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Arrests Made in Newark Murders; Bore Hole Could Reach Miners in Six Hours; Gunmen on the Loose after Vancouver Restaurant Shooting; Charleston Suffers from Extreme Heat; Inside Look at Crandall Canyon Mine Rescue; Boy, 9, Saves Father, Passed Out Behind Wheel

Aired August 09, 2007 - 13:00   ET

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

KYRA PHILLIPS, CO-HOST: Journey to the center of the earth, not quite, but after about the first 20 minutes you start to wonder.
ROB MARCIANO, CO-HOST: CNN's Gary Tuchman is the only network reporter to join the rescue teams deep in the Crandall Canyon coal mine. His remarkable reports are ahead as families wait for word on their loved ones.

PHILLIPS: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.

MARCIANO: And I'm Rob Marciano, in today for Don Lemon, and you are in the CNN NEWSROOM.

We have a number of news pressers lined up for you during the CNN NEWSROOM, one of which is going to come out of the coal mining accident in Utah. We'll get to that probably this hour. Stay with the NEWSROOM.

PHILLIPS: So we're going to begin in New Jersey now, where police are holding two suspects in the deaths of three college students in Newark over the weekend. Others may be involved, as well, and police made that announcement just a short time ago.

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GARRY MCCARTHY, NEWARK POLICE DIRECTOR: There is forensic evidence. There was a fingerprint recovered from the crime scene, which led us to the identification and the murder warrant, which was developed late last night. And as a result of chasing down those leads, some hard work, we've been able to put ourselves in a position now where we are out looking for a number of individuals at this point on a number of different levels.

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PHILLIPS: The victims, bound for Delaware State University this fall, were forced against a wall and shot execution style in a school yard. Let's get straight to the mayor now, Cory Booker, addressing reporters. Let's listen in.

CORY BOOKER, MAYOR, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: We'll give you all information about what was going on. My chief of staff, Pablo Fonseca (ph) received a phone call from an attorney by the name of Felix Montalvo. Mr. Montalvo is a long-term -- time friend of both the chief of staff and myself and numerous people before you.

He said that he had in custody -- not in custody, excuse me, in a car with him the gentleman Jose, who we are looking for. We immediately, as quickly as we could, summed up the press conference. We left.

I got on the phone with Felix. We made an arrangement to meet at 22 Franklin Street. We then went over to 22 Franklin Street, placed police officers all around the area, to watch, control the traffic.

Approximately, moments later -- forgive me for not having the exact time -- Felix Montalvo walked in, holding the arm and hand of our suspect, who walked up to me. Felix told me at that point that this is the gentleman we were looking for, handing the gentleman over to me.

Immediately, I turned around and turned to a detective, who put the individual in handcuffs. We then walked up and took him into the homicide offices.

At this point we are confirming identification, but what is important to understand right now is that we are working now with the prosecutor's office to see if we can get some information out of that individual.

Are there any questions?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Apparently he wanted to turn himself in personally to you. Did you exchange any words, have any conversations or did he say anything to you about turning himself in?

BOOKER: I spoke with Felix Montalvo. I've had absolutely nothing to say to this individual.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Were you expecting that one of the other people they're looking for? Do you know whether they're all Hispanic?

BOOKER: I do not want to comment -- comment on the races of all of them. Very, very purposely, I do not want to comment on the races of all of them. And we have an ongoing investigation. As the director, I think, said quite articulately before, every piece of evidence we get is leading to two and three other leads. So we're gathering all the information.

And we'll use this opportunity to ask, again, that we're looking still for any information whatsoever on the -- on the suspects we have already apprehended, as well as the suspects that we still believe are at large.

The question, obviously, leads to how many suspects do you have out there? We are not saying at this point, but we will confirm that there are others we are looking for.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did he address you (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

BOOKER: He said nothing whatsoever. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you confirm whether or not you all have a good idea of what the other suspects are doing?

BOOKER: We have very, very strong leads. I am confident that all of the suspects in this case will be apprehended. There is a great, great, very impressive partnering investigation going between prosecutor Paula Dow's office and our lead detectives in this.

We have numerous, numerous officers and law enforcement personnel on the field right now, looking. And we are still looking for assistance from the community at large.

I'm going to go way in the back.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you believe Mr. Carranza is legally in the United States and the other suspects, as well?

BOOKER: I don't want to confirm that right now. Again, he's using an alias. We're looking at a lot of information regarding this individual. We're releasing it as we confirm it and think it's appropriate.

