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What's Ahead for Arnold Schwarzenegger?; Philadelphia Mayor's Office Bugged; Study Shows Dairy To Be Weight Loss Catalyst
Aired October 08, 2003 - 19:00 ET
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: The day after. What will Governor Schwarzenegger do now?
Who bugged the Philadelphia mayor's office?
Our special series, "Life Behind Bars" -- tonight, the shocking reality of rape in prison.
Eating certain foods may help you lose weight. Find out which ones.
And the new face of the "Billboard" top 10.
ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.
COOPER: Good evening to you. Thank you for joining us, 360.
We begin with what one pundit described as a political earthquake measuring 10 on the Richter scale, the sweeping victory of Arnold Schwarzenegger. California's governor-elect spoke just a short while ago about his fix-it plan for the troubled state.
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR-ELECT: First of all, I made it very clear in my campaign that I will be the people's governor. That is the most important thing, governor for the people, not for special interests, but for everybody.
I also made it very clear that I believe in inclusion, that I will represent everybody. It doesn't matter if it is young or old or their what racial background is, immigrants, men, women, of different religious backgrounds. Everybody is included. I see a California of 36 million people, and this is the people that I will represent.
The people of California want me to be their governor. And I will do that and nothing else. I will work as the governor. I will work as much as I can, even if it is around the clock. There will be no time for movies or anything else. I will pay full attention to this job. I take this job very seriously. And I want to make sure that I will provide the jobs that people want, that I will bring back the economy, I will bring back the jobs, I will clean up the environment, I will help with education, so we improve education.
All of those issues, we want to make sure that I concentrate on and work very hard to accomplish those things, and also to cut down the budget crisis that we have. So there's a lot of work ahead. My mind is not on movies at all.
The people of California have voted against the system that is existing right now. They want a new direction. They want to go in a direction that moves forward in a positive way. And they want change. And that's what we have to give them. The legislators up there have gotten that message last night, that the people of California want change.
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COOPER: And that was governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger at a news conference just a short while ago.
It is a fundamental truth for politicians everywhere, including the governor-election: winning fun, governing hard. Can Schwarzenegger deliver?
Here's CNN's Kelly Wallace.
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KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Now comes the hard part for the Hollywood-actor-turned governor-elect, trying to deliver on promises made during the campaign.
SCHWARZENEGGER: I will not fail you. I will not disappoint you. And I will not let you down.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
WALLACE: But to get the job done, the moderate Republican must get his way with a Democratically-controlled legislature. So it's no surprise that one of his first calls went to the state's most popular Democrat.
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D), CALIFORNIA: Mr. Schwarzenegger has to be able to take office. He's got to be able to do what he said he would do. And everybody, we all ought to help that job get done.
WALLACE: The honeymoon won't last long because the political rookie must make tough calls right away, such as how to balance the budget, while promising not to raise taxes.
ELIZABETH GARRETT, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: When it comes time to make budget tradeoffs, some people are going to lose and some people are going to win. And those are going to be very difficult problems for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
WALLACE: And there are lingering allegations of sexual misconduct, which the superstar said he'd discuss in detail after the election.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We want to make sure the public has confidence that these questions have all been answered. But there is no investigation. There's no long-term review. It's just simply providing confidence to the public.
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WALLACE: Another challenge for Schwarzenegger, he says one of the first things he'll do in office is repeal the tripling of the car tax. Well, that will mean the state will lose about $4 billion a year in revenue. And the governor-elect has not said how he will make up for that shortfall -- Anderson.
COOPER: All right, Kelly Wallace, thanks very much.
A "Fast Fact" for you on last night's election losers. Well, loser sounds harsh. Let's just call them the also-rans. Schwarzenegger, of course, got nearly 4 million votes. Arianna Huffington got more than 40,000. Of course, she already had dropped out. Smut peddler Larry Flynt got more than 15,000 votes. And more than 12,000 diehard fans of "Diff'rent Strokes" voted for Gary Coleman.
The enigmatic Angelyne got more than 2,000 votes. And a special shout-out for West Hollywood businessman Todd Lewis. He came in dead last with 172 votes. There's always next time, Todd.
Back over to the East Coast now. In Philadelphia, the talk of the town today, a mayoral mystery that just now got a whole lot more interesting. Federal law enforcement officials are telling CNN that it was the FBI that planted a bug found yesterday in the mayor's office. Why did they do it?
Here's CNN's Jason Carroll.
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JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Philadelphia's mayor, John Street, wants to know why an electronic listening device ended up in his office. Police discovered it in the ceiling right above his desk on Tuesday during a routine security check and turned it over to the FBI.
