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U.N. Imposes Sanctions on North Korea

Aired October 14, 2006 - 22:00   ET

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JOHN BOLTON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO U.N.: I'm not going to waste any of our time responding to what the representative of the DPRK has said.

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ANNOUNCER: Swift and tough, the U.N. brings the hammer down on North Korea, but will new sanctions stop the nuclear threat?

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to the NEWSROOM, your connection to the world, the web and what's happening right now. I'm Carol Lin. You've been busy today, so let's get you plugged in.

Let's start with the headlines. Sanctions, threats, and more threats. Six days ago, North Korea claimed it conducted a nuclear test. Well, tonight the United Nations Security Council says no more. It hit the communist nation with a set of sanctions. North Korea says it'll consider further pressure a declaration of war, but President Bush says the world has spoken.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The message today, however, says to the leader of North Korea that the world is united in our opposition to his nuclear weapons plans. Thank you.

(END VIDEO CLIP) LIN: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice takes that message to Asia next week. It's a preemptive strike. The administration anticipated the U.N. sanctions and booked Rice to visit Japan, China and South Korea. Her focus? How will those sanctions be enforced?

And in Florida tonight, police have identified the family found shot execution style on the side of a turnpike. The mother was still clutching her two young sons, trying to shield them. Police say this is not a carjacking. They need your help to locate a 1998 Jeep Cherokee.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is black in color. And we now have the addition of a temporary tag. It is a Florida temporary tag M, Mike, 952180. Repeating, Florida temporary tag M, Mike, 952180.

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LIN: Deaf students in Washington demand to be heard. About 100 demonstrators face charges tonight after being arrested outside Gallaudet University. The protest has virtually shut down the renowned school since Wednesday. What's at the issue? Well, how change is inevitable. Coming up later this hour.

Lawmakers are remembering former Congressman Gary Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress. He's known for his work with the environment and human rights. Studds died this morning at a Boston hospital. He was 69. Doctors say the Massachusetts Democrat died from a blood clot.

Well, before today, the Air Force was the only branch of the U.S. military without a monument in Washington. But now, that's changed. President Bush helped dedicate the $30 million memorial today next to Arlington National Cemetery. The centerpiece is three steel spires soaring up to 270 feet in the air.

And now it's your turn to choose the news. What stories do you want to hear more about? E-mail us at weekends at cnn.com. We're going to get you flash feedback within the hour.

Today, a unanimous vote at the United Nations. North Korea ostracized and alone, responds with ominous rhetoric. And the question now is, what happens next?

The U.N. Resolution 1718 condemns North Korea's alleged nuclear test Monday. Well, North Korea compares the mounting pressure to a declaration of war. The resolution imposes tough new sanctions on North Korea, but it rules out military action. That is a concession to China and Russia. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton vows the U.S. will return to the Security Council if needed to enforce the new sanctions.

So today's unanimous vote did not come easily. To be sure, there were tough negotiations behind the scenes. China and Russia especially having strong differences with the get tough policy favored by the U.S. So here are some of the things that the key players had to say after today's vote.

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BOLTON: They are utterly and totally isolated within the international community. And that if reason could prevail in Pyongyang, they would see that real safety lies in abandoning the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and not continuing to go after them.

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WANG GUANGYA, CHINESE AMBASADOR TO U.N.: All sides have to exercise restraint. No more provocation. And also, the important thing is that in the face of such crises, I think it is all the more important for the international community to reinvigorate diplomatic efforts to find a solution for the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula.

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KENZO OSHIMA, JAPANESE AMB. TO U.N.: I think the measures contained in the resolution incorporate some important measures. Member states, of course, are required to implement them, according to the terms of the resolution. The resolution is a product of very intensive consultations in the council, trying to find a common ground.

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LIN: Well, so clearly it was not your normal day inside the usually sedate and dignified halls of the United Nations. Here's our senior U.N. correspondent Richard Roth.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document S/2006/805 please raise their hands?

RICHARD ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Security Council resolution demands North Korea stop testing nukes, slaps a variety of sanctions on the regime, and tells Pyongyang to start talking again with the world.

