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Stunning Attack in Baghdad; One of Most Consistent Pro-Military Voices in Congress Calling for U.S. Troops in Iraq to Come Home
Aired November 18, 2005 - 08:00 ET
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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A stunning attack in Baghdad this morning. Cameras capturing a suicide bombing in a hotel. Also, attacks at a mosque. More than 60 are reported killed just this day. We'll have a live report ahead.
One of the most consistent pro-military voices in Congress calling for U.S. troops in Iraq to come home now, blindsiding Republicans. And they're firing back, and hard.
And a wild scene outside the Asian summit, where President Bush is meeting other world leaders. Will the protests overshadow diplomacy once again?
All that ahead on this AMERICAN MORNING.
ANNOUNCER: From the CNN broadcast center in New York, this is AMERICAN MORNING with Soledad O'Brien and Miles O'Brien.
M. O'BRIEN: A crystal clear, VFR day here in New York City -- visual flight rules, as they call it.
The president of the United States didn't have a response to Congressman Jack Murtha, a leading Democrat, Appropriations Committee, senior guy, veteran of a couple of wars, very respected by the military, saying time to pull the troops out of Iraq now. The president deferred any questions. But the administration and other Republicans, and even some Democrats, are firing back. This debate is just getting bigger and bigger.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, no question about that.
And certainly, you know, you have a lot of emotion on both sides and politics on both sides.
M. O'BRIEN: And meanwhile the bloodshed continues.
We'll start out with that.
Developing news out of Iraq as we speak. A very bloody day all across the country.
Senior international correspondent Nic Robertson live in Baghdad -- Nic, give us the latest.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Miles, the first of the attacks targeting a hotel in Baghdad where Western journalists, Western workers were living, the Al Hamra Hotel, just after 8:00. A white van driven by a suicide bomber approaches a security barrier outside the hotel, detonated his explosives. Then a second vehicle tries to drive through that hole in the perimeter, hole in the security perimeter, doesn't get through, detonates his explosives.
Six people were killed. Two of them were children. One of them a woman. Forty people were wounded, according to police. The bombers didn't get close to the hotel, but did blow the windows out and did damage some of the buildings around it.
This bombing is very similar to a bombing three weeks ago targeting another hotel used by Western journalists.
And about noon time today, just as prayers were getting underway -- this is the holy day in Iraq, very busy prayers in a town about 85 miles northeast of Baghdad. Two suicide bombers attacked two mosques there.
We've been told by the mayor of that town, Khanaqin, that about 70 people may have died. The numbers are still changing. The U.S. military says 55. The Iraqi police say 65. But the mayor tells us that many children were killed. A lot of fathers taking their sons to the mosques for the noon prayers -- Miles.
M. O'BRIEN: Nic Robertson in Baghdad.
Thank you very much.
The violence in Iraq has become topic one in Washington. The latest comments come from a hawkish Democrat, Pennsylvania's John Murtha calling for a pullout of U.S. troops now.
Congressional correspondent Ed Henry live on Capitol Hill -- Ed, what's the general reaction in Congress to Murtha's comments?
ED HENRY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Democrats are steering clear for now. They don't want to get pinned down on whether or not there should be an immediate troop withdrawal. Republicans firing away, saying basically John Murtha wants to cut and run.
Murtha, though, is a military man, who insists he's driven by a moral obligation to speak out on behalf of the troops, who he says have done their job and now need to get the bulls eye's off their backs.
(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)
HENRY (voice-over): A dramatic declaration from John Murtha, one of the most highly respected lawmakers on defense issues. The Democrat is calling for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
REP. JOHN MURTHA, (D-PA), ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE: It's time to bring them home. They've done everything they can do. The military has done everything they can do. This was has been so mishandled, from the very start. Not only was the intelligence bad, the way they disbanded the troops, there's all kinds of mistakes that have been made.
HENRY: Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert fired back that Murtha, who voted for the war, is now waving "the white flag of surrender to the terrorists of the world."
Tough talk following the vice president's line of attack.
DICK CHENEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: What we're hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war.