JOHN STREET (D), MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA: The timing is very suspicious.
CARROLL: Street, a Democrat, is in a tight race against Republican Sam Katz, the election now just four weeks away. Street's campaign spokesman suggested whoever planted the bug may have been part of a GOP conspiracy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Republican Party, if you look back over the course of history, has not been -- has not been loathe to attempt dirty political tricks.
SAM KATZ (R), PHILADELPHIA MAYORAL CANDIDATE: Those charges are just totally an attempt to divert attention. I'm not interested in bringing attention to this.
CARROLL: A federal government source confirmed, the FBI planted the bug. But an FBI spokeswoman in Philadelphia declined to comment and would not say if Street is the subject of an investigation. However, a spokeswoman seemed to rule out any connection to Katz.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is not associated with the election in any way.
CARROLL: Street's administration says it is cooperating with two investigations into alleged parking ticket fixing and the awarding of airport contracts.
STREET: I haven't done anything wrong and I don't know that anybody in my Cabinet or in my staff around me has done anything wrong.
CARROLL: There is one area where the mayor and his rival agree. Both say the FBI knows much more than it's willing to say.
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CARROLL: And today, the governor of Pennsylvania came out and said that the FBI has an obligation to tell the people of Philadelphia exactly what's going on -- Anderson.
COOPER: Jason, we heard the Street campaign basically saying conspiracy. What kind of conspiracy do they think this is?
CARROLL: Well, it's an interesting theory.
Some of the mayor's people feel as though, because the mayor was so instrumental in getting out the Democratic vote during the last presidential election, helping Al Gore carry the state, that perhaps certain Republicans, key Republicans, didn't want him around for the next presidential election.
But I also have to point out, Anderson, that the mayor's critics are quick to point out that this is political spin out of control. They say this whole conspiracy theory issue is a stretch, at best -- Anderson.
COOPER: There is a campaign going on. Jason Carroll, thanks very much.
A quick news note now on the bug found in the ceiling right above the mayor's desk. The device had multiple microphones. It was battery-powered and it could operate for several months. It is not a recording device. It's designed to broadcast to a remote location, like in another building, for instance, or a van parked outside.
We go now to the war in Iraq. Today, the White House launched a different kind of battle, winning hearts and minds right here at home. It is a concerted push to convince Americans that the mission is worth the money being spent and the blood being shed.
Leading the charge today, the national security adviser.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CONDOLEEZZA RICE, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Some have said, we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intention, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy and not an option.
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COOPER: Well, the new P.R. push is not the only reason Condoleezza Rice is in the spotlight, questions of whether there is tension between her and the defense secretary. It involves who has got ultimate control of the game plan for Iraq.
For that, we turn to senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre.
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JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At an informal meeting of NATO defense ministers in Colorado, where Iraq and Afghanistan top the agenda, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld found himself answering questions about intrigue in the Bush Cabinet.
QUESTION: Do you not feel, sir, that perhaps the White House or others in the administration went behind your back to diminish your authority in Iraq?
DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: I just am really quite surprised about all of this frofaha (ph).
MCINTYRE: Pentagon sources say Rumsfeld was rankled by this story in Monday's "New York Times," which portrayed the creation of an Iraq stabilization group as an effort to assert more direct White House control over Iraq policy.
Rumsfeld has identified National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who heads the new Iraq group, as the source of the offending "Times" story, which Rumsfeld insists mischaracterizes routine NSC coordination as a White House takeover of the Iraq reconstruction effort.
But after Rumsfeld pointedly said he was informed only after the fact in a one-page memo from Rice, the White House backpedaled, supporting Rumsfeld's spin on the story.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The Pentagon continues to be, has been and continues to be, the lead agency overseeing our efforts in Iraq.
MCINTYRE (on camera): The irony is, the whole flap over whether the Iraq mission needs better interagency coordination could have been avoided with some better interagency coordination.
Jamie McIntyre, CNN, Colorado Springs.
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COOPER: New developments in the Gitmo investigation. Today, a military investigator made secret recommendations for charges against a translator accused of espionage at Guantanamo Naval Base. Now, the details are classified by the government.
A defense attorney for senior airman Ahmad al-Halabi, seen right there, says keeping such a report secret is unusual in the military justice system and he's going to challenge it. The U.S. military also says it is preparing to file initial charges against the Army chaplain Captain James Yee. The Muslim chaplain has been held for nearly a month on suspicion of espionage and -- quote -- "aiding the enemy."
Well, moving on to tonight's "Uplink," let's take a look at what's going on around the world.
