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Hostage Released; River Guardians; Outdoor Therapy; "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"

Aired June 10, 2005 - 05:30   ET

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

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


(WEATHER REPORT)
VALERIE MORRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Rob, talk to you shortly.

ROB MARCIANO, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Right on.

MORRIS: Another gruesome discovery in the "Fight for Iraq." The bodies of 16 people who were killed execution style have been found near the Syrian border. Police are trying to determine if they're the remains of Iraqi soldiers who were kidnapped recently in that area.

And let's get more on the release of that Italian aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks. For details, let's go to CNN Rome bureau chief Alessio Vinci.

Alessio, can you tell us what the reaction is there and when is she expected to return?

ALESSIO VINCI, CNN ROME BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Valerie.

Clementina Cantoni is expected around 4:00 p.m. local time here in Rome. That's about four-and-a-half hours from now. We understand from the Italian authority that she has already left Kabul and she is on her way here.

Clementina Cantoni has spent the night at the Italian Embassy in Kabul. And we understand from the Italian ambassador there that her first order last night was a big bowl of pasta. So she is doing fine, despite, of course, her 24-day ordeal.

The reaction here, of course, is joy, satisfaction, happiness. After all, this is not the first time an Italian hostage has been kidnapped, but not the first time, either, that that person has been released.

Unclear yet whether a ransom has been paid or not. But nevertheless, there is definitely a lot of satisfaction here. The Italian authorities have thanked the Afghan authorities, who, we understand, have led the negotiations with the kidnappers -- Valerie.

MORRIS: There were questions about that ransom, thank you. We wanted to know if in fact a ransom had been asked for.

VINCI: Well...

MORRIS: But what do we know about her abductors? VINCI: Well, first of all, regarding the ransom, he originally, the kidnapper and the ringleader of the kidnapping gang originally had asked that some fellow members of his group, as well as his mother, who, we understand, is also believed to be a criminal in Afghanistan, be released from prison. They were in prison because they were involved in kidnapping U.N. workers back in October of last year. And we do not know if those demands have been met. We don't know if any money has been paid.

The Italian authorities and the Italian newspapers, the Italian authorities are denying this. But the Italian newspapers are saying that a ransom was paid and that the mother was freed. But the Afghan authorities are saying no concessions were made.

As far as the criminal gang, as I said, they were quite known in Afghanistan. The ringleader of this group known as Temur Shah has been in contact with Afghan authorities throughout this ordeal. He was a former policeman under the Taliban regime so assume the Afghan authorities knew exactly with whom they were dealing with -- Valerie.

MORRIS: Alessio, thank you so much for that update.

Let's turn our attention now to our "Security Watch."

A 22-year-old suspect in a California terror investigation appears at a detention hearing in Sacramento today. Bond is expected to be set for 22-year-old Hamid Hayat. He is charged with making false statements. His father, Umer, is being held without bond. In all, five men have been arrested. Law enforcement officials are trying to determine if the five had been plotting terrorist attacks.

Remember that security scare in Washington last month when a private plane strayed into restricted airspace? It now appears that commercial text messaging and cell phone services were just overwhelmed during that emergency. A U.S. House official says so many people were on cell phones that half the calls failed to connect.

Two U.S. senators want the White House to reconsider a proposal requiring you to show your passport when returning to the United States from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Panama and the Caribbean. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Connecticut's Chris Dodd say the move could create problems for Americans and could hurt tourism, as well as the nation's image.

Illegal Mexican immigrants caught in Arizona will be flown home starting today. Instead of just being bussed back across the border, illegals will be flown to Mexico City and then taken to their hometowns. U.S. officials expect to send 300 illegal immigrants home every day. The program costs about $14 million.

At the mouth of the Mississippi River, river pilots are the nation's first line of defense against possible terrorist attacks on chemical and petroleum refineries.

Our Homeland Security correspondent Jeanne Meserve reports from the river's southwest passage. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MESERVE, CNN HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Long before sunup, the Southwest House Pilot Station (ph) is cooking.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well it's a Monday morning, we automatically have red beans, because that's a tradition.

MESERVE: The men who work here live here for two weeks at a stretch.

