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Fake Bomb Blows Big Hole in Security Around Britain's Prince Harry; New Search for Clues in Aruba; Mummy Mania

Aired June 16, 2005 - 09:30   ET

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

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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: First the headlines, and back to Carol Costello for those now.
Hey, Carol.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Good morning to all of you. Now in the news, a top Al Qaeda leader has been captured in Iraq. Abu Talha is described as the leader of the terror group in Mosul. A military official says, quote, This is a major defeat for the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq."

People forced to leave their homes in Yuma, Arizona are allowed back today. Officials evacuated the area Wednesday after a Marine Harrier jet crashed into a residential area. The jet, returning from a training mission, was loaded with live ordnance: four 500 pound bombs and several hundred rounds of ammunition. Earlier on AMERICAN MORNING, the young man who shot this videotape talked about what it was like.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BRETT PHILLIPS, VIDEOTAPED CRASH AFTERMATH: We did hear, like, a bunch of explosions, and you know, the first thing that crossed my mind is that it might have been some of those 300 rounds going off or, like, some of the, you know, parts of the plane, like, being burned up, but I was just, you know, like, capturing this on tape, and I just, like, got this adrenaline rush to, like, go film it, because, like, I worked in news, and you know, it's just that journalistic instinct to go up there, and you know, get the breaking news as it's happening.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: And he certainly did that.

The pilot of the jet bailed out safely. No one on the ground was hurt.

A small victory for privacy advocates. The House Wednesday voted to restrict investigators from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and book store slips. Privacy advocates have been pushing for these changes, citing concerns over civil liberties. The administration has said President Bush would veto any attempts to weaken the act.

And runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks looks to be cashing in on her cold feet. A celebrity publisher has bought the rights to the life stories of Wilbanks and her fiance John Mason. She's also pitching the idea of a "Runaway Bride." The deal is reportedly worth $500,000, and the news isn't sitting so well with public officials in Georgia. The Gwinnett County D.A. says he's, quote, "disturbed" that Wilbanks is willing to profit from this case.

O'BRIEN: What did she pay back? remember had to pay back like...

(CROSSTALK)

COSTELLO: Half a million dollars, that would be hard to turn down. She's taking it.

O'BRIEN: Let me think about it -- OK!

Thanks, Carol.

Well, a fake bomb seems to have blown a big hole in the security around Britain's Prince Harry. A tabloid reporter armed way phony bomb sneaked into the military academy where the prince is training.

Walt Rodgers live for us from London this morning.

Walt, good morning to you.

What are we learning about this lapse in security?

WALTER RODGERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that the security around Britain's royals is so big, you could probably drive a truck through it. The latest is Prince Harry, who attends the Sandhurst Military Academy, not that far from London, was very, very vulnerable, as demonstrated by Britain's "Sun" newspaper. The "Sun" newspaper sent an undercover reporter to Sandhurst, disguised as a student researcher. He took a video camera. And the videotape shows that he got so close to Prince Harry, that as the editor of the "Sun" newspaper said, we could have blown the third in line to the British throne, as well as the military academy to, quote, "smithereens."

It's another embarrassment for security around Britain's royals. This is not the first incident, and what makes the Sandhurst incident so alarming, of course, is that the queen herself is expected to go there next week -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: So has there been, Walt, an official response from the government, or from the royals themselves?

RODGERS: Well, the palace has said nothing at this point, but the defense minister here, John Reed, who is responsible for Sandhurst Military Academy, was said to be furious. He issued a statement a short while ago, promising an investigation. And John Reed, the British defense minister, said there will be no excuses, no scapegoats. The question is, will they close these loopholes? As I say, over the past two or three years, there have been egregious lapses in security around the royals and many red faces -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Walt Rodgers for us in London this morning. Walt, thanks -- Bill.

HEMMER: From London back to Aruba now. Three suspects in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway will learn if they can see the evidence against them. The three men who admit being with Holloway on the night she disappeared enter their second week in custody today.

In Palm Beach, Aruba, here's John Zarrella.

What's happening now in this investigation, John?