The Gaza Strip: lockdown. Israeli troops have imposed an open- ended clampdown on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Despite the measure, Palestinian gunmen attacked Israeli forces, wounding three of them.
Islamabad, Pakistan: missile tests. The army says it successfully conducted its second nuclear-capable missile test in less than a week. Pakistan says more tests are coming, but should not affect relations with neighbor and archrival India.
Bogota, Colombia: bomb blast. An explosion rocks central Bogota, killing at least four people, injuring others. Check out the aftermath right there. Police say it occurred in a busy commercial area right as employees were headed to work.
Cape Town, South Africa: AIDS in the army. At least one-fifth of South Africa's military is infected with HIV, the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The government is working to reduce the infection rate in the military and in society at large, where some 4.7 million South Africans are HIV positive.
Hanoi, Vietnam: restoring ties. Today, Vietnam and the U.S. have tentatively agreed to allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War. That, of course, was more than a quarter century ago.
Beijing, China: space history. China plans to send its first manned spaceflight into orbit next Wednesday. It's going to be shown live on TV. A successful trip would make China only the third nation capable of manned spaceflight.
And that's tonight's "Uplink."
The Las Vegas tiger mauling: Siegfried says the show must go on. But another handler also gets attacked. Have wild animal lovers taken things too far?
Also: controversial rape behind bars, shocking statistics, one man's terrible torment.
And high school suicide pact, parents put on alert. Find out what may have driven some teens to make a deadly promise.
First, let's take a look "Inside the Box," the top stories on tonight's network evening newscasts.
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COOPER: Well, tonight, a new twist in the tiger mauling attack on Roy Horn. After losing a lot of blood, suffering a stroke in the attack, Horn has regained some movement, but remains in critical condition right now. And as he fights for his life, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation of their show.
CNN's Jeff Flock explains why.
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JEFF FLOCK, CNN CHICAGO BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): Investigators are probing what was Las Vegas' most popular show for violation of the Animal Welfare Act. In part, it says, "During public exhibition, there must be minimal risk of harm to animal and public." And it calls for -- quote -- "sufficient distance and/or barriers between animal and audience."
No pictures of the mauling have surfaced, but it took place at about this point in these pictures of an earlier show. Roy Horn introduces the tiger called Montecore. At the bottom of the screen, you can see audience members almost close enough to touch. There are no barriers.
CNN has learned, the USDA inspected Siegfried & Roy four times in the last three years. The inspections were routine and there were never any violations. Agriculture officials won't say what specifically they are investigating this time, but public officials in Las Vegas are now considering whether there should be new regulations.
DIRK ARTHUR, ILLUSIONIST: They're wild animals. So that wildness can come out at any moment.
FLOCK: Dirk Arthur man does much of what Siegfried & Roy did, magic and cats, on a smaller stage in Las Vegas, and says he's constantly on guard for trouble. No one knows what caused Montecore to strike. On the Vegas Strip, speculation has ranged from the cat being spooked by someone in the crowd, to a slip-up with the food reward that Horn was carrying. Watch carefully Horn's right hand as he slips the cat a treat for jumping up on cue in a previous performance.
Dirk Arthur knows something could go wrong at any time.
ARTHUR: I wouldn't say it's like a time bomb, but I would say there's an inherent danger with everyone, which works the big cats understands. So, sometimes, something can happen. Something can go awry. (END VIDEOTAPE)
FLOCK: It is precisely what went awry, Anderson, that federal investigators are now trying to figure out. Were the cats in the Siegfried & Roy show too close to the crowd? Some could argue they were. But, then again, Siegfried & Roy did 30,000-plus live shows in their career and have never had a problem, until now.
COOPER: All right, Jeff, thanks for that update. We're going to have more on this a little bit later on in the program.
Also, for more on Horn, his condition, the legendary act, his partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, will sit down with CNN's Larry King tonight. You can see the exclusive live interview right here at 9:00 Eastern on CNN.
All right, let's take a trip right now cross-country, see what else is going on.
Washington: more serial arson. Investigators are trying to determine if a suspicious house fire overnight is northeast Washington is the newest in a string of arsons in or near the nation's capital. We've been following this story for a while now. A task force is probing 28 suspicious fires. Eight of them have been conclusively linked.
Atlanta, Georgia: whistle-blower lawsuit. Coca-Cola settles a wrongful termination lawsuit, but the beverage firm still faces a federal fraud investigation brought on by the case. Coke is paying $548,000 to a former finance manager fired after accusing the company of rigging a marketing test.
