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Pakistan Upheaval; King Tut Revealed; Severe Flooding in Mexico; Chad Rescue/Kidnapping Controversy; Jewel Interview
Aired November 04, 2007 - 22:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The only good thing in this mummy is the face. We need to preserve the face.
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TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Don't we all hope we look this good at the tender age of 3,000? King Tut out of his tomb and shown to the world.
It looks like a scene from Hurricane Katrina. Helicopters plucking people from roofs, people slogging through water to get help, entire neighborhoods under water. Tonight, Mexico faces one of its worst natural disasters ever.
Rescue or abduction? More than a hundred children in limbo tonight. Aid workers accused of trying to kidnap them. The latest on the Chad abduction controversy.
She's a big star now, but years ago, Jewel was on the streets, a homeless teen. Tonight she's calling for America to wake up. Stick around for my candid conversation with the pop star.
Does this look like Big Foot to you?
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We just didn't know what it was.
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HARRIS: New pictures in the age old controversy over Sasquatch. You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.
And good evening. I'm Tony Harris. We start tonight with a news event more than 3,000 years in the making. It is a name you'll know well, but a face you've never seen before. I'm talking about Egypt's legendary King Tut.
He was removed pretty unceremoniously from his tomb today in the Valley of the Kings and placed on public view for the first time ever. Not a bad-looking guy, really, considering he died around the year 1323 B.C. King Tut now resides in a climate controlled -- watch it there -- a climate controlled case or on permanent display for all the world to see. Egypt's chief archaeologist says he had no choice but to make the move.
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ZAHI HAWASS, SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES: The mummy divided to three pieces. It's like a stone. And therefore, I thought that the humidity and the heat that 5,000 people a day entered the tomb, that breathing would change the mummy to a powder. The only good thing in this mummy is the face. We need to preserve the face.
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HARRIS: Well, you know, it's been a long and amazing journey for King Tut. His tomb is located in Egypt's famous Valley of the Kings, discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter. He became a phenomena and the late 1970s when some of the treasures from his tomb went on tour. Millions of people across the U.S. bought tickets. King Tut was replaced in a portable CT scanner back in 2005, allowing researchers to rule out a violent death for the boy king.
Today's move comes just ahead of a new King Tut tour, which kicks off later this month in London. Part of what makes the King Tut legend so intriguing is the so-called King Tut curse, haunting those who first entered the tomb 85 years ago this very week. According to legend, the curse is first connected to the death of Lord Carnavon. He paid for the original King Tut expedition and he died just months after his discovery.
And there was also a claim, later proved false, that a written curse was found inside Tut's tomb. In fact, the man who discovered the tomb, Howard Carter, lived another 17 years after historic discovery. So how significant is today's move? Let's ask an expert. Peter Lacovara is the senior curator of ancient Egyptian art in Emory University's Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. And he joins me by phone from Albany, New York.
Michael, good to talk to you. Thanks for your time this evening.
PETER LACOVARA, MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM: Hi, how are you?
HARRIS: Great, great, great. I have to ask you whatever the reason for the move, and we heard it a movement ago, are you surprised the body was moved?
LACOVARA: Well, no, I think there was -- since they cat scanned it, there was some concern about the condition of the body. So there had been some talk about finding a better way to house it.
HARRIS: Well, I have to ask you, I think you've seen these pictures earlier of the actual move in process here. I have to ask you, this seems a little bit, as we mentioned a moment ago, unceremonious. This is the way to move a sofa, but not -- this is not any kind of a way to treat a king, is it?
LACOVARA: Well, he's been dead for quite a while.
HARRIS: Yes, yes. LACOVARA: So it's like he's going to feel anything. And the Egyptians are actually very careful. You know, they have a great deal of experience in moving this kind of material. So it may look a bit strange here...
HARRIS: Well, it looks a little rough.
LACOVARA: But they do know what they're doing.
HARRIS: I have to ask you, boy, why the fascination? He died at 19. In your mind, from your point of view, what's the fascination?
LACOVARA: Well, there are a lot of things. You know, the spectacular discovery. No tomb in Egypt ever had anything near the wealth that Tut did. And then it was quite mysterious, because the reason his tomb survived is that all record of him was expunged from history. So -- and then there is the mystery of how exactly he died. So there's a lot about him that can sort of create interest on many levels.
HARRIS: Ye, yes. Will you go see the display?
LACOVARA: Sure, sure. I mean, it would be interesting to see him. I mean, he have hasn't really been seen by anyone...
HARRIS: Yes.
LACOVARA: ...except for a few Egyptians for the last 75 years. So...
