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New Bin Laden Tape Expected; Mother of Missing Girl Named as Suspect; Nothing Promising in Steve Fossett Search; Woman Found Alive in Woods after 13 Days; Search Continues for Missing BYU Student; Plane Crashes While Practicing for Air Show

Aired September 07, 2007 - 13:00   ET

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DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Four long months after Madeleine McCann disappeared from a Portuguese villa, family and friends say her mom is named as a suspect.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Portuguese police turn up the heat after Madeleine's blood reportedly turns up in her parents' rental car. We're live with the latest details all afternoon.

Hello, everyone. I'm Fredricka Whitfield, in today for Kyra Phillips at CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.

LEMON: And I'm Don Lemon. You are in the CNN NEWSROOM.

LEMON: Searchers in western Nevada hope this will be the day they spot missing aviator Steve Fossett. It's the fifth day of a search that covers 10,000 square miles of incredibly rough terrain.

We expect to be updated any moment by the agencies involved. Fossett hasn't been seen or heard from since Monday morning when he took off in a single-engine plane for, at most, a three-hour flight.

WHITFIELD: Osama bin Laden hasn't been seen on video in almost three years, but just days before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks we may get a new look at the al Qaeda leader.

CNN has confirmed the U.S. Government is analyzing a videotape that appears to feature bin Laden. Our justice correspondent, Kelli Arena, is standing by in Washington.

I guess part of the question, too, Kelli, is it a new image or it is it a recycled old image?

KELLI ARENA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right. And U.S. intelligence officials do tell us that they have the tape in hand, that they are carefully going through it to make sure that it is indeed authentic, that it's him. And then, of course, you know, going over and poring over that message and any other clues that they may be able to uncover from that tape.

Our own Jeanne Meserve actually spoke with the homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, just a little while ago about what the government does do when it gets a tape like this. And here's what he had to say.

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MICHAEL CHERTOFF, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: Obviously people are always interested in trying to figure out if he's alive, if he's healthy.

One of the things you want to do whenever you get a tape is try to determine whether it's been PhotoShopped or whether people have integrated different tapes from different types of film into a single broadcast. So, all of this is going to be looked at by experts.

But, again, I wouldn't overemphasize the significance of it.

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ARENA: Of course, terror experts say that it would be important for al Qaeda's followers to see that Osama bin Laden is alive and well. If, indeed, you know, this is a new tape, Fredricka.

And, of course, this tape comes right around the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It's not uncommon. Al Qaeda has done this before in years past. It's usually released some sort of tape.

But, as you said, it would be the first time that we would be seeing bin Laden since October of 2004, which is why there's a little more hubbub than usual.

And it also comes within what officials are calling a heightened threat environment. They say there's an awful lot of threat information out there. We did see those arrests in Denmark, in Germany. You know, continuing intelligence coming in that something may be up. Lots of very worried people around here, Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right. Kelli Arena in Washington. Thank you.

ARENA: You're welcome.

WHITFIELD: Well, for the first time, most Americans don't believe the U.S. will ever capture or kill Osama bin Laden. A new CNN/Opinion Research poll finds just 42 percent think bin Laden will be brought to justice.

Americans were much more optimistic back in 2001, when 78 percent thought bin Laden would be killed or captured. The percentage has dropped steadily since.

LEMON: And this little girl, her disappearance in May dominated the headlines, mostly in Europe. But time passed, leads fizzled, and the case of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann faded from the front pages, until today, and a shocking twist in the investigation now.

CNN's Paula Hancocks in Portimao, Portugal, with the very latest for us -- Paula.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Don.

Well, Gerry McCann is inside the police station at this point. He's being questioned by Portuguese police as a witness. Not so for his wife, Kate McCann. She left, I guess, a couple of hours ago, left. Arrived as a witness, left as a formal suspect.

Now, basically, the Portuguese police believe that they have enough evidence that they can have some suspicion of her involvement in the disappearance of her 4-year-old daughter, Madeleine.

Now, what this also does, by calling her a formal suspect, it gives them more legal protection. The police have said, through -- we have learned through her spokesperson -- said that they have 22 specific questions they want to ask her. And they had to make her a formal suspect to be able to do this.