Dallas, Texas: church revolt. Conservative Episcopalians lay out their plan to split the church over its liberal stands on gay issues. Pittsburgh's bishop, Robert Duncan, predicts world Anglican leaders will rebuke the American church for approving a gay bishop and blessing same-sex marriages.
Nationwide: minorities in college. A new report finds the number of minority students on the nation's campuses has more than doubled since 1981. But the American Council on Education says white students are still more likely to attend college than blacks or Hispanics.
Go to Grand Forks, North Dakota, now: breaking new ground; 40- year-old Alysa Stanton is looking to make history by becoming the world's first African-American female rabbi. A member of the reform movement seminary, Stanton is a rabbinical student in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
And that's a look at stories cross-country tonight.
For our "Midweek Crisis" tonight, we're taking on an apparent crisis that affects one man, presidential candidate General Wesley Clark. But it could also affect the many people who have said they've supported him. The problems hitting Clark seemed to arise suddenly after he rode a wave of popularity to the top of the polls. Congressional correspondent Jonathan Karl has more on Clark's "Midweek Crisis."
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JONATHAN KARL, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The once-hot campaign of Wesley Clark has hit a serious rough spot. For one, his three-week-old campaign has already suffered its first staff shakeup. Campaign manager Donnie Fowler quit, saying the campaign is abandoning grassroots supporter. The campaign says it's just sour grapes because Fouler was to be demoted.
And then there's the controversy over speeches like this.
WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And if I were president, I'd have a program that directly addresses job creation.
KARL: Clark was paid $30,000 to give that speech. And his campaign insists it was not a campaign speech. If it was, it may have been against the law.
LARRY NOBLE, CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS: If you are getting paid to give a speech and it turns out to be a political speech, a campaign speech, then you've, in essence, gotten an illegal campaign contribution.
KARL: Clark says his lucrative paid speeches are perfectly legal because they are not campaign speeches. But at least two of his rivals say Clark is clearly breaking the law. He plans to give two more paid speeches next week.
And on Tuesday, Clark took a hit from his one-time boss, former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, who acknowledged firing Clark as NATO commander.
WILLIAM COHEN, FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY: And I felt that the ax, as such, when it fell spoke for itself.
KARL (on camera): Despite the problems, Clark still has two big things going for him: money and popularity. He's raising cash faster than most of his rivals and still doing well in the polls.
Jonathan Karl, CNN, Capitol Hill.
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COOPER: Moving on now: prison rape, the story of one man, a nonviolent offender, who found real violence once inside the prison, part of our week-long series, "Sex, Violence and Favors: Life Behind Bars."
Also tonight, Kobe Bryant back in court. Is there enough evidence to try him for rape? A preview of what the judge is going to hear tomorrow.
And a young woman mauled by a tiger the same day as Roy Horn. Are these wild animals being exploited? We're going to take a close look.
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COOPER: Well, we continue now with our week-long look at "Sex, Violence and Favors: Life Behind Bars." Tonight, the controversial subject of rape in prison. It is part of an extremely violent culture behind bars. Rape is a tool of power, where the strong victimize the weak. And in a civil case going on right now in California, one prisoner says the corrections officers didn't stop him from becoming prey.
Here's CNN's Kris Osborn.
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KRIS OSBORN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eddie Dillard says it happened behind this wall in 1993 in the notorious supermax prison of Corcoran. He accuses four corrections officers of intentionally allowing him to be raped by placing him in a cell with a convicted murderer, nicknamed by cell mates "The Booty Bandit."
The department of corrections said Dillard's attacker admitted the rape. The officers denied the charges and were cleared in criminal court of aiding and abetting sodomy. Dillard is now hoping to win civil damages. But he's just one of thousands of prisoners who have been raped. The FBI recently put it at 12,000 prison rapes a year. That's more than the reported forcible rapes in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, San Diego, and Phoenix combined.
ANDREW LICHTENSTEIN, PHOTOGRAPHER OF PRISON LIFE: Rape is not so much sexual as it is power. Let's say that rape is the ultimate expression of one individual's power or one group's power over another.
OSBORN: Last month, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination act to help fight the problem. A key reason for the interest, disease. The Centers for Disease Control says the AIDS infection rate for state and federal prisoners is nearly six times that of the rest of the population.
DEVON BROWN, COMMISSIONER, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: The problem is, the occurrence in the correctional environment spreads diseases. It spreads all forms of abuse. And we must control it.
OSBORN: But controlling prison rape has proved difficult in the past. And there are no clear signs that it can be done.
Kris Osborn, CNN, Atlanta.
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COOPER: Well, going to prison, coming out with a fatal disease, this is not some hypothetical horror story.