The pilot station is a small village on stilts, situated at the remote southernmost stretch of the Mississippi. The pilots' job is to meet every ship entering or exiting the river at the Gulf of Mexico.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, sir, captain, this is the pilot boat. We're on our way out to you now. What's your distance and speed from the buoy, please?

MESERVE: There is a bit of the daredevil in the river pilots. They scale the sides of massive moving ships on rope ladders to help navigate the vessels through the shifting shoals and the narrow channel at the entrance to the Mississippi.

The pilots are, in most cases, the first Americans to board incoming ships. They are not government employees, but they provide, by default, a first thin line of defense for the river. There is a lot to protect.

(on camera): In the first 250 miles of this river, there are five ports, including three that rank among the largest in the country.

(voice-over): In centuries past, Mississippi steamboats carried cotton, not tourists. But the once mighty plantations are relics now, and the river is lined instead with chemical plants and petroleum refineries. Ships and barges haul millions of tons of products to and from those facilities, including highly toxic chemicals, like ammonia, chlorine and benzene, and flammable materials, like propane and liquefied natural gas.

The roster at the pilot house shows what ships coming into the river are carrying.

CAPT. MIKE LORINO, BAR PILOT: There's a lot of dangerous products, crude oil, chemical tankers, and whatever is in the containers.

MESERVE: The ships are arriving from all over the world with foreign crews.

(on camera): The Coast Guard looking at any of these, as far as you can tell?

LORINO: The Coast Guard is not looking at any of these, as far as I can tell. MESERVE (voice-over): The Coast Guard does scrutinize crew lists and cargo manifests and boards ships offshore that it classifies as high interest. But Mike Lorino, a pilot for 30 years, says the Coast Guard is overwhelmed.

LORINO: They do a great job with what they have.

MESERVE (on camera): Which isn't enough?

LORINO: Which isn't enough. They need more. They need more.

MESERVE (voice-over): A terrorist attack on a ship carrying dangerous cargo could cause environmental havoc at the southwest pass. But 100 miles upriver, where the Mississippi flows through the city of New Orleans, there is a potential for massive loss of life.

LORINO: Highly, highly volatile cargo travels this river 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

MESERVE: As Mike Lorino watches 170-foot-wide ships squeeze past one another in the 600-foot-wide passage, he voices another fear, that a terrorist could simply turn a wheel and cause a collision, potentially shutting down the entire river.

LORINO: It would be an economic catastrophe to the United States.

MESERVE: Lorino loves the Mississippi for its lore and the livelihood it gives him. He says security has improved significantly. Though more could be done, ultimately, he admits, the volume of river traffic and the Mississippi's sheer size make it impossible to protect absolutely.

LORINO: The only way to secure it would be not let any ships come in the Mississippi River, and that's not going to happen.

You all take care.

MESERVE: So Lorino keeps his eyes and ears open when he boards, looking for threats, but hoping the water never brings them this way.

Jeanne Meserve, CNN, on the southwest passage.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: Stay tuned to CNN day and night for the most reliable news about your security.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, a new type of therapy that moves the office outdoors. So, does the fresh air help patients open up? We're going to take a look.

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

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Your news, money, weather and sports. It's 5:43, and here's what's all new this morning.

President Bush is pushing to make the Patriot Act provisions permanent. He delivered his message to state troopers in Ohio, but his target audience is Congress. He wants to expand 16 provisions that run out this year.

When it comes to his judicial nominations, President Bush is now five for five. The latest judges to win Senate approval are William Pryor, David McKeague and Richard Griffin.

In money, 600,000 more people have joined the ranks of millionaires. That's according to the annual World Wealth Report. It says 8.3 million people had a million bucks or more at the end of 2004.

In culture, did you see the kiss at the MTV Movie Awards? Take a look. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling got the best kiss award for their work in "The Notebook." Other big winners at the awards show were "Mean Girls" and "Napoleon Dynamite."

In sports, Atlanta Braves slugger Chipper Jones will be sidelined indefinitely due to an injured toe, but the third baseman will not need surgery to fix it.

And in weather, well, I don't know. Rob, I don't know how much you can fix, but I know you'll give us all the details.

MARCIANO: We'll give you what we know.

(WEATHER REPORT)

That's the latest from here, Valerie, back over to you.