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill, well, certainly with each passing day, the mystery surrounding what happened to Natalee Holloway deepens here. The search continues with no new signs of Natalee Holloway, nothing to point that she has been found or anything related to her has been found, but from the investigation standpoint, it certainly has focused on the three men in custody.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ZARRELLA (voice-over): Police investigators spent several hours at the home of 17-year-old Joran Van Der Sloot. He is one of the three young men being held in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Investigators taped off portions of the property and searched around and in the house, but have not said what they were looking for. The search came after the three men appeared in court, but was not tied to that proceeding.

At the hearing, the attorney for Depak Kalpoe, one of the two Surinamese brothers being held, asked the court to release documents and evidence.

RUDY OOMEN, DEEPAK KALPOE'S ATTY.: We had a brief hearing here about the withholding of certain documents regarding my client, documents related to the case.

If I knew, I would tell you. I don't know.

(CROSSTALK)

OOMEN: That's what happened.

QUESTION: So what do you say to the security guards who are out, or telling stories about your clients?

OOMEN: I'm not saying anything else. I'm just saying that my client maintains his innocence of any crime.

ZARRELLA: The attorney representing Van Der Sloot, the son of an Aruban judge, asked the court to allow his client's father to visit him. A decision on that request is also expected today.

Van Der Sloot, Depak Kalpoe and his brother, Satish, are believed to be the last three people with Natalee Holloway on the night she disappeared. The brothers initially told police all three of them went to the lighthouse with Holloway, and Van Der Sloot was kissing her in the car. (END VIDEOTAPE)

ZARRELLA: Now, what we believe is that the judge will rule from the bench on the two motions. It is not likely that any of the three will be back in court today for that judge's ruling -- Bill.

HEMMER: And to date, no charges, right, John?

ZARRELLA: Right, Bill. No charges have been filed, but the three will have to be back in court, we believe by the weekend. They were initially held for eight days. If prosecutors want to hold them longer for continued question, they'll have to go back to the judge, we believe, by the weekend, to present more evidence why the three should be held -- Bill.

HEMMER: John Zarrella, Palm Beach, Aruba. Thanks -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Nearly three months after Terri Schiavo's death, autopsy results show that she suffered massive and irreversible damage. The report concluded Schiavo died on March 31st of marked dehydration, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. The autopsy also found evidence that Schiavo was blind, but found no signs of abuse or trauma. Medical examiner said she would not have recovered from her persistent vegetative state.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DR. JON THOGMARTIN, MEDICAL EXAMINER: He brain was profoundly atrophied. The brain weighed 615 grams, roughly half of the expected weight of a human brain. This was due to diffused hypoxic ischemic damage. There was massive neuronal loss or death. This damage was irreversible. And no amount of therapy or treatment would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'BRIEN: Terri Schiavo's parents are disputing the results. They say their daughter interacted with them and tried to speak with them.

(WEATHER REPORT)

O'BRIEN: Still to come this morning, personal information stolen from federal employees. And then bank accounts opened in their names. We're "Minding Your Business" with more on that this morning.

HEMMER: Also, a '70s flashback. King Tut is back, a new museum exhibit. The first of its kind in more than 20 years. A Tut expert takes us inside.

Back in a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

O'BRIEN: Mummy mania is making a comeback. 26 years after his coming out party in America, King Tut returns to the U.S. The exhibit, "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," will be shown in four cities, starting in Los Angeles.

Archaeologist Zahi Hawass is the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Dr. Hawass has also written a companion book to the exhibit. It's called "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." And he's with us from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where the exhibit's going to open to the public, really in just at few hours.

It's nice to see you, doctor. Thank you very much for talking with us.

ZAHI HAWASS, SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES: Thank you.

O'BRIEN: I remember this exhibit so well from back in the '70s. What will folks who come to this exhibit today get a chance to see? How many artifacts?

HAWASS: We have 131 artifacts, about 50 from the tomb of King Tut. About 12 pieces came here before, 26 years ago. And as a matter of fact, this time we can really learn about -- a lot about the magic, the mystery of Tutankhamen.

O'BRIEN: Can you walk me through some of that magic and the majesty of Tutankhamen? I'll name some of the things -- some of the items that I think are pretty fascinating in this exhibit and then maybe you can tell us about them while we look at pictures. There's something called the viscera. 18 inches tall, and I'm told at one point it held King Tut's liver? Is that right?