BOLTON: Today, we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would-be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction.

ROTH: But North Korea instantly rejected that message.

PAK GIL YONG, NORTH KOREAN AMB. TO U.N.: The delegation of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea totally rejects the unjustifiable Resolution 1718 2006, adopted by the Security Council just now. It is gangster-like for the Security Council to have adopted today a coercive resolution, while neglecting the nuclear threat and moves for sanctions and pressure of the United States against the Democrat Peoples Republic of Korea.

ROTH: North Korea is now hit with financial and weapons sanctions by the Security Council. The goal is to cut off Pyongyang from getting technology and equipment that can power the country's nuclear desires.

EMYR JONES PARRY, BRITISH AMB. TO THE U.N.: It is not aimed at the people of North Korea, who are already suffering greatly.

ROTH: But cracks were already evident in the proclaimed unity of the council. The resolution requires countries to search, as necessary, goods going in and out of North Korea.

WANG GUANGYA, CHINESE AMB. TO THE U.N. (through translator): China does not approve of inspecting cargo to and from the DPRK. We, therefore, have reservations about the relevant provisions of the resolution.

ROTH: North Korea's ambassador said his country wanted dialogue, but walked out in protest before the meeting concluded.

BOLTON: I'm not going to waste any of our time responding to what the representative of the DPRK said, but I want to call your attention to that empty chair. That is the second time in three months that the representative of the DPRK, having asked to participate in our meetings, has rejected a unanimous resolution of the Security Council and walked out of this chamber. It is the contemporary equivalent of Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe on the desk o the General Assembly.

ROTH (on camera): Japan's ambassador said North Korea's walk-out was not totally unexpected. If so, that may be the only recent activity by North Korea that was predicted by diplomats here, a country seemingly on a collision course with the U.N.

Richard Roth, CNN, United Nations.

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LIN: All right, we are hearing from experts who have traveled extensively across the Korean peninsula. Earlier tonight, I spoke with Han Park. He said North Korea has been preparing for this moment for 50 years.

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HAN S. PARK, ABC NEWS CONSULTANT: North Koreans having direct talks with the United States carries a very important symbolic meaning for them. And that is, they will be accepted by Washington as a negotiating partner. It's not same as having two-party caucuses or two-party talk within the framework of six parties. It's not the same. LIN: It's not the same sign of respect as an equal...

PARK: Yes, respecting as an equal. And that is an expression of the absence of hostility by Washington toward them.

LIN: Yes, right now...

PARK: So it is important symbolically.

LIN: It's not going that way.

PARK: No, it's not going to happen. So it's so worrisome that we are on a collision course. Kim Jong-Il is not going to back down.

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LIN: All right, Han Park, who has been to North Korea more than 40 times is saying that he is in favor of bilateral talks, face to face talks between the United States and Korea.

Now we're going to have more of my interview with Dr. Park at the bottom of the hour.

In the meantime, we have heard from the diplomats and the experts. Now let's hear the reaction on the Korean peninsula. It is already Sunday morning in Seoul, South Korea. CNN's Dan Rivers standing by live for us.

Dan, you have spoken with academics, you have spoken with people in the government. What is their reaction to this new U.N. Resolution? Does it have teeth?

DAN RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's a big question, does it have teeth? The foreign ministry here are telling us that they support the resolution and will take appropriate measures, they say, in line with the resolution.

Bang Ki-Moon, the foreign minister who's soon to become the U.N. Secretary General has also said he thinks it will give a unified message in the hopes that the North Koreans will return to the six- party talks.

I think what a lot of people here are concerned about, especially in South Korea, is the effect that some of these sanctions are going to have on tensions in the region.

For example, it calls on U.N. members to inspect shipping coming out of North Korea for possible exports of missiles and WMD technology.

Now in the past, there have been numerous clashes on the high seas around the Korean peninsula involving North and South Korean navy and various vessels. There are concerns that if these sanctions are really to bite, and that they really will start interdicting ships as they leave North Korea, that that could lead to real heightened tensions and possibly new clashes. Let me give you a few examples of some of the clashes there have been. Back in, a long time ago, back in 1968, the United States actually had one of its ships, the Pueblo, boarded and captured by the North Koreans. And that ship is still in North Korea. And in fact, it's a tourist attraction now for people that go there. You get shown around the American ship that the North Koreans captured.

