perfect. We know that fillet is done.

GUPTA: Be sure to place the cooked food on a clean platter, not on the same one that held the raw meat. And then you'll be ready to enjoy a delicious and hopefully safe summer.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cheers.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: And barbecue is served.

Here's what's next.

New in our upcoming hour on DAYBREAK, Samir Patel may have been the runner up of Thursday's spelling bee, but he was a definite hit with the crowd. And he is going to join us live next hour.

And King Tut's impending tour to the United States doesn't come easily. Find out what challenges lie ahead for the boy king's return.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Hi there. Hope this helps you ease into your morning.

"Entertainment Headlines" for you this morning.

White Stripes leader -- lead singer, rather, Jack White, isn't wasting any time pining over former girlfriend Renee Zellweger. He married model Karen Elson, Wednesday, while floating down the Amazon River. Zellweger, of course, married country singer Kenny Chesney last month in the Caribbean.

The man who built Black Entertainment Television, also known as B.E.T., is retiring from the network. Robert Johnson says he is going to be stepping down in January. Johnson became the nation's first African-American billionaire when he sold B.E.T. to Viacom for $3 billion in 2000.

It's a race up the charts for "American Idol's" latest winners. Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice, the number one and number two finishers, both have new songs out. Underwood is coming in at number 50 on the hot country chart with "Bless This Broken Road." Bice is at number 60 on the hot digital chart with "I Don't Want To Be."

Actor Russell Crowe takes a few on the chin in his latest Hollywood effort.

CNN's Sibila Vargas talked to the actor about how he prepared for his latest role as a fighter past his prime during the depression.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Seeing this film and just looking at you, the transformation. How important is look for you?

RUSSELL CROWE, ACTOR: You know I had footage of Braddock, and I knew the style of boxer he was. And so I wasn't -- you know there's the film and the way I move in the film is as close as I could get to recreating him. I'm not doing a generic boxer, I'm specifically doing James J. Braddock.

Part of the fun to me is the detail. The E (ph) is, I don't know if you know this, he's got cauliflower ears and they also poke out. So I had these bars stuck up behind my ears to make my ears go like that.

And it was so funny. I said, you know I showed Ron, look here's a photo of Braddock, here's a photo of me, you know, in the thing. And he goes, oh gee, I don't know, you know, Russell, are you sure, you know? I mean are you sure about the ears, you know? I mean I'm a guy who's got ears like that. I'm not sure if that should be in a movie.

VARGAS: Do you ever feel like with your characters that they leave something with you?

CROWE: I think, you know, I put so much effort into it and stuff, I always take something away with the characters and take, you know, life stuff with me, you know. I mean my dad occasionally jokes that I only became a man when I started making movies because of all the various skills I've had to learn, you know. And finally if I just shut up and listened a little bit more when I was younger, I would have been ahead of the game.

VARGAS: Did you learn anything, as a family man now, I mean you've celebrated your second year anniversary and you've got this little guy, who I hear is an incorrigible flirt.

CROWE: Absolutely.

VARGAS: Does he take after his dad or his mom?

CROWE: Just trying to work out if I'm going to get in trouble answering that. If you go into having a kid, like the way that we have, in that you know we waited a long time. You know we got married first, you know, and then we said you know as soon as a baby comes, a baby comes. And then honeymoon, pregnancy. It was just like boom, how, all right, maybe this is a little quicker than we were expecting. But once you've made the decision, you know, with an open heart that you want to have a child, then it doesn't matter what happens after that, you know, because the priorities are in place, and that this little baby comes first, you know. So you know I have a great relationship with my boy, and I'm just really looking forward to it. I'm folding (ph) over the years, you know, because it's just so special now. I can't imagine how much fun it's going to be when we can have a chat.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: And that was CNN's Sibila Vargas.

Do be sure to catch "Cinderella Man." It opens today.

You can also get more entertainment news every night on "ShowBiz Tonight." That's at 7:00 p.m. Eastern on Headline News.

Well it is now time to read some e-mail.

Chad, we're all ears, take it away.