MORRIS: OK. Even though it won't be cooler, I think, with those headlines, people will look forward to the weekend.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, we have heard about their chemistry off camera, now we get to see if there are any sparks on screen. Angelina and Brad team up for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." That story is still ahead.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: A major beef recall is under way. If you've bought frozen ground beef products distributed by Murry's Incorporated, you're going to want to listen to this. Murry's is recalling nearly 64,000 pounds of its 100 percent Pure Beef Jumbo Patties, its Family of Fine Foods Gourmet Meatballs and Murry's 100 percent All Beef Patties. The Agriculture Department says those products may contain E. coli bacteria which could make you sick.

When you think of therapy, you probably think of sitting across from a shrink in a stuffy old office. Well think again.

CNN's senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta shows us an unusual session. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ERIK FISHER, PSYCHOLOGIST/AUTHOR: So what about with the kids at school, when you're having difficulties with them, what are you doing?

ALEX GLASS, PATIENT: Nothing, really, just ignoring them.

FISHER: Yes?

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This might look like a father and son just rollerblading in the park at first glance, but it's actually an outdoor therapy session hand crafted for Generation Y.

Thirteen-year-old Alex was a patient of Dr. Erik Fisher, trying to get to the root of some anger issues. Alex's mother knew he had a serious rage issue when he threw a desk in his classroom.

FISHER: So let me ask you this, do you ever feel like you are just a piece of a tree?

GLASS: Sometimes.

FISHER: And do you feel like people are kind of picking the bark off you?

GLASS: Yes.

FISHER: And when they pull the bark off you, how do you feel?

GLASS: Mad.

FISHER: Mad. So what are you going to do when you feel like they're picking the bark off of you?

GLASS: Peel their bark off.

FISHER: Peel their bark off.

GUPTA: Dr. Fisher is one of a growing number of therapists who takes his sessions outdoors, rollerblading, walking and throwing football with his patients. The theory is this, go ahead and allow patients to become distracted by their activities. This allows them to open up about problems they may not have otherwise discussed, and it may even speed up the healing process.

FISHER: So it's a matter for me, it's stepping out of the box, knowing that we often -- people often do therapy from these boxes, and this is the way we were taught. And I just see that there's so much more to life and to therapy and to what we're doing to help people grow that's not in our office and it's not in our books. It's in our souls. And that's what I try to reach is somebody's soul.

GUPTA: For Alex, it seems to be working. He says he's learned a lot of valuable coping skills while simply being outside with Dr. Fisher. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What do you do now when you get angry?

GLASS: Wait until I get home and talk to my mom about it.

GUPTA: Alex's mom says she started seeing results in Alex as soon as they branched out from traditional therapy methods.

SHERI MUSSELMAN, ALEX'S MOTHER: The key is, I don't think Alex felt like he was going to therapy. So there wasn't the stigma of, hey, I've got to go to therapy. There's something wrong with me, because I'm going to a therapist. It wasn't like going to a therapist, you know, so he felt OK with what was going on.

GLASS: Hopefully, you know...

FISHER: How old is he?

GLASS: Six.

FISHER: Really? Wow.

GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN reporting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: News "Across America" this morning.

There is now a state of emergency in Massachusetts prompted by the Red Tide bloom. The governor is seeking federal aid for the shellfish industry. Red Tide is the result of algae that contaminates the shellfish and could be dangerous to humans that eat shellfish.

In Illinois, murder defendant Jerry Hobbs had nothing to say at his arraignment on charges of killing his daughter and her best friend on Mother's Day. A judge entered a not guilty plea for him. Prosecutors accuse Hobbs of stabbing his 8-year-old daughter and her friend after she left home without permission.

Authorities in Michigan are going over the records of 17 Chinese restaurants. The restaurant owners are suspected of avoiding millions of dollars in taxes. Officials also suspect the owners of bringing in undocumented workers from China.

Coming up in the next hour of DAYBREAK, is the case of missing teenager Natalee Holloway hurting tourism in Aruba? We're going to ask the country's Minister of Tourism if they can keep attracting tourists.

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MORRIS: "Entertainment Headlines" for you this morning.