And then in the recent years, there have been a whole spate of incidents. In 1999, there was naval clashes between the North and South that lasted nine days. In 2002, there were more naval clashes, where four South Koreans were killed. In 2004, vessels from the North strayed into the southern waters. And they were fired upon by the southern Korean Navy.

So already, there is a long history of clashes out at sea. And there are concerns that if these sanctions are going to be implemented, there may be more.

LIN: Dan, we spoke with Dr. Han Park, who is very familiar with North Korea. He's been there dozens of times. He really feels that there is a potential for an all-out military confrontation with North Korea, that North Korea may go to great lengths, any lengths, to so- called defend itself and its nuclear program.

People in South Korea, are they worried about a direct attack from North Korea if this situation continues to escalate?

RIVERS: I think most people in the streets are sort of, you know, your average taxi driver here seems pretty relaxed about the situation, surprisingly so, given the enormous amount of tension up on the border and the enormous number of soldiers up there. Most people here just don't think that's going to happen, including a lot of analysts here that I've talked to.

Of course, some people, as in the gentleman you talked to, Mr. Park, would disagree. Here's the problem with the north launching an all-out war. The DMZ is so heavily fortified. There are getting on for a million troops sitting on the southern side of the DMZ. The DMZ itself is strewn with landmines. It's one of the most heavily defended frontiers in the world.

Now if the North were to launch an all-out ground offensive, a lot of people I talked to here have said, look, you know, this would be the end of the game for Kim, Jong-Il. You know, there would be massive retribution. America would launch air strikes. They have virtually no air force of their own. They have a small air force, but nothing that could compete with the Americans. And it would all be over very quickly. And probably a lot of people would die in the process.

And you know, is Kim, Jong-Il stupid enough to risk his regime and everything he has at the moment with a roll of the dice like this? Some people here are saying they don't think he'd do that.

Of course, the problem with Kim, Jong-Il is he is a very unpredictable, volatile leader, who seems to constantly enjoy stepping over any line in the sand that is drawn by the international community.

LIN: And so far has done so. Dan Rivers, thank you very much, reporting to us live via broadband from Seoul, South Korea.

Now we want to hear from you. Tonight's last call, sanctions against North Korea. Do you think they will help or hurt? Give us a call at 1-800-807-2620. We're going to air some of your responses later this hour.

Now we're covering the country and the world and the web for you. Up next, new details about a Florida family killed on a busy highway. And what police are still looking for tonight.

Also, numbers are down, So Gulf Coast homeowners are asking you to turn up the volume.

And strength, determination, willpower. You need it all to do what this man did. And you won't believe the odds he beat. Meet him in 50 minutes right here in the NEWSROOM.

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LIN: Here's what you're checking out on CNN.com tonight. A New York jury has convicted a mugger of murder in the death of an aspiring actress. Witnesses say that he shot her after she confronted him during a holdup last year. Rudy Fleming faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

And stomach stapling surgery may one day be easier to stomach. Many obese people have turned to the operation to lose weight and keep it off. Well, doctors say in the future, it may be done with a tube inserted through the mouth instead of incisions. And that could make the surgery even safer.

Now some swear that this is the way to lose weight. More and more gyms offering classes inspired by stripping. Visit CNN.com for more details on those stories and other stories. The NEWSROOM returns in just a moment.

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LIN: We know that it's Saturday night. And frankly, there's just some news you don't want to hear any day of the week. And that is when children are killed. But we are going to take the next few minutes to tell you about several big stories. And they are strange from the heartland to the sunshine state. And we wish we could tell you why this is happening.

The Escobedo family had only lived in Florida for four months. Police found their bodies by the side of the road. And there is an odd twist. Police say that this was not a carjacking. Here is CNN's Susan Candiotti.