HENRY: Asked about the jabs from the vice president, as well as President Bush, Murtha's response was direct and personal.
MURTHA: I like guys who have never been to criticize us who have been there. I like that. I like guys who got five deferments and have never been there and sent people to war and then don't like to hear suggestions about what needs to be done.
HENRY: Senior Republicans expressed respect for Murtha, but said he's wrong.
REP. DUNCAN HUNTER (R-CF), ARMED SERVICES CHAIRMAN: The Democrats, who have undertaken this initiative, have made a mistake. I think they've underestimated the toughness of the American people and the understanding that if we don't change the world, the world is going to change us.
(END VIDEO TAPE)
HENRY: Now, basically, yesterday House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi had privately suggested to her own colleagues that should would endorse his plan. Yesterday afternoon, she actually did not do that, a sign Democratic leaders steering clear of this for now. They're nervous of going this far.
So while John Murtha is a strong voice, he's a lonely voice, at least for now -- Miles.
M. O'BRIEN: It's interesting, Ed, that he hasn't gotten a little more support on his side of the aisle. We'll watch that as that develops. Let's talk a little bit about the reality here, though. John Murtha says pull out the troops. He and Congress in general doesn't have the authority to do that necessarily.
HENRY: That's right. They do have the power over the purse. Lawmakers, if, eventually, the war gets to a point where Congress felt they could actually cut off the funding for the war, that would be a power, in theory, they have. But in practice, as you know, highly, highly unlikely that Congress would do that. It would be seen, obviously, as pulling the rug out from under the troops.
So all they really have to lever is a resolution like Murtha has introduced to try to force a change in policy by the president. As you can tell, though, the White House is not about to change the stay the course policy for now -- Miles. M. O'BRIEN: Ed Henry on the Hill.
Thanks very much -- Soledad.
S. O'BRIEN: Well, the sudden call for a pullout was heard loud and clear by the president in South Korea. The White House quickly put out a critical statement of Congressman Murtha.
White House correspondent Dana Bash is traveling with the president.
She's in Busan in South Korea today -- Dana, good morning to you.
What exactly did the White House have to say?
DANA BASH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning.
Well, the White House, as you said, did put out a statement rather quickly and a rather scathing statement from the White House press secretary, trying to contain any kind of influence that John Murtha might have, not only on Democrats, but, even more importantly to the White House, on Republicans who may be skittish about the war and independents, as well.
What they're -- what they try to do is link John Murtha to Michael Moore. Obviously, Michael Moore somebody that they say is in the extreme left-wing of the party, saying that they essentially now have the same position.
Now, earlier today, the national security adviser for the president, Stephen Hadley, was not quite that scathing, but he did make clear that he believes that John Murtha's position would hurt American security.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
STEPHEN HADLEY, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: We think it's the wrong position. We do not see how an immediate pullout contributes to winning the war on terror or bringing stability to Iraq, how it makes America, the United States, more secure.
It doesn't seem to achieve any of the objectives that we have. So we simply believe that the congressman is wrong on this issue.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BASH: Meanwhile, the White House, the president is still trying to go about his business as much as he can, business of the APEC summit. A host of issues that he is talking to leaders about, from trade to how to contain and prepare for the bird flu, especially in this region, in Asia.
Also, on the sidelines of the summit, Mr. Bush met with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, somebody who used to be, or still is, I guess, personally close with, but certainly has had many policy differences with Iran and their nuclear program. How to deal with that topped the list of those differences. The two men, according to U.S. officials, did talk about that, the president urging Vladimir Putin to come up with, perhaps, another compromise to deal with Iran because the Russians do not want to take that issue to the U.N. Security Council, which is something that the White House definitely wants to do -- Soledad.
S. O'BRIEN: Dana Bash is traveling with the president in Busan in South Korea.
Dana, thank you for the update.
Other stories making news.
Kelly has a look at that -- good morning, again.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, again.
And hello, everyone.