The Old West stampedes into your TV tonight. "Into the West" spans 65 years of U.S. history from 1825 to 1890 and from the point of view of both the Native Americans and the settlers. You'll be able to experience events like the Gold Rush, the Transcontinental Railroad and the Wounded Knee Massacre. The six episode miniseries debuts tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on our sister network TNT.

Here's an economic break for fans of the Backstreet Boys, free tickets for the group's summer tour. Visit AOL City Guide, buy two reserved seats and you get two free lawn or mezzanine seats to the same show, and there's no extra fee, no surcharge. The Backstreet Boys tour begins July 22, and CNN has a connection to AOL, too.

And it's a double play for Mariah Carey. "Belong Together," it topped the Hot 100 Singles Chart for the third consecutive week. And Carey's album, "The Emancipation of Mimi," is back at the top of Billboard 200.

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

After months of tabloid headlines, we finally get to see Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get together, but it will only be on film. Their movie, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," opens today, so you can finally see what the tabloids were talking about.

CNN entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas sat down with the stars to hear all about it.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SIBILA VARGAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT (on camera): This is a pretty intense role, I would say.

ANGELINA JOLIE, 'MRS. SMITH': It was, but a lot of fun. You know sometimes they're very intense in an emotional way, they're very cerebral. And this one was -- there was a lot of action.

VARGAS: Pretty intense guy this John Smith.

BRAD PITT, 'MR. SMITH': Not really, is it? I don't think it was so intense.

VARGAS: He's an assassin.

PITT: Yes, but not really. It's the marriage that's difficult in our film.

JOLIE: Satisfied?

PITT: Not for years.

They've been living a lie and the thing has gone flat, like a tire.

You do something new?

JOLIE: I added peas.

PITT: Peas.

And they get an assignment where they're going to have to kill each other. And in that it brings their focus back on each other and they realize why they first got together in the first place.

VARGAS: And there's also a lot of fighting.

PITT: There's some great fighting, some hilarious fights.

VARGAS: (INAUDIBLE) fighting between a man and a woman, yes.

PITT: Between a man and a woman. Just it's wrong, isn't it?

JOLIE: And we had to get to that kind of playful way of building it up and building it up, so I'd smack him in the head and then he'd want to hit me. They said he's like I can't hit her. And you see where she just tried to shoot your head off with a shotgun.

You still alive, baby?

VARGAS: What's it like working with Angelina?

PITT: You know a lot of good bouncing off each other. A lot of bickering.

VARGAS: You guys got along well though.

PITT: I'm usually right and that's how it goes.

VARGAS: Were there any expectations going in that surprised you?

JOLIE: I didn't know how well we'd get on, because we seemed so different. He surprised me a lot, you know. I mean we worked on it for over a year. And just every different thing, how much he would get involved, how much he would, you know, work on, whether it was the sets or the dialogue or the -- he was very -- he works very hard and that's something that I respect very much and was surprised.

VARGAS: There were some nice sexy little dance scenes, too.

JOLIE: There was. I mean we had to get those in. We were more shy doing the dancing than we were at the gun range.

PITT: And I do want to say, too, that me and Vince Vaughn, I know we had a sound (ph) in chemistry.

Let me borrow this.

VINCE VAUGHN, ACTOR: I like where your head is at, man.

PITT: But that was it, we're just friends.

VARGAS: You're just friends.

PITT: We're just friends with great respect for each other.

VARGAS: Wow, because I know that everybody's been talking about it. It's like it's made all the tabloids. I mean, jeez, we talk...

PITT: It's enough already, OK. VARGAS: So you're setting it straight.

PITT: Right here.

VARGAS: All right, a CNN exclusive.

PITT: Exactly.

MEL: Hey, John.

PITT: Hey, Mel.

MEL: Are you all right?

PITT: Yes.

MEL: Have a good night.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: And we'll have more on this movie and its stars coming up in our next hour when we're joined by Tom O'Neil of "InStyle" magazine.

The next hour of DAYBREAK begins right now.

It's Friday, June 10, and a weekend of severe weather lies ahead for many of you. From Midwest twisters to a tropical storm, you could be in for a big one. These are live pictures now from Haulover Beach in Miami. Take a look at this. Tropical Storm Arlene is heading to the Gulf Coast.

And what could a judge's son have to do with the disappearance of that young American woman in Aruba?