MYERS: Well the question was these billboards that they're thinking about putting up in Oakland. They've got a couple up already. Billboards of shame, putting up the johns and the prostitutes on the billboards. Right now the pictures are a little bit blurred, but soon they may be quite in focus. Effective deterrent or medieval punishment?

And from Robin (ph), just wondering if the billboards meant for shame the solicitors for sex will be stocked with rotten tomatoes to give the full effect of the medieval experience.

And Ron (ph) from Louisiana, I think this is rather medieval. If you're going to humiliate the johns, why don't you just parade the prostitutes on Main Street? If this is such a bad offense, why don't they do the same to drunk drivers? Come on, they're more likely to kill somebody or people who assault their spouses. I'm not saying that prostitution is right, but there are more serious crimes that need addressing first.

And...

MORRIS: That's an interesting one. I understand that.

MYERS: From David (ph), well just slap a Martha Stewart designer ankle bracelet on them. And if they go off, they go into the red light prostitutes, then we go arrest them again.

That's another idea.

Think of that prostitute, from William (ph), actually, in Canada. I think that posting pictures of johns looking for prostitutes is a good idea. We have local businesses here that used to get bounced checks. They put the pictures of the offenders on the wall. They don't get nearly as many bounced checks as they used to. MORRIS: There you go. Thanks -- Chad.

MYERS: OK.

MORRIS: The next hour of DAYBREAK begins right now.

It's Friday, June 3, and somebody in a far away place is keeping an eye on America's secrets.

DAYBREAK starts right now.

Espionage in the age of technology information moves so fast, but is it falling into the wrong hands?

Plus, preparing a king for a road trip.

And a heads up for iPod customers, you may have some money coming back to you.

Good morning, everyone, I'm Valerie Morris, in for Carol Costello this morning.

Also ahead this morning, war crimes a decade old. A newly released videotape of some gruesome killings could send some soldiers to jail.

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Aired June 3, 2005 - 05:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
VALERIE MORRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everyone, I'm Valerie Morris, in today for Carol Costello. Thanks so much for waking up with us. And welcome to the second half-hour of DAYBREAK.
Coming up in the next 30 minutes, the FAA says New York skies are safe. Air traffic controllers disagree. Who's right and are you at risk?

And later, tough guy Russell Crowe shows his soft side but not in the ring.

But first, "Now in the News."

A teenager, who police say stole a bulldozer and led police on a 15-mile chase, is in critical condition after police fired on the boy. The 14-year-old allegedly turned the bulldozer toward officers after he ignored repeated efforts to get him to stop.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice releases the annual State Department trafficking in persons report today. The U.S. will cite Saudi Arabia as one of the world's worst defenders in forcing people into servitude or the sex trade every year.

A car bomb explodes near a U.S. military convoy this morning but misses. Instead, the explosion in Baghdad injured four Iraqi civilians.

The jury in the Michael Jackson trial gets the case today. That's after hearing once again from the defense, the prosecution and the judge. Jurors could be deliberating Jackson's fate by this afternoon.

And for our fate with the weather, Chad, you know what, I noticed last time you said that in the New York area it could be 80 degrees tomorrow.

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yes.

MORRIS: Is there a but in this?

MYERS: Well you have all this cloud cover over you. And yesterday it was nice. Yesterday it was 70 degrees. Today the rain comes in and pushes over the top of you. Then tomorrow, in order for that to happen, the warm front has to go by and it's a potential there. The farther you get to the south, let's say Philadelphia, D.C., Allentown, Bethlehem, Trenton, absolutely. It's just going to take awhile for those clouds to roll out of New York City, so. MORRIS: So that means I'm going to have to play my golf somewhere else?

MYERS: No, it's just not going to happen at 1:00. It's going to take until 3:00 or 4:00 to get there.

MORRIS: No problem.

MYERS: Good morning, everybody.

(WEATHER REPORT)

MORRIS: All right, Chad, thank you very much.

MYERS: You bet.

MORRIS: We're keeping an eagle eye on the potential, the screening potential of dangerous imports. It makes its debut at the Port of Maryland. The powerful X-raying imaging machine can screen a 40-foot cargo container in about a minute. Officials say up to a dozen containers can be inspected for weapons of mass destruction within just an hour.