We begin with this situation, the U.S. military recalling more than 18,000 protective vests. The military saying the armored vests failed to meet ballistic specifications. This is the second recall in about six months, but military officials say no Marines or soldiers were at risk.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the deaths of 12 children taking the anti-flu drug Tamiflu. All the deaths took place in Japan. An FDA advisory panel is meeting today to review the reports. The group wants to see if there are genetic causes for the deaths or if the prescriptions were altered in some way.
There have been no reports of deaths in the United States associated with Tamiflu.
And here in the United States, again, the Senate passing another big tax cut bill. Lawmakers approved a $60 billion tax cut measure. The vote was 64-33. The legislation also includes almost $7 billion in tax breaks to help rebuild areas devastated by this year's hurricanes. The House considers its version of the plan today.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer considered America's top giver. According to an annual ranking of top U.S. philanthropists, Gates and his wife Melinda have been unseated by another technology great, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore. Moore, along with his wife Betty, have apparently given or pledged $7 billion between 2001 and 2005. The Gates have given more, at $28 billion. But the Moores have given a higher percentage of their net worth.
And we're following the top story on cnn.com. Take a look at this. A bargain price for an 18th century diamond necklace. Well, we're sort of joking about that, because it sold for just over $1.5 million. But that was below what the auction house, Sotheby's, thought it would get. The necklace is believed to have been made for the Russian empress, Catherine The Great. It holds 27 large cushion- shaped diamonds. And you can log onto cnn.com if you want more details -- Soledad, maybe your husband is on there for your holiday gift.
S. O'BRIEN: I'm pretty sure I don't need that.
Yes, I'm pretty sure he's not, actually.
M. O'BRIEN: It's just a little bauble.
WALLACE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
S. O'BRIEN: Yes, that wasn't us. We weren't in on that.
M. O'BRIEN: Think of it as an investment.
S. O'BRIEN: Exactly.
M. O'BRIEN: Brad, are you listening?
S. O'BRIEN: Miles? I'm sure Sandy would love that.
WALLACE: Right. Yes.
M. O'BRIEN: No problem.
S. O'BRIEN: Yes.
Speaking of giving...
WALLACE: Yes, right.
S. O'BRIEN: ... next week is the Week Of Giving here on AMERICAN MORNING. But we are focused on a serious purpose. If you were affected by the season's hurricanes and if you want to thank somebody who helped you, please send us your story. You can to go to cnn.com/am. We're going to post some of your responses on our Web site and some folks will be selected to share their stories right here with us on AMERICAN MORNING.
We're looking forward to that.
That begins next week.
First, though, a look at the weather this morning.
Jacqui Jeras at the CNN Center -- what are you looking at Jacqui?
Good morning.
JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning.
(WEATHER REPORT)
S. O'BRIEN: And how about overall for the weather outlook, Jacqui?
Anything unusual there? JERAS: Well, we just got a report coming in from NOAH. This came in yesterday evening, so you probably haven't seen it yet. But NOAH releasing their winter outlook for December, January and February. The East has equal chances of having warmer or colder than normal temperatures.
But take a look really west of the Mississippi River. A more than 50 percent chance of seeing above average temperatures, especially in the dark red areas. And as for precipitation, if you're looking for a lot of snow, we might not see a lot of that. We're expecting wetter than normal conditions across parts of the South and drier than normal in the Southwest -- Soledad and Miles.
S. O'BRIEN: All right, thank you for the outlook forecast.
Thanks, Jacqui.
M. O'BRIEN: Jacqui, I was taking notes. We're going to hold you accountable for that at the end of the winter.
JERAS: It's NOAH'S forecast.
S. O'BRIEN: Yes.
M. O'BRIEN: Oh, that's right.
S. O'BRIEN: And she did say that at the very beginning.
M. O'BRIEN: Hang it on NOAH there.
All right, thank you, Jacqui.
Appreciate it.
S. O'BRIEN: Still to come this morning, Houston, Texas put out the welcome mat for Katrina victims and you hate to hear that, but here they say now crime is on the rise.
We're going to talk to Houston's police chief about what he thinks it's going to take to fix that problem.
M. O'BRIEN: All right, to get married now or later -- what's the best age to tie the knot if you want a successful marriage down the road? We'll look at the results of a new study ahead on AMERICAN MORNING.