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Aired June 10, 2005 - 05:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(WEATHER REPORT)
VALERIE MORRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Rob, talk to you shortly.

ROB MARCIANO, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Right on.

MORRIS: Another gruesome discovery in the "Fight for Iraq." The bodies of 16 people who were killed execution style have been found near the Syrian border. Police are trying to determine if they're the remains of Iraqi soldiers who were kidnapped recently in that area.

And let's get more on the release of that Italian aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks. For details, let's go to CNN Rome bureau chief Alessio Vinci.

Alessio, can you tell us what the reaction is there and when is she expected to return?

ALESSIO VINCI, CNN ROME BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning, Valerie.

Clementina Cantoni is expected around 4:00 p.m. local time here in Rome. That's about four-and-a-half hours from now. We understand from the Italian authority that she has already left Kabul and she is on her way here.

Clementina Cantoni has spent the night at the Italian Embassy in Kabul. And we understand from the Italian ambassador there that her first order last night was a big bowl of pasta. So she is doing fine, despite, of course, her 24-day ordeal.

The reaction here, of course, is joy, satisfaction, happiness. After all, this is not the first time an Italian hostage has been kidnapped, but not the first time, either, that that person has been released.

Unclear yet whether a ransom has been paid or not. But nevertheless, there is definitely a lot of satisfaction here. The Italian authorities have thanked the Afghan authorities, who, we understand, have led the negotiations with the kidnappers -- Valerie.

MORRIS: There were questions about that ransom, thank you. We wanted to know if in fact a ransom had been asked for.

VINCI: Well...

MORRIS: But what do we know about her abductors? VINCI: Well, first of all, regarding the ransom, he originally, the kidnapper and the ringleader of the kidnapping gang originally had asked that some fellow members of his group, as well as his mother, who, we understand, is also believed to be a criminal in Afghanistan, be released from prison. They were in prison because they were involved in kidnapping U.N. workers back in October of last year. And we do not know if those demands have been met. We don't know if any money has been paid.

The Italian authorities and the Italian newspapers, the Italian authorities are denying this. But the Italian newspapers are saying that a ransom was paid and that the mother was freed. But the Afghan authorities are saying no concessions were made.

As far as the criminal gang, as I said, they were quite known in Afghanistan. The ringleader of this group known as Temur Shah has been in contact with Afghan authorities throughout this ordeal. He was a former policeman under the Taliban regime so assume the Afghan authorities knew exactly with whom they were dealing with -- Valerie.

MORRIS: Alessio, thank you so much for that update.

Let's turn our attention now to our "Security Watch."

A 22-year-old suspect in a California terror investigation appears at a detention hearing in Sacramento today. Bond is expected to be set for 22-year-old Hamid Hayat. He is charged with making false statements. His father, Umer, is being held without bond. In all, five men have been arrested. Law enforcement officials are trying to determine if the five had been plotting terrorist attacks.

Remember that security scare in Washington last month when a private plane strayed into restricted airspace? It now appears that commercial text messaging and cell phone services were just overwhelmed during that emergency. A U.S. House official says so many people were on cell phones that half the calls failed to connect.

Two U.S. senators want the White House to reconsider a proposal requiring you to show your passport when returning to the United States from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, Panama and the Caribbean. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Connecticut's Chris Dodd say the move could create problems for Americans and could hurt tourism, as well as the nation's image.

Illegal Mexican immigrants caught in Arizona will be flown home starting today. Instead of just being bussed back across the border, illegals will be flown to Mexico City and then taken to their hometowns. U.S. officials expect to send 300 illegal immigrants home every day. The program costs about $14 million.

At the mouth of the Mississippi River, river pilots are the nation's first line of defense against possible terrorist attacks on chemical and petroleum refineries.

Our Homeland Security correspondent Jeanne Meserve reports from the river's southwest passage. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MESERVE, CNN HOMELAND SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Long before sunup, the Southwest House Pilot Station (ph) is cooking.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well it's a Monday morning, we automatically have red beans, because that's a tradition.

MESERVE: The men who work here live here for two weeks at a stretch.

The pilot station is a small village on stilts, situated at the remote southernmost stretch of the Mississippi. The pilots' job is to meet every ship entering or exiting the river at the Gulf of Mexico.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, sir, captain, this is the pilot boat. We're on our way out to you now. What's your distance and speed from the buoy, please?

