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Suspected Serial Killer Arrested; Bush Argues for Detainee Changes; Immigration Rally Set for D.C.

Aired September 07, 2006 - 13:00   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, HOST: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips, live at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.
Iran's president, the nuclear threat, his explosive words. Now he says he's coming to the U.S. Will President Bush welcome him?

The Phoenix serial killings. Do police have their man? There's evidence, but neighbors say the ex-con is a wonderful guy.

And living in the line of fire. Montana -- one Montana rancher's story. His fight to save thousands of acres of Big Sky country.

It's all coming into the CNN NEWSROOM right now.

A break in the case of the baseline killings in Phoenix. An ex- con is back behind bars two months after coming to the attention of Phoenix police and days after going under surveillance. Is he really the man the mayor sees as a monster, a man who's been terrorizing that city?

Reporter Christopher Sign of our Phoenix affiliate, KNXB, fills us in.

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CHRISTOPHER SIGN, KNXB CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This appears to be a very significant break in the case in the search for the Baseline Killer, a serial killer that's been stalking Phoenix residents for more than a year now.

One hundred and fifty Phoenix police detectives assigned to this case, working around the clock. And it appears as though, with this arrest, a 40-year-old man arrested, they at least have a strong lead in the case. Listen as Phoenix police describe what happened.

SGT. ANDY HILL, PHOENIX POLICE: We did develop probable cause to make an arrest, which we did, about 5 p.m. yesterday afternoon. A traffic stop was conducted by our special assignment unit at 28 Street and Pinchot, and a 40-year-old male was taken into custody. He has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of kidnapping. Reference a sexual assault case that took place last year.

SIGN: Phoenix police searching this home after they arrested the man who was coming home from work, they say, and he was pulling into his driveway when the SWAT team surrounded him. The 40-year-old man's name is not being released. His photo is not being released. But we can tell you a sketch has been put out from previous stories. This is what the Baseline Killer looks like, tied to 23 crimes, including murders around the entire city of Phoenix dating back to August of last year.

It is, of course, a developing story. We expect more information this afternoon.

In Phoenix, Christopher Sign, CNN.

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PHILLIPS: And minutes ago, police did identify that suspect as Mark Goudeau in his early 40s. They're not releasing a photo until they finish a few more lineups.

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CHIEF JACK HARRIS, PHOENIX POLICE: There are 23 incidents attributed to the baseline serial rapist case. Again, this suspect has been arrested for the sexual assault of two victims in one case only and is not connected to any of the other offenses in this series at this time.

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PHILLIPS: We're going to take you back to Phoenix for a live update in the next hour.

Well, we told you that we'd stay on top of this story, the senseless weekend killing a disabled man near Houston. Police are now holding two men linked to the death of Barney Goodman, 57 years old and confined to a wheelchair.

The first reports from weekend were that Goodman was robbed of his disability check, beaten and thrown off a bridge and left to die. Well, he was eventually spotted by an off-duty policeman but died later in the hospital.

The sheriff said the details are slightly off, but the charges are no less serious.

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SHERIFF GREG ARTHUR, LIBERTY COUNTY, TEXAS: Initial reports that Mr. Goodman had been thrown over the bridge after being robbed were inaccurate. Investigators -- this investigation revealed that Goodman was taken under the bridge by Dollery (ph) and Buckley and beaten and robbed. The victim's artificial legs were removed, thrown in the San Jacinto River, to prevent him from following.

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PHILLIPS: Well, Goodman was a Vietnam vet who lost his feet to diabetes. The suspects have both been charged with capital murder. Nine-11 taught America lessons, says President Bush, and America learned. In his third war on terror speech in three days, President Bush told an audience here in Atlanta that America is safer than it was but needs more help from Congress to block new attacks.

Our Kathleen Koch joins me from just up the interstate with the latest.

Hi, Kathleen.

KATHLEEN KOCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.

This was basically a progress report from the president on the many steps he says his administration have taken -- has taken since 9/11 to help protect the American people.

The president said that the United States has waged what he called an unprecedented campaign against terrorism over the last five years. And he said for that reason that terrorists, al Qaeda terrorists, now find it much more difficult to transfer money, very difficult to communicate, very difficult, almost impossible, to move freely without fearing for their lives.

