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Anne Bancroft Dies; Iraq Operations; Hillary Clinton Speaks Out; Infant Disease

Aired June 07, 2005 - 19:00   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST: Good evening, everyone. An Academy Award- winning actress is dead. 360 starts now.
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COOPER (voice-over): Anne Bancroft, legend of the stage and screen, dies at the age of 73. Tonight, a look at the life and legacy of a remarkable lady.

Two men in custody, but where is Natalee Holloway, the American teen missing in Aruba? Tonight, the two suspects accused of homicide, but what's the evidence against them? Their lawyer speaks out.

Target: Insurgents. A massive operation under way near the Syrian border. Tonight, video from the frontlines, the door-to-door raids, searching for the enemy.

Senator Hillary Clinton targets the White House, stepping up her criticisms of President Bush. Tonight, what's behind Clinton's new rhetoric? Is she positioning herself for a White House run?

Michael Jackson's fate hanging in the balance. Day three of jury deliberations. Tonight, what happens to Jackson's three kids if the King of Pop is convicted.

A boarding school for obese children? Tonight, a radical program to help kids overcome their weight issues. Could it work for your child?

ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

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COOPER: Good evening. We begin tonight with a story just in. We have lost one of the best actresses we ever had. Anna Maria Louisa Italiano of the Bronx, New York, died today of cancer at the age of 73. No doubt, you don't recognize that name.

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COOPER: You knew her as Anne Bancroft of "The Miracle Worker" and "The Graduate."

DUSTIN HOFFMAN, ACTOR: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. COOPER: And "The Turning Point." And the wonderful remake of "To Be Or Not To Be," in which she appeared with her husband Mel Brooks, who directed the film.

Five Oscar nominations, one win, and a lifetime of illustrious performances on stage as well as on film. There was something unusually warm and smoky about her, something funny and appealing. She was very womanly and very grown-up, but playful as well. Intense, but always ready to wink and let you in on the joke, whatever it was.

In the words of the song her performance helped make famous, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

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COOPER: Remarkable lady.

It is easy in all the focus of domestic stories to forget that the battle for Iraq continues. It has been going now for more than 800 days, and today no signs of it letting up. This morning, another U.S. soldier was lost fighting in a major military operation in northwestern Iraq, near the Syrian border. U.S. and Iraqi forces, some 800 troops backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, today swept through the ancient city of Tal Afar, an extremely dangerous hot spot of insurgent activity.

CNN senior Baghdad correspondent Jane Arraf is embedded with the troops and takes us right inside the battle with a "World in 360" exclusive report.

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JANE ARRAF, CNN SR. BAGHDAD CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is modern warfare in an ancient city. U.S. attack helicopters overhead. Tanks in the streets. The danger is insurgents lying in wait in the alleys where these vehicles can't go.

With the buildup of U.S. forces along the Syrian border, this was a major show of force by the American and Iraqi army in Tal Afar.

As they moved into town, gunfire flew. An American officer working with Iraqi soldiers was killed. Three suspected insurgents also died.

The Siraiah (ph) neighborhood is believed to be a stronghold of insurgents. On the walls of one of the houses was scrawled "long live the mujahideen."

Some of the raids focused on specific targets; others were looking for anything suspicious.

(on camera): This is one of a series of houses on this block that U.S. and Iraqi forces have gone through to see if there were insurgents here. They've blown open the doors and gone through the entire house, but they haven't found anyone here or anything in it. (voice-over): This Iraqi army lieutenant says the insurgents here have fled. But he promises we'll find them. In a nearby house, Iraqi soldiers find what appears to be a manual for explosives and landmines. "These tracts are further proof these are terrorists," this soldier says, but he won't say how.

They round up weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and warheads found in a cemetery. They detain at least 28 suspected insurgents -- all Iraqi and most of them on their wanted list for launching or organizing attacks.

The U.S. and Iraqi army commanders try to win over the few civilians they see. This one is an assistant school principal.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tell him that the Iraqi army and coalition forces are here to rid his neighborhood of terrorists.

ARRAF: The man says he hasn't seen any terrorists.

Iraqi General Mohsen Dosek (ph) tells him there are people in the neighborhood helping the insurgents. He says the neighborhood has to help the Iraqi army fight them.

At the same time, the army is trying to separate friend from foe.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Tal Afar, Iraq.

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COOPER: The battle continues every day.

In Washington today, British Prime Minister Tony Blair came a callin' at the White House. As for what the president and Mr. Blair talked about, the subject was debt in the developing world. Iraq did come up as well.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Both of us didn't want to use our military. Nobody wants to commit military into combat. It's the last option. The consequences of committing the military are -- are very difficult. One of the hardest things I do as the president is to try to comfort families who have lost a loved one in combat. It's the last option that the president must have, and it's the last option I know my friend had as well.

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COOPER: Well meanwhile, President Bush finds his approval rating falling. An ABC/"Washington Post" poll finds that 52 percent of Americans currently disapprove of the job President Bush is doing. That's the highest disapproval rating ever recorded in the 75 ABC/"Washington Post" polls conducted during Mr. Bush's two terms.

One person no doubt looking at those poll numbers today, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who seems to be talking about the White House in a whole new way.

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COOPER (voice-over): Before she charms them in Iowa or slays them in New Hampshire, she's got to wow them in New York. And Empire State voters want a little less of this...

SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D), NEW YORK: Speaker Gingrich and I have been talking about health care and national security actually now for several years. And I find that he and I have a lot in common.

COOPER: And a little more of this.

CLINTON: We can't ever, ever give in to the Republican agenda.

COOPER: So Hillary Clinton's taken the gloves off, whacking the White House and the GOP powers in Washington.

CLINTON: It is very hard to stop people who have never been acquainted with the truth.

COOPER: She launched her latest and most aggressive salvo Monday at a fund-raiser for her reelection campaign.

CLINTON: There has never been an administration, I don't believe in our history, more intent upon consolidating and abusing power to further their own agenda than the current administration.

COOPER: Clinton's advisers say the senator is talking to New Yorkers. But her words may also resonate with Democratic presidential primary voters, who've always leaned left.

CLINTON: The conversation in Washington is taking place in some parallel universe.

COOPER: Most Americans of course, stand stubbornly in the middle, as has Clinton, at least for the four years she's been in the Senate. She's lost the vast right-wing conspiracy rap, changing into a queen of compromise, eager to reach across the aisle -- a successful strategy so far.

A CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup Poll shows 53 percent of Americans say they're at least somewhat likely to vote Clinton in 2008.

But yesterday's tough talk has Republicans gleeful, hoping the polarizing Hillary of yore is back, and back to stay. They're eying her every move, and some of their fiercest fighters have found homes with her New York Senate challengers -- among them, the lawyer for these guys.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: John Kerry has not been honest.

COOPER: The message then? John Kerry is not what he says he is.

Can they pin that charge on Clinton? The senator hopes not, as she walks the high wire of "Raw Politics." (END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Well, 360 next, police in Aruba accusing two men of homicide in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama high school senior vacationing in the Caribbean. But what has happened to Natalee? Where is she? The search is still on, and we're live from Aruba next.

Plus, is your child overweight, obese, even? We'll show you an innovative school where teens go year around to shed those extra pounds while they learn. Could it be the right solution for your kid? Part of our special series on dieting, "Choose to Lose."

Also tonight, the jury is still out in the Michael Jackson trial, but what about his children? What happens to them if the pop star is sent to jail? All that ahead.

First, your picks. The most popular stories right now on CNN.com.

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COOPER: In a moment, a live report from Aruba, where the search for Natalee Holloway continues and two men have now been accused of murder.

But, first, Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with a look at some of the other stories we're following. Hey, Erica.

ERICA HILL, HEADLINE NEWS: Hey, Anderson.

A big announcement today from a big company. General Motors saying it will cut 25,000 jobs in the U.S. by 2008 and also close some plants. The head of the world's largest automaker says those moves are necessary to cut costs and revive business.

In Bolivia, President Carlos Mesa offered to resign in a nationally televised speech last night. Now you may recall, he tried to resign back in March. That offer, though, was rejected by the National Congress. Today, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital calling for immediate elections. Some clashed with police. The protesters, made up mostly of the country's poor Indian population, are not fans of the free market economy and they want a more even distribution of wealth.

In New York City, a grim discovery at JFK International Airport. Human body parts were found in the wheel well of this South African Airways plane, and there are reports a leg landed in the backyard of a Long Island home. The airline says it was an apparent failed stowaway attempt.

Near Harrisonberg, Virginia -- this one, just for you, Anderson -- a bear charges into a house and makes quite a mess. Pretty scary, too -- furniture clawed, tables and lamps knocked over. Now, luckily, the couple that lives there did get out without being hurt but they now say they plan carry a shotgun in case the bears decide to come back. COOPER: Wow.

HILL: Yeah.

COOPER: Zowie. They must be living like right on the edge of a nature preserve or something.

HILL: Or the woods, yes.

COOPER: Yes, OK -- or you call them the woods. I call them nature preserves.

HILL: That's what happens when you live in the city, huh?

COOPER: Erica Hill, thanks very much. Living in Atlanta, see you again in about 30 minutes.