HARRIS: Well, Michael, thanks for your time this evening. We appreciate it.
LACOVARA: Sure.
HARRIS: OK, thanks.
LACOVARA: Thanks.
HARRIS: Well, tonight, parts of southern Mexico under water. Relief and rescue efforts continue. More evacuations happening right now. Rescuers have been trying by boat and helicopter to get people out. No doubt, this will be a long and expensive recovery effort. The State Department says the U.S. will provide whatever assistance the Mexican government asks for.
Our Jacqui Jeras is monitoring all of this from the CNN Weather Center. We will get to you, Jacqui, in a moment. But first, let's go to the scene. CNN's Harris Whitbeck tonight. And Harris, as we begin, we're starting to hear some stories of people not willing to leave their homes, worried about looters.
HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's correct, Tony. While the waters have receded a bit in some parts of the (INAUDIBLE) capital of the state of Tobasco, and there were no rains today, that is good news. And that has actually inspired some people to try to go back to their homes, even though they have to get there by boat because most of the streets in the capital are still - in some points of the capital are still under water.
Others have decided not to leave their homes presilsly because of reports of looting. We spoke to some people this morning who said that they prefer to stay in their houses to safeguard what little they had, because many of these neighborhoods are just virtually empty of people. We see an occasional military boat, you know, cruise by on patrol. But really, really very, very few people in some of these neighborhoods.
So the concern of looting in the houses abandoned by people is quite real. There was also one report of looting at a store in Villahermosa. And that was attributed to people who were really just desperate to get food, water, and supplies.
Now the Mexican government, the federal government and the state government say that supplies are starting to coming in. In fact, Mexican President Felipe Calderon made another visit to (INAUDIBLE) this afternoon. And he said that he was very happy with the way things are going.
He said - he did say there were a couple of problems, but that in general, the goods are starting to flow to those who need them the most. He said there were about 100 shelters that have been set up in different parts of the state, and that most of those who do need shelter are now able to get to them.
Of course, there are still a lot of people out there. And that's why some of these rescues by helicopter continue to take place. Tony?
HARRIS: OK. Harris Whitbeck for us. Harris, let's see if we can get you a couple more dry days here. Let's check in with Jacqui Jeras.
And Jacqui, what do you think? Can we get a couple of - well, a couple of dry days for Mexico to help those folks there start to pick up some of the pieces and get their lives back together?
JACQUI JERAS: Yes. It's down the line, Tony. You know, Wednesday then through the next of the week looks very dry. But Monday and Tuesday, they could be picking up some scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Villahermosa is right about here in the eye, underneath the word Mexico. And you can see this huge area of cloudiness, an area of low pressure moving in across Central America right now. And that could bring in enough moisture to trigger some showers and thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday. But right now, it looks like most of it should stay down to the south. So hopefully it'll stay under an inch if they do get anything. And that shouldn't be enough, we don't think, to aggravate the situation.
I do want to show you a satellite picture that I got off the Internet today from NASA. And this is the Tobasco region of concern. And this is an image that was taken on October 18th. Now let's go ahead and move up a little bit. This is the same exact area under a still image from November 1st. And all of that blue that you can see here, yes, that's all rain. So there you can see some of the rivers through the area, how they came out of their banks and just covered 80 percent of the region.
So Tony, it does appear that the worst is over with for now in terms of the weather impacting the area. A little bit more rain possible Monday and Tuesday and much dryer down the line.
HARRIS: Yes. So the humanitarian effort can really begin in ernest with the help of some better weather. All right, Jacqui, good to see you. Thank you.
Pirates, and we're not talking about the eye patch and parrot variety. You know, they're a big problem in the waters off the horn of Africa. You see this picture here. It is a burning boat, one of two sunk by the U.S. Navy off Somalia.
A week ago, pirates on those boats tried to hijack a Japanese tanker. And just this weekend, pirates in the same area finally released a couple of fishing boats and two dozen South Korean fishermen. They'd been held for six months. The U.S. Navy got involved in the case, too. Pirate patrol is becoming more and more a daily mission for American sailors.
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HARRIS (voice-over): Pirate patrol. It is not a movie, not a game, and not a romantic throwback to high seas adventures. Pirates, the 2007 version, are real. And they take up more of the U.S. Navy's time and attention than you might think.
But we're talking high tech piracy, right, computer hackers, mission impossible stuff. Oh, no, it's men with guns jumping onto ships in international waters. They steal the cargo or hold the crew hostage.
Here's where it mostly happens. The busy shipping lanes off the horn of Africa. The pirates -- almost always from Somalia. Why Somalia? Because there's nobody in Somalia to arrest them. Somalia has no working government, no laws, no police, no authority structure whatsoever. The pirates are desperate. And their brazen attacks sometimes border on the absolute absurd.