So President Bush insisted that many of the key advantages that al Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan -- that they enjoyed pre-9/11, in plotting those attacks, those advantages have been taken away from them, as have some of their leaders.

Well, the president specifically discussed the case of al Qaeda No. 3, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Now he is, of course, one of the 14 top terrorist leaders that President Bush in his speech yesterday announced has long been held at a secret CIA prison overseas.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The past three years KSM has been in the custody of the Central Intelligence Agency. He's provided valuable intelligence that has helped us kill or capture al Qaeda terrorists and stop attacks on our nation.

I authorized his transfer to Guantanamo Bay, and the sooner that Congress authorizes the military commissions I have called for, the sooner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will receive the justice he deserves.

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KOCH: Well, President Bush also called on Congress to pass legislation to give the government more terrorism surveillance tools so they can -- so it can better protect the American people.

He also pushed for continued support for the war on Iraq, which the president still describes as a central front of the war on terrorism, saying, "We will stay, we will fight, we will win in Iraq."

And certainly, Democrats, taking issue with much of what the president had to say here today. They insist that the -- the administration is not done enough, has not passed many of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, that they believe the war in Iraq has not made Americans safer but, instead, more vulnerable to terrorism.

As a matter of fact, as the president was speaking, a group of top Democrats on the Capitol Hill announced a press conference, with their comprehensive security bill, basically, the Democrats' plans for keeping Americans safe in the future -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Kathleen Koch, thanks so much.

Well, the president is pushing his case for military tribunals for terror suspects at GITMO and elsewhere. Our senior Pentagon correspondent, Jamie McIntyre, joins me with more on the story that we first talked about yesterday -- Jamie.

JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, among the 455 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay naval station where the U.S. operates a detention facility, now 14 so-called high-value suspects who were transferred there secretly on Monday without any fanfare at all until President Bush announced yesterday that the transfers had been completed.

They are now under U.S. military custody and entitled to all of the treatment that military detainees get under the new and old policy, they'll be getting. They include the highest value suspects who are -- including the alleged mastermind of the September 11th attack, the architect of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

They'll be getting three culturally sensitive meals a day. They'll have -- be able to send and receive mail.

But one thing they will not have is access to attorneys. That is unless and until they are charged under the new rules that are being drawn up for trying terror suspects.

Those are getting quite a vigorous debate at this hour on Capitol Hill. The House Armed Services Committee is the forum where the administration spokesman is making the case for the procedures that the Bush administration would like to see. He's flanked by some of the military JAG officers, judge advocate generals from the various services who have been expressing some concerns about the prohibition on access to classified information.

Some of those military lawyers arguing that if enough evidence can't be provided to defendants that they can defend themselves adequately, than maybe the cases shouldn't be brought.

It's going to be a major flash point in this debate about how you try terror suspects, how much access they get to the evidence that's going to be used against them, if it contains classified information that the government just doesn't want out there -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Jamie McIntyre, thank you. Well, this weekend, get a closer look at the man who brought 9/11 to America. Watch "In the Footsteps of bin Laden," a "CNN PRESENTS" investigation, already seen by more than 10 million people around the world. That's Saturday and Sunday night, 7 Eastern.

He wants reelection but has long said that he won't run again. But while Tony Blair has nothing to fear from the voters, his own party is another matter. After a breath-taking drop in popularity and a resulting party rebellion, Britain's prime minister now says he'll resign within a year.

He is expected to hand over power treasury chief to Gordon Brown, who's elected to co-election (ph) in 2009. Blair says, and we quote, "I would have preferred to do this my own way."

Nuclear standoff, maybe. War of words, of course. But no steel cage grudge match between the president of Iran and President Bush. So vows the White House amid talk of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad planning a visit to the U.N. headquarters later this month.

Ahmadinejad made a speech last year to the General Assembly, but this time he says he wants to debate Mr. Bush. The White House isn't taking the bait. In the off-camera media gaggle today, Spokesperson Tony Snow said it's standard practice for heads of state to visit and speak to the General Assembly. But as for mano-a-mano, Snow says, quote, "There's not going to be a steel cage grudge match between the president and Ahmadinejad."