A new development in the case of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who's been missing on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Now, we should warn you, the new development is not a hopeful one. Two men who were rounded up on Sunday for questioning in Natalee's disappearance, are now accused of homicide. Meantime, the search for Natalee goes on.

CNN's Karl Penhaul has the latest from Aruba.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We just sent people off to the left, so maybe if you guys go a little bit to the right.

MARIO BELVISO, ARUBA VACATIONER: Sure.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: New Jersey plumber Mario Belviso and his wife Carla hadn't planned to spend their dream vacation quite like this, but when they heard Natalee Holloway's parents were desperate for volunteers to hunt for clues for their missing daughter, they didn't hesitate.

CARLA BELVISO, ARUBA VACATIONER: You don't want anyone to go through what the parents are going through, especially if you're a parent yourself, so you want to try to help out all you can.

PENHAUL: It's nearly midday and by now Mario could be sitting on a white sandy beach sipping his first pina colada, but he doesn't mind.

M. BELVISO: Give them one day, two days, whatever they need, no biggie. The island will always be here.

PENHAUL: Search leaders have told them to keep their eyes peeled for vital signs.

M. BELVISO: The lady just told us to walk around, see if -- looking for disturbed dirt, shallow grave, or something like that.

PENHAUL: In twin raids Sunday, police arrested two hotel security guards, a 28 and a 30-year-old, in connection with Natalee's disappearance. Their attorney, Chris Lejuez, says they've been formally accused of multiple crimes.

CHRIS LEJUEZ, ATTORNEY: They are mentioning murder or accomplice to committing murder, homicide, accomplice to committing homicide, and kidnapping with the consequence of death.

PENHAUL: But investigators have not offered any conclusive proof whether Natalee is dead or alive. Lejuez says his clients were not at work near the Holiday Inn where Natalee was staying on the night she disappeared. One was out partying with his wife.

Prosecutors have not publicly revealed what evidence led them to arrest these men who are now being held in separate jail cells in opposite ends of Aruba.

LEJUEZ: Both are very concerned. They're nervous. They know that they're suspected of something very, very heavy, very serious, but they are confident, both of them, and have shown that confidence to me, that they very categorically deny being involved in this case.

PENHAUL: At a Tuesday afternoon news conference, prosecutors said the two suspects will be held for at least another week while they gather more evidence.

Back on Aruba's north shore, Mario, Carla and their buddy George Christopher, also a plumber from New Jersey, are drawing a blank. Just the usual flotsam and jetsam litters the craggy coastline. Nothing to report in the thorny scrub, or between the cacti, either.

It's more than a week since she disappeared and the only sign they see of Natalee anywhere is this missing poster in an abandoned fisherman's retreat. There's now a $55,000 reward for anyone who finds her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: God forbid it was my daughter, I'd want people out here helping me.

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PENHAUL (on camera): Anderson, the news may not look too promising right now, but friends close to the family say the very fact that ordinary folk like the ones we've seen today are helping out, really does stir them and ease some of the agony.

COOPER: Karl, give us a sense what it's like being there. I mean, how big is Aruba? How big is the population? Is this whole island consumed with this search, or is it, you know, just a few isolated people here and there?

PENHAUL: Aruba is a tiny island just 19 miles long and six miles wide at its widest point. That's around the size of Washington, D.C. There's about 70,000 people that live on the whole island. That's the size of a small town. The whole island is talking about it, tourists and Arubans alike. A lot of people are out there to help. Yesterday it was government employees. And day after day tourists and locals are helping out, Anderson

COOPER: All right. Well, the search continues. It's a strange story. Karl Penhaul, thanks very much.

Coming up next on 360, parents sending their overweight kids to a boarding schooling to try to lose weight while they learn. Does it work, and could it work for you? As part of our week long look at dieting in America, "Choose to Lose."

Also tonight, jury deliberation is continuing in the Michael Jackson case. The singer's fate isn't the only thing on the line. So much -- his financial future and his family. If there's a guilty verdict, what happens to the kids of his? We'll take a look at that.

Also, a tantalizing medical possibility -- using your child's umbilical cord blood to save a life. Should you save that cord? 360 MD Sanjay Gupta investigates.

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COOPER: All this week, we're looking at dieting in America, in particular, some of the inspiring stories of people who have lost weight and kept it off. Tonight, we are looking at an innovative way of helping kids fight obesity.

But first, the numbers. The CDC says the percentage of overweight young people has more than tripled over the past 25 years. So the problem is very real. The question is what to do about it?

CNN's Gary Tuchman looks at a radical experiment to try to change that trend.

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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When getting to this isolated location in California's San Joaquin Valley, it's easy to lose your way. But once there, the time has come to find your way.

(on camera): How much did you weigh when you came?

JARED FITZPATRICK, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: Two hundred and twenty.

MAL MAHEDY, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: I weighed 322 pounds.

TERRY HENRY, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: I weighed 591 pounds at my peak.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): These are teenagers who in a sense have become weight loss pioneers in a brand new program.

RYAN CRAIG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS: Academy of the Sierras is the first year-round treatment program for obese and overweight adolescents, and we do it in a boarding school environment.

TUCHMAN: Jared Fitzpatrick (ph) is 13, from Illinois. He is the boy who used to weigh 220.

(on camera): How much do you weigh right now?

FITZPATRICK: One hundred and thirty-eight.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): Mal Mahedy is 17 from Florida. She's the one who weighed 322. She's lost 130 pounds, coming here after a debilitating sophomore year of high school.

MAHEDY: It was the most traumatic experience I have ever had. I -- it got to the point where I was being made fun of every day, and I just eventually quit school, and I had to be privately tutored.

TUCHMAN: And 16-year-old Terry Henry from New Hampshire is the teen who weighed 591. His life has been very difficult. But he's now lost 254 pounds.

(on camera): How were you able to even know how much you weighed? The scales don't go that high?

HENRY: I got on a cattle scale.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): They do their reading, writing and arithmetic here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And you're like giving us the wrong answer.

TUCHMAN: But the reason their families are paying a steep $5,500 a month is because nothing else has worked in their efforts to lose weight.

(on camera): In a typical day, when you weighed 591 pounds, how much food did you eat?

HENRY: About 60,000 calories a day.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): About 2,000 calories a day is what the students here average, while eating three meals and two snacks. They're allowed no more than 12 daily fat grams.

They keep journals of what they eat and how they feel.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm still hungry, and it's after dinner. I wanted some more soft serve.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cooking something does require coming up with a plan for it.

TUCHMAN: They learn how to prepare healthy foods with other kids who understand what they're going through.

(on camera): Did you know about nutritious foods before you took this class?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, not really. Like, I knew how to make macaroni and cheese. TUCHMAN (voice-over): They're required to exercise every day. All students wear pedometers. Five miles of walking, 10,000 steps are required.

(on camera): Do you carry a pedometer with you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

TUCHMAN: And how many steps have you taken today?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Five thousand ninety.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): Privileges are taken away from anyone who ignores exercise and other requirements.

Fourteen-year-old Shari Lininger is challenging me to a one-on- one.

(on camera): Nice shot. You are the winner.

(voice-over): And challenging herself to lose more than the 82 pounds she has already shed, so she can pursue a singing career.

SHARI LININGER, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: I have a passion for that, and I knew that my weight would potentially keep me from doing that and keep me from being successful in that area of my life.

TUCHMAN (on camera): This class of 36 has lost a combined total of more than 2,400 pounds. Almost all of the kids say they have zooming confidence levels.

But what happens when they get back in the real world where there are lots of fast food restaurants and menacing high school classmates?

(voice-over): Those types of questions are addressed in behavioral classes here, which may be the most important lessons of all.

MOLLY CARMEL, DEP. CLINICAL DIRECTOR, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS: It would be nearly impossible for them to do anything if they didn't change the behaviors that they came in with.

TUCHMAN: Terry says he has become disciplined and motivated.

HENRY: If it definitely wasn't for this place, I would probably be dead right now. Seriously. I mean, I was one of the biggest human beings in the world. I'd like to get my weight around 200 pounds.

TUCHMAN (on camera): So that means you still have about another 137 to go, right?

HENRY: Yep.

TUCHMAN: You think you'll make it?

HENRY: I know I'll make it. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Experts not affiliated with the school say the families are a key to these teenagers succeeding.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Things have to change at home. So while the child's away, the family really needs to implement some major changes as well.

TUCHMAN: The school says it is training the parents, as its first group of eight students goes home for good this week. And while we are there, a goodbye ceremony for those leaving.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love you, and everybody, I love you all. And I'll miss you so much.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm ready to use the skills which I have been taught for the past nine months. I'm ready to start my life again and to succeed this time.

TUCHMAN: Terry is not leaving yet. He has more weight to lose, but he received an award for being so inspirational.

As for Shari, who is going home, her voice elegantly conveys her feelings about her classmates.

LININGER (singing): And I will remember you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memory.

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COOPER: That was a great piece, Gary. You know, as if high school is not hard enough for these kids, going back, it's got to be so difficult. But it's expensive. I mean, $5,500 a month is a huge sum of money for this tuition. Does insurance pay for any of it?

TUCHMAN: Well, that's right. A year at Harvard costs less than a year at this school. However, some insurance companies will cover up to one third of the price, and the people who run the school are hoping that ultimately, the insurance companies will be more generous. Also, because it's a school, student loans are available.