Now, we heard from the spokesperson also of the McCann family, saying that Thursday night, when Kate McCann here was for 11 hours in total and being questioned by police, she was told that there were spots of blood found in a rental car that her and Gerry McCann had rented. But it was a car that had been rented 25 days after the disappearance of Madeleine.

In addition, the lawyer says that a piece of clothing that Kate McCann had given to the police about a month ago had also found this type of blood on it. And this is why the Portuguese police, we assume at this point, are saying that she's a formal suspect, rather than a witness.

But the family itself is outraged that this has gone this way. And disgusted that this line of investigation has been taken on -- Don.

LEMON: Paula, a question for you. Obviously, this does not mean that they are not looking anymore into the abduction angle. They're looking at all possibilities, correct?

HANCOCKS: That's right, yes.

The amount of information we're getting from the Portuguese police is minuscule. They have an ongoing criminal investigation. So, the amount they're allowed to say is really very small. We're getting all our information from the McCann family, the lawyers and the spokespeople.

But certainly, we've heard from the spokesperson, saying that Kate McCann was saying it's absolutely ludicrous when they suggested she had something to do with blood being found in her car, rented 25 days after Madeleine was reported missing. And also saying that she would never harm her daughter.

And many members of the family, and her supporters, have been -- have been saying exactly the same thing all day.

LEMON: CNN's Paula Hancocks in Portimao, Portugal. We thank you so much for that report, Paula.

WHITFIELD: American troops start coming home from Iraq, possibly, but the so-called surge will continue for now. That's from the U.S. commanding officer there, Army General David Petraeus. He makes a highly anticipated report to Congress next week. A report he calls, quote, "a detailed description of what I believe we have and have not accomplished," end quote.

Petraeus tells U.S. troops they've achieved tactical momentum in Iraq. But he had hoped to see more political progress this year. He told "The Boston Globe" he'll probably advise a gradual reduction in the U.S. presence in Iraq, beginning next spring.

LEMON: Day five of the search for adventurer Steve Fossett. A press conference getting under way right now. Let's take a listen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The last name is S-A-N-F-O-R-D.

Our agency initially received a report of an overdue aircraft on Monday afternoon at approximately 1:43 in the afternoon. We dispatched patrol units to that location, where, as you know, things progressed into learning that Mr. Fossett was, in fact, the pilot of the aircraft and was, in fact, overdue and missing.

Our uniformed patrol division immediately began a perimeter search, and checked all of the dry lake beds south of the Flying M Ranch to see if there was -- was any indication or any sighting of Mr. Fossett. As we well know, up to this point in time, there has not been.

Our office continues to be in contact with the family at the Flying M Ranch, and as we speak are in conversation with Mrs. Fossett. The family has asked that we respect their privacy. So, I will not be taking any questions about the information that we have obtained from Mrs. Fossett.

But suffice it to say that we are in contact with the family, and our ground search-and-rescue units have searched the entire southeast portion of Lyon County over the past several days.

We have put units on the ground in all of the areas surrounding the Flying M Ranch, bordering both Mono County and Mineral County, Nevada. And continue to search as leads come in.

I'll entertain any questions you may have. Yes, sir?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To my knowledge, no, just Mrs. Fossett at this time. I do know that Mrs. Fossett's pilot is at the ranch. But as far as I know, that is the only family member.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, sir. Nothing promising. You know, we are all looking at leads as they come in, and they are varied. Any sighting or anything that seems to be, appears, to be accurate with the information known about the aircraft and the fuel on board, we are following up as they come in.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I do not, ma'am.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those are the only individuals that I am aware of that we have been in contact with other than, you know, the typical help at the ranch.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not to my knowledge, no.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have not been able to confirm that. We are being told that he never leaves home without it. But we have not been able to confirm through the family that, in fact, he was wearing his watch that day. There would be no reason to believe that he was not.

LEMON: All right, a press conference happening in Nevada there. Steve Fossett. Basically the only information that's coming out of this is that they still have not found him.

They've searched 10,000 square miles. That's where the search area contains, 10,000 square miles in Nevada. Searching those dry lake beds, as they said, and also using the infrared camera equipment and other type digital technology.

But, again, still no sign of adventurer Steve Fossett, missing since Monday in a flight that was only supposed to take three hours.

