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Mystery Deepens Around High School Graduate Who Went Missing in Aruba One Week Ago; Which Way Will U.S. Go on North Korea?

Aired June 06, 2005 - 06:00   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is Monday, June 6.
The mystery deepens around a high school graduate who went missing in Aruba one week ago. Natalee Holloway's family desperately seeking answers this morning. Instead, they are facing more questions.

Also, which way will the U.S. go when it comes to North Korea? We are getting some mixed messages this morning.

And Michael Jackson's trial is proving to be a real pain in the back.

ANNOUNCER: From the Time Warner Center in New York, this is DAYBREAK with Carol Costello and Chad Myers.

And good morning, everyone.

We'll have more on the search in Aruba for Natalee Holloway in just a moment.

Also ahead, a day of headlines for the 2012 Olympic contenders. We'll talk about what's at stake and why New York faces double the uncertainty.

And with so much information just a copy and paste away, plagiarism is everywhere on college campuses. We'll look at what some schools are doing about it.

But first, now in the news, members of the 9/11 Commission want more information on the government's response to their recommendations. A private group set up by the Commission will begin public hearings today. The "New York Times" reporting that members plan to ask the White House for access to records from several government agencies.

A terror suspect known as "The Doctor" is scheduled to have a bail hearing today in Florida. Dr. Rafiq Sabir is accused of aiding al Qaeda operatives. Federal investigators want Sabir moved to New York for trial.

Five people were injured in Oklahoma as severe storms swept across the state. You're looking at pictures of a funnel cloud. These were taken near Marlow, Oklahoma. And -- Chad, that did cause some damage there, didn't it? CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It sure did. Yes. We had 34 reports of tornadoes on Saturday and less than that yesterday, somewhere around 15 or 16. It's hard to tell because sometimes you have two spotters looking at the same storm, the same tornado, from different directions, and they'll get marked down as two tornadoes but, in fact, it was just one. So the Weather Service has to go and filter all of those reports out.

But we will see. It was a dangerous day yesterday. It'll be another dangerous day today, but a bigger day tomorrow, I think.

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COSTELLO: Charges filed, but what? Police in Aruba have filed charges relating to Natalee Holloway's disappearance, but they're not saying how the suspects are tied to the Alabama teenager's disappearance.

Live to Aruba now and Karl Penhaul -- Karl, bring us up to date.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, it's very difficult to draw a parallel here with the American legal system. This island of Aruba, a Dutch dependency, operates under a mixture of Dutch law and English common law. And so the legal systems here very different.

But what the chief prosecutor did tell us yesterday was that these two men who were arrested about this time yesterday have been charged with crimes related to Natalee Holloway's disappearance. They will now be held in custody for at least another two days and they're being interrogated, we're told. They will then have to appear before the prosecutor again and then they can be held in custody for another eight days.

So it's a kind of a series of checks and balances here. But each time the interrogation does go on to see what more these men can reveal about Natalee's whereabouts. Because, as you say, that is still the big question mark. Yes, these arrests yesterday were seen as a breakthrough. But the big question that is still on everybody's lips is where is Natalee?

Now, the chief prosecutor has said that she still holds out hope that Natalee is alive and she says that's her most important priority, to get Natalee home, to get Natalee back into the arms of her mother -- Carol.

COSTELLO: These security guards, what more do we know about them? They were security guards at the hotel where she was staying, right?

PENHAUL: Not exactly, Carol. They were security guards. Police have confirmed that to us, one 28 years old, the other 30 years old, residents of the island of Aruba. But they were security guards at a hotel near here. We're right now in the Holiday Inn. This is the hotel where Natalee was staying during her stay here in Aruba. And those security guards, we understand, were operating out of a hotel a short walk from here. Their homes were raided. Three cars were seized as evidence, bags of other belongings from their homes were also seized, but prosecutors have been very careful to stipulate that nothing of Natalee's was found during those raids, none of her belongings and none of her clothes, either -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Was there any evidence that she talked to these men, that she befriended them?

PENHAUL: Police are playing their cards very close to their chest because of what they say are the purposes of this investigation. The investigation, as you know, Carol, being backed by those FBI agents. Also, under the legal system, they can't reveal too much about what they know. We don't even know how they got this tip and how they started this line of inquiry about these two men.

COSTELLO: Well, it just seems strange because she's at Carlos and Charlie's at night, she gets into a car with three men, they find the three men, they question them, they let them go and now they're -- they've arrested these security guards.