Israel eases its grip. A Middle East airline flight from Paris landed in Beirut a couple hours ago, marking the end of a two-month air embargo. Israel kept control of Lebanese airspace even though a cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas took effect -- guerrillas, rather, took effect three weeks ago.

The Israeli blockade of Lebanese seaports remains in place for now.

Handover in Iraq. Iraqis begin taking command of their own military. And what does that mean for the U.S. and the war? Find out from the NEWSROOM.

Immigration reform, action or inaction? Thousands of people, reform activists, that is, expected to rally at the U.S. Capitol. We're going to take you there live. You're watching CNN, the most trusted name in news.

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PHILLIPS: Straight to the newsroom. Fredricka Whitfield with details on a developing story -- Fred.

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Kyra, the Associated Press is reporting that a new message being seen on an Islamic web site from the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, is being broadcast. A counterterrorism expert that we've had in our broadcast a number of times, Laura Mansfield, is also confirming that she's obtained a copy of what is thought to be this audiotaped message. And currently she is translated and trying to analyze the document, as are some of our experts here at CNN.

The tape is expected to be officially released on jihadi sites somewhere within the next 24 to 48 hours. You're looking at the photograph of this new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza al Muhajer, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

The words on this videotape apparently are introduced by the same familiar voice that has been heard on previous messages that have been broadcast by the former leader who this man is now replacing, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. As you recall, Kyra, al-Zarqawi was killed at least a couple months ago during a coalition attack based on some intelligence that they received there in Iraq.

It was expected that this new audiotape would be released by this new leader, al Qaeda in Iraq, and as our translators and others continue to pour over the details of this broadcast, we'll be able to bring more to you on exactly what the message is saying and if, indeed, it is being authenticated by translators we're familiar with -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Well, stay on top of it. Thanks, Fred.

Time is short, and the odds are long. But thousands of demonstrators are expected outside the U.S. Capitol today to urge lawmaker to pass immigration reforms.

CNN's Juan Carlos is standing by for us on Capitol Hill.

Give us a feel for how it's going, Juan Carlos.

JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.

They're getting ready. They're preparing the stage. Not a lot of people here yet, but they are expecting thousands. Now back in May, they had another rally, and only several hundred people showed up. So it's going to be a challenge for the organizers.

But they were distributing flyers like this one, and they were being distributed. This specific one was being distributed in Maryland, Virginia, and the district. And they're expecting people from 18 different states.

I'm going to give you a look into what the scene right now is here like. There's a group of people who have been going from different TV crews and giving their interviews and different chats for the cameras.

But they are expecting thousands. And they are looking for immigration reform, which seems, from everything that we're hearing from Congress, is not going to happen this year, Kyra. There might be reform on border security, but not immigration reform. So it's a very interesting day for this subject in D.C.

PHILLIPS: Carlos, it doesn't seem like long ago we were following those rallies also with you, if I remember right, you were in D.C. These rallies that were all across the United States had literally shut down work from southern California to other parts of the country.

Looking at what's happening today and the build-up with regard to today, do you see a lot of similarities, differences? It seems to be a different feel this time around.

LOPEZ: There is. I mean, there is no set opinion on what's going to happen. Now people know that there won't be immigration reform this year, or very likely there won't be, but they believe that they have to keep the pressure on Congress to have something happen.

And the challenge is really on the organizers to bring thousands of people out here and to bring that message along, because they feel, also, that rallies in Chicago and other cities this week haven't brought out the number of people that they expected. And obviously, if they want to have an impact, they're going to have to prove that they have the numbers.

PHILLIPS: Juan Carlos Lopez, thanks so much.

A self-contained artificial heart, finally a reality. A manmade device that's fully implanted in patients, no exposed wires or connections outside the body. The heart that just won government approval will be used in patients who are close to death with no other treatment options.

Previous, more cumbersome versions have been tested on 14 men, one who lived for 17 months. The new heart is about the size of a grapefruit, and it's made of titanium. It costs about a quarter million dollars.

Search rescue and cleanup crews at Ground Zero, they've brought their work home with them.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We'd take a shower and my shower would be -- look like a barbecue grill, solid black. And you wake up in the middle of the night with the corner of your eyes would drip on your pillow would be like black liquid.

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PHILLIPS: Sick from the toxins or something else? The story from the NEWSROOM, straight ahead.