We want to continue to monitor the developments on this story. We'll bring them to you here throughout the day here in the CNN NEWSROOM. And also you can check CNN.com -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: So what's worse? Teens taking antidepressants or teens who may need them not taking anti-depressants? A spike in teen suicide rates has the feds wondering whether they need a warning about their own warning.

LEMON: Also this: a Maryland dad interrupts what he thinks is a burglary. Then he finds out what the intruder really had in mind.

Plus...

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HAROLD ANDERSON, HUSBAND OF DORIS ANDERSON: Hallelujah and thank the people that cared and were with us.

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WHITFIELD: He had given her up for lost, really, but his lifelong sweetheart wasn't going to let the Oregon wilderness get the best of her. That's straight ahead on CNN, the most trusted name in news.

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WHITFIELD: Now, 14 minutes after the hour, here are three of the stories we're working on in the CNN NEWSROOM.

A shocking twist in the investigation into a 4-year-old British girl's disappearance in Portugal. Friends and family members say Madeleine McCann's mother, Kate, is a suspect.

U.S. investigators are poring over an al Qaeda videotape. They're trying to determine whether it's really new and whether the man on the tape is really Osama bin Laden.

And Pope Benedict XVI began a three-day visit to Austria today by paying tribute to Holocaust victims. He joined Vienna's chief rabbi at a memorial to Austrian Jews who died in Nazi death camps during World War II.

LEMON: Her family had given up hope. They'd already planned a memorial service to say their final good-byes. Then a rescue team did the impossible. They found 76-year-old Doris Anderson alive, 13 days after she disappeared in the rugged Oregon mountains.

And our Thelma Gutierrez is in Baker City with the ending few expected.

It's good news, but Thelma, can you imagine the roller coaster of emotions this family has gone through over the past couple of days?

THELMA GUTIERREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, imagine, they were planning her memorial service, and then all of a sudden, they find out that she was actually spotted.

Now, we talked to the two officers who went into that mountain area, who went down into the ravine. They say that, when they first spotted her, they were shocked. They didn't expect to find her alive. After all, she had been missing for 13 days, and the search for her had been called off a week earlier.

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GUTIERREZ (voice-over): In the vast rugged Oregon wilderness, an amazing discovery. Seventy-six-year-old Doris Anderson, who had been missing for 13 days, was found alive deep in the ravine, by two officers who refused to give up.

SR. TROOPER CHRIS HAWKINS, OREGON STATE POLICE: He said, "I hear voices." And then he said -- started yelling, "We found her, we found her!" And I walked just probably three, four feet a little bit further, and there she was.

GUTIERREZ: Doris' husband Harold believes it's a miracle.

H. ANDERSON: My wife, I thought I'd never see again, never. I had her pictures up close to me. GUTIERREZ: Their ordeal began August 23, when the couple went elk hunting. Their SUV got stuck in a creek in the mountains. They walked for several miles for help but decided to separate when Doris couldn't go on. She would return to the vehicle, where there was food and water, and Harold would seek help.

He was picked up by hunters late in the afternoon, but when they returned to the vehicle, Doris was nowhere to be found. The family said Harold was inconsolable.

MELVIN ANDERSON, BROTHER OF HAROLD ANDERSON: He was devastated.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

M. ANDERSON: He said life would never be the same.

GUTIERREZ: A massive search went on for days. But the family thought there was little hope. And just as they were planning her memorial service, two Baker County officers found Doris Anderson. She was alert and talking.

DEPT. TRAVIS ASH, BAKER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT: She talked about seeing bears and so she was tired of seeing bears, for sure, and was ready to go home and...

GUTIERREZ: She was flown to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City, Oregon, where doctors are surprised at how well she's doing, considering she survived nearly two weeks in frigid temperatures without food or water.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

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WHITFIELD: That was Thelma Gutierrez. Want to take you straight to Provo, Utah, where family members of their missing university student are speaking.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Again, we'd just like to thank all the volunteers that are out here, the university, who have cooperated so nicely to give us so much time and -- of their facilities to provide us with this great, extensive search. Again, we'd like to invite anybody out from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., if you have any time, to please come help.

And Camille, if you're out there, we want you to know that we're -- we love you and we're behind you in this. And this whole community loves you, and they're behind you in this.