HAWASS: Yes. That is the signature of the exhibit. It is a small coffinette and it's really, maybe -- it's very pretty tribal piece of art. If you look at the face, with the gold. It's made of gold crystal, obsedian (ph), many other stones. You look at the royal headdress, the flial (ph) and the crock, symbol of kingship. And if look at his name, you'll find out that this beautiful coffin, it was made for a lady. Her name is Nefer Neferru Atan (ph). We believe she could be Nefertiti. They took out the name out and they put the throne name of Tutankhamen, which is Nebkheperura.

As a matter of fact, it's a masterpiece. I believe in a couple of hours from now, people will come to this exhibit and look at each piece, especially this piece. It will capture the hearts of everyone. Because myself, as an archaeologist, who saw this piece hundreds of times, when I look at it, I could see something different all the time.

O'BRIEN: It looks amazing from the vantage point that I have, you know, on videotape. I've got to tell you. Let's talk a little about the headdress. And you mentioned this. And the dagger. What do those things symbolize? That's also on display.

HAWASS: You know, the dagger actually was given to King Tut or Tutankhamen as a gift, and, therefore, he took it and he put it in his mummy to defend himself in the afterlife. Because before he become a god, he has to kill wild creatures in that journey, and that journey is explained in the Book of the Dead. The diadem, which was in head -- you know -- when I took the mummy of Tutankhamen out and I looked at the face of Tutankhamen, his face was, had really -- magic. And therefore I couldn't imagine the golden mask was on the chest and that crown, which is (INAUDIBLE), having the copra (ph) to protect him also in his travel to the afterlife.

There was inside the body of King Tut and outside over 104 beautiful pieces. Look at the dagger and how they carve it, the hand and the animals on it. It's -- you know, people doesn't know this. They should really know when they go to this exhibit to stand in front of this dagger for few minutes, to witness the beauty of art of that period. Art in that period was not for the sake of art. Art was for the sake of religion. And that mummy room contain this beautiful artifact that once was above the mummy.

O'BRIEN: Were you concerned, having been in the tomb, about the curse ever the pharaohs? Did you feel that there was a personal -- you laugh, but, you know, I mean, a lot of people believe that.

HAWASS: I will tell you, when I entered the Valley of the Kings at 5:00 and I gave an interview to the TV -- (INAUDIBLE) TV, one minute later, a big storm and a kind of heavy raining and people start saying, the curse, the curse! When I entered inside the tomb and I took the mummy out and I put it outside, inside the city scan machine, the machine was stopped for one hour.

And I will tell you, people talked about the curse. Even the newspaper said that this is the curse of Tutankhamen. Again, it's exactly how it was. But yesterday I had an accident in the morning, when I'm getting out of my bed. And I hear the news -- I hear that is some earthquakes happens in L.A. I was so afraid that this could be actually something is going on about the curse.

But I will tell you, frankly, there is no curse. If you open a room for 3,000 years and you put the mummy inside this room, the mummy will make germs that you can't see. If you enter that room quickly, the germs can hit you. And that's why I always advise my assistants, when I do excavations -- when I discover a tomb, I open it for a couple of hours, until the bad air will get out and the fresh air will go in. And I never shave, because when you shave during excavation, the germs can hit you quickly.

The curse of the pharaoh, you know, in the tomb of King Tut, all this happens because they "London Times" mistranslated a text. They said, this was normal text to protect the tomb. They said, who will enter my tomb? He will be killed. They meant all bad, wrong translation to create the word curse.

O'BRIEN: No curse, meaning that all the folks who are going to come by to check out this exhibit are perfectly safe. Doctor Zahi Hawass is the secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. It's nice to see you, and again, the companion book is called "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." And we want remind you, as well, "King Tut's Final Secrets" airs Monday on the National Geographic Channel. It's sure to be pretty amazing -- Bill. HEMMER: Great stuff, too. Thanks, Soledad.

Daryn Kagan is coming up next. What you working on there at the CNN Center, Daryn? What's happening?

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Oh, we got a lot for you, Bill.

At the top of the hour, protecting your name, your privacy, your life savings. What can be done to stop identity theft? Lawmakers are taking on the problem this morning. We're going to look at some possible solutions.