Plus Big Sky country is burning. Hundreds of firefighters on the front lines. They're trying to do everything they can to coral the biggest blaze they've seen in years. We're on top of it, right here from the CNN NEWSROOM.

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PHILLIPS: Last month, BP had to shut down the country's biggest oil field because of a corroded pipeline. Now BP executives are getting an earful on Capitol Hill.

Susan Lisovicz joins us now from the New York stock exchange with that.

Boy, Susan, I remember when this broke and just the back and forth of who was responsible from the very beginning.

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, and I think what makes so many people so upset, Kyra, is that there are reports that BP knew about these corroded pipelines years ago. And this is major arteries for them and one of the most important oil fields in the country, perhaps the most important.

So it was time, Kyra, to face the music today. BP executives apologized to members of the House of Representatives and promised to fix the operational mistakes in the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, oil field that led to last month's shutdown, as well as a major oil spill in March.

But lawmakers weren't in a forgiven mood, saying the mistakes were unacceptable, especially given the oil industry's record profits and the relatively inexpensive steps that might have prevented these problems in the first place.

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REP. JOE BARTON (R), TEXAS: If a company, one of the world's must successful oil companies, can't do simple basic maintenance needed to keep the Prudhoe Bay oil field operating safely without interruption, maybe it shouldn't operate the pipeline.

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LISOVICZ: Robert Malone, the head of BP's U.S. operation, said the company will manage the oil field in a, quote, "safe, efficient, and environmentally sensitive way," end quote -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Well, do you think these hearings will lead to any concrete changes in policy and, more importantly, I think a lot of people are wondering when the heck that -- the channel will be fixed or the pipeline will be fixed?

LISOVICZ: All good questions. And the answer to the first part of the question is no, today's hearing is not expected to result in any specific legislative action, especially since Congress is set to wrap up its current session by the end of the month.

Instead it was more of a chance for lawmaker to talk tough to big oil at a time when high gas prices have made their constituents angry. Energy prices, of course, could be a major campaign issue, heading into the November midterm elections. BP executives will be back on Capitol Hill for more questioning next week. But today was the first of three appearances they will make. They will get an earful, and perhaps we'll get more information as to when those pipelines will be fully operational, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Well, let's talk about the oil prices. How are they doing today?

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PHILLIPS: Susan, thanks. See you in a little bit.

Handover in Iraq. Iraqis begin taking command of their own military. What does that mean for the U.S. and the war? Find out from the NEWSROOM.

Big Sky country burning. Hundreds of firefighters battling it, doing everything they can to coral in the biggest blaze. We're on top of it. More straight ahead.

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PHILLIPS: The Iraqi army, the Iraqi air force, the Iraqi navy. They've all been under American control since 2003. Well, that changes starting today.

CNN's Michael Holmes reports on what the Americans are calling a gigantic milestone.

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MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The U.S. Major General William Caldwell called it gigantic in his words. And I suppose you could call it significant in the ceremonial sense. A formality really. What we saw today was the handing over of the command structure of Iraq's armed forces to Iraqis.

But there needs to be context here. How many forces are actually ready to come under their command structure? As it turns out, not that many. The navy and the air force, they're coming under their structure, but really they have just about 1,000, perhaps 1,500 members between them.

And just one army division. That is all that is ready for full Iraqi control at the moment. The country has 10 army divisions, so in essence, let's face it, 90 percent of the military is not yet ready to come under Iraqi control.

Major General Caldwell says divisions may be handed over at the rate of one or two a month in the months ahead. That's by no means certain, but in many ways, you could say at least a process is under way.

Let's look at the violence that has taken place this day. And there has, as usual, been a lot of it. Ten killed, 70 wounded, many of them police, in a suicide car bombing here in the capital. Also in the capital, several people killed and wounded by a car bomb near a police patrol. It was the sign of things to come throughout the day. Car bombs, mortars, a drive-by shooting that killed two police. In many ways, the police were the targets of the day.

So while some positive news on the political front, the death toll continues to mount.

Michael Holmes, CNN, Baghdad.

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PHILLIPS: Fredricka Whitfield, what are you working on?