PENHAUL: Indeed. What police sources have told us about that, Carol, is that the three men, aged between 18 and 25, with whom Natalee did leave that bar, Carlos & Charlie's, they've said in police interviews that they dropped Natalee back off here at the Holiday Inn. There's been no evidence of that on the video cameras. I was talking to some of the hotel staff here. They said that they scanned hours of videotape and never saw any evidence of that.

Nevertheless, it seems that some of the information that those three young men have given to police has led them to the two arrests that were made yesterday -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Karl Penhaul live from Aruba this morning.

Back home in Birmingham, Alabama, dozens of Holloway's friends and classmates attended a prayer vigil. Stores are selling out of yellow ribbons, as residents put bows on trees, on mailboxes, on doors.

Witnesses say Natalee was last seen early Monday, as we know already, leaving that Aruba nightclub we were talking about.

The girl's aunt talked with CNN's Rick Sanchez.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MARCIA TWITTY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S AUNT: Natalee wouldn't just, on her own, you know, sitting there in mind, you know, normal mind, walk and go somewhere with three kids. These are kids. These are not men, these are kids. She just wouldn't leave.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: There is now a $50,000 reward out for any information leading to Natalee, wherever she might be. We'll keep you posted.

Let's shift gears now.

On the surface, it might look like the Bush administration is not on the same page when it comes to the stand-off surrounding North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Over the weekend, a senior defense official was quoted as saying the administration is weeks away from deciding whether to send the matter to the United Nations.

But Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this morning that's not so.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: The president has stated what the policy is. The secretary of state has stated it and I have stated it. And it's all exactly the same. So I think that the stories that have been playing are just inaccurate and mischievous.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: On the subject of Iraq this morning, the U.S. military says it has destroyed that massive underground bunker near Falluja. But the military has released a few pictures before the demolition.

So take a look at this. Marines found this underground hideout near an old rock quarry last week. Its entrance was hidden by an old elect freezer. But down the hole, down inside that hole it was quite homey. Marines found the lair had air conditioning, showers, a kitchen filled a fresh food, but no insurgents.

This thing was big, too, the size of nine football fields.

They did find large stores of weapons, ammunition and supplies. But, again, no insurgents.

The Guantanamo Bay prison camp is up for debate again on Capitol Hill, with some calling it more of a liability than an asset. Delaware Senator Joe Biden calls the U.S. Naval base in Cuba "the greatest propaganda tool for terrorists" and says it should be mothballed. The prison camp, which holds about 540 suspected terrorists, has been a constant source of controversy since the war on terror began.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN (D-DW), FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE: I think we should end up shutting it down, moving those prisoners. Those that we have reason to keep, keep. And those we don't, let go.

But the bottom line is I think more Americans are in jeopardy as a consequence of the perception that exists worldwide with its existence than if there were no GITMO.

(END VIDEO CLIP) COSTELLO: Senators Mitch McConnell and Christopher Dodd agree that congressional hearings on the Guantanamo Bay situation may be warranted.

The Senate reconvenes today with plenty of business to take care of. Senators went into Memorial Day recess with a stalemate over John Bolton. But they will start this session with judicial nominees.

Live to Washington and CNN Radio's Dick Uliano.

So, will this move along quickly -- Dick?

DICK ULIANO, CNN RADIO CORRESPONDENT: Carol, good morning.

Well, the Senate is coming back to work after a week off and some of these hot issues are still on the front burner. The Senate will be opening debate on Janet Rogers Brown of California this afternoon. That's the president's pick to the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. That court sometimes called a springboard to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Remember, she's one of the judges that Democrats were blocking and she's part of the agreement, along with William Pryor of Alabama, who could also have a vote this week. And, but, you know, Carol, the goodwill did not reach to the John Bolton nomination. That's still being blocked by Democrats. He's the president's pick to the United Nations.

COSTELLO: Interesting.

But still, he probably will be confirmed despite that, right?

ULIANO: I think that seems to be the case. Anyway, Joseph Biden, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said this weekend on the talk shows that Democrats probably don't have enough strength to keep blocking John Bolton.

But, you know, Carol, Republicans left town a bit upset that they had this deal on judges and there was sort of a new cooperation and President Bush was then critical of Democrats for blocking the Bolton nomination. Democrats say they want more documents from the White House to see whether Bolton is qualified to be in the U.N. And Republicans counter no, you're just being, you know, obstructionists.

So they come back and the spirits aren't really that great between both sides.

COSTELLO: No. So what else is new?