Also, take a look at this park ranger. Where is he? He's being called a hero. He saved this woman. She had been kidnapped at knife point. I'll talk with the ranger about the rescue, when CNN LIVE TODAY -- just an average day at the office, for that ranger, you know.

HEMMER: That's right. See you in ten minutes. Bye-bye.

KAGAN: OK.

HEMMER: In a moment, a massive security breach hits the federal government now. We're "Minding Your Business" on that story. That's next after a break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

O'BRIEN: Welcome back, everybody. Another security breach to tell you about. This time it's federal government employees that are affected.

With that story, plus a check of Wall Street this morning, Gerri Willis in for Andy Serwer. She's "Minding Your Business." Good morning.

GERRI WILLIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Soledad. This is another story of identity theft this time. In some cases we talk about security simply being breached, but in this case, with the FDIC, some of these identities have been used fraudulently. We're talking about 6,000 current and former employees of the FDIC, somewhat of an obscure government agency, that's involved in the financial institutions; 6,000 employees accounts, access to names, Social Security number, salary information, birth dates. This is a long list of things that the bad guys got. It happened early last year. More questions than answers here. Initial reporting from "The Washington Post." We're not sure why people weren't informed earlier of this breach.

O'BRIEN: Sounds like they got everything you need to open up an account?

WILLIS: Open up an account, take out a mortgage, you name it. They're telling these employees that they really need to be watching they're credit histories for a year, 24 months.

O'BRIEN: Or more, maybe.

What about the market? I mean, it's early yet, but how's it doing?

WILLIS: Not looking so great here. Down 15...

O'BRIEN: Hey!

(CROSSTALK)

WILLIS: I know we had seen that futures were up. Yes, the story turned around on us. The markets are mixed basically. The Nasdaq is up. The Dow is down, as you can see here, about 16 points. You know, we had some mixed numbers in housing starts, and that's an important prop to the economy. It will be Interesting to see how people interpret those numbers. Housing starts and permits going forward.

O'BRIEN: Gerri, thanks a lot -- Bill.

HEMMER: Ever dream of winning the lottery. The dream came true last month for Brad Duke, a faithful Powerball player, lives in Boise, Idaho. I asked if he had played the winning numbers before this time.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BRAD DUKE, POWERBALL WINNER: Oh, yes. Yes, I've played those off and on for a few years.

HEMMER: What do they mean to you? I had a system. I put together a system I thought would better my odds. And, actually, had screwed up on the system and picked two lines almost exactly the same and ended up winning on both of them. So I won the big -- the jackpot and another $5,000 on the very next line with those numbers.

HEMMER: Boy, that's some system, isn't it? We should all be so lucky. I hear you want to meet Metallica?

DUKE: Yes.

HEMMER: You're a fan?

DUKE: Yes.

HEMMER: I guess you could pay -- he could buy the band at this point, couldn't you?

DUKE: I don't know.

HEMMER: Or buy all their music.

DUKE: I'll check into it.

HEMMER: You apparently during your high school -- high school senior year, right? You grew up in Idaho. Which town?

DUKE: Salmon.

HEMMER: In Salmon, Idaho. And you wrote in yearbook that you wanted to be a millionaire by the age of... DUKE: By the time I retired.

HEMMER: And how old are you?

DUKE: 33.

HEMMER: You beat it by a few years, didn't you?

DUKE: Yes.

HEMMER: Tell me how you're going to use the money, Brad?

DUKE: Well, the first thing that I always thought that I would do and am doing is taking care of my family. And so that took -- that was part of that two-week time frame, too, was getting all the trusts in place and figuring all the details out for my family.

HEMMER: How big is your family?

DUKE: I come from a family -- total of six and, of course, I want to take care of their families, as well.

HEMMER: You got a lot of friends?

DUKE: I do have a lot of friends. I suppose I'm going to have much more.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: I bet he will. Eighty million bucks will be wired into Brad's account, starting today.

Tomorrow, new father Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the controversy over cameras in the delivery room. More and more hospitals today are saying no to that idea. Sanjay looks at the reasons why, his special series "Just for Dad" continue tomorrow.