And so, please come help us. And we appreciate all your efforts thus far. Thank you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bob Smithers, director and co-founder of the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) recovery center will come up to say something. Before Bob does that, I just have one more quick thing from the family. The Cleverleys would like to stress, that until such time that Camille is located, the community is urged to continue an unimpeded search. That means that the family both encourages new leads, as well as a steadfast search even as these new leads surface.

So now Bob Smithers will come up and say a few words from the Laurel (ph) Recovery Center.

WHITFIELD: They're talking about 22-year-old Camille Cleverley, missing now more than a week from Brigham Young University. Her mother spoke just moments ago.

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SUSAN CLEVERLEY, MOTHER OF CAMILLE CLEVERLEY: This turn-out is so amazing. And we are touched. We are deeply touched -- we are deeply by the concern expressed here and by people all over the country.

Camille is bright, active, and full of life. And going for bike rides on Fridays was a normal part of her routine.

Her brother, Richard, describes her as an overly nice person. And one that would not deserve anything like this, which is why people, I believe, feel deeply for her unexplained absence.

We feel like the Lord is uniting people, bringing us together, and we are moved and honored to be a part of this.

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WHITFIELD: That's the mother of 22-year-old Camille Cleverley, missing now more than a week. Police, as well as many family and friends, have been searching bike trails, as well as the canyons and the lake areas, because the last time Cleverley was seen was in her apartment, which is south of the Brigham Young University campus.

Her roommate saw her around noon on Thursday, and apparently, she later then left with her wallet, her keys, and her only mode of transportation, which you heard her mother talk about, how she often went out for bikes rides. She left with her silver and purple Schwinn mountain bike.

And so now the search is intensifying for this young lady, 22- year-old Camille Cleverley.

LEMON: Wounded in a war he's too young to fight. Now an Iraqi boy heads to the U.S. for surgery that can help him walk again. Our very own Arwa Damon has Mohammed's story, straight ahead, right here in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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WHITFIELD: Let's go straight to the news room, and T.J. Holmes is watching a development involving an air show that went bad? T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Yes. It went bad before it really got started, really. This is out in Virginia, Oceana Naval Station. An air show that was supposed to get started this evening, the Oceana Air Show, an annual show. Live pictures here you're looking at. We are seeing these for the first time as you're seeing them, so we're going to look at this thing together.

But one of the planes from a sky -- sky-typing group is what they're called, a -- Geico Skytypers, a group of vintage World War II planes, a group of six. One of them has gone down during a practice. One of them apparently has gone down.

We're looking at this live picture here. Again, this is right around Norfolk, Virginia, but it looks like an area there, maybe, where the plane went down, that darker area that's in that grass.

We don't have any word right now about any injuries, about the fate of the pilot. I do believe, usually, is the case just one pilot on many of these -- on these planes during these air shows, but this was a practice run that was going on for an air show that was supposed to start this evening at around 5 p.m.

So far the word is the show is supposed to go on as scheduled. However, don't know if that will change just yet.

But one plane apparently has gone down. We don't know what the trouble was, what the issue was. No idea of how many planes might have been in the air at the time.

But right now we are just keeping an eye on this situation. We will work -- again, a live picture here. We're seeing these pictures as you're seeing them. But it looks like the area where you can see some emergency vehicles and people. Can't really make out any wreckage in this picture just yet. But you can see people mulling about in the area, that darker area of the grass there, where one plane apparently has gone down, again, from the Geico Skytypers, a group of vintage airplanes, that they essentially they do that. They write letters in the sky.

So we are going to keep an eye on this for you here and try to get more information and possibly an idea of what has happened to that pilot, guys.

WHITFIELD: Right, you can see the emergency response teams but not quite clear on the actual wreckage site. All right. T.J., thanks so much.

HOLMES: All right.

WHITFIELD: Don.

LEMON: A bombshell, an economic report today is producing a sharp sell-off on Wall Street. Susan Lisovicz at the New York Stock Exchange with all the details on that.

Bombshell, stock market, we don't like to hear those two words in the same sentence.

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No. It was really a lot worse than what everyone expected, Don. The cold truth is that the economy did not create any new jobs in August. And that hasn't happened in four years.

The report shocked the market this morning and prompted the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee to call on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its meeting in less than two weeks.