ULIANO: Right.

COSTELLO: Dick Uliano reporting from Washington this morning.

The Supreme Court justices are beginning the final month of their term today. That could mean some decisions are on the way as early as today. One of the most anticipated opinions will be on medical marijuana. Also being closely watched is the outcome of two cases involving the public display of the Ten Commandments.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, a somewhat different perspective this morning on Iran's future nuclear plans. The latest on that coming up.

Plus, back trouble may be the least of worries for Michael Jackson, as jurors try to decide his fate.

We're live with more in just a few minutes.

And idiots behind the wheel, you know, they call them idiots every morning. They drive you crazy. But where are the country's very worst motorists? The dumb driver survey, just around the corner.

Stay tuned and off the sidewalk.

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

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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports.

It's 6:15 Eastern.

Here's what's all new this morning.

Police in Aruba have charged two hotel security guards in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager. But they won't say what the charges are. Natalee Holloway vanished a week ago while on a high school graduation trip.

In money news, animation overtook special effects at the box office this weekend. "Madagascar" was tops, with nearly $29 million in ticket sales. "Star Wars Episode Three" fell to third among moviegoers, but it still topped the $300 million mark in the United States.

In culture, the Monty Python inspired "Spamalot" won three Tony awards, including best Broadway musical. But it was the show "Doubt" that captured best play among its four awards.

In sports, 19-year-old Rafael Nadal was crowned king of the clay after his four set victory in the final of the French Open. The Spaniard becomes the youngest grand slam champion since Michael Chang won the French at the age of 17 in 1989, which seems like eons ago, doesn't it?

MYERS: Oh, yes, I remember it well, though. I remember him up there smacking that ball with that overhand smash he had.

COSTELLO: That's because you're old.

MYERS: Yes, well, you're right. But a few days younger than you. (WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: That's a look at the latest headlines for you this morning.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, a big breakup in the computer world, as Apple gets ready to say farewell to a long-time partner.

Also ahead, a close-up look at Iran's leading presidential candidate. We'll hear what he has to say about nuclear development.

DAYBREAK will be right back.

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COSTELLO: Some "Business Buzz" now.

United will be the first domestic airline to offer wireless Internet service, but not just yet. United's planes will not be wired until the middle of next year, at the earliest.

Hey, baby, guess what? I'm a CPA. The hot college degree this year is accounting. A top firm like Ernst & Young is looking to hire 4,500 accounting graduates this year, up 30 percent from last year.

Time now for, I guess, a bigger "Business Buzz."

Breaking up is so hard to do. Apple reportedly dumping IBM in favor of Intel.

J.J. Ramberg, in for Carrie Lee this morning, has more on this story.

Ooh.

J.J. RAMBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

Yes, we'll see if breaking up is hard to do or not, right?

Well, Apple is expected to end its very long-term relationship with Intel and what they are -- or, rather, start a relationship with Intel. They're going to end their long-term relationship with IBM. This is according to reports.

Now, Apple is supposed to make this announcement later on today. Steve Jobs will make this announcement.

Now, this is a very big deal, but it's probably more of a big deal prestige wise than profits wise, because if you look at it, Macintosh computers right now only account for about 5 percent of total worldwide PC sales. But there's so much prestige with Macintoshes.

And so this is a big deal for Intel. It's bad for IBM, but not so bad. They still have a new deal with a bunch of companies to put chips into video game consoles. And you know that video games are such a big deal right now.

Now, as for the consumer, what is going to mean for them? Well, it looks like it could mean lower prices, because it sounds like Intel is going to be giving them a pretty good deal.

It also means that there may be some glitches, though, as they make the change for the software to run on these IBMs -- on these Intel chips, rather than the IBM chips. So we'll see what happens with that.

COSTELLO: Well, we can deal with the glitches if it saves us money in the long run.

RAMBERG: Yes, exactly, right?

COSTELLO: Maybe.

Maybe.

We deal with enough glitches.

A quick look at the futures?

RAMBERG: The futures are supposed to open higher today because, if you remember, the Dow dropped over 100 points last week after a weak jobs report. So, we should see things changing a little bit today.

COSTELLO: We hope so.

J.J. Ramberg, thank you.

Just in time this morning, Iran and nukes. Iran has agreed to extend its suspension of uranium enrichment until the end of July. It wants to make a deal with Europe over its nuclear program. At least that's what it says now.

"Time" magazine's Scott MacLeod had a rare opportunity. He sat down with the former Iranian president, Ali Rafsanjani.