The other individual, the minor, is an American citizen and was found, again, with a Newark address.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayor, can you -- did Mr. Montalvo speak to you about this? Or you said the suspect did not talk about it. Why did he turn himself in? Did he know that police were after him or did he discuss that at all?

BOOKER: I can only discuss that he contacted an attorney and asked specifically to be -- the attorney then asked us specifically if he could turn him in to me, and that's all, frankly, I'm comfortable discussing.

Mr. Schupy (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you discuss at all the body language if he looked you in the eyes or did he look down, anything like that?

BOOKER: Again, any description of the individual would be colored by my feelings right now. So he simply came forward. He said nothing. We put him in handcuffs, and we walked the individual into the office. I personally helped the detective to sit him down, and I left.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayor, Mayor...

BOOKER: Right here and then Brian.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You said before you were angry. Can you say what your feelings were when you were faced with this individual, finally, after talking about him...

BOOKER: I don't think words can describe the level of emotion I feel about this individual and all of the individuals involved and what they've done to these families, what they've done -- allegedly done, excuse me. I know the prosecutor's helping me with my vocabulary these days, what they've allegedly done.

I cannot -- I really cannot express to you what they've done and what I as feel, as a mayor of the city, what they've done to harm the community fabric here, the spirit of our community as well as our reputation.

But in addition to that, though, I know that my community will heal and be stronger and stronger in the future -- Brian.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayor, you've said you did not talk to Mr. Carranza at that point. Can you describe, though, your conversations with Mr. Montalvo, who was on the phone and when you saw him in person.

BOOKER: To describe it, it was a very brief set of conversations. Mr. Fonseca, as you might remember, came over, whispered in my ear what the situation was. It was during the time, I think, that Councilman Carlos Gonzalez was speaking. We worked to end the press conference. I went right into, to take his call.

Mr. Montalvo, I think, at that point also called Councilman Gonzalez's cell phone. Again, he's a well-known person within our Newark community. I talked to Mr. Montalvo on the phone. He said, "Mr. Mayor, we'd like -- he'd like to be turned in directly to you."

And I said simply, "Let's find a spot. Where are you?" He was located in the car around Broad Street. I decided that 22 Franklin Street, after consulting with the prosecutor and my police director, would be a good, safe and secure location.

We did not know what we would encounter, so obviously my immediate concern was to get him in apprehension but also to protect the public in case he was dangerous or there was some kind of setup.

We were able to get police officers ahead of us to secure the location. We were able to get police officers in the building to prepare for our arrival. We arrived and we waited, and the -- Mr. Montalvo walked in, walked up to me and said he would like to turn himself in to me.

I put my hand on the individual. We turned him around. We put him in handcuffs, and we again took him to the offices of downtown.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Montalvo did not give any reasons, I would assume, then, of why...

BOOKER: Mr. Montalvo made it clear, again, that he was going allow us to process his client and that he would be back involved, as often lawyers are, and I understand Mr. Montalvo then walked out and had a conversation with members of the media.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now that you've caught him, can you please elaborate on the relationship between him and the 15-year-old? Nephew-uncle, father-son, friend? What was going on? BOOKER: We cannot elaborate, just that they were both allegedly on the scene and both involved. And I'm sure the prosecutor is working now on charges and she'd like to speak to that, maybe.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you tell us about the relationship?

PAULA DOW, PROSECUTOR: We don't believe there's any familiar relationship between them. Other than that, it's still continuing and unfolding as we speak.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do you mean, there's no familiar...?

DOW: We don't think there's any blood relationship between those two individuals.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Might Mr. Carranza have been the leader of the several individuals sought in this case?

DOW: At this time we're still trying to investigate that and other matters.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayor, when the attorney said that the suspect wanted to turn himself in to you personally. I figure you don't get those requests often.

BOOKER: You know, my feelings were just get this guy in as quickly as possible. I have not dwelled on -- and haven't had time to even think about that. I want the killers off the streets of the city of Newark. I want to give the families as solace -- as much solace as can come from that. So I wanted to get that person in custody as quickly as possible before he changed his mind, and literally, we took care of that.

I called the members of the family to alert them. I'm trying to keep them one step, frankly, ahead of the media and the information swirl. And then after talking to family members, I came back here to do this press conference.

Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did he offer an apology? An excuse, a glance? (UNINTELLIGIBLE) A "sorry"...

BOOKER: He said no words whatsoever. He kept quiet, I'm sure under instruction from his attorney.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What is he awaiting trial for?

BOOKER: Sorry.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can you say what he's awaiting trial...