In fact, government numbers show 4,000 jobs were lost last month. Economists had been expecting job growth of more than 100,000 jobs.

The unemployment rate, though, helped steady at 4.6 percent, even though that's mostly because an unusually large number of people simply stopped looking for work.

The overall job trend, not good. In May, the economy created nearly 200,000 jobs. The government revised the job growth for both June and July lower. Meaning, the economy created 80,000 fewer jobs over those two months than was first reported.

Over the past three months, job growth has averaged just 44,000. Far below what's needed for the economy to keep growing -- Don.

LEMON: it's kind of a domino effect. Everything is connected here, because it's -- correct me if I'm wrong, it's mostly a fallout from the housing and the mortgage problems we've heard so much about.

LISOVICZ: That's right. It started there. It doesn't appear to end there.

LEMON: Yes.

LISOVICZ: That's the big concern. Construction and manufacturing lost nearly 7,000 -- 70,000 jobs combined.

Separately, "The New York Times" is reporting a steep number -- a steep drop-off, I should say, in the number of people taking real estate exams in California. That was once a hot job, but fewer people, not surprisingly, interested these days in becoming real estate agents. Just 8,000 people took the exam in July, compared with 20,000 at the peak of the housing boon.

And nationwide, the number of people joining the National Association of Realtors, slowing as well this year.

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LISOVICZ: In the next hour, the toys are tainted. Now, Congress wants some answers from Mattel and others. We'll bring that story to you.

Don and Fred, back to you. LEMON: Susan, you know, you look good and it's Friday. I just -- we've heard so much negative news. I had to say something positive.

LISOVICZ: And you know what? I appreciate that, because it has been a rough day. I can tell you that.

LEMON: All right, Susan, we'll check back with you. Thank you.

LISOVICZ: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: It's been a tough time for a boy haunted by the memory of a bombing. Now, about to see a dream come true. He's glad about that. An Iraqi amputee heading to the U.S. for help. That's straight ahead in the NEWSROOM.

LEMON: Hello, everyone, I'm Don Lemon, live at the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.

WHITFIELD: And I'm Fredricka Whitfield, in for Kyra Phillips.

What happens to Madeleine McCann? Troubling new allegations put her mother under suspicion.

And as we wait for official details from Portuguese police, we'll hear from a McCann family friend, right here, in the CNN NEWSROOM.

Where is little Madeleine McCann? And who's behind her four- month disappearance? Portuguese police have new evidence and a new suspect. It's the girl's mother, Kate McCann, and we're getting most of our information from family friends and a spokeswoman, who tell us police have blood evidence found in a car rented by Madeleine's British parents more than three weeks after the girl was reported abducted. Kate McCann spent hours in a Portuguese police station yesterday, and several hours again today.

Well, Madeleine's grieving parents appeal to the world, even to the pope, for comfort and for help. Of course, that was before Kate McCann, the girl's mother, was formally named a suspect. A friend of the family's spoke to CNN this morning, addressing a point often made about the last time Madeleine's mom dad say they saw her.

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TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: So, the authorities come back, let us try this on you -- the authorities come back to Kate and to Gerry, because the question lingers, who leaves a 3-year-old to watch a 2- year-old twins? Who does that?

JON CORNER, MCCANN FAMILY FRIEND: Well, you have to understand the situation. I think the only thing that Kate and Gerry are guilty of is a little bit of complacency. It's a very, very sleepy town. Well, it certainly was before the...

HARRIS: Complacency? How about neglect? How about neglect? How about child endangerment? CORNER: Well, I disagree with that. I disagree with that. And if you talked to the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children, they disagree with that, too.

HARRIS: So as a general practice it's OK with you, in your mind and the way you think for a 3-year-old to be left to care for 2-year- old twins?

CORNER: I'm not sure that's productive at this stage to talk about that. I mean, I've been to (INAUDIBLE). I've looked very carefully myself. And it literally was like sitting in your garden, that's how far away the apartment.

HARRIS: OK.

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LEMON: And Portuguese police have made no statement about the new evidence or their newly named suspect.

WHITFIELD: And will he stay or will he go? We're talking about Manuel Noriega and whether he is bound for France or not. Susan Candiotti is following the courtroom developments on his case. So, which direction will he be going?