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S. O'BRIEN: When it comes to crime in the Gulf Coast region, there is some good news and there is some bad news.
Here's the good news. Crime in New Orleans is down. It's dropped very dramatically.
Here's the bad news. It seems to be going up in Houston.
Joining us this morning from Houston is the city's police chief, Harold Hurtt.
Chief Hurtt, nice to see you.
Thanks for talking with us this morning.
CHIEF HAROLD HURTT, HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT: Good morning.
How are you doing?
S. O'BRIEN: I'm very well, thank you.
Is, indeed, crime up in your city? And do you attribute that increase to the arrival of hurricane Katrina victims?
HURTT: Actually, crime in the City of Houston during the months that the victims or the survivors from Louisiana came into the city is down almost 4 percent compared to last year. The only crime that we saw associated with them were primarily order maintenance issues such as drinking in public, possession of marijuana and possession of controlled substances, a few fights, domestic disturbance. But we have not seen a significant increase.
However, we know that when we introduce anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000 new people into our city, there is always a possibility.
So we have put some measures in place to make sure that we are monitoring the areas that they have been assigned to live within the City of Houston.
S. O'BRIEN: There are certainly lots of complications when you have people who are basically out of their residences and they kind of come with no paperwork and no anything. I mean, for example, I know that there are some new numbers on the numbers of sex offenders who you believe might be in the City of Houston. The number I saw, 131 out of New Orleans.
How many of those have you been able to track down?
HURTT: Well, as far as being able to track down, all they are required to do is to register with us. If they have not committed any offenses in the City of Houston, we have no reason, really, to track them down.
S. O'BRIEN: Have they registered with you?
HURTT: Some of them have registered. Some of us we're still trying to get the word out and make sure that they understand that once they leave their city, they have seven days to register, once they come into the State of Texas. So we're...
S. O'BRIEN: For those who -- forgive me. Let me just clarify this. So for those who have not registered, whether they don't know that they have to register or they just have failed to register, do you try to track them down?
HURTT: Yes, we do. And -- but one of the things that we are also trying to do is just to get the word out. And, of course, a program like this, the ones that didn't know it, they should, if they're watching your program, is to come in today and register.
S. O'BRIEN: You also have, I read, 132 other people who had outstanding warrants for a variety of crimes that are still sort of out there.
Is there a number that you have been able to track down of those people? I mean are you going to try to arrest them? And then what happens to them?
HURTT: Well, some of the people from Louisiana have been -- were arrested for different charges, warrants and also criminal activity that they have committed since they've been in the City of Houston. But, you know, that's really not unusual. We're looking at, you say, 130 some people, or 200 people that may have warrants. You go into any city in this country with 200,000 citizens and you're probably going to find 200 or 300 people that have outstanding warrants. You're going to find a certain amount of sex offenders and people who have been involved in other criminal activity.
So this is not anything unusual. But we do know that we're going to have to take measures to increase enforcement in the areas where they are congregating as far as apartment complexes and other housing areas so...
S. O'BRIEN: That kind of brings us to the money issue, so we should talk about that a little bit. I know you want $40 million from FEMA.
What do you need that money for?
HURTT: Well, we'd like to add some additional officers. Right now we have about 2.3 officers per thousand in the City of Houston. We want to add another 400 officers or so to match the increase in population of another 200,000 people. And, of course, if we got up to the national average of 2.5 or 2.8, we would have to add about 600 plus officers.
S. O'BRIEN: Do you think at the end of the day FEMA is going to cough up another $40 million?
HURTT: Well, I talked to one of the individuals with FEMA the other day and they said it's still under discussion. So we haven't been told no.
S. O'BRIEN: You're a man who looks at the silver lining, I can tell.
Harold Hurtt is the chief of the Houston Police Department.
Thanks for talking with us, sir.
Appreciate it.
HURTT: Thank you. S. O'BRIEN: Miles.
M. O'BRIEN: Still to come on the program, are you single? Are you waiting for the perfect person before you get married? You could be playing with fire. A new study on the best age to get married, that is, if you care a little bit about happiness, you should, that's later on AMERICAN MORNING.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
S. O'BRIEN: Welcome back, everybody.
You're taking a look at some pictures just in to us.