Keith DeBlasio went to prison in 1994 for nonviolent crimes. He says he was raped some 30 times. He is now HIV-positive. DeBlasio helped draft the Prison Rape Elimination Act that Kris Osborn just mentioned. He joins us now from Washington.
Keith, thanks very much for being with us.
You say you were raped some 30 times by one particular inmate. Did guards know about it? Why was nothing done to stop it?
KEITH DEBLASIO, VICTIM OF PRISON RAPE: Well, I was originally transferred from a federal correctional institution in Morgantown, West Virginia, which is a low-security -- a minimum-security institution with no fence. I was transferred because I did have the tendency to put a lot of paperwork on administration staff for things that were...
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COOPER: Sorry for interrupting.
But, when you got to this new facility and this prisoner basically got you in their sights and you say raped you some 30 times, did the guards know about it? Why did no one try to do anything?
DEBLASIO: Well, I believe officers knew about it. I reported incidents of both the rape, the fear prior to him being put in my unit that I was housed in, to the SIS lieutenant, case managers, unit managers, and other prison staff.
COOPER: And you were afraid, really, to come forward. This person was a member of a gang, you said, and you feared retaliation?
DEBLASIO: Yes.
This individual was a member of the Vice Lords. And the original attacks took place with members of the gang there, present outside of the area where we were at. And, also, I had witnessed him with other gang members actually beat another individual to actually mutilating his face.
COOPER: You work now as an advocate, trying to reform he prison system. Do prison officials, do guards take rape of prisoners seriously enough, in your opinion?
DEBLASIO: I don't believe they do, in many cases.
Unfortunately, Stop Prisoner Rape, an organization based out of California, has come up with a university study that they've published on their Web site that show as many as one in 10 men being raped while they are in prison and something like 27 percent of women in one institution in the Midwest that were actually forcible rape.
COOPER: And I know, with all the overcrowding of prisons, a lot of facilities just really overcrowded, and also young people housed with adults. A lot of this just continues to go on.
Keith DeBlasio, appreciate you joining us tonight. Thank you very much.
DEBLASIO: OK. Thank you.
COOPER: Well, a female tiger trainer mauled by another tiger. It's the attack you haven't heard about. Find out what went wrong.
Also: Kobe Bryant faces justice. Is there enough evidence to go to trial? A preview of tomorrow's hearing.
And foods you can eat that may actually trim your waistline, believe it or not.
We'll be right back.
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COOPER: Time for "The Reset," tonight's top stories.
Government sources say the FBI has interviewed former ambassador Joe Wilson, his wife, Valerie Plame, and columnist Robert Novak in the CIA leak investigation. The bureau is trying to find out who in the government told Novak that Plame was a CIA operative.
Police in New York say they unexpectedly added unlicensed gun charges today when they arrested a Roman Catholic priest suspected of harassing phone calls. They report finding guns, a money stash, pornography and Nazi paraphernalia at the home of 64-year-old Reverend John Johnson.
An Austin, Texas, hospital says Lady Bird Johnson is unhurt after a fall at her home this morning. Doctors evaluated the 90-year-old widow of former President Lyndon Johnson and then released her.
Health officials expect SARS to disrupt hospital operations in the U.S. this winter even if it doesn't appear. The Centers for Disease Control says fear of the disease could swap emergency rooms with suspected cases.
And a new combination of blood tests and ultrasound promises to detect fetuses with Downs Syndrome sooner with greater accuracy than standard screening tests. Researchers say the new methods will offer expectant mothers more peace of mind and more time to decide whether to continue the pregnancy.
And that is a look at tonight's "Reset."
Less than a week after a tiger attack left entertainer Roy Horn critically injured in Las Vegas, there is word of a similar incident in Arizona.
Lorraine Blanco of CNN affiliate KVVU has the story from Golden Valley, Arizona.
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LORRAINE BLANCO, KVVU CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tigers are temperamental. Sometimes while cats are just play-biting their handlers and sometimes they attack. JONATHAN KRAFT, KEEPERS OF THE WILD: We know and all of my staff knows what the risks are. And it's never the animals' fault. It's just -- just bad timing.
BLANCO: And that's exactly what happened Monday morning when 21- year-old Sarah Roy (ph) tried to move a water basin here at Keepers of the Wild Sanctuary. A 500-pound Bengal tiger named Tigger tore into her leg and dragged her right across the cage.
DAN ROY, TRAINER'S DAD: She's in a lot of pain, but in good spirits and it's just scary to me more than anything as a parent.
BLANCO: Director Jonathan Craft tells us it is always dangerous when you work with wild animals. That's why their handlers are always prepared.