March of last year off Somalia, pirates in three small wooden boats opened fire on the Navy destroyer, the U.S.S. Gonzalez. The firefight ended, as you might expect.
Late last month, same piece of water, a North Korean vessel was seized by pirates. Get this, the crew fought back and took back their ship. And U.S. sailors on patrol in the area treated the wounded crew members. Pirates in small motor boats attacked a massive luxury cruise ship. That happened in 2005. They shot an RPG. It did no damage and the cruise ship hit the gas and outran them. GEOFF MORRELL, PENTAGON SPOKESMAN: What do you do once you apprehend these pirates? Where is the proper place to hold them or to dispose of them? How do you adjudicate them? I think piracy is a problem that we are trying to figure out how to deal with.
HARRIS: The Navy says they will help any vessel flying any flag, having a problem with pirates. It is a real-life U.S. military mission you won't see touted on any recruiting poster.
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HARRIS: And still to come, Pakistan under a nationwide state of emergency right now. Troops and police clamping down, demonstrations and rounding up rivals of the government. How worried is Washington? Answers straight ahead in the NEWSROOM.
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HARRIS: Rescue or abduction? More than a hundred children in limbo tonight, aid workers accused of trying to kidnap them. The latest on the Chad abduction controversy.
She's a big star now, but years ago, Jewel was on the streets. A homeless teen. Tonight, she's calling for America to wake up. Stick around for my candid conversation with the pop star.
Does this look like Big Foot to you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We just didn't know what it was.
HARRIS: New pictures in the age-old controversy over Sasquatch. You're in the CNN NEWSROOM.
Pakistan under martial law, day two. Look at these photos taken in various cities in Pakistan today. Soldiers loyal to President Pervez Musharraf rounded up and arrested about 500 people. We're told they are people believed to be "causing the law and order situations." Many of them are human rights activists and journalists. Protesters in Islamabad were quickly rounded up and taken away today.
Also, the president put the hammer down on the media, forbidding newspapers and broadcasters from putting out any opinion contrary to the imposition of martial law. A former prime minister of Pakistan calls what's happening nothing less than a second coup.
The Bush administration is watching Pakistan very closely during this crisis. Their first reaction, watch, wait and see. Tonight, that message is a bit tougher. Here's CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux.
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Chaos in Pakistan. The Bush administration now issuing a direct threat to that country's leader, Pervez Musharraf. Return to democratic rule or face a possible cut in U.S. financial assistance. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE: We're going to have to review the situation with aid.
MALVEAUX: More than $10 billion in U.S. aid has gone to Pakistan's government since the September 11th attacks. Most of it for military funding to secure the region and go after al Qaeda. A spokesman for U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says U.S. military support for Pakistan will not be impacted, making the Bush administration's threats largely symbolic.
Alarmed by the unfolding crisis, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers urge President Bush to take a tougher stand.
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER (R), JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: I think it's not enough that Secretary Rice speaks out. I think the president has to speak out and in more specific terms.
SEN. DIANNE FEINSEIN (D), JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: I think you can put a moratorium on military assistance at this time. I think you can -- the president ought to come forward.
MALVEAUX: White House officials say the president is watching the situation closely and is being constantly briefed. But as Secretary Rice put it, it is a complicated matter.
Musharraf is a critical U.S. ally in the region, who turned on the Taliban after 9/11. His country, which borders Afghanistan, is a hot bed for breeding terrorists. The U.S. is concerned if Musharraf loses power, Pakistan could erupt into civil war and its nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of al Qaeda.
ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE, JOURNALIST: Think of Pakistan is one of the eight nuclear powers and out of control.
MALVEAUX (on camera): Focus on this hot spot is quickly becoming a hot issue area for the presidential race. One Democratic hopeful, Senator Chris Dodd, was quick to accuse Pakistan's demise as a problem created by the Bush administration. One U.S. official privately acknowledged this could become a big problem for President Bush because the chaos in Pakistan could make Iraq look downright quiet.
Suzanne Malveaux, CNN, Washington.
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HARRIS: An adoption scandal of international proportions. 100 plus children from Chad, were they the victims of an attempted kidnapping? It depends on who you ask. CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson on the story and in the news room.
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HARRIS: Talk about a president getting personally involved in an international crisis. Take a look here. And that's the president of France, Nicholas Sarkozy with the president of Chad today. Mr. Sarkozy flew to Chad to try and diffuse an unfolding child adoption scanda scandal. A judge in Chad released seven Europeans today, arrested as part of a group accused of trying to kidnap more than 100 children. 17 other Europeans remain in custody.