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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The day before Jose Escobedo's 29th birthday, police say he and his wife Jessica and two young sons were all shot multiple times. Their bodies left in the grass on the side of the Florida Turnpike. From tire marks, the killer or killers took off southbound in the family's missing car, a 1998 Jeep similar to this one. And investigators want to find it.

KEN MASCARA, SHERIFF, ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA: It's actually a four-door Jeep Cherokee. It is black in color. And we now have the addition of a temporary tag.

CANDIOTTI: A temporary paper tag in the rear window. The Escobedo's bodies were abandoned about an hour's drive north from where they lived. A house in Palm Beach County. Property records indicate it's a rental.

MASCARA: This victim family moved recently to the green acres area of West Palm Beach on June 15th. They moved here from the Brownsville, Texas area.

CANDIOTTI: Authorities will not reveal how the couple was employed. Investigators spent the day reviewing nearly 500 hours of toll booth plaza surveillance videos, looking for signs of the family's jeep.

Police also are analyzing bullets, casings, and blood collected from the crime scene. The boys, ages 3 and 4, were found tucked under their mother's arms, as though, police say, she was trying to shield them from the killer's bullets.

(on camera): Seven law enforcement agencies are involved in this case. Police trying to find out who killed this family so viciously and why.

Susan Candiotti, CNN, Fort Pierce, Florida.

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LIN: Now the murder rate is rising in dozens of U.S. cities. Orlando, for example, is at the top of the list with a 328 percent spike during the first six months of this year, compared to the same period in 2005. During the same time, the number of murders went up 60 percent in San Antonio. Sacramento, California also saw a jump of 45 percent. And Memphis, 43 percent.

Now news across America as well, two days and two families killed. As police investigate the deaths in Florida, another grim probe is underway in eastern Iowa. That's where a couple and their three teen daughters were found dead at their home this morning. All had been shot. The couple's son has been arrested on unrelated charges, but police say he is a suspect in those deaths.

And a third family appears to be the victim of a violent home invasion and robbery in Miami. Police say several people were found dead inside a house. They were apparently preparing for a children's birthday party. At least four other people were seriously wounded. No word yet on who the victims are. And a shocking revelation weeks after a deadly crash in Ohio. The highway patrol says a trooper driving a patrol car that slammed into a truck was legally drunk at the time. A spokesman calls it a devastating development. The trooper and two other people were killed.

13 months and counting, and still no relief in sight along the Gulf Coast.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If we can impress upon the nation and people who are sitting thinking, I wish I would have volunteered, but now that it's over I don't need to, to reconsider that. It's not over for us.

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LIN: Help wanted now, next week, and next month.

Plus, these students have rights, and they're pushing their power in a big fight over their president.

And don't forget tonight's last call, sanctions against North Korea. Do you think they will help or hurt? Give us a call at 1-800- 807-2620.

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LIN: First came the snow. And now people in western New York are bracing for water. Almost two feet of snow now melting rapidly after a rare October storm. And that's prompting a flood watch now.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. And it could take a week to restore it all. Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton saw the damage for themselves today. And they promised federal help.

Now our viewers are sharing their images of the snowstorm through eye report. Take a look at this. David Wall shot this video in his backyard near Holly, Michigan a couple of days ago. Now he says the snow is now mostly gone, but wow. If you've got video like David's, go to CNN.com/ireport. Send us what you've got, and you can join the world's most powerful news team. David, thanks for those pictures.

Meantime, a story of heroism and survival during Hurricane Katrina being retold today in New Orleans. It's one of the entries at this weekend's New Orleans Film Festival, a film shot by a firefighter while he and his comrades were saving hundreds from flooding.

Now Richard McGurley's hour long video got a standing ovation tonight, but he wasn't there to see it. He died in the line of duty just months after Katrina hit. Only 33 years old.

Now in one scene, you can hear firefighters trying to convince a man to leave his home and get in the boat with them, but it doesn't work. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They got food, they got water. You can't (INAUDIBLE)...from here to Mississippi. If I was you I'd leave, that's all I'm saying.

You don't wanna leave, we gotta get out of here, you know, go safe other people. But I'm telling you I would leave cause there ain't gonna be nobody here.