MESERVE: There is a bit of the daredevil in the river pilots. They scale the sides of massive moving ships on rope ladders to help navigate the vessels through the shifting shoals and the narrow channel at the entrance to the Mississippi.

The pilots are, in most cases, the first Americans to board incoming ships. They are not government employees, but they provide, by default, a first thin line of defense for the river. There is a lot to protect.

(on camera): In the first 250 miles of this river, there are five ports, including three that rank among the largest in the country.

(voice-over): In centuries past, Mississippi steamboats carried cotton, not tourists. But the once mighty plantations are relics now, and the river is lined instead with chemical plants and petroleum refineries. Ships and barges haul millions of tons of products to and from those facilities, including highly toxic chemicals, like ammonia, chlorine and benzene, and flammable materials, like propane and liquefied natural gas.

The roster at the pilot house shows what ships coming into the river are carrying.

CAPT. MIKE LORINO, BAR PILOT: There's a lot of dangerous products, crude oil, chemical tankers, and whatever is in the containers.

MESERVE: The ships are arriving from all over the world with foreign crews.

(on camera): The Coast Guard looking at any of these, as far as you can tell?

LORINO: The Coast Guard is not looking at any of these, as far as I can tell. MESERVE (voice-over): The Coast Guard does scrutinize crew lists and cargo manifests and boards ships offshore that it classifies as high interest. But Mike Lorino, a pilot for 30 years, says the Coast Guard is overwhelmed.

LORINO: They do a great job with what they have.

MESERVE (on camera): Which isn't enough?

LORINO: Which isn't enough. They need more. They need more.

MESERVE (voice-over): A terrorist attack on a ship carrying dangerous cargo could cause environmental havoc at the southwest pass. But 100 miles upriver, where the Mississippi flows through the city of New Orleans, there is a potential for massive loss of life.

LORINO: Highly, highly volatile cargo travels this river 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

MESERVE: As Mike Lorino watches 170-foot-wide ships squeeze past one another in the 600-foot-wide passage, he voices another fear, that a terrorist could simply turn a wheel and cause a collision, potentially shutting down the entire river.

LORINO: It would be an economic catastrophe to the United States.

MESERVE: Lorino loves the Mississippi for its lore and the livelihood it gives him. He says security has improved significantly. Though more could be done, ultimately, he admits, the volume of river traffic and the Mississippi's sheer size make it impossible to protect absolutely.

LORINO: The only way to secure it would be not let any ships come in the Mississippi River, and that's not going to happen.

You all take care.

MESERVE: So Lorino keeps his eyes and ears open when he boards, looking for threats, but hoping the water never brings them this way.

Jeanne Meserve, CNN, on the southwest passage.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MORRIS: Stay tuned to CNN day and night for the most reliable news about your security.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, a new type of therapy that moves the office outdoors. So, does the fresh air help patients open up? We're going to take a look.

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

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: Your news, money, weather and sports. It's 5:43, and here's what's all new this morning.

President Bush is pushing to make the Patriot Act provisions permanent. He delivered his message to state troopers in Ohio, but his target audience is Congress. He wants to expand 16 provisions that run out this year.

When it comes to his judicial nominations, President Bush is now five for five. The latest judges to win Senate approval are William Pryor, David McKeague and Richard Griffin.

In money, 600,000 more people have joined the ranks of millionaires. That's according to the annual World Wealth Report. It says 8.3 million people had a million bucks or more at the end of 2004.

In culture, did you see the kiss at the MTV Movie Awards? Take a look. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling got the best kiss award for their work in "The Notebook." Other big winners at the awards show were "Mean Girls" and "Napoleon Dynamite."

In sports, Atlanta Braves slugger Chipper Jones will be sidelined indefinitely due to an injured toe, but the third baseman will not need surgery to fix it.

And in weather, well, I don't know. Rob, I don't know how much you can fix, but I know you'll give us all the details.

MARCIANO: We'll give you what we know.

(WEATHER REPORT)

That's the latest from here, Valerie, back over to you.

MORRIS: OK. Even though it won't be cooler, I think, with those headlines, people will look forward to the weekend.