Three French journalists and four Spanish flight crews left Chad with President Sarkozy today. No word on whether charges against them were dropped.
OK, so let's take a big step back here. Why would the president of France get so personally involved in a legal case in Africa? Look, it is a complicated back story with the future of more than 100 innocent little lives resting on the outcome. Here's CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): One hundred and three traumatized children, victims of an aid agency plan to fly them out of Chad to foster homes in France apparently without the consent of either government. One just a baby. Most between the ages of 3 and 7. The oldest, 10.
How did it happen? How could it happen? According to the French foreign minister, Zoe's Ark, a French aid group led by former fireman Eric Breteaux (ph) was told by the French government their plans to fly Darfur orphans from Chad to France were off-limits. Breteaux (ph) allegedly ignored them, changed the group's name to Children's Rescue, had a plane flown to eastern Chad, and rounded up the children. Even had the French military help until they realized who they were dealing with.
FRANCOIS FILLON, FRENCH PRIME MINISTER (through translator): The operation conducted by Zoe's Ark was reprehensible. And the French government condemns it. The foreign ministry had, as it happens, done everything possible to dissuade Zoe's Ark from carrying on with this project. And an official investigation has been launched in October against this operation and this association.
ROBERTSON: The French tipped off the Chadians. The Chadians busted Breteaux's (ph) six member team, threw them in jail, along with an eight-person air crew, mostly Spaniards and three French journalists.
Chad's president raised national ire, accusing them of pedophilia and organ snatching. Aid workers quickly realized Breteaux's (ph) claims the children were all orphans from Darfur rang hallow.
As they generally encouraged the children to remember their past, it became apparent many had families. Most were from Chad. A one- year-old baby girl gave them most concern. No one could tell them who she was, raising fears that some of the children may never find their families.
Breteaux (ph) and his five other Zoe Zarc (ph) colleagues were charged with kidnapping and fraud. The journalists and the air crew, aiding and abetting. After a week in jail in the Eastern town of Abeshi (ph), they were flown to the capital, taken to court. Chad's president suggested the journalists and air crew be freed. But the court appealed for help. Do something, they said, to waiting journalists. We are being held in inhumane conditions.
Breteaux (ph), when he appeared briefly, looked downcast. Legal experts here suspect he and his team could face long jail terms. A lawyer for his organization insists the accusations against him are not valid. In Abeshi (ph) in the East, some parents are already coming forward to claim their children. For the other children, the long, slow, painful task of reuniting them with their loved ones is only just beginning, and may not have a happy ending.
Nic Robertson, CNN, in Jemina (ph), Chad.
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HARRIS: Senator Hillary Clinton plays the gender card. And even some of her supporters aren't happy about it. Coming up, we will tell you what she said and why the political blogs are buzzing over it.
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HARRIS: We dive into dog bone politics with Barack Obama's latest tweaking of Bill and Hillary Clinton after a day on the campaign trail. He had a little fun at their expense, live from New York with a cameo on "Saturday Night Live."
Now picture this scene. It is a Halloween party hosted by the Clintons. Someone shows up in an Obama mask.
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SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D-IL), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hello, Hillary. Hello, Bill.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, nice to see you, Barack. So you dressed as yourself.
OBAMA: Well, you know, Hillary, I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself. I'm not going to change who I am just because it's Halloween.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, that's great.
OBAMA: And may I say, you make a lovely bride.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's a witch.
OBAMA: Live from New York, it's Saturday night!
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HARRIS: There's the tag line. All right. Speaking of Halloween, it can be a scary time, especially on Capitol Hill. Wednesday morning, we spotted not one, but two Senator Joe Bidens, actually, there was the real Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate, wearing a suit. And there you go, dressed up in a Joe Biden mask, in a "Joe Biden for President" T-shirt, his Senate colleague, Republican Chuck Hagel.
And Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson says today he had no idea that one of his campaign co-chairman had been once convicted of drug dealing, but he says he is not going to "throw my friend under the bus for something that happened more than 20 years ago." The Washington Post broke the story about adviser Philip Martin. Thompson calls Martin a good man and he says he will speak with him soon.
It was a rough week for Senator Hillary Clinton. First, she gets beat up during a presidential debate in Philadelphia. Then she gets beat up for a comment she made during a speech. The political blogs are buzzing about it and tonight I spoke with two bloggers, one from the left, one from the right.
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HARRIS: Let's cue up the sound bite as we release the hounds.
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OBAMA: She has taken one position on torture several months ago and then most recently has taken a different position.