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, breaking news, and it is not good news for General Noriega in his attempt to prevent being sent to France. A judge just moments ago has lifted a stay on his extradition order, and he will lift that stay as of 5:00 Eastern Time.

However, this does not mean that Manuel Noriega will automatically be flown to France when his sentence in this country is up on Sunday.

Instead, it is very likely that his lawyers, as they have indicated they would, can appeal this decision to the 11th District Court of Appeals in Atlanta, to try to get another stay.

Now, some legal analysts say this might be delaying the inevitable, but in any case, the lawyers for General Noriega have indicated that they intend to appeal this to the highest possible court.

Remember, that Noriega had spent the last 18 years or so in U.S. jails, and France has won an extradition order to bring him there to be retried on a case he was previously tried on, to face a 10-year sentence for money laundering. Remember, that Panama also wants him, but France issued its order first. He is wanted in Panama for kidnapping, murder and extortion charges and other human rights violations -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: All right, Susan Candiotti, thanks so much for that update on a pretty complicated case that doesn't seem to get any simpler by the day.

Here's another very complicated case. The prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse rape case, Mike Nifong, is now behind bars now. He's serving a 24-hour sentence for contempt, having lied to a court at a hearing last fall. Nifong arrived at the Durham County Detention Center this morning, flanked by family and friends. He resigned from office after being disbarred earlier this year. The Associated Press is also reporting that the three exonerated lacrosse players are trying to work out a $30 million settlement with the city of Durham.

LEMON: More evidence now, not that we need it, that the fight for Iraq does not just have armed group of grownups. The war counts thousands of young people among its casualties, innocent victims guilty only of bad timing. We showed you one such man in the spring. A caring group in the United States saw his plight, saw his heart and they took action.

CNN's Arwa Damon reports.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For Mohammad Rasoul, this is heartbreaking journey -- a visit to his cousin's grave to tend to the tree he planted next to it.

MOHAMMED RASOUL, LEG LOST AFTER ATTACK: (through translator): I come here always and give her water. I water her. Every other day I visit her.

DAMON: The headstone reads "Martyr 643: the child Hajid Ismael Halil (ph), October 13th, 2006."

Hajid was six years old.

RASOUL (through translator): My cousin playing with her friend. A car appeared. I remember it was green. A convoy drove past us and the car detonated.

DAMON: He is haunted by the memory.

RASOUL (through translator): I remember everything going pitch black. My cousin died on the scene. I still hear her screams.

DAMON: Mohammad, who is 12 years old, lost his left leg below the knee.

JINAN KHALIFA, MOHAMMED'S MOTHER (through translator): I felt the entire world go dark. I went outside and saw my son covered in blood from head to toe. He was between life and death.

DAMON: Eleven operations later, Mohammad's wound is still infected and psychologically, he struggled to adapt.

RASOUL (through translator): It was tearing me up and it was hard for me to watch others play and I couldn't. I couldn't walk. It agitated me.

DAMON: We first told Mohammad story back in May. It caught the attention of an American charity, The Global Medical Relief Fund, which offered to help.

KHALIFA (through translator): The America we knew was one that came, bombed, harmed. But when this organization came forward, we saw another face of America.

DAMON: Jinan and Mohammed made the dangerous move from their hometown of Fallujah to Baghdad. Then, there were multiple trips to the passport office, two long months and hours of waiting in line. But Jinan was not giving up.

KHALIFA (through translator): I get my strength when I look at my son, when I see hope coming back to him. As he gets his hope back, my determination grows stronger.

DAMON: Her determination, his future. Passports now in hand, they wait for their visas. The Global Medical Relief Fund has arranged for surgery at the Shriners Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. Mohammad can't wait.

RASOUL (through translator): I want to go there and meet this person that gave me my future back.

DAMON: When he comes home, Mohammed wants to return to Fallujah and help rebuild it from the ruins of war.

RASOUL (through translator): I will never leave school and, God willing, I will continue my education and become an architect and build all the schools.

DAMON: But before building all those schools, Mohammed just wants to walk to his cousin's gave.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Baghdad.

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WHITFIELD: And first came warnings about increased suicide risks for teens on anti-depressants. Well, now, now that fewer teens take those drugs, the teen suicide rate is way up. Elizabeth Cohen has more on the disturbing numbers.