What you gonna do? Listen man, you're messing up some valuable time. You do one of two things. You come on out here or we'll leave you here. That's all. That's all to it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good luck.

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LIN: That was some of that man's neighbors out there trying to convince him to come out.

Now it's dramatic moments like that one that got a standing ovation at the annual New Orleans Film Festival. That festival wasn't held last year because of Katrina.

Now thousands of volunteers converged on the Gulf Coast after Katrina. They wanted to do something, you know, anything to help rebuild. Well, today almost all of them have gone home, but the need for help in some places is as great as ever.

CNN Gulf Coast correspondent Susan Roesgen reports.

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SUSAN ROESGEN, CNN GULF COAST CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eric Bruckbauer decided to leave his home in Seattle for a week to gut houses for Habitat for Humanity in St. Bernard Parish, near New Orleans. Once he got here, he signed up for a second week, because he realized the work is no where near finished.

ERIC BRUCKBAUER, VOLUNTEER: You'd be amazed how much damage there still is after a year. It looks like this happened about a month ago, and people have forgotten about it. But there's -- there's still a lot to be done.

ROESGEN: In St. Bernard Parish alone there are hundreds of flooded houses just like this one that still need to be cleaned out. Neither the government nor private insurance companies cover this work, and there are far fewer volunteers these days to swing hammers.

(on camera): Habitat for Humanity has fewer than 40 volunteers here in the St. Bernard Parish this week. A few months ago there were more than 2,000.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See we set up cots in the room, and as you can see, we desperately need more people, these rooms are barely filled. ROESGEN: Six months ago Habitat for Humanity took over an abandoned elementary school, and made room for hundreds of volunteers. Now almost all the cots are empty, and other groups have seen their volunteer numbers drop off dramatically too. St. Bernard Parish Councilman Craig Taffaro says without volunteers, the parish would never have gotten back on its feet.

CRAIG TAFFARO, ST. BERNARD PARRISH COUNCILMAN: If we can impress upon the nation and people who are -- who are sitting, thinking, I wish I would have volunteered, but now that it's over I don't need to, to reconsider that, because it's not over for us.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This stands for St. Bernard recovery.

ROESGEN: Kelly Donahue has been so inspired by her work for Habitat that she got this tattoo, a reminder of Katrina's damage and all the work that still needs to be done. Susan Roesgen, CNN, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.

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LIN: In the NEWSROOM now with your headlines tonight and tomorrow. More threats from North Korea. Its ambassador to the United Nations says this. Pyongyang will consider increased U.S. pressure a declaration of war, that after the Security Council approved sanctions against North Korea for its alleged nuclear test. U.S. officials applaud the U.N.'s move.

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BOLTON: We will give them time to respond. And I hope that they choose the correct path, give up the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, and open up the potential for their oppressed people for a better life.

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LIN: In Iraq, thousands of Shiites converged on Najaf today to mark a religious holiday. But it was a tense pilgrimage. Security had been tight for days to prevent Sunni insurgents from attacking the worshipers.

Investigators are ruling out a carjacking in the case of a family found shot to death along Florida's turnpike. They're now watching hundreds of hours of toll booth surveillance tapes to try to find any clues to the killings. Autopsies on the four victims will take place Monday.

And fans are mourning the death of Freddy Fender. The country singer died today at his Texas home after battling lung cancer. He was only 69. Born in Mexico, Fender billed himself as al bee bop kid. One of his best known hits? "Before the Next Teardrop Falls."

Secret Service agents had some questions for a California teen over her page on myspace.com. She posted a picture of the president with the words "Kill Bush" across the top. She later replaced her page, but she'd already been placed on a federal checklist. Julia Wilson and her family will join us live tomorrow in the 6:00 p.m. Eastern hour.

Now this woman is among 22 undocumented workers facing deportation over a missed deadline. They had been paying money for six years to a law firm for visa services, which would have put them on the path to U.S. citizenship.

Well, their applications were due in April, but they were turned in late. The workers are now suing the company that promised to help them become legal residents.