But no matter what the cost, Anderson, you saw some great kids, and they're so happy. Their lives are so changed.

COOPER: Well, the young man who said, you know, he thought he would be dead if it wasn't for that school. You know, it doesn't get much more stark than that. Gary Tuchman, thanks very much, great piece.

Our "Choose to Lose" series continues tomorrow with faith-based diets. A recent study shows that religious Americans, or people who say that they are religious, tend to be fatter than their secular peers. Now, many are hoping that God will help them trim the pounds. The question is, does it really work? We'll take a look tomorrow.

Michael Jackson's fate hanging in the balance. Day three of jury deliberations. Tonight, what happens to Jackson's three kids if the King of Pop is convicted?

And parents, should you save your newborn's umbilical cord in case your baby develops a potentially deadly disease? Tonight, 360 MD Sanjay Gupta investigates. Could cord blood really help save your child's life?

360 continues.

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COOPER: Well, there you see two white vans carrying 12 very important people. They're the eight women and four men who make up the Michael Jackson jury.

For three days now, they've been having a hard time making up their minds. Once again, they failed to reach a verdict today. They'll be back at the courthouse tomorrow to resume deliberations.

And it's not only Jackson's future that they hold in their hands, it's his kids' futures. If he goes prison, the question is who's going to watch over them?

CNN's Rusty Dornin takes a look.

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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the big what if: If Michael Jackson gets convicted and goes jail, what happens to his three children, Paris, Prince and Blanket? Will they be forced to leave Neverland?

Child Protective Services will make that first call.

CRAIG SMITH, FORMER PROSECUTOR: They could take the children out of the home. The preference is to leave them with a family member if possible. And I think there are several family members who would seem to be in a position to care for them, at least on a temporary basis, until it's finally decided by the juvenile court judge.

DORNIN: The identity of Blanket's mother -- the youngest child Jackson dangled out of the window in Germany -- has never been revealed. So far, she has not tried to assert any custody rights.

Debbie Rowe, the mother of Paris and Prince, has been battling for at least partial custody. Rowe recently regained her parental rights, rights she initially gave up after she split with Jackson.

But a source close to the case says Rowe and Jackson want an arrangement for all three children that benefits everyone. Jackson's biographer says Rowe is not looking for full-time motherhood.

RANDI TARABORRELLI, JACKSON BIOGRAPHER: I don't think that Debbie Rowe has really expressed an interest in raising the children.

DORNIN: When it comes to the official line, the Jackson family attorney says the - quote -- "what-happens-if scenario" is not in their vocabulary.

DEBORAH OPRI, JACKSON FAMILY ATTORNEY: But I can assure you that no one is planning for the worst. Everyone is planning for the best.

DORNIN: Excerpts from a Daphne Barak interview with Michael Jackson's father Joe, in the "New York Daily News," quoted Jackson as saying "It would be a pleasure to look after his grandchildren. Who else?" he said, "It's our job to do that. We don't mind."

"That fits," says Jackson's biographer.

TARABORRELLI: I believe the Jackson family will do everything in their power to keep Michael's kids. You know, they've got a big family and it would be very easy to absorb Michael's three children into that family.

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DORNIN (on camera): And the chances of that happening, of course, are much better if Debbie Rowe doesn't pursue full custody of the children.

Now meantime here, third day of deliberations. This day passed really uneventfully. The jury did not ask questions.

Reverend Jesse Jackson did tell reporters that he talked to the superstar, who is at Neverland, and said that he's resting comfortably despite his back problems, but is very anxious about the outcome.

Anderson?

COOPER: So at the courthouse itself, I mean, is there still the crowds of people out there -- still the people just kind of standing around -- those fans?

DORNIN: It's absolutely amazing, Anderson. I mean, the fans are bringing their families here. They've got -- they're camped out.

One woman had a cage full of doves that she released, and each dove represented one of the charges against Jackson.

They're here for the duration of the entire day, as are, of course, the hundreds of journalists from all over the world that are here. So it's quite a spectacle.

COOPER: A cage full of doves?

All right, Rusty Dornin, thanks.

Brings a tear to the eye.

Legally speaking, there are many what-ifs tonight, of course, for Michael Jackson. To help us sort through some of the scenarios, CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, known to release doves himself from time to time.

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Yes.

COOPER: OK. What happens? Michael Jackson is declared guilty. Where do his kids go?

TOOBIN: Well, then the issue is in the lap of the Department of Social Services in Santa Barbara County, where the kids live. And then the legal standard is what's in the best interests of the child.

COOPER: So a guardian is appointed for the kid. And that guardian tries...

TOOBIN: Well -- and then, sort of, -- they'll usually try to reach a collaborative result so they don't have to go to court then. But obviously, when one parent is incarcerated, the usual result is to give the child to the other parent.

Now here, for two of the children, Debbie Rowe has not been involved in their life to any great extent.

COOPER: Right. Who knows what their deals are. I mean, there are so many secret deals in this whole thing.

TOOBIN: Correct.

And even stranger than the deal with Debbie Rowe, is that no one really knows, at least publicly, who the mother of Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket, is.

COOPER: AKA: Blanket.

TOOBIN: AKA: Blanket.

So the issue of, you know, who would represent Blanket -- a sentence I never thought I would utter. But then...

COOPER: You know, I have to tell you, it's --one laughs about it. But these kids -- I feel for these three kids.

TOOBIN: It's terrible.

COOPER: I mean, what they have not only gone through, but just what they're going to go through, whether or not he's convicted or whether or not, you know it's....

TOOBIN: And remember, these are the kids who have been paraded around with blankets over their heads -- and Blanket, the kid is the one who was dangled over the balcony in Berlin -- so these kids have a lot to deal with in the best of circumstances.

COOPER: So, if he's convicted they either go to Debbie Rowe, who hasn't apparently wanted them in the past or has a financial deal so she doesn't have to have them in the past, or they go to -- what? -- one of the Jackson brothers or Joe Jackson?

TOOBIN: Or the grandparents. Although Joe Jackson -- I mean, Michael and his brothers are on record as saying he abused them when he was a child, so a court is unlikely to look very favorably on Joe Jackson.

COOPER: Does it matter what Michael Jackson wants? I mean, can -- does that, you know, play a role?

TOOBIN: If he's a convicted felon, not really. I don't believe that -- the issue is best interest of the child. It's not what the incarcerated parent wants.

COOPER: And if he is found guilty, does he get sent right -- I mean, I know it's up to the judge, but does he -- what's going to happen?

TOOBIN: A guaranteed huge fight, literally, in the courtroom.

COOPER: Right away? Right as soon as it happens?

TOOBIN: Like right as soon as it happens, because the prosecution certainly will say, we move to revoke bail. He's a convicted child molester. He is a threat to the community. And he's a very wealthy man with access to private planes. We want him locked up right away.

The defense will say come on. He's Michael Jackson, where is he going to go? He has nowhere he can flee.

But that fight will happen literally moments after the jury comes back, and it's going to be a very tough call for Judge Melville. Based on California law, it seems to me likely he would be incarcerated right away.

COOPER: And that -- is that also going to be broadcast live?

TOOBIN: No. No, my understanding is it's just the verdict.

COOPER: Just the verdict.

TOOBIN: Right.

COOPER: It's also now been reported the granddaughter of juror number five is wanting to convince her grandmother to write a book, and has already lined up a ghost writer.

TOOBIN: I mean, that is a legal development, as far as I can tell. That doesn't violate any law. The only law is that you -- jurors can't take money for 90 days after the verdict.

But it's troubling because if this becomes a business, being a celebrity juror, you taint the jury selection process and it's suggested that people will just try to get on the juries as a money making enterprise.

COOPER: Jeffrey Toobin...

TOOBIN: More to come.

COOPER: More to come. Thanks very much. In a moment, more on Michael Jackson and how his number one fan is dealing with the wait for the verdict -- the Superfan they call this guy.

But first, Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with the latest at about 20 to the hour. Hey Erica.

HILL: Hey Anderson.

More power, it turns out, may be headed to the FBI. Today a Senate committee approved revisions to the Patriot Act, which would give the agency the authority to subpoena records without the approval of a judge or grand jury. Now that power is for terrorism investigations. Opponents of the bill, though, say it violates civil rights.

Out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Los Alamos Lab whistleblower attacked. Tommy Hook was beaten up outside a bar on Sunday. Check that out. His wife said the suspects told her husband -- quote -- "if you know what's good for you, you'll keep your mouth shut." Hook is set to testify before Congress about financial improprieties at the nuclear weapons lab.

And in Alhambra, California, the driver in this minivan led cops on a three-hour freeway pursuit. Well, it all came to an end when a patrol car clipped the vehicle, sending it spinning into the sound wall, but it didn't end there. Turns out the driver is suspected of trying to kidnap a woman. Now, he was eventually taken into custody after holding police at bay for more than four hours, stopped there on the freeway.

And that's the latest from HEADLINE NEWS at this hour. Anderson?

COOPER: Man, I don't get it. I mean, do they think they're going to get away? I just never understand this.

HILL: I don't know. And it's, you know, it's not like they haven't seen a car chase before since they're on all the time now, so you'd think they'd get it, but, no.