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LEMON: Just in, news about Osama bin Laden. That tape, is it real? Is it not?

Let's check in with Justice Correspondent Kelli Arena.

What have you learned, Kelli?

KELLI ARENA, JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well Don, I've learned that government officials do have a transcript in hand of a -- what is on that tape. As far as the authenticity and veracity, that's still something that's being looked at very carefully right now.

But the official that I spoke to said there's no call for any attacks, no overt threat in this message. There are some date references, though, that are made by -- we're just going to assume for our purposes here that it is Osama bin Laden. Some date references that would make this tape a new tape, that dated as recently as the summertime.

But there are also some older, you know -- there's older information as well. I mean, he allegedly mentions according to this official, Rumsfeld, former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld on the tape. So, you know, they're still going through it. It's about 30 minutes long.

Again, no overt threat on this tape. Of course, this is something that government officials will pore through, you know, looking -- if they do determine it is bin Laden -- to look for any signs of where he may be, what his health may be. And then, of course, you know, looking at the rest of the tape and really scouring it for any other clues that may determine where he is or if there's any hidden message in there that would, you know, prompt an attack in any way.

And you know Don, this is really a time of great -- a lot of people are very tense, I'll put it that way here, in Washington. Lots of threat information coming in. When we saw those arrests in Europe, that only exacerbating the situation. I'm told there's a lot of -- what we hear is that there's intelligence chatter. Just a great deal of information that something could be up. Nothing, though, I'm told, that points to the homeland.

But still, I mean we know that there's a desire to hit Americans wherever they may be in this world. And, so, you know, all of this being taken very, very seriously at this point.

LEMON: Absolutely, Kelli, and considering four days away from September 11th.

ARENA: That's right.

LEMON: Right? All right, we'll check back if you get any new information, let us know.

ARENA: I sure will.

LEMON: Thank you, Kelli.

WHITFIELD: And now this alarming information. Teenage suicides are on the rise. In 2004 after years of decline, the suicide rate for young people jumped eight percent, the biggest increase in 15 years.

Here with more, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.

This is so alarming and so disturbing. And, of course, it's followed by a big old why.

ELIZABETH COHEN, MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Right, it is so disturbing. And parents really need to pay attention to this because probably one of the most disturbing things about it is how young these kids are. The biggest increase in suicide rates was seen among girls ages 10 to 14.

WHITFIELD: Oh, my goodness.

COHEN: So, we are barely, barely, talking about kids who are teenagers.

Now, to put it in perspective, the raw numbers are small in that girls 10 to 14 group. There are fewer than 100 suicides per year. But, still, to see a 76 percent increase in one group, a 76 percent increase in one year, is definitely something that has a lot of psychiatrists worried.

WHITFIELD: What in the world could be troubling age groups 10 to 14 or triggering these kind of suicidal tendencies?

COHEN: Well, many prominent psychiatrists say that what's triggering it is that not enough of these kids are getting anti- depressants. And I'll explain that, because it is a little bit puzzling.

There have been worries that anti-depressants are not good for young kids and so for the past couple years, doctors have been prescribing them less, so many prominent psychiatrists say, wow, when you see these statistics, this shows that we actually should be prescribing them more to kids this age.

So in other words, you see anti-depressant prescription rates going down, suicides up. They think the answer's very simple. But, there are plenty of people who say, it's not just one thing. It's not just about anti-depressants. There are probably many reasons why we're seeing such a huge increase in the suicide rate. And they can't even name all of them. They say we really need to look at this further, but there are probably many reasons.

WHITFIELD: How about prevention in one other way? Parents, loved ones? What do you look for, because too often, especially after the fact, a parent or family member will say, I did not know that my child was at this point.

COHEN: Right. People don't realize that even simple things can be a sign that something is wrong. For example, if a young person has a change in eating or sleeping behavior, that can be a sign, if like a pattern that had been very regular all of a sudden gets irregular, that can be a sign that it's a problem.

Another thing to watch for is is your child withdrawing from friends and family? Did you have a kid who loved to go out and play with their friends and all of a sudden doesn't? That's also a very bad sign. And also is your child becoming more rebellious? That's something else. Of course, that's a natural part of being a teenager. But there is sort of slow and natural progressions and then there can be the sudden things which parents need to pay attention to.