SEN. CHRIS DODD (D-CT), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The fact of the matter is that my colleague from New York, Senator Clinton, there are 50 percent of the American public that say they're not going to vote for her.
JOHN EDWARDS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Will she be the person who brings about change in this country? You know, I believe in Santa Claus. I believe in the Tooth Fairy. But I don't think that's going to happen.
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HARRIS: Wow, wow, wow. All right. Let's get that other sound bite ready to go. This is Hillary's response and then question time.
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SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: In so many ways, this all-women's college prepared me to compete in the all-boys club of presidential politics.
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HARRIS: Wooo. Big applause, big applause. Morra, is Hillary playing the gender card here?
MORRA AARONS, BLOGHER.ORG: I don't think she's playing anything. I think she's addressing something that has been around. I think her timing was bad on this.
HARRIS: You do?
AARONS: I do. I think they attacked her because she's a front- runner and because she's a front-runner, it's really hard for her to take a stand and I don't like that personally. I think she vacillates way too much. I think she has been vacillating on Iran and I think that her opponents saw a moment.
I do think gender is a huge factor but I usually think it's more effective when other people bring that up with Hillary.
HARRIS: And, Mark, so is this Hillary being a little thin- skinned? That fits into a narrative, doesn't it?
MARK HEMINGWAY, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: Yes -- well, no. Actually, I kind of happen to agree with her. Hillary won her Senate seat by busting her butt campaigning in all of the small towns in Upstate New York, not playing this gender card.
And it was about a week or two I guess when she was in Iowa, she claimed that part of the reason why she wasn't doing better in Iowa was because Iowa didn't have a good track record of electing statewide politicians who are female.
And I think doing that kind of thing is just a tremendous mistake. You want to be the right person for the job, whether you're black, white, female, whatever.
AARONS: She's a pioneer, she is going to make mistakes. I think that this is all a big first and the fact that she's the frontrunner and that she's a woman makes it very, very hard for her. She has got to be cautious on everything.
HEMINGWAY: Well, let me just say something about this being a mistake. I think that this is a mistake and I think it is also very telling. Normally in a primary process, you get battered around a bit by your opponents to get you ready for the general election. It enforces message discipline on your campaign, and it improves you as a candidate.
Hillary has been running so far ahead that she hasn't had to deal with any of these problems. Even with the fundraising scandals, her opponents have had fundraising scandals of their own.
So, you know, she really hasn't had -- been batted around and I think that the fact she's getting batted around a little bit and isn't handling it too well could be telling for Hillary Clinton in a general election.
AARONS: You know what? I'm glad she's getting batted around. I think that she needs to answer for some of her answers. And I think that it's fair. I'm really surprised she played the gender card at this point.
HARRIS: Well, let's -- wow, again, we get an opportunity to end on kind of a point of agreement here. Mark and Morra, great to see you. Good Sunday and have a great week, all right? (CROSSTALK)
HARRIS: Thank you, appreciate it.
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HARRIS: And straight ahead, we have a real Jewel with us tonight in our "Sunday Spotlight."
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JEWEL KILCHER, MUSICIAN: I had a series of dead-end jobs and finally one boss fired me because I wouldn't have sex with him and he wouldn't give me my paycheck that day and my rent was due and my landlord kicked me out.
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HARRIS: That's the singer Jewel testifying before Congress about homeless children in America. Tonight, she shares her personal story about living on the streets. It is our "Sunday Spotlight." We're back in 60 seconds.
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HARRIS: Assault rifles, machine guns, they're the same thing. Most types are legal in this country to buy and own. And are popping up more and more in the hands of criminals and murders. Police in South Florida say they have no choice, to fight criminals with bigger weapons they have to carry bigger weapons. But not everyone is onboard.
CNN's Susan Candiotti reports.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This isn't SWAT training.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's on you. It's on you. The line is hot.
CANDIOTTI: Regular cops on the beat are fast becoming sharpshooters.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did I hit? Did it work? Are there any other threats?
CANDIOTTI: The Palm Beach County, Florida, Sheriff's Office is among law enforcement agencies nationwide adding assault weapons to their arsenal, because so are the bad guys.
SGT. LAURIE PFEIL, PALM BEACH CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE: They don't have little .38s anymore. They have AK-47s.
CANDIOTTI: Training in an AR-15, a civilian version of the M-16 the military uses in Iraq, Sergeant Laurie Pfeil is taking aim at self-preservation.
PFEIL: They don't get out and run from us anymore. They stop and they're shooting at us. And this is what they have. They have automatic weapons now.
CANDIOTTI (on camera): Why is this weapon so powerful?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And so effective? It's basically -- it's the round that it...