COOPER: No, guess not. All right, Erica Hill, thanks. See you again in about 30 minutes.

Oh, actually, Erica, you know, I know you cover news and you do a great job and all that...

HILL: Thanks.

COOPER: ...but, you seem to miss a very important story, at least to, you know, what -- to members of what I think is our generation. The number one favorite movie of all time, "Sixteen Candles"...

HILL: Oh, it's a classic.

COOPER: Yes. Well, 21 years later the story of '80s suburban teen angst is being updated in a sequel? HILL: No!

COOPER: Yes. And Erica, Molly Ringwald says she has read the script and she liked it.

HILL: Stop.

COOPER: No word if Anthony Michael Hall or Long Duck Dong are going to return. It's going to be hard to get Long Duck Dong in there, but...

HILL: You've got to have the Donger.

COOPER: You've got to.

HILL: You have to. I mean, Duckee, everyone.

COOPER: All right, Erica Hill, thanks.

Coming up next on 360, call him a disciple of Michael -- meet a man who's doing it all for the gloved one. Quit his job, hanging out. Question is, is he Superfan or just a superfreak?

Also tonight, it may contain life saving stem-cells, but you should store your baby's umbilical cord blood? A lesson one couple learned the hard way, one that every parent should hear.

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COOPER: If you think Michael Jackson's the only one wearing an arm band at the Santa Maria Courthouse, you would be wrong. Meet B.J. Hickman. That's right, Hickman believes he has found a kindred spirit in Michael Jackson. So much so that he's earned the title of Superfan, and he's at the courthouse every day to prove it, rain or shine.

CNN's Ted Rowlands meets him.

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TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Of all the fanatical voices at the Michael Jackson trial, there is one that stands out.

B.J. HICKMAN, JACKSON SUPPORTER: Michael's innocent. Michael's innocent.

B.J. Hickman has been here since January, leaving his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, to support Michael Jackson. He says he was here back when Michael Jackson danced on the SUV.

CROWD: Michael!

ROWLANDS: In February, he was here with others standing in the rain at 5:00 in the morning, trying to get a seat in the courtroom. And during jury selection when Michael Jackson went to the hospital with the flu, B.J. followed.

HICKMAN: Michael was waving at us. He was looking out the window, giving us the peace symbol.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And he was standing up!

ROWLANDS: While understanding B.J.'s excitement at simply seeing Michael Jackson is a bit difficult to comprehend, he is not alone. Every day when the pop star walks in and out of court, people from around the world who have traveled here are pressed up against the fence. Some are only able to see Jackson's umbrella. Still, most say it's worth it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm glad I could be here. I felt really good among all the fans from around the world.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I only got a few hours of sleep, but it's worth it for Michael.

ROWLANDS: In the beginning, the crowds were huge. As the trial progressed numbers fell off, some days, just a handful of fans. Now that the trial is nearing an end, the fans are back in force.

HICKMAN: Michael is innocent.

ROWLANDS: But, rain or shine, B.J. has been here. He's living at the local Holiday Inn. He has a job at the local mall, flexible hours to allow him to come see Jackson at the courthouse.

Why? You know, that's the question that a lot of people...

HICKMAN: Because -- I just said, because I'm standing up for something I believe in. I'm standing up for innocence.

ROWLANDS: B.J. has apparently caught the attention of Michael Jackson. And several weeks ago, B.J. says, he was able to meet him.

HICKMAN: Outside Neverland Ranch, he let me inside of his car. It was really cool, and I got autographs and stuff.

ROWLANDS: Since then, B.J. says, he's been back to Neverland and has even met Jackson's children, which a Jackson spokesperson confirmed. B.J. has also caught the attention of police. He spends a lot of time heckling prosecutors and certain members of the media.

HICKMAN: ...you she-devil racist! (ph)

ROWLANDS: B.J. is no longer allowed in the courtroom. He tried talking to Jackson, which is against the rules.

How would he handle a guilty verdict? B.J. says he doesn't think it's possible.

HICKMAN: He's innocent, and that's what the verdict will be.

We know you're innocent! Michael, you gotta keep fighting!

ROWLANDS: Ted Rowlands, CNN, Santa Maria, California.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: I don't know what to say.

Coming up next on 360, she was an icon of the big screen and stage. Once again, we remember the life of Anne Bancroft.

Plus, saving your child's umbilical cord blood. Is it a smart move or waste of money? One couple's story that every parent will want to hear.

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COOPER: Every year, some 4 million babies are born here in the United States and that's just under 11,000 a day. And with each birth comes an opportunity in the form of something that for ages was simply thrown away. Scientists say that stem cells found in umbilical cord blood could treat leukemia and other diseases. And the House recently passed a bill that would expand research on the cells.

Now it's far less controversial than research on embryonic stem cells, but there's a hitch. As 360 MD Sanjay Gupta reports tonight, saving your baby's blood will not necessarily save your child from disease. He talks with one couple who learned that the hard way.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Tracey and Vic Dones were expecting parents, eagerly awaiting the birth of the child they would call Anthony, determined like every parent to do everything right.

In reading pregnancy magazines, they came across an enticing idea: saving their child's cord blood. Now, that's the blood left in the umbilical cord and the placenta after the baby is born. It's already been used to treat over 70 different diseases, including potentially deadly leukemias and lymphomas.

Their hope? That one day, if their baby developed a disease, stem cells from that umbilical cord blood could be used to treat it.

TRACEY DONES, ANTHONY'S MOTHER: And I felt so good knowing that if he ever did get sick down the road, that we had this life-saving material.

GUPTA: Now, that sort of confidence comes at a cost. On average, private banks charge $1,500 to $2,000 up front, and $150 to $200 in an annual maintenance fee.

Anthony was born without any complications. At first he was happy and healthy. But at four months, the Doneses noticed he was small and didn't hold his head up. Then one day, he just couldn't stop vomiting.

T. DONES: In the chest x-ray, his bones were chalk white, whereas in a baby they are supposed to be transparent, so all the symptoms pointed to osteopetrosis. GUPTA: Pediatric osteopetrosis is a condition in which the bones become thicker and thicker, eventually destroying the optic nerves, causing brain damage, compressing the organs, and ultimately leading to death. The only cure for Anthony, transplanting the stem cells found in bone marrow or cord blood.

T. DONES: We were ecstatic. We said, we saved his cord blood. Can we use that? And they said you can't use that because it's got the same genetic problem. It's go the same genetic makeup that's actually causing his condition. We were devastated.

VIC DONES, ANTHONY'S FATHER: It was the life preserver that didn't float. It just -- when we needed it to work, it didn't.

GUPTA: In fact, the chances of a baby being able to use his or her own cord blood is only 1 in 100,000. So, is it worth it to store your child's cord blood in a private bank?

DR. CLADD STEVENS, MEDICAL DIR. NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER: Well, if there's an older sibling that has leukemia or one of the genetic diseases, there's about a 25 percent chance that the new baby's cord blood would be a perfect match.

GUPTA: Anthony's only chance was a transplant from a public cord blood bank. Little over half of 40 or so cord blood banks are public. They are free for families who donate and their pools are open to all who need them. Anthony found a donor in seven days.

T. DONES: He was getting a second chance at life, and this was his only option.

ANTHONY DONES, CORD BLOOD RECIPIENT: One, two, cha, cha, cha.

GUPTA: Stem cells from umbilical cord blood saved Anthony Dones' life, but could not prevent permanent damage to his optic nerves. Today he blind.

T. DONES: He's got a clean bill of health. He's off all his transplant medicine. He's happy, healthy and he just loves life.

GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Cute little kid.

Let's find out what is coming up at the top of the hour on PAULA ZAHN NOW. Hey, Paula.

PAULA ZAHN, HOST "PAULA ZAHN NOW": Hi, Anderson, thanks. At the top of the hour, something that happens all day, every day, on the World Wide Web: people buying and selling all the information any thief anywhere in the world needs to steal someone's identity. It's shocking to see just how easily it could happen to any of us.

At the top of the hour, you're going to see a man who's trying to stop it. We're actually, Anderson, going to go into a chat room where we can hear the kinds of conversations that take place between the identity thefts -- the thieves, that is -- and the folks trying to stop it.

COOPER: It happens so easily and so often now. Paula, thanks very much. That's at the top of the hour, about four minutes from.

Still to come, though, on 360, saying good-bye to a remarkable actress and a lovely person, Anne Bancroft, who's died at age of 73.

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HOFFMAN: For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You put on music. Now, you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.

ANNE BANCROFT, LATE ACTRESS: So?

HOFFMAN: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COOPER: So good-bye from all of us here tonight, in particular to the wonderful Anne Bancroft who gave a lifetime's worth of remarkable performances in stage and films.

What would "The Graduate" have been without her?

If you ask us, she more than appeared in "The Miracle Worker," she actually was one.

There was something unusually warm and smoky about her, something very womanly and grown up, but playful as well. Always ready to wink and let you in on the joke, whatever it was.

A spokesman for her husband Mel Brooks, says Bancroft died of cancer yesterday at a New York hospital. Anne Bancroft will be missed.

I'm Anderson Cooper. Thanks for watching 360. CNN's primetime coverage continues now, with Paula Zahn. Hey, Paula.