The FAA insists passengers flying in and out of the New York area are not at risk. Air traffic controllers had claimed that overtime cuts caused an increasing number of close calls in the skies. Instead, a FAA audit blames the controllers union for sloppy scheduling designed to maximize overtime pay. The New York facility got double the overtime of any other facility in the country.

The State Department is warning the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan about the potential for terrorist attacks against American targets. Citing new information, the families of embassy staff and non- essential workers are being told to leave the country.

Stay tuned to CNN day and night for the most up-to-date information on your security.

Now truth be told. The reporters who broke the Watergate scandal more than 30 years ago now say Deep Throat served his country. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein talked with Larry King about Mark Felt.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BOB WOODWARD, "THE WASHINGTON POST": This is a man who's 91 now, cared for lovingly by his family, by his daughter, Joan, who I got to know some over the years, who is interested in his welfare. She believed he was Deep Throat.

But he is somebody who's -- I think this is a man, during Watergate, and during the years since Watergate, was in turmoil, profound ambivalence about what he had done, whether he had broken the code within the FBI, or whether he had done something that was absolutely necessary to explain that there was this massive law breaking and obstruction of justice going on, led by, as we now know from the tapes, the president himself. So he found his duty, but never, I think, felt totally comfortable with it.

LARRY KING, HOST: How did you hear that "Vanity Fair"...

CARL BERNSTEIN, FMR. "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTER: Both Bob and I got a call around 10:00.

KING: From?

BERNSTEIN: From a guy named Friend (ph), one of the editors of "Vanity Fair"...

KING: How come?

BERNSTEIN: ... where I am a contributing editor. I knew nothing about this. Bob knew nothing about this.

WOODWARD: The editor is always in the dark, particularly if he's contributing.

BERNSTEIN: That's right.

WOODWARD: Contributing ignorance.

BERNSTEIN: That's right.

KING: So what did he say to you on the phone?

BERNSTEIN: He said, look, we've got a story. We're printing it today. I want to get it to you. We didn't call you in advance. It's about Deep Throat. I'm going to send it to you, and I just wanted to give you guys a heads up. And I got it and I immediately called Bob.

KING: Did he tell you on the phone it was Mark Felt?

BERNSTEIN: No, he did not.

KING: Did not.

BERNSTEIN: And I saw it, and I said, well, they certainly have it. And, at the time, it was very unclear that they really had it enough in a credible way for Mark Felt himself.

KING: Which is why you didn't go...

BERNSTEIN: So we went through the day, in fact, saying, we're not going to reveal his identity until we were 100 percent sure that our bond and that our word would not be broken by confirming it. And finally, "The Washington Post," it was clear was going to confirm it, not us, but "The Washington Post" was right and we were released by the family.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MORRIS: Woodward says Felt did not break the law because he did not provide direct information from FBI files or report.

And still to come on DAYBREAK this half-hour, Iraqi forces move against insurgents. An update is just six minutes away.

And in 17 minutes, CNN's Sibila Vargas goes to the movies with Russell Crowe.

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

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Your news, money, weather and sports. It is now 5:41, and here is what's all new this morning.

The 2006 budget proposed by President Bush would cut $125 million allocated to victims of the 9/11 tragedy. New York lawmakers are demanding the money not be withheld.

Citing the Freedom of Information Act, a federal judge orders the Army to release videos of dozens of pictures from the Abu Ghraib Prison scandal. The Army has one month to comply.

In money, President Bush chose California Congressman Christopher Cox to run the Securities and Exchange Commission if approved by the Senate this summer, as expected. Cox is expected to be a pro-business conservative.

In culture, apparently pop star Lindsay Lohan was making a beeline for a police car when a paparazzi photographer crashed into her car. At least that's the latest word from L.A. police. They also say the singer/actress did suffer some cuts and bruises in the accident.

In sports, members of the original basketball dream team will help choose the next one. Former NBA stars Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson will join other Hall of Famers to choose the next lineup for the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Olympics.

And in weather.

MYERS: Good morning -- Valerie.

MORRIS: Good morning again.

(WEATHER REPORT)

MORRIS: All right, Chad, thank you.