Back in a moment after a break.

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Aired June 16, 2005 - 09:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: First the headlines, and back to Carol Costello for those now.
Hey, Carol.

CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning. Good morning to all of you. Now in the news, a top Al Qaeda leader has been captured in Iraq. Abu Talha is described as the leader of the terror group in Mosul. A military official says, quote, This is a major defeat for the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq."

People forced to leave their homes in Yuma, Arizona are allowed back today. Officials evacuated the area Wednesday after a Marine Harrier jet crashed into a residential area. The jet, returning from a training mission, was loaded with live ordnance: four 500 pound bombs and several hundred rounds of ammunition. Earlier on AMERICAN MORNING, the young man who shot this videotape talked about what it was like.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BRETT PHILLIPS, VIDEOTAPED CRASH AFTERMATH: We did hear, like, a bunch of explosions, and you know, the first thing that crossed my mind is that it might have been some of those 300 rounds going off or, like, some of the, you know, parts of the plane, like, being burned up, but I was just, you know, like, capturing this on tape, and I just, like, got this adrenaline rush to, like, go film it, because, like, I worked in news, and you know, it's just that journalistic instinct to go up there, and you know, get the breaking news as it's happening.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

COSTELLO: And he certainly did that.

The pilot of the jet bailed out safely. No one on the ground was hurt.

A small victory for privacy advocates. The House Wednesday voted to restrict investigators from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and book store slips. Privacy advocates have been pushing for these changes, citing concerns over civil liberties. The administration has said President Bush would veto any attempts to weaken the act.

And runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks looks to be cashing in on her cold feet. A celebrity publisher has bought the rights to the life stories of Wilbanks and her fiance John Mason. She's also pitching the idea of a "Runaway Bride." The deal is reportedly worth $500,000, and the news isn't sitting so well with public officials in Georgia. The Gwinnett County D.A. says he's, quote, "disturbed" that Wilbanks is willing to profit from this case.

O'BRIEN: What did she pay back? remember had to pay back like...

(CROSSTALK)

COSTELLO: Half a million dollars, that would be hard to turn down. She's taking it.

O'BRIEN: Let me think about it -- OK!

Thanks, Carol.

Well, a fake bomb seems to have blown a big hole in the security around Britain's Prince Harry. A tabloid reporter armed way phony bomb sneaked into the military academy where the prince is training.

Walt Rodgers live for us from London this morning.

Walt, good morning to you.

What are we learning about this lapse in security?

WALTER RODGERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that the security around Britain's royals is so big, you could probably drive a truck through it. The latest is Prince Harry, who attends the Sandhurst Military Academy, not that far from London, was very, very vulnerable, as demonstrated by Britain's "Sun" newspaper. The "Sun" newspaper sent an undercover reporter to Sandhurst, disguised as a student researcher. He took a video camera. And the videotape shows that he got so close to Prince Harry, that as the editor of the "Sun" newspaper said, we could have blown the third in line to the British throne, as well as the military academy to, quote, "smithereens."

It's another embarrassment for security around Britain's royals. This is not the first incident, and what makes the Sandhurst incident so alarming, of course, is that the queen herself is expected to go there next week -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: So has there been, Walt, an official response from the government, or from the royals themselves?

RODGERS: Well, the palace has said nothing at this point, but the defense minister here, John Reed, who is responsible for Sandhurst Military Academy, was said to be furious. He issued a statement a short while ago, promising an investigation. And John Reed, the British defense minister, said there will be no excuses, no scapegoats. The question is, will they close these loopholes? As I say, over the past two or three years, there have been egregious lapses in security around the royals and many red faces -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Walt Rodgers for us in London this morning. Walt, thanks -- Bill.

HEMMER: From London back to Aruba now. Three suspects in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway will learn if they can see the evidence against them. The three men who admit being with Holloway on the night she disappeared enter their second week in custody today.

In Palm Beach, Aruba, here's John Zarrella.

What's happening now in this investigation, John?

JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill, well, certainly with each passing day, the mystery surrounding what happened to Natalee Holloway deepens here. The search continues with no new signs of Natalee Holloway, nothing to point that she has been found or anything related to her has been found, but from the investigation standpoint, it certainly has focused on the three men in custody.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ZARRELLA (voice-over): Police investigators spent several hours at the home of 17-year-old Joran Van Der Sloot. He is one of the three young men being held in connection with the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Investigators taped off portions of the property and searched around and in the house, but have not said what they were looking for. The search came after the three men appeared in court, but was not tied to that proceeding.

At the hearing, the attorney for Depak Kalpoe, one of the two Surinamese brothers being held, asked the court to release documents and evidence.

RUDY OOMEN, DEEPAK KALPOE'S ATTY.: We had a brief hearing here about the withholding of certain documents regarding my client, documents related to the case.

If I knew, I would tell you. I don't know.

(CROSSTALK)

OOMEN: That's what happened.

QUESTION: So what do you say to the security guards who are out, or telling stories about your clients?

OOMEN: I'm not saying anything else. I'm just saying that my client maintains his innocence of any crime.

ZARRELLA: The attorney representing Van Der Sloot, the son of an Aruban judge, asked the court to allow his client's father to visit him. A decision on that request is also expected today.

Van Der Sloot, Depak Kalpoe and his brother, Satish, are believed to be the last three people with Natalee Holloway on the night she disappeared. The brothers initially told police all three of them went to the lighthouse with Holloway, and Van Der Sloot was kissing her in the car. (END VIDEOTAPE)

ZARRELLA: Now, what we believe is that the judge will rule from the bench on the two motions. It is not likely that any of the three will be back in court today for that judge's ruling -- Bill.

HEMMER: And to date, no charges, right, John?

ZARRELLA: Right, Bill. No charges have been filed, but the three will have to be back in court, we believe by the weekend. They were initially held for eight days. If prosecutors want to hold them longer for continued question, they'll have to go back to the judge, we believe, by the weekend, to present more evidence why the three should be held -- Bill.

HEMMER: John Zarrella, Palm Beach, Aruba. Thanks -- Soledad.

O'BRIEN: Nearly three months after Terri Schiavo's death, autopsy results show that she suffered massive and irreversible damage. The report concluded Schiavo died on March 31st of marked dehydration, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. The autopsy also found evidence that Schiavo was blind, but found no signs of abuse or trauma. Medical examiner said she would not have recovered from her persistent vegetative state.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DR. JON THOGMARTIN, MEDICAL EXAMINER: He brain was profoundly atrophied. The brain weighed 615 grams, roughly half of the expected weight of a human brain. This was due to diffused hypoxic ischemic damage. There was massive neuronal loss or death. This damage was irreversible. And no amount of therapy or treatment would have regenerated the massive loss of neurons.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'BRIEN: Terri Schiavo's parents are disputing the results. They say their daughter interacted with them and tried to speak with them.

(WEATHER REPORT)

O'BRIEN: Still to come this morning, personal information stolen from federal employees. And then bank accounts opened in their names. We're "Minding Your Business" with more on that this morning.

HEMMER: Also, a '70s flashback. King Tut is back, a new museum exhibit. The first of its kind in more than 20 years. A Tut expert takes us inside.

Back in a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

O'BRIEN: Mummy mania is making a comeback. 26 years after his coming out party in America, King Tut returns to the U.S. The exhibit, "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," will be shown in four cities, starting in Los Angeles.

Archaeologist Zahi Hawass is the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Dr. Hawass has also written a companion book to the exhibit. It's called "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." And he's with us from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where the exhibit's going to open to the public, really in just at few hours.

It's nice to see you, doctor. Thank you very much for talking with us.

ZAHI HAWASS, SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES: Thank you.

O'BRIEN: I remember this exhibit so well from back in the '70s. What will folks who come to this exhibit today get a chance to see? How many artifacts?

HAWASS: We have 131 artifacts, about 50 from the tomb of King Tut. About 12 pieces came here before, 26 years ago. And as a matter of fact, this time we can really learn about -- a lot about the magic, the mystery of Tutankhamen.

O'BRIEN: Can you walk me through some of that magic and the majesty of Tutankhamen? I'll name some of the things -- some of the items that I think are pretty fascinating in this exhibit and then maybe you can tell us about them while we look at pictures. There's something called the viscera. 18 inches tall, and I'm told at one point it held King Tut's liver? Is that right?