BOOKER: No, the prosecutor has not brought any formal charges yet.

I'm sorry, the one -- forgive me. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Priors, priors.

BOOKER: Forgive me. It is in relation to an aggravated assault to a fight, basically. What the exact charges are again, the prosecutor is working on that case.

Mr. Schupy (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Has anything changed now whether you guys believe whether he is the triggerman?

BOOKER: No, we're not -- nothing has changed in terms of what we want to tell you. I have to, again, emphasize, there is still an ongoing hunt for other individuals involved with this case. We still have other people, we believe, that were the heinous perpetrators of these crimes that we need to bring to justice, and we're looking for them. And we're asking for help in that process.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. Mayor, this crime, definitely, because of the cruelty and faced national attention, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) do you believe that this is going to be the tip of the iceberg, that that title is going to make Newark turn around?

You have definitely came (sic) to this conversation saying that we're fighting against crimes. Do you still believe that this is achievable and this people -- this crime of these students, that they were the future of Newark, is going to finally turn the city around?

BOOKER: I have every belief that there is a tremendous opportunity here to accomplish just that. (speaking Spanish)

PHILLIPS: Newark Mayor Cory Booker there, exercising his bilingual capabilities, holding a news conference both in English and in Spanish for his community.

This is what we can tell you right now with regard to those execution-style killings of three college students over the weekend.

Two suspects now have been arrested. A 15-year-old male has been arrested in connection to these killings, in addition to a picture that we just got of a man that police were looking for right here, 31- year-old Jose Carranza. Two suspects now in custody for these murders.

We're being told by the mayor they do believe there are more suspects involved in this case. There's an ongoing hunt for additional individuals. The suspect said absolutely nothing to the mayor or any of the arresting officers, according to the mayor, when they were brought in.

Also, they are investigating if indeed Carranza was the leader of these killings. They're not saying whether the 15-year-old and Carranza were related to each other. They're leaving that off the books right now, in addition to if either one of these individuals were the suspected triggermen.

They're just letting the public know they have two suspects in these killings and the search is on for more. We'll keep you updated.

MARCIANO: Meanwhile, two gunmen are on the loose after a deadly shooting at a Vancouver restaurant. Eight people were hit when attackers sprayed a Chinese eatery in the predawn hours. Two people did die in what police believe was a targeted assault.

We'll get a live update at the bottom of the hour.

The next couple of hours could be critical in the effort to rescue those six Utah coal miners. We are monitoring a press conference that is happening right now, and we'll be continuing in the Crandall Canyon coal mine.

There, the owner of Murray Energy and CEO, who has been outspoken about this event throughout the accident since Monday. Those miners are still trapped. Let's listen in for just a little bit.

This is Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy.

BOB MURRAY, CEO/PRESIDENT, MURRAY ENERGY: If the concussion from the earthquake and the subsequent seismic activity killed the miners, then that is in the lord's hands. We can't control that. But the recovery of this mine and the recovery of these miners has been my responsibility.

I apologize for a lack of voice. I am going on four days with practically no sleep. I have men up on this mine that have gone four days with no sleep, very little. We can't get our hourly men out of the mine when their shift is up to bring in another shift. They want to stay and keep working. That's the kind of professional commitment that our employees of Utah American Energy and Murray Energy are giving this recovery.

I don't recall a recovery in my 50-year career that has ever gone smoother between the company and the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, and I give Assistant Secretary Stickler my thanks and to acknowledge to you that MSHA and the company have worked in any way through every issue.

I also want to tell you no mistakes have been made at all so far in this recovery. It's just going too slow, just too slow.

Now, since I gave Mr. Stickler the footage numbers on the drilling at 8:30, I asked for an update and just now got it a few minutes ago. The 2.5 inch drill is now down to 1,400 -- 530 feet, 1,530 feet.

Now that's a little further than the original depth we told you, but you have to remember, and we are going to show you movies here from the helicopter trip we took so you can see the terrain and the steepness. So it was easy to, with the extreme differences in the topography, at that point to not know the exact depth, but of course, we do now. And Mr. Stickler gave you that.

At 1,530 feet we should arrive in the cavity in six hours. Now I've said to you all along, this first 2.5 inch drill was positioned by a helicopter using GPS means, and we have other ways to try to steer the drill. But at those depths a 2 1/2 inch drill will bend, and we may not come out in the mine right where we want to be. We may come out in a solid pillar and have to start the drilling all over again.