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well, some details now emerging on the new message that's being broadcast on Islamic Web sites by the new leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Hamza Al Mujahir. Reuters Wire Service, as well as Al-Jazeera television network are reporting some variations of the translations of this tape.

According to Reuters, this new leader is calling on Muslims to unify the ranks with the Mujahadin in Iraq. And according to Al- Jazeera, he's also professing that he's confident that victory will be achieved.

Our translators, as well as others that we often work with here at CNN, are also pouring over this reported new tape to try and get some translation, as well as trying to get some sort of authenticity of this tape, this new message coming from the new leader of the al Qaeda in Iraq.

And this comes, now, Kyra, just a couple days after we heard the new videotaped messages from the No. 2 man of al Qaeda overall, also introduced by the American man who is wanted in Iraq.

That's not the tape that you're seeing right there, that's file tape of the last leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, before he was killed.

But just a few days ago, we saw a videotaped message coming from the al Qaeda No. 2 deputy man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as that tape being introduced by an American who is wanted here by the CIA and the FBI. That was Adam Ghadahn, who was urging Americans to convert to Islam or suffer the consequences.

But right now, the focus is on translating this audio tape that is now on Islamic Web sites, as well as trying to get the authenticity of this tape now coming from -- reportedly from the new al Qaeda leader in Iraq -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, thanks for the update, Fred.

First flames, now bees. That's right, bees are plaguing firefighters on the front lines of that huge fire in Montana. Crews are reporting as many as 50 stings a day. The so-called Derby Mountain Fire, sparked by lightning two weeks ago, has burned almost 30 homes and blackened nearly 290 square miles.

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PHILLIPS: Joining me on the phone, Sonny Todd, he's a Montana rancher who's lost nearly 2,000 acres to this wildfire. Sonny, we first read about you in the paper. And then we want to thank you so much for just sending us your personal pictures. Why don't you kind of update me right now as you look out your window? What are you seeing there from your ranch?

SONNY TODD, RANCHER, BIG TIMBER, MONTANA: Well, you know, right now, you look out, there's just a thick smoke -- valley smoke all over. One thing that's nice, looking out today, is we don't see the black, real hot fires burning. So that's good news, because it shows whether they're -- I think we're getting this fire about 50 percent contained. And the cooler weather, cooler weather, is really helping us. And of course if the winds -- if we don't get bad winds, you know.

PHILLIPS: Sonny, any point did you think you need to evacuate, or get your family out of there, or have you been told that you're OK?

TODD: You know, we were told to evacuate Wednesday night, and we did take a lot of stuff out of our home. That picture you're looking at, that building you see on the right-hand side, is a barn on my place, and my house is just over the hill. And the fire was within a couple of hundred yards of my house.

PHILLIPS: Oh, my gosh.

TODD: And actually that's a backfire they started there. And the interstate highway is just off the picture to the left. And that would be along the Yellowstone River.

And so we got all of our valuables out of there. But we did stay there. I have a cat dozer (ph) and a water truck. And the firemen showed up. And with the backfire and everything, we were able to hold it within about 200 yards of my home. And then the next morning, we ran about a 10 to 12 mile fire line up towards the Boulder Valley and backfired it. And it's 00 that was really the start of getting the containment started on this thing.

PHILLIPS: Sonny have you been helping fight this fire?

TODD: I'll tell you what, all the ranchers around here -- and, you know, I'm -- I own quite a little land, but I'm not a real rancher. That helicopters flying right over the ridge, back of my house right now.

PHILLIPS: Dropping water.

TODD: Dropping water.

PHILLIPS: What kind of animals do you have, Sonny?

TODD: You know, I just had horses and actually some donkeys. And my pasture I lease out to neighbors to graze. But the impact on the ranchers up in the valley, up south of Big Timber here, they're out of grass for almost 10 to 12 months, so it's going to be a big impact there.

PHILLIPS: And explain to the non-ranching type, when you don't have grass, how does that affect life for a rancher?

TODD: When you don't have grass, you either have to buy hay or you have to sell cattle. And ranching, ag industry, is very marginal the way it is, and to lose a year's supply of food just makes it very, very difficult.

PHILLIPS: You know, "The Horse Whisperer" was filmed in this area, right, Sonny?