Another thing that I think is interesting is that sometimes when a young person, let's say breaks up with a boyfriend or girlfriend or has a fight with a best friend, parents may think, oh no big deal, it's all part of growing up, you'll be fine. But for the kid, it's devastating. So never belittle that kind of thing, never belittle a fight with a best friend. It can be devastating to your child and you need to get help.

WHITFIELD: Wow, this is sad stuff, but sobering, too. All right, thanks so much, Elizabeth.

COHEN: Thanks.

WHITFIELD: And of course, if you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts and needs to talk to a professional, there are ways to do that anonymously. Logon to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, that Web site at afsp.org or you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, toll free at 1-800-273-TALK. That number again, 1-800-273-t-a-l-k.

LEMON: Very disturbing story to tell you about. A Maryland dad got up to investigate a strange smell, and what he found made his blood run cold.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At first I thought it was a burglar. I didn't know he was there for my son.

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LEMON: Now a paroled convict is back in custody, and police say the family is lucky it wasn't a whole lot worse.

You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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LEMON: This is really every parents' nightmare and it was a real life nightmare at a home in suburban Baltimore. In the middle of the night, a father found a stranger in his children's bedroom.

Reporter Keith Daniels of CNN affiliate WBFF has the story.

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KEITH DANIELS, WBFF REPORTER (voice-over): A bold crime. A man breaks into a home and attempts to rape a 9-year-old boy while his 6- year-old sister slept in the same bedroom.

BILL TOOHEY, BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE: This man was seen in the neighborhood, the 6-year-old girl believed she saw him outside their house about two days previous, that day she called her father and said there's this man in the yard.

DANIELS: Brian Jarrell and his wife Melinda believed that same man came back to their home.

BRIAN JARRELL, BOY'S FATHER: At first I thought it was a burglar. I didn't know he was there for my son. DANIELS: Police have charged 49-year-old Richard Marx with attempted sex offense against a minor and other charges. Investigators say he slipped through the Geralds' unlocked back door at about 2:00 early Monday morning. Police say he found the children's room.

MELINDA JARRELL, BOY'S MOTHER: I mean, I was just shocked. I mean, my husband was the one that discovered him. Thank God he woke up when he did.

DANIELS: Jarrell says he found Marx hiding in the children's room after smelling a chemical odor. He says Marx ran out of the house, but he caught him and held him until police arrived.

B. JARRELL: My only thought was I couldn't let him go. I couldn't let him get away.

DANIELS: Later, they found two rags with a chemical smell in the children's room and the little boy lethargic and confused. Police believe the father interrupted what could have been a much more brutal attack.

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LEMON: That was reporter Keith Daniels of CNN affiliate WBFF. The suspect has a long record of sex offenses against boys. In 1991, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was released in April after serving 16 years.

WHITFIELD: Phil Spector's murder trial is entering its final stages. Closing arguments are now under way. The judge said it's possible the jury won't get the case until Monday, that Spector, that you're about to see -- excuse me -- there in the courtroom, he's accused of second-degree murder. Police found Lana Clarkson's body inside the music producer's L.A. mansion back in February of 2003. They determined that Clarkson had died of a gunshot fired into her mouth. Spector's attorneys claim that Clarkson shot herself, prosecutors say otherwise.

LEMON: He's a billionaire several times over, but not immune to break-ins. Warren Buffet, robbery attempt, straight ahead in the CNN NEWSROOM.

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LEMON: A would-be robber armed with a fake gun and a lot of ambition shows up at Warren Buffett's house in Omaha, Nebraska, walks up and rings the front doorbell. Buffett wasn't home at the time, but his wife was. A security guard answered the door only to find a 20- something white male standing there dressed in black with camouflage paint on his face.

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SGT. TERESA NEGRON, OMAHA, NEB. POLICE DEPT.: The security guard and the suspect struggled as the suspect pulled what appeared to be a gun. During that struggle, the suspect struck the security guard on the head.

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LEMON: Well, the guy got away. Police are still looking for him, but how about this? According to "Forbes" magazine, Buffett is the third richest man in the world, yet he still lives at the same ungated house he bought in 1958 for $31,500.

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