But as the brother of the trapped miner explained so well to his family this morning, where we've picked these holes and as I told you on the maps yesterday, they're all in intersections. Do you remember that where I showed you the red circles and stars? They're all at intersections, so we can be off 300 feet, north, south, east or west and still hit the cavity where the men are.

The second drill, the 6 5/8 drill, is just now completing the installation of the directional motor. This is a very sophisticated device that allows this massive drill to be steered by a motor after they're down 355 feet, which is where they are. And it will actually speed up the drilling, and I still anticipate that that drill will be to the victims at some time late tomorrow evening.

The underground work, some of you saw me here quite dirty at our interview between 6:30 and 8 last night. I went back underground. It was close to midnight when I came back out, and at that time we had progressed 128 feet. I'm sorry; by morning here we had progressed 128 feet.

We weren't going well under there, because we had to set a lot of timbers, as I explained to you, this deal, prop posts, the timbers, the chain link fencing and the cable to tie it all together. And we have pictures of that, and those of you that went underground with me yesterday with your cameras, you saw it and you all have those photographs and what these massive amounts of protection are involving.

But we must do it, because our first responsibility and, certainly, that of MSHA is that we don't injure the rescuers. Some of these men are willing to take chances to get their brothers out. We cannot let that happen. So that has slowed down our progress.

We were 315 feet in there. Our machinery is still in there, but when the additional seismic activity came, we lost all of that. And as I said to you yesterday morning we're back to square one.

I -- earlier this morning we've gotten most -- 128 feet back, and I'm going to say and predict it will move at about 100 feet a shift. That's my projection. It may be wrong. That means 300 feet a day. That means if the rubble extends all the way to the trapped miners, we'll be there in six to seven days, which is consistent with what I've been saying to you for the last two and a half days. That's the same number.

But I could be wrong, again, because we may have more seismic activity, and it may slow down the process.

Again, I want to emphasize to you, the fact that we don't get to the miners, for, say, a week doesn't mean anything to their welfare. These bore holes hopefully will access them in six hours, and the larger bore hole tomorrow. And through those bore holes, we will provide communications, ventilation, sustenance, anything they need to keep them alive indefinitely.

Now to a part of this that, in my mind, goes along and where I have been totally focused, in addition to the mine rescue and directing that mine rescue, myself in conjunction with MSHA, is the families.

As you know, I decided that there were two very intelligent miners in those meetings that I was having three -- every three hours. And I took them to my side and I said would you come in the mine with me if MSHA will approve it? And they did.

And one of those fellows is extremely intelligent. One is Hispanic and one speaks English, so they went in the mine, and they gave the most marvelous presentation to their families yesterday.

So this morning after six or seven interviews here that started at 4 with you folks, I took these two gentlemen to the governor's helicopter, which we appreciate the fact that he provided it, and we flew up to the drill sites and looked took them over. I have video of the drill sites here that I'm going to show you in a little bit, and I'm going share with you any -- the tapes so that you can use them in any way you wish.

These gentlemen went back to their families at 8:30 this morning and gave another very, very good report. It provided me time just to go over and sit down, because I could never do any better in explaining what they saw than what they did, and how they're doing it. I've invited them to come back in the mine today, and they will be back underground today.

MARCIANO: You have been listening to Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy. And he's been at the forefront since this mining accident early Monday. Still six miners trapped there 1,500 feet underground.

They have two drills that are heading down. They think that one of the smaller drills may get to the miners within the next six hours. The larger drill may get there by tomorrow afternoon, both of which would certainly help in the possibility of at least those men surviving.

We'll have much more on that press conference and news on the mining accident throughout the CNN NEWSROOM.

PHILLIPS: We're going to continue to follow the desperate digging, trying to get the rescue to those six miners that are trapped underground.

We're going to take a look inside the Crandall Canyon coal mine straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

MARCIANO: And how refreshing. These kids have the right idea on yet another scalding hot day. When might the heat wave break? That's ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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MARCIANO: Steamy, stifling, simply miserable. Many of us are seeing temperatures around 100 degrees again today. You add in the humidity, and it just feels like a steam bath.

Excessive heat warnings are out now from Tulsa to Richmond and south to Savannah. A number of cities have opened cooling centers, and volunteers are going door to door, checking on the elderly.

Some places are giving out fans and air conditioners to those without. And of course, that adds to the record power usage, which is prompting utility companies to urge customers to cut back wherever they can.

PHILLIPS: Well, even the nights are setting records right here in Atlanta, Georgia. Eighty-two degrees yesterday, the highest low temperature ever. That was before the sun even came up.

Bonnie Schneider is tracking it all for us.

Hey, Bonnie.