He joins us live this morning.

Good morning.

SCOTT MACLEOD, CAIRO BUREAU CHIEF, "TIME" MAGAZINE: Good morning, Carol.

COSTELLO: So, Rafsanjani is running for president this time around, right?

MACLEOD: He's running for president again. He was president twice, maybe in '97. He's been out of the spotlight for the last eight years, but he's making a comeback.

COSTELLO: And he's likely to win? MACLEOD: He's favored to win. He's not the overwhelming favorite. He has about a 36 percent approval rating right now. But that's far ahead of the number two man in the race. So at this point he's likely to be the winner, but it's not guaranteed.

COSTELLO: And I know you sat down and talked with him.

What is he saying about the issue of nukes in Iran?

MACLEOD: Well, what I found interesting about the interview in general is his conciliatory tone. It wasn't the first interview he's given to the Western press. He's been giving a couple as he's been making his comeback in this campaign, the election two weeks from now. And he made some conciliatory remarks both about the nukes and about relations with the United States in general.

You'll remember that we've not had relations with Iran since the 1980 hostage crisis. So it's -- he was generally conciliatory.

But on nukes he said that Iran is going to eventually continue its uranium enrichment program one way or the other, but it does want to do everything possible to satisfy Western concerns that this program will not be turned into a nuclear weapons program.

COSTELLO: Does he still feel the need to negotiate with the European Union?

MACLEOD: He is very strongly in favor of those negotiations and is becoming more assured of the Europeans' good faith in these negotiations. So he struck a very conciliatory note about them. The only thing that Washington might not find conciliatory is he said that one way or the other, that he is going to -- that Iran is going to resume the uranium enrichment program. But he indicated that they do not want to do that until Western demands or Western concerns are completely alleviated.

And that's going to be a difficult thing to do, because the Americans, for example, don't think that there's anything they can do except renouncing uranium enrichment altogether.

But there are negotiations to try to find a common ground.

COSTELLO: Scott MacLeod from "Time" magazine.

If you want to read more, it's in this week's issue of "Time."

Also in the latest issue of "Time," don't call us, we'll call u. "Time" has obtained a high level Bush administration memo. It says CIA chief Porter Goss won't be an automatic fixture at President Bush's national security meetings, a privilege other CIA directors have enjoyed in the past. The new director of national intelligence, John Negroponte, will take Goss' chair at the meetings. And the memo says Goss will be called only when the president wants to see him.

The CIA chief is brushing off suggestions the White House is reducing his power. Still to come on DAYBREAK, Michael Jackson's legal fate may be in the hands of a jury, but the fate of his health, well, that's another story. We'll take you live to Santa Rose, California.

And later on, how Internet technology is both a problem and a solution for fighting plagiarism on college campuses.

This is DAYBREAK for a Monday.

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ANNOUNCER: From the Time Warner Center in New York, this is DAYBREAK with Carol Costello and Chad Myers.

COSTELLO: Good morning, everyone.

Thank you for waking up with us.

The jury may have his case, but the drama is not over for Michael Jackson. We'll take you live to California for details on the singer's weekend health scare.

Also coming up this half hour, a big day ahead in the competition for the 2012 Olympic Games. We'll check up on the Big Apple's chances.

But first, now in the news, diplomacy not force. Donald Rumsfeld says the United States is still committed to multinational talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear stand-off. That's despite speculation that Washington might urge the U.N. to step in. Rumsfeld is visiting Thailand this morning.

Congress gets back to work today after returning from its Memorial Day break. The Senate will begin debating the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown. She is one of President Bush's most controversial nominees to the federal bench.

And this just in to CNN. Actor Russell Crowe has been arrested. It happened in New York City early, early, early this morning. Police say the actor got really mad when he couldn't call Australia on a hotel phone. He threw the phone at a hotel employee. The worker got a pretty serious cut on his face. He actually needed stitches.

So, again, Russell Crowe under arrest this morning in New York.

Ah.

MYERS: Just a big sigh.

COSTELLO: It's like why? Why do that?

MYERS: I don't know.

COSTELLO: Allegedly. We should -- I mean...

MYERS: Correct. COSTELLO: ... allegedly.

MYERS: Of course.

COSTELLO: I don't know. I don't know what kind of -- I don't even know why, but he was in New York for the premier of "Cinderella Man" last week, so he must have stayed.

MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: I don't know...

MYERS: And didn't have a cell phone that could call internationally.

COSTELLO: Maybe not.