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COOPER (voice-over): Anne Bancroft, legend of the stage and screen, dies at the age of 73. Tonight, a look at the life and legacy of a remarkable lady.

Two men in custody, but where is Natalee Holloway, the American teen missing in Aruba? Tonight, the two suspects accused of homicide, but what's the evidence against them? Their lawyer speaks out.

Target: Insurgents. A massive operation under way near the Syrian border. Tonight, video from the frontlines, the door-to-door raids, searching for the enemy.

Senator Hillary Clinton targets the White House, stepping up her criticisms of President Bush. Tonight, what's behind Clinton's new rhetoric? Is she positioning herself for a White House run?

Michael Jackson's fate hanging in the balance. Day three of jury deliberations. Tonight, what happens to Jackson's three kids if the King of Pop is convicted.

A boarding school for obese children? Tonight, a radical program to help kids overcome their weight issues. Could it work for your child?

ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

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COOPER: Good evening. We begin tonight with a story just in. We have lost one of the best actresses we ever had. Anna Maria Louisa Italiano of the Bronx, New York, died today of cancer at the age of 73. No doubt, you don't recognize that name.

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COOPER: You knew her as Anne Bancroft of "The Miracle Worker" and "The Graduate."

DUSTIN HOFFMAN, ACTOR: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. COOPER: And "The Turning Point." And the wonderful remake of "To Be Or Not To Be," in which she appeared with her husband Mel Brooks, who directed the film.

Five Oscar nominations, one win, and a lifetime of illustrious performances on stage as well as on film. There was something unusually warm and smoky about her, something funny and appealing. She was very womanly and very grown-up, but playful as well. Intense, but always ready to wink and let you in on the joke, whatever it was.

In the words of the song her performance helped make famous, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Remarkable lady.

It is easy in all the focus of domestic stories to forget that the battle for Iraq continues. It has been going now for more than 800 days, and today no signs of it letting up. This morning, another U.S. soldier was lost fighting in a major military operation in northwestern Iraq, near the Syrian border. U.S. and Iraqi forces, some 800 troops backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, today swept through the ancient city of Tal Afar, an extremely dangerous hot spot of insurgent activity.

CNN senior Baghdad correspondent Jane Arraf is embedded with the troops and takes us right inside the battle with a "World in 360" exclusive report.

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JANE ARRAF, CNN SR. BAGHDAD CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is modern warfare in an ancient city. U.S. attack helicopters overhead. Tanks in the streets. The danger is insurgents lying in wait in the alleys where these vehicles can't go.

With the buildup of U.S. forces along the Syrian border, this was a major show of force by the American and Iraqi army in Tal Afar.

As they moved into town, gunfire flew. An American officer working with Iraqi soldiers was killed. Three suspected insurgents also died.

The Siraiah (ph) neighborhood is believed to be a stronghold of insurgents. On the walls of one of the houses was scrawled "long live the mujahideen."

Some of the raids focused on specific targets; others were looking for anything suspicious.

(on camera): This is one of a series of houses on this block that U.S. and Iraqi forces have gone through to see if there were insurgents here. They've blown open the doors and gone through the entire house, but they haven't found anyone here or anything in it. (voice-over): This Iraqi army lieutenant says the insurgents here have fled. But he promises we'll find them. In a nearby house, Iraqi soldiers find what appears to be a manual for explosives and landmines. "These tracts are further proof these are terrorists," this soldier says, but he won't say how.

They round up weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and warheads found in a cemetery. They detain at least 28 suspected insurgents -- all Iraqi and most of them on their wanted list for launching or organizing attacks.

The U.S. and Iraqi army commanders try to win over the few civilians they see. This one is an assistant school principal.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tell him that the Iraqi army and coalition forces are here to rid his neighborhood of terrorists.

ARRAF: The man says he hasn't seen any terrorists.

Iraqi General Mohsen Dosek (ph) tells him there are people in the neighborhood helping the insurgents. He says the neighborhood has to help the Iraqi army fight them.

At the same time, the army is trying to separate friend from foe.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Tal Afar, Iraq.

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COOPER: The battle continues every day.

In Washington today, British Prime Minister Tony Blair came a callin' at the White House. As for what the president and Mr. Blair talked about, the subject was debt in the developing world. Iraq did come up as well.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Both of us didn't want to use our military. Nobody wants to commit military into combat. It's the last option. The consequences of committing the military are -- are very difficult. One of the hardest things I do as the president is to try to comfort families who have lost a loved one in combat. It's the last option that the president must have, and it's the last option I know my friend had as well.

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COOPER: Well meanwhile, President Bush finds his approval rating falling. An ABC/"Washington Post" poll finds that 52 percent of Americans currently disapprove of the job President Bush is doing. That's the highest disapproval rating ever recorded in the 75 ABC/"Washington Post" polls conducted during Mr. Bush's two terms.

One person no doubt looking at those poll numbers today, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who seems to be talking about the White House in a whole new way.

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COOPER (voice-over): Before she charms them in Iowa or slays them in New Hampshire, she's got to wow them in New York. And Empire State voters want a little less of this...

SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (D), NEW YORK: Speaker Gingrich and I have been talking about health care and national security actually now for several years. And I find that he and I have a lot in common.

COOPER: And a little more of this.

CLINTON: We can't ever, ever give in to the Republican agenda.

COOPER: So Hillary Clinton's taken the gloves off, whacking the White House and the GOP powers in Washington.

CLINTON: It is very hard to stop people who have never been acquainted with the truth.

COOPER: She launched her latest and most aggressive salvo Monday at a fund-raiser for her reelection campaign.

CLINTON: There has never been an administration, I don't believe in our history, more intent upon consolidating and abusing power to further their own agenda than the current administration.

COOPER: Clinton's advisers say the senator is talking to New Yorkers. But her words may also resonate with Democratic presidential primary voters, who've always leaned left.

CLINTON: The conversation in Washington is taking place in some parallel universe.

COOPER: Most Americans of course, stand stubbornly in the middle, as has Clinton, at least for the four years she's been in the Senate. She's lost the vast right-wing conspiracy rap, changing into a queen of compromise, eager to reach across the aisle -- a successful strategy so far.

A CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup Poll shows 53 percent of Americans say they're at least somewhat likely to vote Clinton in 2008.

But yesterday's tough talk has Republicans gleeful, hoping the polarizing Hillary of yore is back, and back to stay. They're eying her every move, and some of their fiercest fighters have found homes with her New York Senate challengers -- among them, the lawyer for these guys.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: John Kerry has not been honest.

COOPER: The message then? John Kerry is not what he says he is.

Can they pin that charge on Clinton? The senator hopes not, as she walks the high wire of "Raw Politics." (END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Well, 360 next, police in Aruba accusing two men of homicide in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama high school senior vacationing in the Caribbean. But what has happened to Natalee? Where is she? The search is still on, and we're live from Aruba next.

Plus, is your child overweight, obese, even? We'll show you an innovative school where teens go year around to shed those extra pounds while they learn. Could it be the right solution for your kid? Part of our special series on dieting, "Choose to Lose."

Also tonight, the jury is still out in the Michael Jackson trial, but what about his children? What happens to them if the pop star is sent to jail? All that ahead.

First, your picks. The most popular stories right now on CNN.com.

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COOPER: In a moment, a live report from Aruba, where the search for Natalee Holloway continues and two men have now been accused of murder.

But, first, Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with a look at some of the other stories we're following. Hey, Erica.

ERICA HILL, HEADLINE NEWS: Hey, Anderson.

A big announcement today from a big company. General Motors saying it will cut 25,000 jobs in the U.S. by 2008 and also close some plants. The head of the world's largest automaker says those moves are necessary to cut costs and revive business.

In Bolivia, President Carlos Mesa offered to resign in a nationally televised speech last night. Now you may recall, he tried to resign back in March. That offer, though, was rejected by the National Congress. Today, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital calling for immediate elections. Some clashed with police. The protesters, made up mostly of the country's poor Indian population, are not fans of the free market economy and they want a more even distribution of wealth.

In New York City, a grim discovery at JFK International Airport. Human body parts were found in the wheel well of this South African Airways plane, and there are reports a leg landed in the backyard of a Long Island home. The airline says it was an apparent failed stowaway attempt.

Near Harrisonberg, Virginia -- this one, just for you, Anderson -- a bear charges into a house and makes quite a mess. Pretty scary, too -- furniture clawed, tables and lamps knocked over. Now, luckily, the couple that lives there did get out without being hurt but they now say they plan carry a shotgun in case the bears decide to come back. COOPER: Wow.

HILL: Yeah.

COOPER: Zowie. They must be living like right on the edge of a nature preserve or something.

HILL: Or the woods, yes.

COOPER: Yes, OK -- or you call them the woods. I call them nature preserves.

HILL: That's what happens when you live in the city, huh?

COOPER: Erica Hill, thanks very much. Living in Atlanta, see you again in about 30 minutes.

A new development in the case of Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teen who's been missing on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Now, we should warn you, the new development is not a hopeful one. Two men who were rounded up on Sunday for questioning in Natalee's disappearance, are now accused of homicide. Meantime, the search for Natalee goes on.