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): The bullet is said to cut through steel at 100 yards. But because each weapon costs around $900, some departments can't afford to arm or train everyone at once.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Get back in the vehicle right now.
CANDIOTTI: So they allow certified officers to buy and carry their own assault-style weapons.
(on camera): So this is where you keep it?
DEP. CARL MARTIN, PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: It's securely locked in the trunk.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Palm Beach Deputy Carl Martin, an ex- Marine, gave up his department-issued assault rifle to an officer who was on a waiting list. Martin, meantime, is licensed to use his own AR-15 on the job.
MARTIN: Personal protection. If outgunned by bad guys due to their superior firepower, maybe we can level the playing ground a little bit.
CANDIOTTI (on camera): This department had already been planning on increasing its fire power, adding the AR-15. But the goal of arming every officer with this kind of weapon took on added urgency after two area police officers lost their lives.
(voice-over): In one case, one deputy was killed and three wounded by a burglary suspect whose own arsenal had the police outgunned.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The civilian version of the M-16.
CANDIOTTI: From inside an evidence vault surrounded by AK-47s, Miami's police chief says since the assault ban expired in 2004, Miami homicides using those guns are on the rise, up 18 percent last year and 20 percent this year.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now my police officers are facing this, all these various types of assault weapons. What's it going to look like 10 years from now? What are the officers going to be facing 10 years from now? It's like Rambo becomes reality.
CANDIOTTI: Some activists don't like cops packing extra heat.
(on camera): Shouldn't they even out the playing field?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you want to even out the playing field, then maybe you should reduce the amount of firepower.
Where's it going to stop?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Unfortunately, I actually agree with that. And for a person in my position, it's a little bit embarrassing that we're engaged in this. But what is the alternative?
CANDIOTTI: Did you think it would ever come to this when you started off?
PFEIL: No. When I started off, no. Not at all. Not at all.
CANDIOTTI: Does it scare you?
PFEIL: Certainly. Certainly it does.
CANDIOTTI (voice-over): Why more police agencies say they're aiming for more protection.
Susan Candiotti, CNN, West Palm Beach, Florida.
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HARRIS: November is National Youth Homeless Awareness Month, thanks to the efforts of some passionate people, including singer and songwriter Jewel, who has a personal stake. She recently asked Congress to intervene on behalf of these young people and tonight we've asked Jewel to join us in our "Sunday Spotlight."
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HARRIS: Describe it for us. You know a little bit about this topic and we'll get to that in a moment, but what is life like for these young people, regardless of the circumstances that lead them to the streets? What is life like once they're there?
KILCHER: They say about 70 percent of all homeless kids end up in the sex trade or being preyed upon by sexual predators, the cycle of abuse usually just gets worse and worse. A lot of kids that should be in elementary school get entered into the sex trade. Unfortunately they get -- if they are arrested, they get entered into the legal system instead of being protected by the Sex and Human Rights Act and those things.
So it's a difficult life. Homeless kids are great at blending in.
HARRIS: What would represent real success in this effort for you?
KILCHER: For us, we really feel like we got a big milestone, we were able to -- last June I actually testified on the Senate Hill in front of the congressional Means and Ways Committee, we got November passed as the National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. So we're really going to try and capitalize on that and get the word out thanks to you and other people helping us.
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HARRIS: My conversation with Jewel continues. She shares why the issue of homeless kids is very personal to her. Part two of Jewel in our "Sunday Spotlight" in just 60 seconds.
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HARRIS: Welcome back, everyone, to the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Tony Harris. Let's bring you part two with our conversation with singer- songwriter Jewel, an advocate for homeless kids. She was a homeless teen herself, so it is an issue close to her heart and we talked about it.
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HARRIS: I'm not sure that everyone watching understands that you were homeless for a while in your life. Would you please, for the folk who don't know your story, at least that part of your life, explain the circumstances that led you to being homeless?
KILCHER: No doubt. When I was young, I was about 15 when I moved out on my own. But I lived in a small town and I was able to pay rent and hold down jobs. But when I moved to San Diego, I was paying rent and was barely sort of scraping by and my boss propositioned me to sleep with him. When I turned him down, he wouldn't give me my paycheck and my rent was due and my landlord kicked me out.
And I found myself homeless and it just continued for about a year. You know, the difficult thing for kids that are homeless is really, you're usually underage so there's no way to really make a legal living. So you're resorting to stealing or panhandling. And then all of a sudden the law is your enemy instead of your friend.