MYERS: Or else the battery was dead. I don't know.

Good morning, New York.

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Aired June 6, 2005 - 06:00   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is Monday, June 6.
The mystery deepens around a high school graduate who went missing in Aruba one week ago. Natalee Holloway's family desperately seeking answers this morning. Instead, they are facing more questions.

Also, which way will the U.S. go when it comes to North Korea? We are getting some mixed messages this morning.

And Michael Jackson's trial is proving to be a real pain in the back.

ANNOUNCER: From the Time Warner Center in New York, this is DAYBREAK with Carol Costello and Chad Myers.

And good morning, everyone.

We'll have more on the search in Aruba for Natalee Holloway in just a moment.

Also ahead, a day of headlines for the 2012 Olympic contenders. We'll talk about what's at stake and why New York faces double the uncertainty.

And with so much information just a copy and paste away, plagiarism is everywhere on college campuses. We'll look at what some schools are doing about it.

But first, now in the news, members of the 9/11 Commission want more information on the government's response to their recommendations. A private group set up by the Commission will begin public hearings today. The "New York Times" reporting that members plan to ask the White House for access to records from several government agencies.

A terror suspect known as "The Doctor" is scheduled to have a bail hearing today in Florida. Dr. Rafiq Sabir is accused of aiding al Qaeda operatives. Federal investigators want Sabir moved to New York for trial.

Five people were injured in Oklahoma as severe storms swept across the state. You're looking at pictures of a funnel cloud. These were taken near Marlow, Oklahoma. And -- Chad, that did cause some damage there, didn't it? CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It sure did. Yes. We had 34 reports of tornadoes on Saturday and less than that yesterday, somewhere around 15 or 16. It's hard to tell because sometimes you have two spotters looking at the same storm, the same tornado, from different directions, and they'll get marked down as two tornadoes but, in fact, it was just one. So the Weather Service has to go and filter all of those reports out.

But we will see. It was a dangerous day yesterday. It'll be another dangerous day today, but a bigger day tomorrow, I think.

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COSTELLO: Charges filed, but what? Police in Aruba have filed charges relating to Natalee Holloway's disappearance, but they're not saying how the suspects are tied to the Alabama teenager's disappearance.

Live to Aruba now and Karl Penhaul -- Karl, bring us up to date.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Carol, it's very difficult to draw a parallel here with the American legal system. This island of Aruba, a Dutch dependency, operates under a mixture of Dutch law and English common law. And so the legal systems here very different.

But what the chief prosecutor did tell us yesterday was that these two men who were arrested about this time yesterday have been charged with crimes related to Natalee Holloway's disappearance. They will now be held in custody for at least another two days and they're being interrogated, we're told. They will then have to appear before the prosecutor again and then they can be held in custody for another eight days.

So it's a kind of a series of checks and balances here. But each time the interrogation does go on to see what more these men can reveal about Natalee's whereabouts. Because, as you say, that is still the big question mark. Yes, these arrests yesterday were seen as a breakthrough. But the big question that is still on everybody's lips is where is Natalee?

Now, the chief prosecutor has said that she still holds out hope that Natalee is alive and she says that's her most important priority, to get Natalee home, to get Natalee back into the arms of her mother -- Carol.

COSTELLO: These security guards, what more do we know about them? They were security guards at the hotel where she was staying, right?

PENHAUL: Not exactly, Carol. They were security guards. Police have confirmed that to us, one 28 years old, the other 30 years old, residents of the island of Aruba. But they were security guards at a hotel near here. We're right now in the Holiday Inn. This is the hotel where Natalee was staying during her stay here in Aruba. And those security guards, we understand, were operating out of a hotel a short walk from here. Their homes were raided. Three cars were seized as evidence, bags of other belongings from their homes were also seized, but prosecutors have been very careful to stipulate that nothing of Natalee's was found during those raids, none of her belongings and none of her clothes, either -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Was there any evidence that she talked to these men, that she befriended them?

PENHAUL: Police are playing their cards very close to their chest because of what they say are the purposes of this investigation. The investigation, as you know, Carol, being backed by those FBI agents. Also, under the legal system, they can't reveal too much about what they know. We don't even know how they got this tip and how they started this line of inquiry about these two men.

COSTELLO: Well, it just seems strange because she's at Carlos and Charlie's at night, she gets into a car with three men, they find the three men, they question them, they let them go and now they're -- they've arrested these security guards.