CNN's Karl Penhaul has the latest from Aruba.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We just sent people off to the left, so maybe if you guys go a little bit to the right.

MARIO BELVISO, ARUBA VACATIONER: Sure.

KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: New Jersey plumber Mario Belviso and his wife Carla hadn't planned to spend their dream vacation quite like this, but when they heard Natalee Holloway's parents were desperate for volunteers to hunt for clues for their missing daughter, they didn't hesitate.

CARLA BELVISO, ARUBA VACATIONER: You don't want anyone to go through what the parents are going through, especially if you're a parent yourself, so you want to try to help out all you can.

PENHAUL: It's nearly midday and by now Mario could be sitting on a white sandy beach sipping his first pina colada, but he doesn't mind.

M. BELVISO: Give them one day, two days, whatever they need, no biggie. The island will always be here.

PENHAUL: Search leaders have told them to keep their eyes peeled for vital signs.

M. BELVISO: The lady just told us to walk around, see if -- looking for disturbed dirt, shallow grave, or something like that.

PENHAUL: In twin raids Sunday, police arrested two hotel security guards, a 28 and a 30-year-old, in connection with Natalee's disappearance. Their attorney, Chris Lejuez, says they've been formally accused of multiple crimes.

CHRIS LEJUEZ, ATTORNEY: They are mentioning murder or accomplice to committing murder, homicide, accomplice to committing homicide, and kidnapping with the consequence of death.

PENHAUL: But investigators have not offered any conclusive proof whether Natalee is dead or alive. Lejuez says his clients were not at work near the Holiday Inn where Natalee was staying on the night she disappeared. One was out partying with his wife.

Prosecutors have not publicly revealed what evidence led them to arrest these men who are now being held in separate jail cells in opposite ends of Aruba.

LEJUEZ: Both are very concerned. They're nervous. They know that they're suspected of something very, very heavy, very serious, but they are confident, both of them, and have shown that confidence to me, that they very categorically deny being involved in this case.

PENHAUL: At a Tuesday afternoon news conference, prosecutors said the two suspects will be held for at least another week while they gather more evidence.

Back on Aruba's north shore, Mario, Carla and their buddy George Christopher, also a plumber from New Jersey, are drawing a blank. Just the usual flotsam and jetsam litters the craggy coastline. Nothing to report in the thorny scrub, or between the cacti, either.

It's more than a week since she disappeared and the only sign they see of Natalee anywhere is this missing poster in an abandoned fisherman's retreat. There's now a $55,000 reward for anyone who finds her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: God forbid it was my daughter, I'd want people out here helping me.

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PENHAUL (on camera): Anderson, the news may not look too promising right now, but friends close to the family say the very fact that ordinary folk like the ones we've seen today are helping out, really does stir them and ease some of the agony.

COOPER: Karl, give us a sense what it's like being there. I mean, how big is Aruba? How big is the population? Is this whole island consumed with this search, or is it, you know, just a few isolated people here and there?

PENHAUL: Aruba is a tiny island just 19 miles long and six miles wide at its widest point. That's around the size of Washington, D.C. There's about 70,000 people that live on the whole island. That's the size of a small town. The whole island is talking about it, tourists and Arubans alike. A lot of people are out there to help. Yesterday it was government employees. And day after day tourists and locals are helping out, Anderson

COOPER: All right. Well, the search continues. It's a strange story. Karl Penhaul, thanks very much.

Coming up next on 360, parents sending their overweight kids to a boarding schooling to try to lose weight while they learn. Does it work, and could it work for you? As part of our week long look at dieting in America, "Choose to Lose."

Also tonight, jury deliberation is continuing in the Michael Jackson case. The singer's fate isn't the only thing on the line. So much -- his financial future and his family. If there's a guilty verdict, what happens to the kids of his? We'll take a look at that.

Also, a tantalizing medical possibility -- using your child's umbilical cord blood to save a life. Should you save that cord? 360 MD Sanjay Gupta investigates.

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COOPER: All this week, we're looking at dieting in America, in particular, some of the inspiring stories of people who have lost weight and kept it off. Tonight, we are looking at an innovative way of helping kids fight obesity.

But first, the numbers. The CDC says the percentage of overweight young people has more than tripled over the past 25 years. So the problem is very real. The question is what to do about it?

CNN's Gary Tuchman looks at a radical experiment to try to change that trend.

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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When getting to this isolated location in California's San Joaquin Valley, it's easy to lose your way. But once there, the time has come to find your way.

(on camera): How much did you weigh when you came?

JARED FITZPATRICK, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: Two hundred and twenty.

MAL MAHEDY, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: I weighed 322 pounds.

TERRY HENRY, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: I weighed 591 pounds at my peak.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): These are teenagers who in a sense have become weight loss pioneers in a brand new program.

RYAN CRAIG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS: Academy of the Sierras is the first year-round treatment program for obese and overweight adolescents, and we do it in a boarding school environment.

TUCHMAN: Jared Fitzpatrick (ph) is 13, from Illinois. He is the boy who used to weigh 220.

(on camera): How much do you weigh right now?

FITZPATRICK: One hundred and thirty-eight.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): Mal Mahedy is 17 from Florida. She's the one who weighed 322. She's lost 130 pounds, coming here after a debilitating sophomore year of high school.

MAHEDY: It was the most traumatic experience I have ever had. I -- it got to the point where I was being made fun of every day, and I just eventually quit school, and I had to be privately tutored.

TUCHMAN: And 16-year-old Terry Henry from New Hampshire is the teen who weighed 591. His life has been very difficult. But he's now lost 254 pounds.

(on camera): How were you able to even know how much you weighed? The scales don't go that high?

HENRY: I got on a cattle scale.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): They do their reading, writing and arithmetic here.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And you're like giving us the wrong answer.

TUCHMAN: But the reason their families are paying a steep $5,500 a month is because nothing else has worked in their efforts to lose weight.

(on camera): In a typical day, when you weighed 591 pounds, how much food did you eat?

HENRY: About 60,000 calories a day.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): About 2,000 calories a day is what the students here average, while eating three meals and two snacks. They're allowed no more than 12 daily fat grams.

They keep journals of what they eat and how they feel.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm still hungry, and it's after dinner. I wanted some more soft serve.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Cooking something does require coming up with a plan for it.

TUCHMAN: They learn how to prepare healthy foods with other kids who understand what they're going through.

(on camera): Did you know about nutritious foods before you took this class?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, not really. Like, I knew how to make macaroni and cheese. TUCHMAN (voice-over): They're required to exercise every day. All students wear pedometers. Five miles of walking, 10,000 steps are required.

(on camera): Do you carry a pedometer with you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

TUCHMAN: And how many steps have you taken today?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Five thousand ninety.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): Privileges are taken away from anyone who ignores exercise and other requirements.

Fourteen-year-old Shari Lininger is challenging me to a one-on- one.

(on camera): Nice shot. You are the winner.

(voice-over): And challenging herself to lose more than the 82 pounds she has already shed, so she can pursue a singing career.

SHARI LININGER, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS STUDENT: I have a passion for that, and I knew that my weight would potentially keep me from doing that and keep me from being successful in that area of my life.

TUCHMAN (on camera): This class of 36 has lost a combined total of more than 2,400 pounds. Almost all of the kids say they have zooming confidence levels.

But what happens when they get back in the real world where there are lots of fast food restaurants and menacing high school classmates?

(voice-over): Those types of questions are addressed in behavioral classes here, which may be the most important lessons of all.

MOLLY CARMEL, DEP. CLINICAL DIRECTOR, ACADEMY OF THE SIERRAS: It would be nearly impossible for them to do anything if they didn't change the behaviors that they came in with.

TUCHMAN: Terry says he has become disciplined and motivated.

HENRY: If it definitely wasn't for this place, I would probably be dead right now. Seriously. I mean, I was one of the biggest human beings in the world. I'd like to get my weight around 200 pounds.

TUCHMAN (on camera): So that means you still have about another 137 to go, right?

HENRY: Yep.

TUCHMAN: You think you'll make it?

HENRY: I know I'll make it. TUCHMAN (voice-over): Experts not affiliated with the school say the families are a key to these teenagers succeeding.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Things have to change at home. So while the child's away, the family really needs to implement some major changes as well.

TUCHMAN: The school says it is training the parents, as its first group of eight students goes home for good this week. And while we are there, a goodbye ceremony for those leaving.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I love you, and everybody, I love you all. And I'll miss you so much.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm ready to use the skills which I have been taught for the past nine months. I'm ready to start my life again and to succeed this time.

TUCHMAN: Terry is not leaving yet. He has more weight to lose, but he received an award for being so inspirational.

As for Shari, who is going home, her voice elegantly conveys her feelings about her classmates.

LININGER (singing): And I will remember you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memory.

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COOPER: That was a great piece, Gary. You know, as if high school is not hard enough for these kids, going back, it's got to be so difficult. But it's expensive. I mean, $5,500 a month is a huge sum of money for this tuition. Does insurance pay for any of it?

TUCHMAN: Well, that's right. A year at Harvard costs less than a year at this school. However, some insurance companies will cover up to one third of the price, and the people who run the school are hoping that ultimately, the insurance companies will be more generous. Also, because it's a school, student loans are available.