TODD: That's right, filmed just south of Big Timber (ph) here, about 25 miles, and the fire is close to that area. And when you drive up the Boulder Valley, you can see it's burnt on the east side of the Boulder River, and you can see fire from that area just below where the horse whisperer was filmed, clear down the Boulder Valley into the little town of Reed Point, which is 20 miles east of Big Timber here.

PHILLIPS: Well, some beautiful parts of the world. And we'll follow the firefighting efforts, and thanks for talking to us, Sonny. We'll be thinking about you.

TODD: OK, we appreciate your thoughts. And if I can help you with anything, just let me know.

PHILLIPS: Sonny Todd, that's the way of a rancher. Thanks so much.

TODD: OK.

PHILLIPS: All right.

Well, the fire in Nevada's Red Rock canyon is not nearly as large, but it's moving just as fast. Already about 300 acres have burned in this national conservation area. The fire's just 20 miles west of the Las Vegas strip, and for the moment, confined to a nonpopulated area.

TODD: She's conquered track and field, and now scored an upset in a testing lab. Ahead from the newsroom, sprinter Marion Jones celebrates a major victory that could save her career.

PHILLIPS: So, is Paris impaired? Paris Hilton busted on a DUI charge this morning amid claims she wasn't really drunk.

More from the CNN NEWSROOM right after a break.

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PHILLIPS: One for the family, one for the fans. Two services for Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. Steve's father, Bob, says the funeral will take place within the next week for family and close friends. But Irwin's vast popularity also demands an official public memorial. Bob Irwin says that will come sometime in the next two weeks. Irwin died Monday in a freak accident when a stingray barb pierced his chest.

It could be her biggest victory ever. And it came it in a laboratory. Sprinter Marion Jones tested positive for a performance enhancing substance called EPO after a race in June. She faced a minimum two-year ban from competition. Today though her attorneys say tests on a backup sample were negative, apparently clearing Jones of doping charges and reviving her career. The world track governing board still has to approve the results.

One drink may have been one too many for Paris Hilton. Tmz.com got this video of the 25 year-old hotel heiress after her arrest in Hollywood early this morning on a misdemeanor DUI charge. Police say Hilton failed a field sobriety test after driving all over the road. Her publicist says Hilton had drunk a single margarita on an empty stomach and was not really intoxicated.

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ELLIOT MINTZ, PARIS HILTON'S PUBLICIST: Without getting into the specifics, it's the absolute lowest and you saw how, moments ago, you could see that she clearly was not intoxicated. She was not drunk, but the officers did what they had to do in a situation like that.

They took her to the station. She went through the same procedure that everybody else does. When it was determined that she is obviously not a flight risk and she is not inebriated, they offered to drive her home, but they released her on her own recognizance. So of course these matters are never to be taken lightly, and it's unfortunate that she was behind the wheel of a car, even with one drink. And it's her first offense, and hopefully it will never happen again.

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PHILLIPS: California's blood alcohol limit is .08 percent.

Talk about a hot cup of coffee.

To mark its 35th anniversary, some Starbucks shops are using their original mermaid logo. But it seems the Starbucks siren is a bit on the busty side, and that has some coffee lovers pretty steamed.

Amy Finley from CNN affiliate KING reports.

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AMY FINLEY, KING CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thirty five years after the first cup of Starbucks was sold, the java giant is returning to its artistic roots. This month, Starbucks' cups sport the original logo, a familiar mermaid. But for some, she's showing a little too much skin.

BECKY HANKS, KENT SCHOOL DIST. SPOKESWOMAN: We had no awareness that this was the situation.

FINLEY: Kent school district spokesperson Becky Hanks says one of her female elementary school principals is asking teachers who bring the cups to work to make sure they're covered up.

HANKS: The principal at that school made a decision that she thought that it could be distracting for students.

FINLEY: One student we talked with agreed.

VICTORIA AWITEN, STUDENT: The kids would talk about it.

REPORTER: What do you think the students might say?

AWITEN: Like, whoa, it's a naked lady is on the front.

FINLEY: The 12-year-old Victoria's dad points out --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think she's seen worse in movies.

FINLEY: He says whatever distraction there might be, it doesn't call for a rule.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I really don't think it's a big deal. I mean, you know, of course there's a lot of little geeky kids that sit there and point out little things like that, she's got boobies, but other than that, I don't think there's a problem with it.