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PHILLIPS: All right. Thanks, Bonnie.

MARCIANO: A lot of red on that weather map. A lot of red on Wall Street today, neither of which is a good sign, unless you're selling short. Susan Lisovicz down there with all the action at the New York Stock Exchange.

Have things calmed down at all yet, Susan? What's going on?

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No. No, Rob. You know, we had a tornado in Brooklyn yesterday, but the extreme weather on Wall Street has been a factor of the marketplace for the last couple of weeks, and no, things have not calmed down. Things have stabilized somewhat, but the volatility so characteristic of the past few weeks is back full force.

The catalyst, once again, concerns about the nation's credit market. This time those fears fueled by something that happened overseas. French bank BNP Paribas suspended withdrawals from three large funds that invested in U.S. sub prime mortgagees.

On top of that, some worrisome news from an American company. Insurance giant AIG, which reported solid quarterly earnings, said the percentage of mortgage defaults is growing, and it's not just borrowers with sub prime loans. Defaults are becoming more common among people with people better credit ratings, too.

The news sent shockwaves through a market that's already been on edge. We've been seeing extreme volatility lately, especially in the final hour of trading.

President Bush speaking about the market for the second time in as many days. He repeated his confidence in the economy, saying the economic fundamentals are strong despite the housing slump, but he could not address today's turbulence specifically.

You can check it out for yourself. Check out the big board. The Dow Industrials, which were down 240 points at the low, shaved off about 100 points of that, now down 204 points or 1 1/2 percent.

The NASDAQ is down 35 points or 1 1/3 percent. The broader S&P 500 down nearly 2 percent.

The markets started to come undone again, this afternoon, Rob. The "Wall Street Journal's" reporting that Goldman Sachs, right down the road from the New York Stock Exchange, and one of the most respected of all the big investment banks in the U.S. and the world, for that matter. The "Journal" saying that a second Goldman hedge fund has hit a rocky patch and is selling some of its positions, and that is not the kind of news that is welcome on a day like today, Rob.

MARCIANO: No. That's one of the gold standards there, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley. Those guys have been around a while.

LISOVICZ: You know, there is risk in hedge funds. And we're seeing, you know -- we're seeing some big hits there. But we're also seeing it unfold overseas, as well, and I think that's one of the reasons why the markets were so spooked today.

MARCIANO: Well, try to keep the market propped up for just a little bit. Our retirement accounts are depending on it. Thank you, Susan Lisovicz.

LISOVICZ: I'll be an Atlas for you, Rob.

MARCIANO: All right. We'll be back to you in a bit. Thanks.

PHILLIPS: Straight ahead, trees down, cars crushed, and sidewalks buckled. What wrecked this Brooklyn neighborhood? Well, we've got the answer straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

MARCIANO: And three college students murdered. Today, two suspects in custody. We're on the case ahead in the NEWSROOM.

PHILLIPS: Desperate digging, trying to rescue six men trapped underground. We're going to take a look inside the Crandall Canyon coal mine. Our Gary Tuchman takes you on a tour, straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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PHILLIPS: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips live at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.

MARCIANO: And I'm Rob Marciano.

PHILLIPS: Newark, New Jersey, police are now holding two suspects in the deaths of three college students in Newark over the weekend. Others may be involved, we're told, and police made that announcement just a short time ago.

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GARRY MCCARTHY, NEWARK POLICE DIRECTOR: There is forensic evidence. There -- there was a fingerprint recovered from the crime scene, which led us to the identification and the murder warrant, which was developed late last night.

And as a result of chasing down those leads, some hard work, we've been able to put ourselves in a position now where we are out looking for a number of individuals at this point on a number of different levels.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Now, the victims, bound for Delaware State University this fall, were forced against a wall and shot execution style in a schoolyard.

MARCIANO: Malik El-Amim, his son, Malik, and Brianna Jolie knew of the Newark victim, 18-year-old Terrance Aeriel. On CNN's "AMERICAN MORNING" they spoke to Kiran Chetry about Aeriel's death and the violence plaguing their city.

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MALIK EL-AMIM, FRIEND OF TERRANCE AERIEL: Well, one thing I see is that we really need parents to really get involved and stand up and be responsible and take charge of their children. The parents must get involved and take charge of their children again. They have to do it.

I've seen the other day that, you know, a lot of people was attacking the north administrator, Cory Booker, attacking police officers. And I don't think that's the avenue there. I mean, you see kids all around here in the community, and they're looking for leaders. And the leaders start at home with their parents.