(on camera): When a cat attacks, a handler can use a rack like this to separate the animal from the person being attacked or they can stand it up and use it as a fence.
(voice-over): The Siegfried & Roy show has been canceled indefinitely since Roy got attacked by one of their white tigers Friday night. But friends tells us he misses the cats and wants to get back with them.
Sarah, also recovering in the hospital, feels exactly the same.
ROY: She's just got such a great love for it. It doesn't surprise me. I mean if it was myself, I -- I don't think I would want to go around anything for a while. But she cannot wait to get back out here.
BLANCO: Lorraine Blanco, Fox 5 News.
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COOPER: Well, for more on tigers and tiger attacks, Keepers of the Wild director and founder Jonathan Kraft joins us now from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jonathan, thanks for being with us.
First, I got to ask, how is Sarah doing?
KRAFT: Sarah is doing fine, thank you.
COOPER: You were there right after the attack. You were the first person on the scene. And this had to happen just after a meeting where you all had been discussing the attack on Roy Horn and things you could do to make sure that didn't happen.
What do you think went wrong?
KRAFT: Well, you know, these were two tigers that we had just rescued out of -- out of Texas. The owner could no longer use the animals. He was moving. And so we just separated the male from the female to make sure that they wouldn't breed because we are a non- breeding facility, of course. And Sarah went in there -- she had just cleaned out one of the pool s-- the swimming pools for the cats, and turned around and rolled the pool in there, set it down and the cat got a little close to her, and he turned around and decided to bite her in the leg. He was probably very unhappy at the time.
COOPER: Jonathan, you mentioned that your facility basically rescues these animals from people who have them in private.
You know, I read a statistic, some 15,000 Americans have big cats of their own. What is going on?
KRAFT: It is -- it is totally out of line. I mean, it's going on all over the country. People think that if they buy a baby tiger and they raise it, that they now have a domestic animal on their hands. They do not. And -- and so it's way over the top.
COOPER: What about these shows? I mean, I know Siegfried & Roy -- I know you say that they treated these animals well. But bottom line, is it exploitation?
KRAFT: Yes.
COOPER: It is. You think they should be continued or you think these shows should be eliminated altogether?
KRAFT: Well, I believe, of course -- I'm a sanctuary and we -- once again, as we believe in not exploiting the animals in any way and no breeding of these animals. That's, of course, our belief.
COOPER: Well, Jonathan, I know you got to go. I know you're going to head over to the hospital right now and see Sarah. Please give her best our wishes. A lot of people are thinking about her and praying for her. Thank you very much, Jonathan.
KRAFT: All right. Thank you very much.
COOPER: All right.
Three months after Kobe Bryant was accused of rape, prosecutors are ready to present their case in court. The NBA star's preliminary hearing is schedule for tomorrow in Eagle, Colorado.
Gary Tuchman takes a look right now at what the case is about so far.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Kobe Bryant is getting ready for the upcoming NBA season, which in a worst case scenario for him could be his last NBA season.
KOBE BRYANT, NBA PLAYER: In this world, people think like a seventh game is pressure. Are you kidding me?
TUCHMAN: A guilty verdict on felony sexual assault carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and the 25-year-old Laker star provided the first hint of what his defense might be.
BRYANT: I didn't force her to do anything against her will. I'm innocent.
LARRY POZNER, COLORADO ATTORNEY: We know a lot that's important. We know it's a consent defense, which means he's going to say, Yes, there was contact or even yes, there was sexual contact. But at the time of the contact, it was with her will, too.
TUCHMAN: And what is known to the prosecution's case against Bryant?
MARK HURLBERT, DISTRICT ATTORNEY: I feel that after reviewing the evidence, after looking at the evidence that I can prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.
TUCHMAN: District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has expressed confidence in his evidence, which includes photographs of the 19-year- old accuser after she was allegedly sexually assaulted.
DAVID LUGERT, COLORADO ATTORNEY: We only know in the theoretical sense that the D.A. claims he has evidence with respect to injuries that will demonstrate and corroborate the victim's claim that she was forcibly raped.
TUCHMAN: The prosecutor also says he has an audiotape of Kobe Bryant being interviewed about that night, and a videotape interview with the woman.
But that leads to another question.
POZNER: Knowing that the D.A. has a tape doesn't tell us anything. What's on the tape?
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TUCHMAN: Well, we may find out tomorrow what's on the tape, if the prosecution decides to play it, and if the defense decides to go through with the hearing. Kobe Bryant's attorneys could say we don't want the hearing, it could hurt our client and they could make the decision at the very last minute.