PENHAUL: Indeed. What police sources have told us about that, Carol, is that the three men, aged between 18 and 25, with whom Natalee did leave that bar, Carlos & Charlie's, they've said in police interviews that they dropped Natalee back off here at the Holiday Inn. There's been no evidence of that on the video cameras. I was talking to some of the hotel staff here. They said that they scanned hours of videotape and never saw any evidence of that.

Nevertheless, it seems that some of the information that those three young men have given to police has led them to the two arrests that were made yesterday -- Carol.

COSTELLO: Karl Penhaul live from Aruba this morning.

Back home in Birmingham, Alabama, dozens of Holloway's friends and classmates attended a prayer vigil. Stores are selling out of yellow ribbons, as residents put bows on trees, on mailboxes, on doors.

Witnesses say Natalee was last seen early Monday, as we know already, leaving that Aruba nightclub we were talking about.

The girl's aunt talked with CNN's Rick Sanchez.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MARCIA TWITTY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S AUNT: Natalee wouldn't just, on her own, you know, sitting there in mind, you know, normal mind, walk and go somewhere with three kids. These are kids. These are not men, these are kids. She just wouldn't leave.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: There is now a $50,000 reward out for any information leading to Natalee, wherever she might be. We'll keep you posted.

Let's shift gears now.

On the surface, it might look like the Bush administration is not on the same page when it comes to the stand-off surrounding North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Over the weekend, a senior defense official was quoted as saying the administration is weeks away from deciding whether to send the matter to the United Nations.

But Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said this morning that's not so.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: The president has stated what the policy is. The secretary of state has stated it and I have stated it. And it's all exactly the same. So I think that the stories that have been playing are just inaccurate and mischievous.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: On the subject of Iraq this morning, the U.S. military says it has destroyed that massive underground bunker near Falluja. But the military has released a few pictures before the demolition.

So take a look at this. Marines found this underground hideout near an old rock quarry last week. Its entrance was hidden by an old elect freezer. But down the hole, down inside that hole it was quite homey. Marines found the lair had air conditioning, showers, a kitchen filled a fresh food, but no insurgents.

This thing was big, too, the size of nine football fields.

They did find large stores of weapons, ammunition and supplies. But, again, no insurgents.

The Guantanamo Bay prison camp is up for debate again on Capitol Hill, with some calling it more of a liability than an asset. Delaware Senator Joe Biden calls the U.S. Naval base in Cuba "the greatest propaganda tool for terrorists" and says it should be mothballed. The prison camp, which holds about 540 suspected terrorists, has been a constant source of controversy since the war on terror began.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN (D-DW), FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE: I think we should end up shutting it down, moving those prisoners. Those that we have reason to keep, keep. And those we don't, let go.

But the bottom line is I think more Americans are in jeopardy as a consequence of the perception that exists worldwide with its existence than if there were no GITMO.

(END VIDEO CLIP) COSTELLO: Senators Mitch McConnell and Christopher Dodd agree that congressional hearings on the Guantanamo Bay situation may be warranted.

The Senate reconvenes today with plenty of business to take care of. Senators went into Memorial Day recess with a stalemate over John Bolton. But they will start this session with judicial nominees.

Live to Washington and CNN Radio's Dick Uliano.

So, will this move along quickly -- Dick?

DICK ULIANO, CNN RADIO CORRESPONDENT: Carol, good morning.

Well, the Senate is coming back to work after a week off and some of these hot issues are still on the front burner. The Senate will be opening debate on Janet Rogers Brown of California this afternoon. That's the president's pick to the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. That court sometimes called a springboard to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Remember, she's one of the judges that Democrats were blocking and she's part of the agreement, along with William Pryor of Alabama, who could also have a vote this week. And, but, you know, Carol, the goodwill did not reach to the John Bolton nomination. That's still being blocked by Democrats. He's the president's pick to the United Nations.

COSTELLO: Interesting.

But still, he probably will be confirmed despite that, right?

ULIANO: I think that seems to be the case. Anyway, Joseph Biden, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said this weekend on the talk shows that Democrats probably don't have enough strength to keep blocking John Bolton.

But, you know, Carol, Republicans left town a bit upset that they had this deal on judges and there was sort of a new cooperation and President Bush was then critical of Democrats for blocking the Bolton nomination. Democrats say they want more documents from the White House to see whether Bolton is qualified to be in the U.N. And Republicans counter no, you're just being, you know, obstructionists.

So they come back and the spirits aren't really that great between both sides.

COSTELLO: No. So what else is new?

ULIANO: Right.