And now to Iraq, the government says Operation Lightning, the offensive to root out rebels in Baghdad, has scored big gains. The Interior Minister says Iraqi soldiers and police captured 700 suspected insurgents and killed 28 militants this week.

Meanwhile, the first official count of civilians killed in insurgent attacks is emerging in Iraq. "The Washington Post" -- quoting Iraq's Interior Minister -- says "at least 12,000 civilians have been killed by insurgents in the last year and a half." That breaks down to an average of more than 20 civilians each day. Insurgents killed 38 people in a series of attacks yesterday alone.

Materials that could be used to make biological weapons and banned long-range missiles is reportedly missing in Iraq. The Associated Press reports U.N. weapons experts say satellite photos indicate the material has been removed from 109 sites. A report to the U.N. Security Council draws no conclusion about who removed the items or where they went.

Barbecue season has officially begun. After the break, what you need to know about grill safety.

And don't forget our e-mail "Question of the Day," billboards of shame: are they effective or medieval? E-mail us at DAYBREAK@CNN.com.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Extra pounds are dangerous. That's the message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The head of the CDC is reminding people that obesity raises the risk of heart disease and some cancers. This comes just weeks after a CDC study said that obesity causes fewer deaths than previously thought. But many experts say that study was misleading.

Well with warm weather on the way, more people are spending time outside, and that, of course, includes cooking outdoors. We want to make sure that you grill safely, so our senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is here with some tips on making sure that your grilling doesn't make you sick.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Summertime means grilling time for many of us. Unfortunately, summer and grills together make the perfect breeding ground for bacteria. Cases of food poisoning increase during this warm and often humid season.

So here are some tips to keep bad bacteria away from your barbecue.

First, start with a clean grill.

TONY VOLK, PARTNERSHIP FOR FOOD SAFETY ED.: You've got to clean it. Clean it well before you get on -- and then turn that temperature up to high. That high temperature is going to really burn off any bacteria there.

GUPTA: With a charcoal grill, preheat your charcoal for at least 25 minutes before cooking. Once the grill is ready, and before you bring out the food, wash your hands.

VOLK: You need to wash at least 20 seconds to get rid of all that dirt and bacteria that might be clinging to your hands after you've been out preparing the grill.

GUPTA: And before you lay out those burgers, make sure you have the right thermometer.

VOLK: You can see that it has a LED readout. Tells you exactly what the temperature is when you touch the tip of this instrument to the center of the meat.

GUPTA: If the temperature outside is above 90 degrees, place the meat you're not immediately cooking inside a chilled cooler. And remember, keep poultry and beef apart on the grill, and that includes using a different thermometer.

VOLK: You don't have to be a mathematician to be a good grill expert, but you've got to remember the right temperatures. For instance, 160 for hamburger, 145 for medium rare steaks and 170 for boneless chicken parts. It says 170, 170 is perfect. We know that fillet is done.

GUPTA: Be sure to place the cooked food on a clean platter, not on the same one that held the raw meat. And then you'll be ready to enjoy a delicious and hopefully safe summer.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cheers.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: And barbecue is served.

Here's what's next.

New in our upcoming hour on DAYBREAK, Samir Patel may have been the runner up of Thursday's spelling bee, but he was a definite hit with the crowd. And he is going to join us live next hour.

And King Tut's impending tour to the United States doesn't come easily. Find out what challenges lie ahead for the boy king's return.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Hi there. Hope this helps you ease into your morning.

"Entertainment Headlines" for you this morning.

White Stripes leader -- lead singer, rather, Jack White, isn't wasting any time pining over former girlfriend Renee Zellweger. He married model Karen Elson, Wednesday, while floating down the Amazon River. Zellweger, of course, married country singer Kenny Chesney last month in the Caribbean.

The man who built Black Entertainment Television, also known as B.E.T., is retiring from the network. Robert Johnson says he is going to be stepping down in January. Johnson became the nation's first African-American billionaire when he sold B.E.T. to Viacom for $3 billion in 2000.

It's a race up the charts for "American Idol's" latest winners. Carrie Underwood and Bo Bice, the number one and number two finishers, both have new songs out. Underwood is coming in at number 50 on the hot country chart with "Bless This Broken Road." Bice is at number 60 on the hot digital chart with "I Don't Want To Be."