But no matter what the cost, Anderson, you saw some great kids, and they're so happy. Their lives are so changed.

COOPER: Well, the young man who said, you know, he thought he would be dead if it wasn't for that school. You know, it doesn't get much more stark than that. Gary Tuchman, thanks very much, great piece.

Our "Choose to Lose" series continues tomorrow with faith-based diets. A recent study shows that religious Americans, or people who say that they are religious, tend to be fatter than their secular peers. Now, many are hoping that God will help them trim the pounds. The question is, does it really work? We'll take a look tomorrow.

Michael Jackson's fate hanging in the balance. Day three of jury deliberations. Tonight, what happens to Jackson's three kids if the King of Pop is convicted?

And parents, should you save your newborn's umbilical cord in case your baby develops a potentially deadly disease? Tonight, 360 MD Sanjay Gupta investigates. Could cord blood really help save your child's life?

360 continues.

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COOPER: Well, there you see two white vans carrying 12 very important people. They're the eight women and four men who make up the Michael Jackson jury.

For three days now, they've been having a hard time making up their minds. Once again, they failed to reach a verdict today. They'll be back at the courthouse tomorrow to resume deliberations.

And it's not only Jackson's future that they hold in their hands, it's his kids' futures. If he goes prison, the question is who's going to watch over them?

CNN's Rusty Dornin takes a look.

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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the big what if: If Michael Jackson gets convicted and goes jail, what happens to his three children, Paris, Prince and Blanket? Will they be forced to leave Neverland?

Child Protective Services will make that first call.

CRAIG SMITH, FORMER PROSECUTOR: They could take the children out of the home. The preference is to leave them with a family member if possible. And I think there are several family members who would seem to be in a position to care for them, at least on a temporary basis, until it's finally decided by the juvenile court judge.

DORNIN: The identity of Blanket's mother -- the youngest child Jackson dangled out of the window in Germany -- has never been revealed. So far, she has not tried to assert any custody rights.

Debbie Rowe, the mother of Paris and Prince, has been battling for at least partial custody. Rowe recently regained her parental rights, rights she initially gave up after she split with Jackson.

But a source close to the case says Rowe and Jackson want an arrangement for all three children that benefits everyone. Jackson's biographer says Rowe is not looking for full-time motherhood.

RANDI TARABORRELLI, JACKSON BIOGRAPHER: I don't think that Debbie Rowe has really expressed an interest in raising the children.

DORNIN: When it comes to the official line, the Jackson family attorney says the - quote -- "what-happens-if scenario" is not in their vocabulary.

DEBORAH OPRI, JACKSON FAMILY ATTORNEY: But I can assure you that no one is planning for the worst. Everyone is planning for the best.

DORNIN: Excerpts from a Daphne Barak interview with Michael Jackson's father Joe, in the "New York Daily News," quoted Jackson as saying "It would be a pleasure to look after his grandchildren. Who else?" he said, "It's our job to do that. We don't mind."

"That fits," says Jackson's biographer.

TARABORRELLI: I believe the Jackson family will do everything in their power to keep Michael's kids. You know, they've got a big family and it would be very easy to absorb Michael's three children into that family.

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DORNIN (on camera): And the chances of that happening, of course, are much better if Debbie Rowe doesn't pursue full custody of the children.

Now meantime here, third day of deliberations. This day passed really uneventfully. The jury did not ask questions.

Reverend Jesse Jackson did tell reporters that he talked to the superstar, who is at Neverland, and said that he's resting comfortably despite his back problems, but is very anxious about the outcome.

Anderson?

COOPER: So at the courthouse itself, I mean, is there still the crowds of people out there -- still the people just kind of standing around -- those fans?

DORNIN: It's absolutely amazing, Anderson. I mean, the fans are bringing their families here. They've got -- they're camped out.

One woman had a cage full of doves that she released, and each dove represented one of the charges against Jackson.

They're here for the duration of the entire day, as are, of course, the hundreds of journalists from all over the world that are here. So it's quite a spectacle.

COOPER: A cage full of doves?

All right, Rusty Dornin, thanks.

Brings a tear to the eye.

Legally speaking, there are many what-ifs tonight, of course, for Michael Jackson. To help us sort through some of the scenarios, CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, known to release doves himself from time to time.

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST: Yes.

COOPER: OK. What happens? Michael Jackson is declared guilty. Where do his kids go?

TOOBIN: Well, then the issue is in the lap of the Department of Social Services in Santa Barbara County, where the kids live. And then the legal standard is what's in the best interests of the child.

COOPER: So a guardian is appointed for the kid. And that guardian tries...

TOOBIN: Well -- and then, sort of, -- they'll usually try to reach a collaborative result so they don't have to go to court then. But obviously, when one parent is incarcerated, the usual result is to give the child to the other parent.

Now here, for two of the children, Debbie Rowe has not been involved in their life to any great extent.

COOPER: Right. Who knows what their deals are. I mean, there are so many secret deals in this whole thing.

TOOBIN: Correct.

And even stranger than the deal with Debbie Rowe, is that no one really knows, at least publicly, who the mother of Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket, is.

COOPER: AKA: Blanket.

TOOBIN: AKA: Blanket.

So the issue of, you know, who would represent Blanket -- a sentence I never thought I would utter. But then...

COOPER: You know, I have to tell you, it's --one laughs about it. But these kids -- I feel for these three kids.

TOOBIN: It's terrible.

COOPER: I mean, what they have not only gone through, but just what they're going to go through, whether or not he's convicted or whether or not, you know it's....

TOOBIN: And remember, these are the kids who have been paraded around with blankets over their heads -- and Blanket, the kid is the one who was dangled over the balcony in Berlin -- so these kids have a lot to deal with in the best of circumstances.

COOPER: So, if he's convicted they either go to Debbie Rowe, who hasn't apparently wanted them in the past or has a financial deal so she doesn't have to have them in the past, or they go to -- what? -- one of the Jackson brothers or Joe Jackson?

TOOBIN: Or the grandparents. Although Joe Jackson -- I mean, Michael and his brothers are on record as saying he abused them when he was a child, so a court is unlikely to look very favorably on Joe Jackson.

COOPER: Does it matter what Michael Jackson wants? I mean, can -- does that, you know, play a role?

TOOBIN: If he's a convicted felon, not really. I don't believe that -- the issue is best interest of the child. It's not what the incarcerated parent wants.

COOPER: And if he is found guilty, does he get sent right -- I mean, I know it's up to the judge, but does he -- what's going to happen?

TOOBIN: A guaranteed huge fight, literally, in the courtroom.

COOPER: Right away? Right as soon as it happens?

TOOBIN: Like right as soon as it happens, because the prosecution certainly will say, we move to revoke bail. He's a convicted child molester. He is a threat to the community. And he's a very wealthy man with access to private planes. We want him locked up right away.

The defense will say come on. He's Michael Jackson, where is he going to go? He has nowhere he can flee.

But that fight will happen literally moments after the jury comes back, and it's going to be a very tough call for Judge Melville. Based on California law, it seems to me likely he would be incarcerated right away.

COOPER: And that -- is that also going to be broadcast live?

TOOBIN: No. No, my understanding is it's just the verdict.

COOPER: Just the verdict.

TOOBIN: Right.

COOPER: It's also now been reported the granddaughter of juror number five is wanting to convince her grandmother to write a book, and has already lined up a ghost writer.

TOOBIN: I mean, that is a legal development, as far as I can tell. That doesn't violate any law. The only law is that you -- jurors can't take money for 90 days after the verdict.

But it's troubling because if this becomes a business, being a celebrity juror, you taint the jury selection process and it's suggested that people will just try to get on the juries as a money making enterprise.

COOPER: Jeffrey Toobin...

TOOBIN: More to come.

COOPER: More to come. Thanks very much. In a moment, more on Michael Jackson and how his number one fan is dealing with the wait for the verdict -- the Superfan they call this guy.

But first, Erica Hill from HEADLINE NEWS joins us with the latest at about 20 to the hour. Hey Erica.

HILL: Hey Anderson.

More power, it turns out, may be headed to the FBI. Today a Senate committee approved revisions to the Patriot Act, which would give the agency the authority to subpoena records without the approval of a judge or grand jury. Now that power is for terrorism investigations. Opponents of the bill, though, say it violates civil rights.

Out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Los Alamos Lab whistleblower attacked. Tommy Hook was beaten up outside a bar on Sunday. Check that out. His wife said the suspects told her husband -- quote -- "if you know what's good for you, you'll keep your mouth shut." Hook is set to testify before Congress about financial improprieties at the nuclear weapons lab.

And in Alhambra, California, the driver in this minivan led cops on a three-hour freeway pursuit. Well, it all came to an end when a patrol car clipped the vehicle, sending it spinning into the sound wall, but it didn't end there. Turns out the driver is suspected of trying to kidnap a woman. Now, he was eventually taken into custody after holding police at bay for more than four hours, stopped there on the freeway.

And that's the latest from HEADLINE NEWS at this hour. Anderson?

COOPER: Man, I don't get it. I mean, do they think they're going to get away? I just never understand this.

HILL: I don't know. And it's, you know, it's not like they haven't seen a car chase before since they're on all the time now, so you'd think they'd get it, but, no.