HAWASS: Yes. That is the signature of the exhibit. It is a small coffinette and it's really, maybe -- it's very pretty tribal piece of art. If you look at the face, with the gold. It's made of gold crystal, obsedian (ph), many other stones. You look at the royal headdress, the flial (ph) and the crock, symbol of kingship. And if look at his name, you'll find out that this beautiful coffin, it was made for a lady. Her name is Nefer Neferru Atan (ph). We believe she could be Nefertiti. They took out the name out and they put the throne name of Tutankhamen, which is Nebkheperura.

As a matter of fact, it's a masterpiece. I believe in a couple of hours from now, people will come to this exhibit and look at each piece, especially this piece. It will capture the hearts of everyone. Because myself, as an archaeologist, who saw this piece hundreds of times, when I look at it, I could see something different all the time.

O'BRIEN: It looks amazing from the vantage point that I have, you know, on videotape. I've got to tell you. Let's talk a little about the headdress. And you mentioned this. And the dagger. What do those things symbolize? That's also on display.

HAWASS: You know, the dagger actually was given to King Tut or Tutankhamen as a gift, and, therefore, he took it and he put it in his mummy to defend himself in the afterlife. Because before he become a god, he has to kill wild creatures in that journey, and that journey is explained in the Book of the Dead. The diadem, which was in head -- you know -- when I took the mummy of Tutankhamen out and I looked at the face of Tutankhamen, his face was, had really -- magic. And therefore I couldn't imagine the golden mask was on the chest and that crown, which is (INAUDIBLE), having the copra (ph) to protect him also in his travel to the afterlife.

There was inside the body of King Tut and outside over 104 beautiful pieces. Look at the dagger and how they carve it, the hand and the animals on it. It's -- you know, people doesn't know this. They should really know when they go to this exhibit to stand in front of this dagger for few minutes, to witness the beauty of art of that period. Art in that period was not for the sake of art. Art was for the sake of religion. And that mummy room contain this beautiful artifact that once was above the mummy.

O'BRIEN: Were you concerned, having been in the tomb, about the curse ever the pharaohs? Did you feel that there was a personal -- you laugh, but, you know, I mean, a lot of people believe that.

HAWASS: I will tell you, when I entered the Valley of the Kings at 5:00 and I gave an interview to the TV -- (INAUDIBLE) TV, one minute later, a big storm and a kind of heavy raining and people start saying, the curse, the curse! When I entered inside the tomb and I took the mummy out and I put it outside, inside the city scan machine, the machine was stopped for one hour.

And I will tell you, people talked about the curse. Even the newspaper said that this is the curse of Tutankhamen. Again, it's exactly how it was. But yesterday I had an accident in the morning, when I'm getting out of my bed. And I hear the news -- I hear that is some earthquakes happens in L.A. I was so afraid that this could be actually something is going on about the curse.

But I will tell you, frankly, there is no curse. If you open a room for 3,000 years and you put the mummy inside this room, the mummy will make germs that you can't see. If you enter that room quickly, the germs can hit you. And that's why I always advise my assistants, when I do excavations -- when I discover a tomb, I open it for a couple of hours, until the bad air will get out and the fresh air will go in. And I never shave, because when you shave during excavation, the germs can hit you quickly.

The curse of the pharaoh, you know, in the tomb of King Tut, all this happens because they "London Times" mistranslated a text. They said, this was normal text to protect the tomb. They said, who will enter my tomb? He will be killed. They meant all bad, wrong translation to create the word curse.

O'BRIEN: No curse, meaning that all the folks who are going to come by to check out this exhibit are perfectly safe. Doctor Zahi Hawass is the secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. It's nice to see you, and again, the companion book is called "Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." And we want remind you, as well, "King Tut's Final Secrets" airs Monday on the National Geographic Channel. It's sure to be pretty amazing -- Bill. HEMMER: Great stuff, too. Thanks, Soledad.

Daryn Kagan is coming up next. What you working on there at the CNN Center, Daryn? What's happening?

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Oh, we got a lot for you, Bill.

At the top of the hour, protecting your name, your privacy, your life savings. What can be done to stop identity theft? Lawmakers are taking on the problem this morning. We're going to look at some possible solutions.