COSTELLO: Dick Uliano reporting from Washington this morning.

The Supreme Court justices are beginning the final month of their term today. That could mean some decisions are on the way as early as today. One of the most anticipated opinions will be on medical marijuana. Also being closely watched is the outcome of two cases involving the public display of the Ten Commandments.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, a somewhat different perspective this morning on Iran's future nuclear plans. The latest on that coming up.

Plus, back trouble may be the least of worries for Michael Jackson, as jurors try to decide his fate.

We're live with more in just a few minutes.

And idiots behind the wheel, you know, they call them idiots every morning. They drive you crazy. But where are the country's very worst motorists? The dumb driver survey, just around the corner.

Stay tuned and off the sidewalk.

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

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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports.

It's 6:15 Eastern.

Here's what's all new this morning.

Police in Aruba have charged two hotel security guards in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager. But they won't say what the charges are. Natalee Holloway vanished a week ago while on a high school graduation trip.

In money news, animation overtook special effects at the box office this weekend. "Madagascar" was tops, with nearly $29 million in ticket sales. "Star Wars Episode Three" fell to third among moviegoers, but it still topped the $300 million mark in the United States.

In culture, the Monty Python inspired "Spamalot" won three Tony awards, including best Broadway musical. But it was the show "Doubt" that captured best play among its four awards.

In sports, 19-year-old Rafael Nadal was crowned king of the clay after his four set victory in the final of the French Open. The Spaniard becomes the youngest grand slam champion since Michael Chang won the French at the age of 17 in 1989, which seems like eons ago, doesn't it?

MYERS: Oh, yes, I remember it well, though. I remember him up there smacking that ball with that overhand smash he had.

COSTELLO: That's because you're old.

MYERS: Yes, well, you're right. But a few days younger than you. (WEATHER REPORT)

COSTELLO: That's a look at the latest headlines for you this morning.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, a big breakup in the computer world, as Apple gets ready to say farewell to a long-time partner.

Also ahead, a close-up look at Iran's leading presidential candidate. We'll hear what he has to say about nuclear development.

DAYBREAK will be right back.

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COSTELLO: Some "Business Buzz" now.

United will be the first domestic airline to offer wireless Internet service, but not just yet. United's planes will not be wired until the middle of next year, at the earliest.

Hey, baby, guess what? I'm a CPA. The hot college degree this year is accounting. A top firm like Ernst & Young is looking to hire 4,500 accounting graduates this year, up 30 percent from last year.

Time now for, I guess, a bigger "Business Buzz."

Breaking up is so hard to do. Apple reportedly dumping IBM in favor of Intel.

J.J. Ramberg, in for Carrie Lee this morning, has more on this story.

Ooh.

J.J. RAMBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.

Yes, we'll see if breaking up is hard to do or not, right?

Well, Apple is expected to end its very long-term relationship with Intel and what they are -- or, rather, start a relationship with Intel. They're going to end their long-term relationship with IBM. This is according to reports.

Now, Apple is supposed to make this announcement later on today. Steve Jobs will make this announcement.

Now, this is a very big deal, but it's probably more of a big deal prestige wise than profits wise, because if you look at it, Macintosh computers right now only account for about 5 percent of total worldwide PC sales. But there's so much prestige with Macintoshes.

And so this is a big deal for Intel. It's bad for IBM, but not so bad. They still have a new deal with a bunch of companies to put chips into video game consoles. And you know that video games are such a big deal right now.

Now, as for the consumer, what is going to mean for them? Well, it looks like it could mean lower prices, because it sounds like Intel is going to be giving them a pretty good deal.

It also means that there may be some glitches, though, as they make the change for the software to run on these IBMs -- on these Intel chips, rather than the IBM chips. So we'll see what happens with that.

COSTELLO: Well, we can deal with the glitches if it saves us money in the long run.

RAMBERG: Yes, exactly, right?

COSTELLO: Maybe.

Maybe.

We deal with enough glitches.

A quick look at the futures?

RAMBERG: The futures are supposed to open higher today because, if you remember, the Dow dropped over 100 points last week after a weak jobs report. So, we should see things changing a little bit today.

COSTELLO: We hope so.

J.J. Ramberg, thank you.

Just in time this morning, Iran and nukes. Iran has agreed to extend its suspension of uranium enrichment until the end of July. It wants to make a deal with Europe over its nuclear program. At least that's what it says now.

"Time" magazine's Scott MacLeod had a rare opportunity. He sat down with the former Iranian president, Ali Rafsanjani.