Now Kobe Bryant's coach, Phil Jackson, says Bryant left Hawaii today, where the Lakers are in training camp, to come to Colorado. No sign of Bryant here just yet. Also no sign just yet of the security that will be here tomorrow. Elaborate security, to provide safety for the courtroom.
Anderson, back to you.
COOPER: All right. Gary, we'll check in with you tomorrow. Thanks very much.
So will the Kobe Bryant preliminary hearing take place tomorrow as scheduled? And if so, what's going to happen?
Let's bring in 360 legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom. As always, she is in San Francisco.
Kimberly, good to see you tonight. Bottom line, do you think this thing is going to happen tomorrow?
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE NEWSOM, 360 LEGAL ANALYST: I think that the defense shouldn't go forward. I think that the prejudicial impact that could occur is far greater than any benefit the defense is going to get by cross-examining a few police officers.
These are seasoned defense lawyers. They practice in this area on a regular basis. They know the cops and the players involved. I think it's far too damaging with the potential jury pool out there to put them through this test. And I think it's just going to hurt Kobe.
Keep in mind, the victim is not going to be forced to testify. They are not get anything medical records and it's open to the public.
COOPER: And they had been pushing for the alleged victim to testify. The judge said she didn't have to. But if she did, then the hearing basically would have gone ahead because they wanted the opportunity to cross-examine her and see any inconsistencies. Is that right?
NEWSOM: Exactly. That's exactly the point, Anderson. They've just lost too many important battles at this point to really proceed forward. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Keep in mind, there's going to be a conference 45 minutes prior to the commencement of the hearing where they will discuss other evidentiary rulings and decide whether or not they're going to get certain evidence in or not that they were looking to get. That may change the score, depending on what they hear from the judge tomorrow. But otherwise, almost everybody is saying, hey, don't do this. Don't go forward.
COOPER: Kobe Bryant has been at this training camp. He apparently has some new tattoos, one from Psalm 27, also one in reference to his wife. He's kind of been showing them off publicly.
Is there a message out there in all of this?
NEWSOM: He's made it clear, god comes first and his family, then basketball. We see this to be quite honest in a lot of criminal cases and the more serious the charge, the more you see people start making references to god. While that's's good thing for him in his life, it doesn't have a lot to do with the crime he's charge with here and what he's facing in court.
COOPER: We'll see what happens tomorrow. This may not happen at all. It can be up to the last second they decide not to go ahead with it. We'll be following closely. Check back in with you. Kimberly thanks.
NEWSOM: I'll be there tomorrow and let you know the latest.
COOPER: All right. We'll talk to you then. Thanks very much Kimberly. Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom.
Suicide pact at an Iowa High School. We're going to talk to someone who has counseled troubled kids all across the country.
Food that makes you skinny. Find out how cheese got on this list. This I have to see. And a little bit later on the making of music history black artist take control of Billboards top 10.
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COOPER: Terrible story to tell you about. Now it happened in the middle of the night earlier this week. Police woke up nine high school in Des Moines, Iowa student. They reason -- they wanted to head off what they thought was a teen suicide pact. Andrew Casper (ph) is a student considered by police to be a suicide risk.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A couple of nights ago some kid was out here talking right around here around midnight about suicide. And gave off a list of names that were supposedly like making a pact.
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COOPER: A lot of the kids say there is no pact, though. Andrew's friend William Metzger (ph) committed suicide a week ago. He hanged himself.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one ever really realized anything was wrong with him. He just hid it all from us.
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COOPER: Shortly before the suicide, three other students from the same school were killed in a car accident. Death has been on the students' minds and now the community is worried.
Did the kids make a suicide pact and if so, how could this happen?
Joining us from Houston is Dr. Scott Poland a school crisis expert who help with intervention efforts at Columbine as well as other situations. Scott, thanks for being with us. A suicide pact.
Why do any kids potentially do this?
SCOTT POLAND, HIGH SCHOOL CRISIS SPECIALIST: Adolescents, unfortunately, that have been traumatized are more at risk for depression, substance abuse, reckless behavior and suicide. There is considerable debate about whether adolescents understand the finality of death.
COOPER: So in an event like this, and frankly we do not know, nor are police saying if they fully know whether there is a suicide pact here. But that was sort of the story floating around. That's why the police intervened. There had been an incident, three students were killed in a car crash. It's common after something like that that you then have instances where people react to it in such a negative way.
POLAND: Unfortunately, we always have a lot of adolescents who are thinking about suicide. And the most important thing is that the adults that are in their life are connected and know what's going on. We really need teachers and parents to pay attention and to know the warning signs of suicide.
COOPER: But why a pact?