HARRIS: Well, this is really helpful. Let me sort of explore this a little deeper with you. Describe what some of the emotions you feel as a young person who is homeless? You shouldn't be homeless. You're a young person who should be in the loving embrace of your family and yet you're not. How vulnerable a feeling is this?
KILCHER: It's a horrible feeling, especially for the younger kids. You're taught how to be a person and how to be an adult. Children that have to leave the home early aren't taught anything about systems, how the world works, so they're just lost. They're in a city full of people and it's a really lonely feeling, and it is predatory.
You know, I never had been so solicited except for when I was homeless. I grew up singing in bars and I was never ever so solicited as when I was homeless. It's just, people know and they prey upon you and it's a dangerous environment. HARRIS: Virgin Unite, you're serving as an ambassador for that organization. I'm not sure a lot of folks know about that organization. Tell us about it and the work you're doing as an ambassador for this issue that you care about so much.
KILCHER: Virgin Unite is the charitable arm of Virgin. It's a great organization because it really can help bring to light so many issues. They support a lot of -- a variety of charities. So if you're interested in the environment or social issues, there's a wide variety to get involved in and get active in your community.
HARRIS: Is there a piece of music either that you're working on now or maybe something from your last CD that speaks to the issues that you care about with youth homelessness?
KILCHER: You know, I think one of the songs I wrote that most sort of speak to this issue would be a song I wrote called "Hands." I wrote it at the time when I was homeless and struggling and I felt so powerless to have a positive effect on my own life. And I realized that my hands were my own at least. Nobody could tell me what to do with my hands.
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KILCHER (singing): My hands are all I know, but they're not yours, they are my own. They're not yours, they are my own...
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KILCHER: It was empowering to me. I realized I could either spend my time shoplifting or writing. So I started writing more.
HARRIS: Jewel, the best to you. Good to see you and the best in this effort.
KILCHER: Thank you. Thank you so much.
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HARRIS: Our "Sunday Spotlight" with singer-songwriter Jewel.
Another person with another passionate message is Pastor Joel Osteen. He leads the largest church in the United States. On Monday, he joins us in the CNN NEWSROOM. We'll talk to him about his new bestselling book and why so many people are following his message.
Imagine Jay Leno and David Letterman speechless. Pens down, everybody. If Hollywood writers go on strike, who will be the ones suffering? What is at stake and how it affects you, straight ahead in the NEWSROOM.
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HARRIS: Well, tonight, it's pencils down and Hollywood writers are threatening to strike unless they get a bigger piece of the profits. Well, right now, they're in emergency negotiations, but if it all goes south, they're prepared to exchange their pens for picket signs.
CNN's Brooke Anderson has more from Tinseltown.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ready and action...
BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: Producers are sweating.
RYAN MURPHY, TV PRODUCER, "NIP/TUCK": Our show, you know, I think will maybe have one extra script done, and then that's it.
ANDERSON: Actors are literally at a loss for words.
DYLAN WALSH, ACTOR, "NIP/TUCK": If there's a strike, obviously, we can't work. It's pretty simple.
ANDERSON: If union writers in Hollywood and New York walk off their jobs, reality is about to hit.
MAUREEN RYAN, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: The reality shows are not covered by the writers' guild for the most part. They will keep going. We are going to see a lot more them if the writers' strike continues.
GAVIN HOOD, FILM DIRECTOR, "RENDITION": Everybody is sort of madly scrambling to get scripts into production, sometimes a little ahead of what might otherwise be prudent.
ANDERSON (on camera): Officials on both sides declined CNN interview requests. But one issue defines the negotiations, new media. Writers want more money as studios distribute shows and movies on computers, cell phones and mp3 players.
RYAN: Well, if you think about it, like the last time a contract was negotiated, YouTube didn't even exist.
MURPHY: Our shows are being downloaded on the Internet, we receive nothing. Not even a penny. Studios get all that money. That's not fair, we created those episodes as artists. We deserve a piece of the pie.
NINA TASSLER, PRES., CBS ENTERTAINMENT: We don't know what the pie is yet in order to determine how to cut it up.
ANDERSON (voice-over): A strike means the film and TV industry responsible for 1.3 million U.S. jobs will be left with no new scripts.
DAVID LETTERMAN, LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN: That makes up for not getting the Yankees job.
ANDERSON: Late night TV will be the first casualty. Dave, Conan, Jon, Jay and Jimmy are written fresh daily and can't stockpile scripts. So expect more repeats for starters. RYAN: They are hitting the TV networks really where it hurts. This is the middle of the season. Most shows maybe will have 12 completed episodes or scripts in the can. That's only half a season.
ANDERSON: The heads of the TV networks say if the walkout extends beyond January when stockpiled scripts will dry up, they have got contingency plans.