Actor Russell Crowe takes a few on the chin in his latest Hollywood effort.

CNN's Sibila Vargas talked to the actor about how he prepared for his latest role as a fighter past his prime during the depression.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Seeing this film and just looking at you, the transformation. How important is look for you?

RUSSELL CROWE, ACTOR: You know I had footage of Braddock, and I knew the style of boxer he was. And so I wasn't -- you know there's the film and the way I move in the film is as close as I could get to recreating him. I'm not doing a generic boxer, I'm specifically doing James J. Braddock.

Part of the fun to me is the detail. The E (ph) is, I don't know if you know this, he's got cauliflower ears and they also poke out. So I had these bars stuck up behind my ears to make my ears go like that.

And it was so funny. I said, you know I showed Ron, look here's a photo of Braddock, here's a photo of me, you know, in the thing. And he goes, oh gee, I don't know, you know, Russell, are you sure, you know? I mean are you sure about the ears, you know? I mean I'm a guy who's got ears like that. I'm not sure if that should be in a movie.

VARGAS: Do you ever feel like with your characters that they leave something with you?

CROWE: I think, you know, I put so much effort into it and stuff, I always take something away with the characters and take, you know, life stuff with me, you know. I mean my dad occasionally jokes that I only became a man when I started making movies because of all the various skills I've had to learn, you know. And finally if I just shut up and listened a little bit more when I was younger, I would have been ahead of the game.

VARGAS: Did you learn anything, as a family man now, I mean you've celebrated your second year anniversary and you've got this little guy, who I hear is an incorrigible flirt.

CROWE: Absolutely.

VARGAS: Does he take after his dad or his mom?

CROWE: Just trying to work out if I'm going to get in trouble answering that. If you go into having a kid, like the way that we have, in that you know we waited a long time. You know we got married first, you know, and then we said you know as soon as a baby comes, a baby comes. And then honeymoon, pregnancy. It was just like boom, how, all right, maybe this is a little quicker than we were expecting. But once you've made the decision, you know, with an open heart that you want to have a child, then it doesn't matter what happens after that, you know, because the priorities are in place, and that this little baby comes first, you know. So you know I have a great relationship with my boy, and I'm just really looking forward to it. I'm folding (ph) over the years, you know, because it's just so special now. I can't imagine how much fun it's going to be when we can have a chat.

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MORRIS: And that was CNN's Sibila Vargas.

Do be sure to catch "Cinderella Man." It opens today.

You can also get more entertainment news every night on "ShowBiz Tonight." That's at 7:00 p.m. Eastern on Headline News.

Well it is now time to read some e-mail.

Chad, we're all ears, take it away.

MYERS: Well the question was these billboards that they're thinking about putting up in Oakland. They've got a couple up already. Billboards of shame, putting up the johns and the prostitutes on the billboards. Right now the pictures are a little bit blurred, but soon they may be quite in focus. Effective deterrent or medieval punishment?

And from Robin (ph), just wondering if the billboards meant for shame the solicitors for sex will be stocked with rotten tomatoes to give the full effect of the medieval experience.

And Ron (ph) from Louisiana, I think this is rather medieval. If you're going to humiliate the johns, why don't you just parade the prostitutes on Main Street? If this is such a bad offense, why don't they do the same to drunk drivers? Come on, they're more likely to kill somebody or people who assault their spouses. I'm not saying that prostitution is right, but there are more serious crimes that need addressing first.

And...

MORRIS: That's an interesting one. I understand that.

MYERS: From David (ph), well just slap a Martha Stewart designer ankle bracelet on them. And if they go off, they go into the red light prostitutes, then we go arrest them again.

That's another idea.

Think of that prostitute, from William (ph), actually, in Canada. I think that posting pictures of johns looking for prostitutes is a good idea. We have local businesses here that used to get bounced checks. They put the pictures of the offenders on the wall. They don't get nearly as many bounced checks as they used to. MORRIS: There you go. Thanks -- Chad.

MYERS: OK.

MORRIS: The next hour of DAYBREAK begins right now.

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Good morning, everyone, I'm Valerie Morris, in for Carol Costello this morning.

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