They're coming from KABC, our affiliate out on the West Coast.
This is a wildfire that's now burning in southern California. We're told it's in Ventura County in California, just about 60 miles northwest of L.A. Seventy to 80 firefighters are now on the scene and apparently what this fire has gotten -- started burning is some kind of oil facilities, which, of course, spells really bad news. It's in this canyon now. But that obviously could really get, along with the dry conditions, spur this fire to grow even more and to accelerate and then, of course, right now it's not in a very heavily populated area, but as we all know from having covered wildfires, certainly they can spread. They can spread quickly. They can burn thousands of acres and it can be a huge problem.
So we continue to monitor this fire, coming to us from our affiliate KABC in Ventura County in California.
M. O'BRIEN: We will be watching that. Watch the winds, watch the conditions there.
Now, on to important matters.
Kelly Wallace, who is the sexist man alive?
WALLACE: Oh, Miles...
S. O'BRIEN: The sexiest?
WALLACE: Well, I would say Miles O'Brien...
M. O'BRIEN: No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
WALLACE: But then I should say my husband, right?
S. O'BRIEN: Because she'd be lying.
M. O'BRIEN: That is the correct answer.
WALLACE: It would be my husband, of course.
M. O'BRIEN: Well, he was...
WALLACE: He's just not going to love me stating that today.
M. O'BRIEN: Off the top of your head...
WALLACE: Yes?
M. O'BRIEN: Would you put Patrick Fitzgerald...
S. O'BRIEN: I would.
M. O'BRIEN: ... the -- really? Tell me then -- of course, Patrick Fitzgerald, just a reminder, he's the...
S. O'BRIEN: Special prosecutor.
M. O'BRIEN: ... CIA leak prosecutor. And you would put him on that list? Tell me why.
WALLACE: I would.
S. O'BRIEN: All right, this is a bad picture. He's not a...
M. O'BRIEN: I mean, really. He looks dorky there. Come on.
WALLACE: I think he, you know, he's got...
S. O'BRIEN: He's got that je ne se quoi.
WALLACE: Yes, you know...
M. O'BRIEN: Really?
WALLACE: ... hard working, smart, good guy.
S. O'BRIEN: He makes the magazine. We're holding up "People" magazine.
WALLACE: He joked about it, though. He could not believe it.
M. O'BRIEN: Because he's a homey of yours.
WALLACE: He is. He's from Brooklyn, you know.
M. O'BRIEN: Not many people know Kelly is from the tough streets of Brooklyn.
WALLACE: All right, this is not to talk about my secret crush about Patrick Fitzgerald.
S. O'BRIEN: But we're getting into it, clearly, and I find it fascinating.
M. O'BRIEN: There's a certain clannishness to it.
S. O'BRIEN: He was asked about his reaction to being named to the magazine...
M. O'BRIEN: And what do you think he said? Right?
S. O'BRIEN: "People's" sexiest man alive. He is not on the cover, but he was listed under smart guys. And he said this: "I almost enjoy going back to the leak q." And then he continued: "No comment," which is pretty much the same thing he said about the leak question.
M. O'BRIEN: All right, so go ahead.
S. O'BRIEN: No, no. It's just because, well, we did a story about him, too, because he's known to be a practical joker, you know, really playing jokes with people. So he kind of joked, also, I think, at the news conference saying he thought this was a way of some of his friends to kind of get back at him, as well.
M. O'BRIEN: Ah, there you go.
Now, let's look at a split screen. At the top of the list was Matthew McConaughey. And he's, you know, what, the naked bongo player -- S. O'BRIEN: That's a better picture. See? He's handsome.
M. O'BRIEN: And that is a little better picture. And then we should tell you, in the interests of full disclosure, that Anderson Cooper...
S. O'BRIEN: He's got such a cute picture, Anderson.
M. O'BRIEN: ... also made it. Looking at Anderson.
S. O'BRIEN: But I'm trying to find it.
WALLACE: Right.