KEVIN REILLY, PRES., FOX ENTERTAINMENT: On FOX we are advantaged over the other guys because we have "American Idol."
TASSLER: We are prepared. We have got plenty of reality. We have got plenty of news.
ANDERSON: Industry figures indicate an estimated half billion dollars was lost because of the writers' last strike 18 years ago.
RYAN: It could get ugly. The five-and-a-half month strike that occurred in 1988, it wasn't pretty. There was a lot of tension. A lot of people were driven out of the industry. And, you know, it's a very cutthroat industry at the best of times.
ANDERSON: Both the writers and the studios hope tale of the strike of 2007 is a very short story.
Brooke Anderson, CNN, Hollywood.
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HARRIS: OK. Last stop for Noel, Nova Scotia. Thousands without power, flooded streets, downed trees, tossed boats, blown off roofs. The storm came knocking in Canada and we'll show you more in 30 seconds.
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HARRIS: So let's talk about it, the hurricane formally known as Noel blew across the Eastern Seaboard and into Canada, in its wake, wind, rain and a couple hundred thousand people without electricity. Streets littered with broken branches. That means downed power lines, hence the power outage.
But Jacqui, Jacqui, Jacqui, it certainly could have been a lot worse for those folks.
JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, for some people, yes. For Canadians and people in the U.S., it was kind of a walk in the park, kind of a typical type nor'easter. But we got some incredible pictures of what this storm did from start to end. And most of them came from you, our I-Reporters. Take a look.
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JERAS (voice-over): Marsha Ericsson (ph) of St. Paul, Minnesota, was in Les Cayes Haoiti, when Noel dumped 20 to 30 inches of rain over Hispaniola. Ericsson runs a Haitian help organization and was caught in the storm. She says this market is usually filled with people and produce. After the rain stopped, people were trapped like this man in front of his home, surrounded by water.
Douglas Hoff (ph) says the waves in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, were so strong, white stuff was flying through the air. He took this video of the sea foam around sunrise Saturday as crashing waves caused the pier to sway and creak.
By Saturday Night, Noel made its way to New England where Chris Dumas (ph) of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was one of the few with power. He put this video together for his parents and students so they could see the destruction.
Onto Canada where wind gusts more than 90 miles per hour downed trees and damaged homes, 10-year-old Steven Campbell (ph) of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, took these shots in his backyard on Sunday morning.
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HARRIS: Jacqui, thank you.
All right. Goodbye Daylight Saving Time. You move back your clocks, your watches last night or your cell phone, maybe your BlackBerry did it for you automatically. But what if your cell phone actually moves one hour ahead? Does anybody really know what time it is?
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HARRIS: OK. Well, most of us got an extra hour sleep last night, thanks to the end of Daylight Saving Time, some unlucky folks might have actually lost two hours of sleep. Apparently at 2:00 this morning, when most of our cell phones automatically rolled back an hour, some Alltel cell phone customers actually saw their clocks spring forward to 3:00 a.m. An Alltel spokesman says the glitch affected some customers in Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
You know, this was so good last hour, we have to show it to you again. Our dear friend Larry King got into a little bit of hot water with guest Jerry Seinfeld while talking about his old show, "Seinfeld." Take a listen.
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LARRY KING, HOST, "LARRY KING LIVE": Lasted how long?
JERRY SEINFELD, WRITER, ACTOR & COMEDIAN: Nine years, 180 episodes.
KING: You gave it up, right?
SEINFELD: I did. KING: They didn't cancel you. You canceled them.
SEINFELD: You are not aware of this?
KING: No, I'm asking you.
SEINFELD: You think I got canceled? Are you under the impression that I got canceled?
KING: Have I hurt you, Jerry?
SEINFELD: I thought that was pretty well documented. This is a...
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SEINFELD: Is this still CNN?
I was the number one show on television, Larry. Do you know who I am?
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KING: Jewish guy, Brooklyn.
SEINFELD: Yes.
KING: OK.
SEINFELD: Seventy-five million viewers last episode.
KING: Don't take it so bad.
SEINFELD: Well, that is a big difference between being canceled and being number one.
KING: OK. I'm sorry.
(LAUGHTER)
KING: We'll be right back.
SEINFELD: Jeez.
KING: "Bee Movie" opens -- "Bee Movie" opens...
SEINFELD: Can we get a resume in here for me that Larry can go over?
KING: Hey, I -- we'll be right back.
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HARRIS: All right. OK. Larry, you know we love you. You will never be canceled, you're the king. I'm Tony Harris at CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta. Thank you for joining us in the CNN NEWSROOM.
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