So how is this for an alternative fuel? Algae. Yuck. Researchers have come up with a way to manufacture a hydrogen producing algae. It can be used to fuel hydrogen cars. The idea has the attention of Florida's agriculture commissioner.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I want to see it on hundreds of acres so that we can tell how much fuel we're going to get out of so many tons of algae.

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LIN: And a ceremony today to celebrate the newest addition to the nation's capitol skyline. This 270-foot-tall memorial to the United States Air Force dedicated today on a hill between Arlington National Cemetery and the Pentagon.

Well, it's late Sunday morning in North Korea. And we are monitoring state-run television, searching for reaction to the United Nations sanctions right now.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: His decisions, especially pertaining to national security, are made by the military.

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LIN: What will Kim Jong-Il do to get the respect and the response he wants from the United States?

And from crack pipe to marathons, this man goes from addict to athlete. All straight ahead right here in the NEWSROOM.

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LIN: Our top story, the U.N. slaps tough new sanctions on North Korea, sparking on angry response and a veiled threat. The Security Council unanimously condemned North Korea's recent reported nuclear test. It also imposed a freeze on assets linked to North Korean nuclear and weapons programs.

Now North Korea's ambassador compared the new measures to a declaration of war. The resolution also targets top North Korean officials. It includes a travel ban and an embargo on importing luxury goods.

Now earlier, I spoke with North Korea expert Han Park. He has been there more than 40 times. And he told me North Korea's plan to develop nuclear weapons will have ominous consequences.

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PARK: The military is a very, very single minded and tunnel visioned. They think nuclear weapons will do the job that is deterring aggression. But if forcefully in some way they are denied, they will be prepared to counter militarily.

LIN: All right, counter militarily, though, but not directly at the United States but to one of its allies.

PARK: Exactly. Exactly...

LIN: South Korea?

PARK: We have enough American installations, American military personnel, civilians as well. So since -- in North Korea itself they have tunnels. Probably 22 million people can hide for the time being. So they have been preparing for the last 50 years to the eventuation of confrontation militarily.

Of course, that will undoubtedly lead to the collapse of the system and disappearance of the entire country from earth.

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LIN: Impossible to imagine. Now China's ambassador was a reluctant partner in today's unanimous vote. In fact, China is already backing away from a key component of the U.N. Resolution.

For more, let's go live to Beijing and join our bureau chief Jaime Florcruz. Jaime, good to have you on this story. Why is China so reluctant to go as far as countries like the United States and Japan in getting North Korea to fall in line and stop its nuclear ambitions?

JAIME FLORCRUZ, BEIJING BUREAU CHIEF: Well, China has always been opposed to a nuclear North Korea. So there was no doubt that the Chinese would have gone along with a strong statement condemning the nuclear tests.

However, the devil is in the details. And the Chinese were reluctant to go along with specific sanctions. They wanted a targeted, calibrated response. They didn't want a blanket sanction, especially anything that had military components, and especially in the implementation.

Chinese share a very long border with North Korea. And so, they're afraid that any military interdiction, inspection on the coast, for example, or on the seas could lead to tension or even military confrontation. Carol?

LIN: So they're already back-pedaling from one of the key facets of this resolution, enforcing cargo inspections?

FLORCRUZ: Well, the Chinese went along with the resolution itself, but they are expressing concern in the implementation of certain parts of the resolution. They are worried that any inspection could lead to a military clash with the North Koreans. And so far, they are saying that they are happy with the way it was drafted with certain reservations. Carol?

LIN: All right. So technically, though, you can't have it both ways. You can't be supportive of North Korea and still be unanimous in voting for this resolution. So China has, in effect, broken a bit with North Korea. So if it's broken ranks with North Korea, then what else can they do?

FLORCRUZ: Well, it is quite significant that the Chinese have again broken ranks with North Korea in voting for it. They could have just, for example, they could have just abstained and still let it pass. The Chinese, after all, have a veto power in the Security Council.

But voting for it was quite a remarkable position or gesture on the part of the Chinese. However, the Chinese believe that in the end since military option is not an option, they still hope that all sides will come back to the six-party talks and try, through dialogue and diplomacy, negotiate a resolution of this crisis. Carol?