FINLEY: Others say they don't either.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If I had an elementary school kid, I wouldn't care if they saw that logo. And if they're looking that close at their teacher's coffee cup, then that's probably another issue.

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PHILLIPS: That was Amy Finley of CNN affiliate KING in Seattle.

The old logo will be used in Washington state and Oregon through the end of this month.

What's eventually black and white but red all over right now? Boil some water and meet us back here in the NEWSROOM.

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PHILLIPS: Fredricka Whitfield, what are you working on for us?

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well, President Bush is making his face very apparent in the state of Georgia after visiting Atlanta just earlier today. Now he is in Pooler, Georgia, at the Mighty Air Force Museum, just outside of Savannah where he is talking there. And he is expected to raise about $350,000 for a congressional candidate there.

Earlier when he was in Atlanta, he also spoke mostly about the American strategy in Iraq and saying that, quote, "the terrorists know that the outcome in the war on terror will depend on the outcome in Iraq," making his point very clear, once again, while he is stumping across the country, trying to get more support from the American public on his strategy in Iraq.

Right now, he is there in Pooler, Georgia, and we're going to monitor his comments. And when he does say something that might be more significant to our American viewers, we'll be able to bring that to you, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, Fred. Thanks.

It's one of the unwritten rules of broadcasting. We must use the word panda-monium to describe what's going on over at the Zoo Atlanta, and the commotion may just be getting started. CNN's Rusty Dornin delivers the story. I know. As soon as I saw you this morning ...

RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I was really hoping you were not going to do that. I was really hoping. As you can see, we're going to show you -- we kind of have an empty room here. There's not too many -- so no panda-monium right now.

But first, before we show you the baby, we're going to show you the father. Now, this is Yan Yan. He's taking a break right now. He's been eating a lot of bamboo a little earlier. Of course, apparently pandas are kept separate from the babies. They're fearful actually that there could be some kind of violence, so he will never see the baby.

But we'll show you the baby. Born last night about 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, four ounces, to Lun Lun, who is 9 years old. The baby apparently appears to be thriving. She's taking good care of the baby so far, because many times, pandas will abandon their babies.

But now zoo officials are hoping that perhaps there's going to be another one because 50 percent of pandas give birth to a twin, sometimes 24 hours after. They're actually giving her 36 hours because she was 35 hours in labor. So, so far, they're just keeping an eye on her to make sure she's healthy.

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DWIGHT LAWSON, ZOO ATLANTA: At this point, we're keeping a 24- hour watch on her, as we have been, even prior to the birth. And sometime in the next couple of days to two weeks, we expect that Lun Lun will get up, she'll start eating a little bit.

And at some point in that time, she may leave the cub for a little bit, at which point, we'll go in, pick it up, do a quick health exam, find out what the sex of the cub is, and then give it back to her as soon as she's ready.

(END VIDEO CLIP) DORNIN: The interesting thing is, if there is a second cub, there is a chance that the mother will not take care of it, because pandas in the wild, if they have two cubs, they have to leave one. They just can't care for two. You can see how tiny that little baby is, and they just can't care for two of them.

So in that case -- if there's another one born, of course -- the zookeepers will try to get it away as quickly as possible and start caring for it. As they said, they're going to keep -- they figure about a 36-hour watch on her to see if she gives birth to another one. So they're just watching and waiting.

Meantime, there are some folks who are coming here a little disappointed. They think they're going to come and see mom and the baby, and they get to simply see Yan who is, as you can see, taking a break from his feeding -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Maybe he'll get a little more excited as the day rolls on. All right, Rusty, appreciate it. Thanks.

Well, here's just a few facts about pandas. The mother pandas sometimes reject cubs. When that happens, zookeepers remove the cub and hand rear it.

What do they eat? Bamboo makes up 99 percent of their diet in the wild, as Rusty said, and they must eat a lot of it to get sufficient nutrients.

Finally, scientists have argued for a long time about the proper category for the black and wide panda, bear or raccoon? Well, DNA studies say bear.

Holding its own and churning ever closer, how will Florence affect the eastern seaboard? Reynolds Wolf tracking the tropical storm from the CNN Weather Center. Hey, Reynolds.

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