He joins us live this morning.

Good morning.

SCOTT MACLEOD, CAIRO BUREAU CHIEF, "TIME" MAGAZINE: Good morning, Carol.

COSTELLO: So, Rafsanjani is running for president this time around, right?

MACLEOD: He's running for president again. He was president twice, maybe in '97. He's been out of the spotlight for the last eight years, but he's making a comeback.

COSTELLO: And he's likely to win? MACLEOD: He's favored to win. He's not the overwhelming favorite. He has about a 36 percent approval rating right now. But that's far ahead of the number two man in the race. So at this point he's likely to be the winner, but it's not guaranteed.

COSTELLO: And I know you sat down and talked with him.

What is he saying about the issue of nukes in Iran?

MACLEOD: Well, what I found interesting about the interview in general is his conciliatory tone. It wasn't the first interview he's given to the Western press. He's been giving a couple as he's been making his comeback in this campaign, the election two weeks from now. And he made some conciliatory remarks both about the nukes and about relations with the United States in general.

You'll remember that we've not had relations with Iran since the 1980 hostage crisis. So it's -- he was generally conciliatory.

But on nukes he said that Iran is going to eventually continue its uranium enrichment program one way or the other, but it does want to do everything possible to satisfy Western concerns that this program will not be turned into a nuclear weapons program.

COSTELLO: Does he still feel the need to negotiate with the European Union?

MACLEOD: He is very strongly in favor of those negotiations and is becoming more assured of the Europeans' good faith in these negotiations. So he struck a very conciliatory note about them. The only thing that Washington might not find conciliatory is he said that one way or the other, that he is going to -- that Iran is going to resume the uranium enrichment program. But he indicated that they do not want to do that until Western demands or Western concerns are completely alleviated.

And that's going to be a difficult thing to do, because the Americans, for example, don't think that there's anything they can do except renouncing uranium enrichment altogether.

But there are negotiations to try to find a common ground.

COSTELLO: Scott MacLeod from "Time" magazine.

If you want to read more, it's in this week's issue of "Time."

Also in the latest issue of "Time," don't call us, we'll call u. "Time" has obtained a high level Bush administration memo. It says CIA chief Porter Goss won't be an automatic fixture at President Bush's national security meetings, a privilege other CIA directors have enjoyed in the past. The new director of national intelligence, John Negroponte, will take Goss' chair at the meetings. And the memo says Goss will be called only when the president wants to see him.

The CIA chief is brushing off suggestions the White House is reducing his power. Still to come on DAYBREAK, Michael Jackson's legal fate may be in the hands of a jury, but the fate of his health, well, that's another story. We'll take you live to Santa Rose, California.

And later on, how Internet technology is both a problem and a solution for fighting plagiarism on college campuses.

This is DAYBREAK for a Monday.

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COSTELLO: Good morning, everyone.

Thank you for waking up with us.

The jury may have his case, but the drama is not over for Michael Jackson. We'll take you live to California for details on the singer's weekend health scare.

Also coming up this half hour, a big day ahead in the competition for the 2012 Olympic Games. We'll check up on the Big Apple's chances.

But first, now in the news, diplomacy not force. Donald Rumsfeld says the United States is still committed to multinational talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear stand-off. That's despite speculation that Washington might urge the U.N. to step in. Rumsfeld is visiting Thailand this morning.

Congress gets back to work today after returning from its Memorial Day break. The Senate will begin debating the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown. She is one of President Bush's most controversial nominees to the federal bench.

And this just in to CNN. Actor Russell Crowe has been arrested. It happened in New York City early, early, early this morning. Police say the actor got really mad when he couldn't call Australia on a hotel phone. He threw the phone at a hotel employee. The worker got a pretty serious cut on his face. He actually needed stitches.

So, again, Russell Crowe under arrest this morning in New York.

Ah.

MYERS: Just a big sigh.

COSTELLO: It's like why? Why do that?

MYERS: I don't know.

COSTELLO: Allegedly. We should -- I mean...

MYERS: Correct. COSTELLO: ... allegedly.

MYERS: Of course.

COSTELLO: I don't know. I don't know what kind of -- I don't even know why, but he was in New York for the premier of "Cinderella Man" last week, so he must have stayed.

MYERS: Right.

COSTELLO: I don't know...

MYERS: And didn't have a cell phone that could call internationally.

COSTELLO: Maybe not.

MYERS: Or else the battery was dead. I don't know.

Good morning, New York.

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