Still to come on DAYBREAK, we have heard about their chemistry off camera, now we get to see if there are any sparks on screen. Angelina and Brad team up for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." That story is still ahead.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

MORRIS: A major beef recall is under way. If you've bought frozen ground beef products distributed by Murry's Incorporated, you're going to want to listen to this. Murry's is recalling nearly 64,000 pounds of its 100 percent Pure Beef Jumbo Patties, its Family of Fine Foods Gourmet Meatballs and Murry's 100 percent All Beef Patties. The Agriculture Department says those products may contain E. coli bacteria which could make you sick.

When you think of therapy, you probably think of sitting across from a shrink in a stuffy old office. Well think again.

CNN's senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta shows us an unusual session. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ERIK FISHER, PSYCHOLOGIST/AUTHOR: So what about with the kids at school, when you're having difficulties with them, what are you doing?

ALEX GLASS, PATIENT: Nothing, really, just ignoring them.

FISHER: Yes?

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This might look like a father and son just rollerblading in the park at first glance, but it's actually an outdoor therapy session hand crafted for Generation Y.

Thirteen-year-old Alex was a patient of Dr. Erik Fisher, trying to get to the root of some anger issues. Alex's mother knew he had a serious rage issue when he threw a desk in his classroom.

FISHER: So let me ask you this, do you ever feel like you are just a piece of a tree?

GLASS: Sometimes.

FISHER: And do you feel like people are kind of picking the bark off you?

GLASS: Yes.

FISHER: And when they pull the bark off you, how do you feel?

GLASS: Mad.

FISHER: Mad. So what are you going to do when you feel like they're picking the bark off of you?

GLASS: Peel their bark off.

FISHER: Peel their bark off.

GUPTA: Dr. Fisher is one of a growing number of therapists who takes his sessions outdoors, rollerblading, walking and throwing football with his patients. The theory is this, go ahead and allow patients to become distracted by their activities. This allows them to open up about problems they may not have otherwise discussed, and it may even speed up the healing process.

FISHER: So it's a matter for me, it's stepping out of the box, knowing that we often -- people often do therapy from these boxes, and this is the way we were taught. And I just see that there's so much more to life and to therapy and to what we're doing to help people grow that's not in our office and it's not in our books. It's in our souls. And that's what I try to reach is somebody's soul.

GUPTA: For Alex, it seems to be working. He says he's learned a lot of valuable coping skills while simply being outside with Dr. Fisher. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What do you do now when you get angry?

GLASS: Wait until I get home and talk to my mom about it.

GUPTA: Alex's mom says she started seeing results in Alex as soon as they branched out from traditional therapy methods.

SHERI MUSSELMAN, ALEX'S MOTHER: The key is, I don't think Alex felt like he was going to therapy. So there wasn't the stigma of, hey, I've got to go to therapy. There's something wrong with me, because I'm going to a therapist. It wasn't like going to a therapist, you know, so he felt OK with what was going on.

GLASS: Hopefully, you know...

FISHER: How old is he?

GLASS: Six.

FISHER: Really? Wow.

GUPTA: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN reporting.

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MORRIS: News "Across America" this morning.

There is now a state of emergency in Massachusetts prompted by the Red Tide bloom. The governor is seeking federal aid for the shellfish industry. Red Tide is the result of algae that contaminates the shellfish and could be dangerous to humans that eat shellfish.

In Illinois, murder defendant Jerry Hobbs had nothing to say at his arraignment on charges of killing his daughter and her best friend on Mother's Day. A judge entered a not guilty plea for him. Prosecutors accuse Hobbs of stabbing his 8-year-old daughter and her friend after she left home without permission.

Authorities in Michigan are going over the records of 17 Chinese restaurants. The restaurant owners are suspected of avoiding millions of dollars in taxes. Officials also suspect the owners of bringing in undocumented workers from China.

Coming up in the next hour of DAYBREAK, is the case of missing teenager Natalee Holloway hurting tourism in Aruba? We're going to ask the country's Minister of Tourism if they can keep attracting tourists.

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MORRIS: "Entertainment Headlines" for you this morning.