KIRAN CHETRY, CO-HOST, "AMERICAN MORNING": Right. And let me ask your son about that because, you know, the scary thing was Terrance was not involved in drugs. He was a smart kid, accepted into college. Much like yourself.

Do you fear for your own safety and the safety of your friends in your city, even when you're not looking for trouble?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I do sometimes. You could find violence almost everywhere, every street corner, even outside your own house. So I fear for my friends, as well, because violence is a bad thing, because I'm a good student. He was a good student. It shouldn't happen to people like this. It should happen to people that's bad themselves.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MARCIANO: Newark has seen more than 60 killings this year.

PHILLIPS: Well, gunfire shattered the early morning calm of a Vancouver restaurant today. Two people are dead, six wounded and two gunmen are on the loose.

Joining us in Vancouver, reporter Todd Battis of CTV.

Todd, what can you tell us about the search for the suspects?

TODD BATTIS, CTV REPORTER: Well, Kyra, the gun shots began at 4:30 p.m. -- 4:30 this morning. Police arrived shortly after to find two men dead inside that restaurant. We still know very little about them.

There's one person, who -- a victim who's in critical condition in hospital now. A number of others, a total of eight, were shot. The others are in hospital.

As you mentioned, two gunmen are on the loose right now. Police are saying very little about them, other than to say to the public, don't be concerned that these two are on the loose but -- because they pose no risk to the general public, which leads us to believe that this was a targeted attack.

PHILLIPS: Todd, I'm sorry. I thought we're going to go to a little bit of an interview there, I apologize.

Let me ask you. The police believe it was a targeted attack. So is the -- obviously, they're doing everything they can to track down these suspects. So they don't believe that they are going after anybody else? They knew the people that owned this restaurant.

Does it look like it was a robbery? An intended robbery?

BATTIS: At this point, it doesn't seem to be that, Kyra. We understand that the two men entered the restaurant, one in the back, one through the front with automatic and semi-automatic machine -- weapons and opened fire immediately. There were overturned tables. There was bullet casings throughout the restaurant, also spilling out onto the sidewalk.

We were talking to an individual who lives in this neighborhood who walks by that restaurant every day. And he told us that just yesterday he noticed a sign in the window that said security cameras had been installed, leading him to believe, at least, that this restaurant suspected that they could be targeted, something.

It's open at all hours of the day, and it is usually congregated by a number of people at those early hours.

PHILLIPS: All right. We'll follow the investigation. Todd Battis of CTV out of Vancouver. Thank you. MARCIANO: Well, it could be Splitsville in California. A proposal to divide the mega-state's electoral votes could cost the Democrats big time. Details are ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Nearly a third of the nation's boiling in a heat wave and that includes Charleston, South Carolina, where temperatures this hour are well into the mid-90s, and it's going to get hotter yet. Coming up, we'll let you know how the people in Charleston are dealing with these extreme temperatures.

PHILLIPS: Thanks, Reynolds.

And also an escapee with a diaper found in Wisconsin.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't move, monkey on the loose.

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PHILLIPS: What was that? A monkey? Oh, yes. Details on the big capture straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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MARCIANO: All red on the map today. It is getting hot, that's for sure. More records are expected to be broken.

In Charleston, South Carolina, the heat index is -- well, is there a miserable on the heat index chart there? You don't look to bad. You're sweating it off pretty good. How's it going?

WOLF: It's going pretty good there, Rob. It would be even better if I was able to take off this microphone and this IFB and hop right in the middle of that water. That's the place to be here today.

I'll tell you, you know, Charleston is one of those cities that's well known for its tourism industry. And I'm sure this would be a great spot to be, but you've got so many things to see here. You've got the Citadel. You have got Fort Sumter.

And of course, one of the great things to do here in Charleston is to take those carriage rides around the city. And many people are going to be doing that -- they have been over the last couple of days -- despite the heat.

Now that heat is very dangerous for people, no question about it, but it is very dangerous for those animals, as well.

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TOM DOYLE, PALMETTO CARRIAGE WORKS: The animals are very closely monitored, beginning at 90 degrees we take each one's temperature. At 98 degrees we stop operations. But the thermometer I'm holding in my hand is the real key. No animal leaves the barn that's overheated.

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MARCIANO: And that's only happened three times so far this summer. They've only had to stop operations three times. All things considered, that being early August, they've got a long season to go. They're still pretty optimist.

One thing that's not so optimistic to see, Rob, are those temperatures. Take a look at this gauge that I have here in my hand. I'm give our photographer a chance to zoom in a little bit and get a good shot of that. It's about 110 degrees where we stand.