LIN: Certainly the Chinese ambassador at the United Nations being very clear by saying that we firmly - China firmly opposes the use of force.

Jaime Florcruz, terrific to have you from Beijing, China. It is morning there.

Now students protecting their school, their president standing by policy. When will the protests end? Stay here in the NEWSROOM.

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LIN: New video into the CNN Center just about an hour ago. You might call it a foot brawl. Check that out. That's not the game. You're seeing 13 players ejected after a fight broke out in the third quarter of the Florida International Miami game. Players from both sides appeared to be swinging helmets. The melee lasted about five minutes. Tensions have been running high throughout the evening. For the whole smackdown, you can go to ESPN.com. Geez.

All right, UW Madison, Berkeley, Kent State, all universities known for protests. Now add one more to the list, Gallaudet. This weekend, a scene from 20 years ago reoccurred. And students vow they will be heard.

Here's CNN's Gary Nurenberg.

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GARY NURENBERG, CNN CORESPONDENT (voice-over): One hundred and thirty- three demonstrators were arrested Friday night as they block an entrance to Gallaudet University, the country's most prominent school for the deaf.

Protester opposing the choice of a new school president had shut down the campus for three days.

I KING JORDAN, OUTGOING PRESIDENT, GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: That includes the educational, the elementary school children, high school children, people who come for hearing assessment, infants who come for hearing assessment, senior citizens who come for hearing aid repair, all of the many different things that we do on campus, ground to a half for a week. We can't allow that to happen.

NURENBERG: Outgoing president, I King Jordan, who is deaf, got his job after protesters forced the resignation of a hearing president in 1988.

This year, demonstrators object to the selection of school provost, Jane K. Fernandes, as Jordan's replacement. They say there was a lack of diversity in the screening process. And they don't like Fernandes' track record at the school.

UNIDENTIFIED GALLAUDET STUDENT: She does not have a relationship with the Gallaudet community in general. She keeps herself hidden.

NURENBERG: Some opponents believe her background disqualifies her for the high prestige position.

JANE FERNANDES, PRESIDENT ELECT, GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY (through interpreter): I had attended a public school, not a school for the deaf. I had gone to a college other than one that was for deaf people. And I didn't learn to sign, and really meet deaf people who did sign, until I was 22 years of age. So my emergent into American Sign Language and culture came later in my life.

NURENBERG: The arrests on Friday night cleared a side entrance to the school. But the main entrance to Gallaudet University remains closed as students insist they'll continue to protest until they get what they want.

Christopher Corrigan was among those arrested.

CHRISTOPHER CORRIGAN, GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY STUDENT (through interpreter): We're getting more support than ever. We're getting bigger and stronger. And we're going to continue. We're not giving up. We're not going to weaken.

NURENBERG: Fernandes says she won't give up either. She's scheduled to assume the presidency when Jordan retires in December. If Fernandes actually does, she knows her first big job will be to heal a campus deeply divided about having her there.

Gary Nuremberg, CNN, Washington. (END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: We'll be following that story for you.

Also, he once lived out of a Buick filled with gin bottles and crack cocaine. Today look at him. He's an Ironman inspiration. A story of personal loss, and desire and achievement next in the NEWSROOM.

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LIN: It takes incredible strength and will to do an Ironman challenge. Check that out. 100-plus miles biking, two and a half miles of swimming, and a 26-mile run.

But it takes even more will to do it 11 times and work through cocaine and alcohol addiction. Earlier, I spoke with Todd Crandell, who competes in the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii next week. Now Todd's been replacing his addictions with athletics and hopes others will do the same.

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LIN: For people to really understand and appreciate what you are doing in your life, people have to know what it's like to be addicted to crack.

TODD CRANDELL, IRONMAN COMPETITOR: Well, for me being addicted to drugs and alcohol was an absolute nightmare. I began using drugs and alcohol at the age of 13. And it progressed to a level where I was drinking two fifths of whiskey a day, doing three or four grams of cocaine a day, smoking crack, doing meth, heroin, anything I could get my hands on.