COOPER: No, guess not. All right, Erica Hill, thanks. See you again in about 30 minutes.

Oh, actually, Erica, you know, I know you cover news and you do a great job and all that...

HILL: Thanks.

COOPER: ...but, you seem to miss a very important story, at least to, you know, what -- to members of what I think is our generation. The number one favorite movie of all time, "Sixteen Candles"...

HILL: Oh, it's a classic.

COOPER: Yes. Well, 21 years later the story of '80s suburban teen angst is being updated in a sequel? HILL: No!

COOPER: Yes. And Erica, Molly Ringwald says she has read the script and she liked it.

HILL: Stop.

COOPER: No word if Anthony Michael Hall or Long Duck Dong are going to return. It's going to be hard to get Long Duck Dong in there, but...

HILL: You've got to have the Donger.

COOPER: You've got to.

HILL: You have to. I mean, Duckee, everyone.

COOPER: All right, Erica Hill, thanks.

Coming up next on 360, call him a disciple of Michael -- meet a man who's doing it all for the gloved one. Quit his job, hanging out. Question is, is he Superfan or just a superfreak?

Also tonight, it may contain life saving stem-cells, but you should store your baby's umbilical cord blood? A lesson one couple learned the hard way, one that every parent should hear.

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COOPER: If you think Michael Jackson's the only one wearing an arm band at the Santa Maria Courthouse, you would be wrong. Meet B.J. Hickman. That's right, Hickman believes he has found a kindred spirit in Michael Jackson. So much so that he's earned the title of Superfan, and he's at the courthouse every day to prove it, rain or shine.

CNN's Ted Rowlands meets him.

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TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Of all the fanatical voices at the Michael Jackson trial, there is one that stands out.

B.J. HICKMAN, JACKSON SUPPORTER: Michael's innocent. Michael's innocent.

B.J. Hickman has been here since January, leaving his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, to support Michael Jackson. He says he was here back when Michael Jackson danced on the SUV.

CROWD: Michael!

ROWLANDS: In February, he was here with others standing in the rain at 5:00 in the morning, trying to get a seat in the courtroom. And during jury selection when Michael Jackson went to the hospital with the flu, B.J. followed.

HICKMAN: Michael was waving at us. He was looking out the window, giving us the peace symbol.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And he was standing up!

ROWLANDS: While understanding B.J.'s excitement at simply seeing Michael Jackson is a bit difficult to comprehend, he is not alone. Every day when the pop star walks in and out of court, people from around the world who have traveled here are pressed up against the fence. Some are only able to see Jackson's umbrella. Still, most say it's worth it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm glad I could be here. I felt really good among all the fans from around the world.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I only got a few hours of sleep, but it's worth it for Michael.

ROWLANDS: In the beginning, the crowds were huge. As the trial progressed numbers fell off, some days, just a handful of fans. Now that the trial is nearing an end, the fans are back in force.

HICKMAN: Michael is innocent.

ROWLANDS: But, rain or shine, B.J. has been here. He's living at the local Holiday Inn. He has a job at the local mall, flexible hours to allow him to come see Jackson at the courthouse.

Why? You know, that's the question that a lot of people...

HICKMAN: Because -- I just said, because I'm standing up for something I believe in. I'm standing up for innocence.

ROWLANDS: B.J. has apparently caught the attention of Michael Jackson. And several weeks ago, B.J. says, he was able to meet him.

HICKMAN: Outside Neverland Ranch, he let me inside of his car. It was really cool, and I got autographs and stuff.

ROWLANDS: Since then, B.J. says, he's been back to Neverland and has even met Jackson's children, which a Jackson spokesperson confirmed. B.J. has also caught the attention of police. He spends a lot of time heckling prosecutors and certain members of the media.

HICKMAN: ...you she-devil racist! (ph)

ROWLANDS: B.J. is no longer allowed in the courtroom. He tried talking to Jackson, which is against the rules.

How would he handle a guilty verdict? B.J. says he doesn't think it's possible.

HICKMAN: He's innocent, and that's what the verdict will be.

We know you're innocent! Michael, you gotta keep fighting!

ROWLANDS: Ted Rowlands, CNN, Santa Maria, California.

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COOPER: I don't know what to say.

Coming up next on 360, she was an icon of the big screen and stage. Once again, we remember the life of Anne Bancroft.

Plus, saving your child's umbilical cord blood. Is it a smart move or waste of money? One couple's story that every parent will want to hear.

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COOPER: Every year, some 4 million babies are born here in the United States and that's just under 11,000 a day. And with each birth comes an opportunity in the form of something that for ages was simply thrown away. Scientists say that stem cells found in umbilical cord blood could treat leukemia and other diseases. And the House recently passed a bill that would expand research on the cells.

Now it's far less controversial than research on embryonic stem cells, but there's a hitch. As 360 MD Sanjay Gupta reports tonight, saving your baby's blood will not necessarily save your child from disease. He talks with one couple who learned that the hard way.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Tracey and Vic Dones were expecting parents, eagerly awaiting the birth of the child they would call Anthony, determined like every parent to do everything right.

In reading pregnancy magazines, they came across an enticing idea: saving their child's cord blood. Now, that's the blood left in the umbilical cord and the placenta after the baby is born. It's already been used to treat over 70 different diseases, including potentially deadly leukemias and lymphomas.

Their hope? That one day, if their baby developed a disease, stem cells from that umbilical cord blood could be used to treat it.

TRACEY DONES, ANTHONY'S MOTHER: And I felt so good knowing that if he ever did get sick down the road, that we had this life-saving material.

GUPTA: Now, that sort of confidence comes at a cost. On average, private banks charge $1,500 to $2,000 up front, and $150 to $200 in an annual maintenance fee.

Anthony was born without any complications. At first he was happy and healthy. But at four months, the Doneses noticed he was small and didn't hold his head up. Then one day, he just couldn't stop vomiting.

T. DONES: In the chest x-ray, his bones were chalk white, whereas in a baby they are supposed to be transparent, so all the symptoms pointed to osteopetrosis. GUPTA: Pediatric osteopetrosis is a condition in which the bones become thicker and thicker, eventually destroying the optic nerves, causing brain damage, compressing the organs, and ultimately leading to death. The only cure for Anthony, transplanting the stem cells found in bone marrow or cord blood.

T. DONES: We were ecstatic. We said, we saved his cord blood. Can we use that? And they said you can't use that because it's got the same genetic problem. It's go the same genetic makeup that's actually causing his condition. We were devastated.

VIC DONES, ANTHONY'S FATHER: It was the life preserver that didn't float. It just -- when we needed it to work, it didn't.

GUPTA: In fact, the chances of a baby being able to use his or her own cord blood is only 1 in 100,000. So, is it worth it to store your child's cord blood in a private bank?

DR. CLADD STEVENS, MEDICAL DIR. NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER: Well, if there's an older sibling that has leukemia or one of the genetic diseases, there's about a 25 percent chance that the new baby's cord blood would be a perfect match.

GUPTA: Anthony's only chance was a transplant from a public cord blood bank. Little over half of 40 or so cord blood banks are public. They are free for families who donate and their pools are open to all who need them. Anthony found a donor in seven days.

T. DONES: He was getting a second chance at life, and this was his only option.

ANTHONY DONES, CORD BLOOD RECIPIENT: One, two, cha, cha, cha.

GUPTA: Stem cells from umbilical cord blood saved Anthony Dones' life, but could not prevent permanent damage to his optic nerves. Today he blind.

T. DONES: He's got a clean bill of health. He's off all his transplant medicine. He's happy, healthy and he just loves life.

GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Cute little kid.

Let's find out what is coming up at the top of the hour on PAULA ZAHN NOW. Hey, Paula.

PAULA ZAHN, HOST "PAULA ZAHN NOW": Hi, Anderson, thanks. At the top of the hour, something that happens all day, every day, on the World Wide Web: people buying and selling all the information any thief anywhere in the world needs to steal someone's identity. It's shocking to see just how easily it could happen to any of us.

At the top of the hour, you're going to see a man who's trying to stop it. We're actually, Anderson, going to go into a chat room where we can hear the kinds of conversations that take place between the identity thefts -- the thieves, that is -- and the folks trying to stop it.

COOPER: It happens so easily and so often now. Paula, thanks very much. That's at the top of the hour, about four minutes from.

Still to come, though, on 360, saying good-bye to a remarkable actress and a lovely person, Anne Bancroft, who's died at age of 73.

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HOFFMAN: For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You put on music. Now, you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.

ANNE BANCROFT, LATE ACTRESS: So?

HOFFMAN: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.

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COOPER: So good-bye from all of us here tonight, in particular to the wonderful Anne Bancroft who gave a lifetime's worth of remarkable performances in stage and films.

What would "The Graduate" have been without her?

If you ask us, she more than appeared in "The Miracle Worker," she actually was one.

There was something unusually warm and smoky about her, something very womanly and grown up, but playful as well. Always ready to wink and let you in on the joke, whatever it was.

A spokesman for her husband Mel Brooks, says Bancroft died of cancer yesterday at a New York hospital. Anne Bancroft will be missed.

I'm Anderson Cooper. Thanks for watching 360. CNN's primetime coverage continues now, with Paula Zahn. Hey, Paula.

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