Now, out at the airport, I'm sure it's considerably cooler. But it's 110 degrees here. One reason why is because we're above this pavement. That gives you an idea of what people are experiencing when they walk up and down these streets on the cobblestones, the asphalt, the concrete. It's just a miserable time.

We're expecting this heat to continue not just for today, but through tomorrow, as well. However, late Friday and into Saturday and Sunday that cold front's going come through, and that's going to give us at least a chance of rainfall and thankfully, some cooler temperatures.

Back to you.

MARCIANO: Important point you make there, Reynolds. You know, when we talk about temperatures from the weather center and we talk about temperatures that are measured in the shade, and you get out in the sun and it is just off the charts.

WOLF: It makes a world of difference. It really and truly does. And it's something people really need to consider, especially the elderly and infants. You don't want to have those age groups out, especially -- well, you really don't want anyone out during the peak heating hours of the day, the mid- to late afternoon hours.

If we can, I know we remind people of this all the time, if you have to do any outdoor activity, you need to do it early in the morning or later in the evening.

But still, this morning, Rob, we were out here and temperatures were into the 90s. So rough, no doubt.

MARCIANO: So save your work or workouts for early morning or late evening or just not do it at all. That's a good excuse, too.

WOLF: I'm for the last option.

MARCIANO: Figured you would be.

Thanks, Reynolds. Great workout there. See you later.

PHILLIPS: Kansas, maybe, but not Brooklyn. One New Yorker's observation after it was confirmed a tornado this all did damage in the Sunset Park neighborhood. That are lost about 40 percent of its trees, many of them calling on -- falling, rather, on cars.

One hundred and thirty-five mile an hour winds ripped the roofs off several homes. At least five people were hurt, mostly by flying debris.

MARCIANO: Well, did a design flaw cause the Minneapolis bridge collapse? A possible clue to that tragedy and what it may mean for other bridges. That's ahead in the NEWSROOM.

PHILLIPS: Desperate digging, trying to rescue six men trapped underground.

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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Two thousand feet behind me and maybe less are the six trapped miners. It's cold, it's dark, it's foreboding. A claustrophobic could never cut it here.

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PHILLIPS: Our Gary Tuchman takes a look inside the Crandall County coal mine, straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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PHILLIPS: This coming to us now from Minneapolis with regard to the site of the bridge collapse. We're being told right now that recovery efforts, as they go forward, we're getting word now that they have rescuers or -- sorry. Those that are searching for the bodies there at this site have recovered a sixth person from the debris.

We're not quite sure if it's from underneath the wreckage there or a body that was recovered from the water, but we are told that those out searching for the dead have recovered a sixth body from the site of the bridge collapse mere in Minneapolis.

From what we understand, there are still seven people that are unaccounted for, but as you can see, divers are still out there. Volunteers and various city workers still trying to look for those seven unaccounted for individuals.

We'll continue to bring you the latest information as we get it from Minneapolis.

MARCIANO: Higher taxes for safer bridges? Well, that may very well be a tough sell.

In the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, there's one Minnesota congressman says he's going to introduce legislation to raise the gas tax a nickel a gallon. The Democrat says that would provide about $25 billion over three years for bridge repairs and replacements.

President Bush says he'll oppose a tax increase without assurances that new money won't go to pork barrel projects. And a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted this week suggests relatively few Americans worry about the bridges they personally use every day, and only 33 percent favor higher taxes to pay for repairs; 65 percent oppose the idea.

PHILLIPS: Dark, cold and claustrophobic, that's how our Gary Tuchman describes conditions deep within the Crandall Canyon coal mine where rescue teams are digging, grinding and drilling as fast as they can.

Gary is the only network reporter to get down there. Here's a firsthand look.

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TUCHMAN (voice-over): We enter the Crandall Canyon mine through the same tunnel the six trapped workers went through, a three-mile journey in a small truck that would take about a half hour in utter darkness.

We pass rescue workers in their vehicles on the way to our ultimate destination.

MURRAY: Right there is where the rescue effort is going on.

TUCHMAN: This is as far as we could go. This is where the mine had collapsed. The six trapped miners are believed to be tantalizingly close, but with tons of coal separating them from us, this was an unusual opportunity to see how much work rescue workers still have.

You're looking at the effort to drill into the coal and rock to rescue the six men. The machine is called a continuing mining vehicle. It has a spinning drum in the front of it with blades. It cuts into the coal, rock and other debris that is mixed in from the mine collapse and then deposits it on the back of what's known as a shuttle car, which can transport 12 tons of coal at a time.