The Old West stampedes into your TV tonight. "Into the West" spans 65 years of U.S. history from 1825 to 1890 and from the point of view of both the Native Americans and the settlers. You'll be able to experience events like the Gold Rush, the Transcontinental Railroad and the Wounded Knee Massacre. The six episode miniseries debuts tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on our sister network TNT.

Here's an economic break for fans of the Backstreet Boys, free tickets for the group's summer tour. Visit AOL City Guide, buy two reserved seats and you get two free lawn or mezzanine seats to the same show, and there's no extra fee, no surcharge. The Backstreet Boys tour begins July 22, and CNN has a connection to AOL, too.

And it's a double play for Mariah Carey. "Belong Together," it topped the Hot 100 Singles Chart for the third consecutive week. And Carey's album, "The Emancipation of Mimi," is back at the top of Billboard 200.

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

After months of tabloid headlines, we finally get to see Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie get together, but it will only be on film. Their movie, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," opens today, so you can finally see what the tabloids were talking about.

CNN entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas sat down with the stars to hear all about it.

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SIBILA VARGAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT (on camera): This is a pretty intense role, I would say.

ANGELINA JOLIE, 'MRS. SMITH': It was, but a lot of fun. You know sometimes they're very intense in an emotional way, they're very cerebral. And this one was -- there was a lot of action.

VARGAS: Pretty intense guy this John Smith.

BRAD PITT, 'MR. SMITH': Not really, is it? I don't think it was so intense.

VARGAS: He's an assassin.

PITT: Yes, but not really. It's the marriage that's difficult in our film.

JOLIE: Satisfied?

PITT: Not for years.

They've been living a lie and the thing has gone flat, like a tire.

You do something new?

JOLIE: I added peas.

PITT: Peas.

And they get an assignment where they're going to have to kill each other. And in that it brings their focus back on each other and they realize why they first got together in the first place.

VARGAS: And there's also a lot of fighting.

PITT: There's some great fighting, some hilarious fights.

VARGAS: (INAUDIBLE) fighting between a man and a woman, yes.

PITT: Between a man and a woman. Just it's wrong, isn't it?

JOLIE: And we had to get to that kind of playful way of building it up and building it up, so I'd smack him in the head and then he'd want to hit me. They said he's like I can't hit her. And you see where she just tried to shoot your head off with a shotgun.

You still alive, baby?

VARGAS: What's it like working with Angelina?

PITT: You know a lot of good bouncing off each other. A lot of bickering.

VARGAS: You guys got along well though.

PITT: I'm usually right and that's how it goes.

VARGAS: Were there any expectations going in that surprised you?

JOLIE: I didn't know how well we'd get on, because we seemed so different. He surprised me a lot, you know. I mean we worked on it for over a year. And just every different thing, how much he would get involved, how much he would, you know, work on, whether it was the sets or the dialogue or the -- he was very -- he works very hard and that's something that I respect very much and was surprised.

VARGAS: There were some nice sexy little dance scenes, too.

JOLIE: There was. I mean we had to get those in. We were more shy doing the dancing than we were at the gun range.

PITT: And I do want to say, too, that me and Vince Vaughn, I know we had a sound (ph) in chemistry.

Let me borrow this.

VINCE VAUGHN, ACTOR: I like where your head is at, man.

PITT: But that was it, we're just friends.

VARGAS: You're just friends.

PITT: We're just friends with great respect for each other.

VARGAS: Wow, because I know that everybody's been talking about it. It's like it's made all the tabloids. I mean, jeez, we talk...

PITT: It's enough already, OK. VARGAS: So you're setting it straight.

PITT: Right here.

VARGAS: All right, a CNN exclusive.

PITT: Exactly.

MEL: Hey, John.

PITT: Hey, Mel.

MEL: Are you all right?

PITT: Yes.

MEL: Have a good night.

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MORRIS: And we'll have more on this movie and its stars coming up in our next hour when we're joined by Tom O'Neil of "InStyle" magazine.

The next hour of DAYBREAK begins right now.

It's Friday, June 10, and a weekend of severe weather lies ahead for many of you. From Midwest twisters to a tropical storm, you could be in for a big one. These are live pictures now from Haulover Beach in Miami. Take a look at this. Tropical Storm Arlene is heading to the Gulf Coast.

And what could a judge's son have to do with the disappearance of that young American woman in Aruba?

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