LIN: All right, so those are drugs that actually - I mean, they take over your life. They become an obsession. They have you by the throat. So how do you kick something like that, manage something like that with exercise?

CRANDELL: Well, for me, thankfully I got my third drunk driving charge back in April of 1993. And that was the catalyst for me to get my life back together. And then I found athletics. And particularly the Ironman Triathlon as one of the ways that helps me stay sober.

LIN: How does it do it? Because if your personality - I mean, you've been proven to have an addictive personality -- can you transfer that addiction to exercise, challenging yourself that way?

CRANDELL: Absolutely. I've taken a negative addiction and turned it into a new focus. And that's our whole philosophy at Racing for Recovery is just take something that's negative in your life and turn it into something productive.

LIN: Is there ever a time when you're out there running, biking, swimming, that you still feel the pull of drugs and alcohol? CRANDELL: I still occasionally get the urge to use drugs and alcohol. But every time I'm out there racing, I am carrying the Racing for Recovery message to help that addict and their family that is still suffering from addiction. And that just carries me through every Ironman that I'm doing.

LIN: Is there actual medical evidence that this can actually work for other addicts?

CRANDELL: Well, obviously I'm not a medical doctor, but I've read information on this. And exercise is -- you get the endorphin release. And it does so much more not only physically. It's mentally and spiritually improves yourself as well.

LIN: Well, why not the 12-step programs that are out there? Do they work?

CRANDELL: Well, for me, I utilized the 12-step program for the first two years of my recovery, and was thankful for that program to be around. But I just found later on that I needed more than what the 12 steps offered.

And through Racing for Recovery, our support group meetings combine family members along with the addict. So both sides can understand this horrible thing called addiction. And it's just a new approach to sobriety.

LIN: So it's kind of like transferring your addiction to something that's healthy for you?

CRANDELL: It's transforming that negative addiction into a new focus. And it not only helps addicts, but their families as well.

LIN: All right, so when you talk about focus, give me your workout routine?

CRANDELL: Well, this morning before I came up to do this interview, I ran eight miles. And now I'm in the taper mode, so I don't do a lot for the next week. But I'm usually doing about 15 or 20 hours of swimming, biking, and running per week.

LIN: All right. Well, when you bike 112 miles, what, swim 2.4 and run 26.2 miles, I think all I would be thinking about is survival, too. Good luck. Let us know how you do in the Ironman, OK?

CRANDELL: Thank you very much.

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LIN: And we'll be letting you know, too.

Now following up also on the news that you choose. Every weekend night, we like to give you flash feedback. FW Rasmussen wanted to know more about the 2006 campaign. Well, now even senators are joining the battle for control of the House. Republican Senate Leader Bill Frist has e-mailed his political supporters. He asked them to send money to Speaker Dennis Hastert's reelection campaign.

The request came just hours after Democratic Senator John Kerry e-mailed fellow Democrats, asking them to support Hastert's relatively unknown opponent. Hastert, as you know, has faced intense criticism for his handling of the Mark Foley page scandal.

And remember all of your election 2006 news is just a click away. So go to CNN.com/ticker.

Check of the hour's headlines after the break. But first, your responses to our last call question. Sanctions against North Korea. Do you think it will help or hurt? Here's what you had to say.

CALLER: Hi, this is Sasha calling from Charleston, South Carolina. And I think it's going to work because Kim, Jong-Il is just going to keep pushing the international community and pushing them more. And they're going to have to do more. And for that reason, I think it's going to work. Not immediately, but in the long term.

CALLER: Hi, my name's Drew Wofford. I'm from Raleigh, North Carolina. And I'm a 16-year-old. My thoughts on this is that, no, it's not going to do any good. I think they're going to do whatever they want. And I think it's going to end in some kind of military action.

CALLER: Yes, this is Kinton. I'm calling from Houston, Texas. All I got to say is I think we should sit down one on one. That's all North Korea wants is to sit down and talk one on one with us. And that's all I think we should do.

CALLER: Anthony Cole calling from New Brumfields, Texas. Sanctions against North Korea will most certainly help. There need to be severe sanctions against North Korea.

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