The coal is sent on a conveyor belt outside the mine, and the process continues over and over and over again, far below the surface of the earth.

MURRAY: Where the damage is here we're about 2,000 feet deep.

TUCHMAN: But the process had to stop for almost two days because of seismic activity that has shaken up the mine and made it too dangerous for rescue workers.

The work to get to the miners originally began at a different point of the mine.

MURRAY: We had this cleaned up 310 feet. The machinery's still in there.

TUCHMAN: But another shift in the earth caused another partial collapse, and the cleared area filled with coal again. (on camera) Frankly, it's very eerie standing here, knowing that 2,000 feet behind me and maybe less are the six trapped miners. It's cold, it's dark, it's foreboding. A claustrophobic could never cut it here.

There's a steady wind blowing, the ceilings are low. We're 30 minutes away from the nearest exit. In normal times it's very stressful, but right now there's a lot of tension.

Nevertheless, the workers here, the rescue workers, the people who normally work in the mine, are calm because they have a job to do.

(voice-over) And take a look at what happens to our camera shot while we're in the mine. We hear a boom that shakes the mine and startled the workers and especially us. The owner says it's another seismic event. One more and we evacuate.

MURRAY: When the coal breaks away from the rib and just kind of lays there, we call that sluffage.

TUCHMAN: but there are no more. We do see other damage to the mine walls caused by the initial collapse. But it's a feverish work to rescue six men, dead or alive, that stays in our minds.

MURRAY: This rubble could extend. Well, we know it goes 300 feet because we were out there, but it may go another hundred feet and stop. And we could just walk up to the men or they may be right there.

TUCHMAN: Wishful thinking, perhaps, but it's keeping these rescue workers going.

Gary Tuchman, CNN, in the Crandall Canyon mine, Utah.

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PHILLIPS: And we're going to talk to our Gary Tuchman in just a few minutes. He's going to tell us about his personal experiences and what it was like to go inside that mine, with us live, right here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: I'm meteorologist Bonnie Schneider. We are tracking heat warnings and heat advisories across the country. And as the cooler air tries to come in, we're watching the threat of severe weather. I'll be tracking that on the NEWSROOM.

MARCIANO: And three college students murdered. Today, two suspects are in custody. We're on the case here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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MARCIANO: Two hours left of trading. We're keeping an eye on the markets. The Dow down 162, 164 now. It plunged over 200 points earlier in the day at the opening bell, that after word that a French bank was freezing three funds that had invested in U.S. sub prime mortgages. NASDAQ, by the way, down about 27. We'll go live to Susan Lisovicz at the New York Stock Exchange ahead in the NEWSROOM.

PHILLIPS: A truck driver owes his life to his 9-year-old son. Matthew Lovo was hauling lumber near St. Helen's, Oregon, when he blacked out.

As we hear now from reporter Deborah Horne of CNN affiliate KIRO, he's extremely lucky that his son was along for the ride.

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MATTHEW LOVO JR., SAVED DAD'S LIFE: My dad was talking to my mom, and he fell right here with the seat belt on.

DEBORAH HORNE, KIRO CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Nine-year-old Matthew Lovo and his father had just picked up a load of lumber, were pulling 104,000 pounds when his dad inexplicably lost consciousness.

(on camera) Did you realize you were passing out?

MATTHEW LOVO, SAVED BY SON: No. I felt no effects at all. It was instant.

HORNE (voice-over): Matthew tried to wake him.

LOVO JR.: So I was like, "Dad, are you faking it?" And I jumped over right here, like, on my knees like this.

HORNE: Matthew got behind the wheel, grabbed the CB radio.

LOVO JR.: I got up here and (UNINTELLIGIBLE) like that. I said, "Can you help me."

HORNE: The driver who answered told him to turn off the key. He slowly guided the semi over to the sidewalk.

LOVO JR.: And I yelled "help" like this. And then a guy jumped in, grabbed this, turned it like that and moved it like that.

HORNE: Matt Lovo remembers nothing.

LOVO: I don't remember getting dragged (ph), and I don't remember Mr. Howard getting in the truck. I don't remember being taken out of the truck.

HORNE: But he does know what a special son he has.

LOVO: There's no words to describe how proud I am of him and what an honest hero he is in every sense of the word.

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PHILLIPS: Well, stay with us, because we're going to talk live with Matt and Matty Lovo in our 3 p.m. Eastern hour.

Meantime, the next hour of CNN NEWSROOM begins right now.

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