Also, take a look at this park ranger. Where is he? He's being called a hero. He saved this woman. She had been kidnapped at knife point. I'll talk with the ranger about the rescue, when CNN LIVE TODAY -- just an average day at the office, for that ranger, you know.

HEMMER: That's right. See you in ten minutes. Bye-bye.

KAGAN: OK.

HEMMER: In a moment, a massive security breach hits the federal government now. We're "Minding Your Business" on that story. That's next after a break.

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O'BRIEN: Welcome back, everybody. Another security breach to tell you about. This time it's federal government employees that are affected.

With that story, plus a check of Wall Street this morning, Gerri Willis in for Andy Serwer. She's "Minding Your Business." Good morning.

GERRI WILLIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Soledad. This is another story of identity theft this time. In some cases we talk about security simply being breached, but in this case, with the FDIC, some of these identities have been used fraudulently. We're talking about 6,000 current and former employees of the FDIC, somewhat of an obscure government agency, that's involved in the financial institutions; 6,000 employees accounts, access to names, Social Security number, salary information, birth dates. This is a long list of things that the bad guys got. It happened early last year. More questions than answers here. Initial reporting from "The Washington Post." We're not sure why people weren't informed earlier of this breach.

O'BRIEN: Sounds like they got everything you need to open up an account?

WILLIS: Open up an account, take out a mortgage, you name it. They're telling these employees that they really need to be watching they're credit histories for a year, 24 months.

O'BRIEN: Or more, maybe.

What about the market? I mean, it's early yet, but how's it doing?

WILLIS: Not looking so great here. Down 15...

O'BRIEN: Hey!

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WILLIS: I know we had seen that futures were up. Yes, the story turned around on us. The markets are mixed basically. The Nasdaq is up. The Dow is down, as you can see here, about 16 points. You know, we had some mixed numbers in housing starts, and that's an important prop to the economy. It will be Interesting to see how people interpret those numbers. Housing starts and permits going forward.

O'BRIEN: Gerri, thanks a lot -- Bill.

HEMMER: Ever dream of winning the lottery. The dream came true last month for Brad Duke, a faithful Powerball player, lives in Boise, Idaho. I asked if he had played the winning numbers before this time.

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BRAD DUKE, POWERBALL WINNER: Oh, yes. Yes, I've played those off and on for a few years.

HEMMER: What do they mean to you? I had a system. I put together a system I thought would better my odds. And, actually, had screwed up on the system and picked two lines almost exactly the same and ended up winning on both of them. So I won the big -- the jackpot and another $5,000 on the very next line with those numbers.

HEMMER: Boy, that's some system, isn't it? We should all be so lucky. I hear you want to meet Metallica?

DUKE: Yes.

HEMMER: You're a fan?

DUKE: Yes.

HEMMER: I guess you could pay -- he could buy the band at this point, couldn't you?

DUKE: I don't know.

HEMMER: Or buy all their music.

DUKE: I'll check into it.

HEMMER: You apparently during your high school -- high school senior year, right? You grew up in Idaho. Which town?

DUKE: Salmon.

HEMMER: In Salmon, Idaho. And you wrote in yearbook that you wanted to be a millionaire by the age of... DUKE: By the time I retired.

HEMMER: And how old are you?

DUKE: 33.

HEMMER: You beat it by a few years, didn't you?

DUKE: Yes.

HEMMER: Tell me how you're going to use the money, Brad?

DUKE: Well, the first thing that I always thought that I would do and am doing is taking care of my family. And so that took -- that was part of that two-week time frame, too, was getting all the trusts in place and figuring all the details out for my family.

HEMMER: How big is your family?

DUKE: I come from a family -- total of six and, of course, I want to take care of their families, as well.

HEMMER: You got a lot of friends?

DUKE: I do have a lot of friends. I suppose I'm going to have much more.

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HEMMER: I bet he will. Eighty million bucks will be wired into Brad's account, starting today.

Tomorrow, new father Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the controversy over cameras in the delivery room. More and more hospitals today are saying no to that idea. Sanjay looks at the reasons why, his special series "Just for Dad" continue tomorrow.

Back in a moment after a break.

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