M. O'BRIEN: Made more than an honorable mention. He got a full page picture.
S. O'BRIEN: Yes, but the picture in the magazine here, can you get a shot of this?
(CROSSTALK)
M. O'BRIEN: It's a great picture. Check that out.
S. O'BRIEN: Look how cute Anderson is in this picture.
WALLACE: Yes, he looks great.
M. O'BRIEN: And...
S. O'BRIEN: There we go.
M. O'BRIEN: So I just...
S. O'BRIEN: Isn't he cute?
M. O'BRIEN: ... putting those pictures up, I just...
S. O'BRIEN: Now, I was looking for Miles' shot...
M. O'BRIEN: Let's see...
S. O'BRIEN: Miles...
WALLACE: Next year, Soledad. Next year. The "People" magazine folks better be listening.
S. O'BRIEN: There he is.
M. O'BRIEN: Yes, and see I ask you viewers, humble viewers...
WALLACE: Oh. I see.
M. O'BRIEN: How do I do?
(CROSSTALK)
S. O'BRIEN: Unfortunately it's not open to the public to weigh in, Miles.
M. O'BRIEN: Unfortunately this one...
S. O'BRIEN: Or you'd be on the cover, baby.
M. O'BRIEN: ... has been bad.
WALLACE: Miles, there is always next year.
M. O'BRIEN: I'm sorry. I'm with Susan Lucci, sexy...
(CROSSTALK)
S. O'BRIEN: Oh, we feel so sorry for you.
Anyway...
M. O'BRIEN: I had the speech ready.
S. O'BRIEN: ... but we're over it now. And moving on...
M. O'BRIEN: You may be over it.
S. O'BRIEN: A short break.
We're back in just a moment with a look at the top stories today.
Don't cry, Miles.
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M. O'BRIEN: And I believe there's a couple there from Peoria already there ready for the Thanksgiving Day Parade. A little early, but they got a good seat, there at Columbus Circle as the hot air balloon...
WALLACE: Oh.
M. O'BRIEN: ... not hot air, helium filled balloons, go by.
S. O'BRIEN: Oh, it's going to be so much fun. I can't wait.
WALLACE: I know.
S. O'BRIEN: It's always cold, but it's going to be beautiful.
WALLACE: I was wondering, really, what time people must get there to get a good seat.
S. O'BRIEN: Really, really early.
WALLACE: Yes.
M. O'BRIEN: They're showing up now.
S. O'BRIEN: They're showing up now.
WALLACE: Yes.
M. O'BRIEN: Actually, the best place would be the CNN lunchroom.
S. O'BRIEN: We do have a great view.
M. O'BRIEN: Yes. So maybe what you should do is -- I don't know how many...
S. O'BRIEN: I sense a crime being hatched.
WALLACE: Yes, Miles?
M. O'BRIEN: Maybe what we should do is put access to the lunchroom via us on eBay and...
S. O'BRIEN: See what we can get?
M. O'BRIEN: See what we can get, yes.
What do you think?
WALLACE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
S. O'BRIEN: Just as I thought.
M. O'BRIEN: And give it to...
S. O'BRIEN: He wasn't talking about charity.
M. O'BRIEN: We can give it -- oh, that's right, I'm going to be in the Bahamas. I won't be able to help out. Good luck with that.
S. O'BRIEN: Thank you. Apparently they are raffling it off for CNN employees, though.
M. O'BRIEN: Oh, they are?
S. O'BRIEN: Yes.
WALLACE: Yes, (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
M. O'BRIEN: Oh, so you mean if you're a CNN employee, you can't necessarily go there?
S. O'BRIEN: Go, yes. So you have to buy your way in.
M. O'BRIEN: You have to buy your way in.
Oh, OK.
WALLACE: And that's it. You have to...
(CROSSTALK)
S. O'BRIEN: Oh, the giving never ends, does it?
You know, in all seriousness, though...
M. O'BRIEN: So thankful.
S. O'BRIEN: ... there is a really tough story to start with this morning, which is what's happening in Iraq. A violent day. And all across that country.
WALLACE: Absolutely, and in both Baghdad and the eastern part.
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