Why -- what is the significance of that, of linking it with others?
POLAND: Well, a suicide pact itself is extremely rare. We do know that adolescents are both attracted to and repelled by the idea of suicide. I'm just so thankful in this case that someone has come forward so these teenagers can get the help they need.
COOPER: Is it part of the idea of belonging to a group that even with this sort of fantasy of a pact that they are part of something?
POLAND: I do believe that we have a number of teenagers who are not engaged in their school, and do not have close relationships with parents and siblings and they would be more susceptible and impressionable to thoughts of suicide.
COOPER: You say these kids often, they don't realize the finality of it all. They think someone is going to intervene and they spend a lot of time imagining how their friends, their school will react to it.
POLAND: Yes, they spend time imagining that their boyfriend or their parents or their teacher or their school will never be the same. And they don't understand that they will not be here on this earth as we know it to observe those reactions.
COOPER: Well, I know you praised the officials who moved in quickly on this one. Scott Poland appreciate you joining us tonight. Thank you very much.
Want to point out some surprising new theories about losing weight. Traditionally dieters have tried to shed pounds by avoiding food. Now there is evidence you can lose weight by eating food, provided it is the wrong kind. We're not talking about Mickey D's.
Medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta has the details.
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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Diet and exercise may be the mantra for losing weight. But new studies find certain foods can actually trigger weight loss.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a really new area of research to look at how certain foods affect hormones that may be linked to obesity.
GUPTA: The health benefits of dairy have been controversial in the past few years. But now several new studies show serious benefits.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On the higher dairy diets, you reduce your loss of lean body tissue so that a greater proportion of the weight you lose is actually fat.
GUPTA: Nutritionists and doctors agree three to four servings of low fat or nonfat dairy a day is protective against high blood pressure, osteoporosis and colon cancer but warn calories still can't.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can't over consume calories and think that because you have some dairy in your diet to make the calories melt away.
GUPTA: And it turns out eating an apple or pear a day may help you keep the fact off. A Brazilian study found 20 percent decrease in appetite for those women on a diet who ate three servings of either fruit a day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They have a high fiber content, which slows down the emptying of the stomach. They don't have any fat in them, all of which helps to control your energy intake and ultimately your weight.
GUPTA: While fruits and dairies have been part of daily dietary recommendations over the years, theses new findings help build a better understanding of why they are not only good for you, but may help you lose weight as well.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.
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COOPER: Well, it's a historic first for American Music. Ludacris was part of it, but he couldn't do it alone, now could he. How hip are you?
Well, we are about to find out?
Also, Maria Shriver, you just became the next first lady of the state of California.
What are you going to do now?
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COOPER: All right. It is a music industry first. The "Billboard" top 10 singles all by black artists which may be less about color and more about the mighty power these days of hip-hop, rap and R&B.
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COOPER (voice-over): It's a watershed week on the music charts. Youngbloodz and 'Lil Jon are on a high.
For the first time ever, "Billboard's" top 10 singles are ALL by African-American artists. Nelly has reason to celebrate. The surprising thing about the "Billboard" dominance is that it hasn't happened sooner. Hiphop, rap and R&B have been the driving forces in the industry for two solid years. The music crosses all color lines. You may not know the artists, but there's a good chance your kids probably have had Black Eyed Peas, Fabulous, Ludacris or Chingy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) right there. It's getting on my nerves, that song. No, I'm just playing. That's a great song.
COOPER: The names may sound funny, but the music is generating lots of money. 50 Cent is the year's best selling artist according to Sound Scan. His debut album has so far sold 6.1 million copies. Farrah Williams "Frontin'" charted fifth this week.
FARRAH WILLIAMS, SINGER: They way that people have been responding it's been selling out at stores. Stores can't keep it in. And the kids are so good to us, 100 percent the people.
COOPER: The people really love Beyonce. Her latest single "Baby Boy" has been on the "Billboard" chart nine weeks. Right now it's at No. 1.
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COOPER: All right. Music. It's all about the Benjamins, sometimes politics as well. President Bush is right now, at a fund- raiser at the Washington Hilton Hotel. You are looking at a live picture right there. Not bad for a few hours work tonight. They are going to raise $10 million.
Time to take a quick check of tonight's pop culture current.
California's first lady-elect Maria Shriver is holding talks with NBC about when to return to her job as a news correspondent. Shriver will not cover stories that pose a conflict of interest, she says, and NBC looks forward to having her back. According to a spokesperson who is clearly not one of the correspondent's who will lose sweet, sweet face time. My heart goes out.
NBC is not so sure it looks forward to having "Boomtown" back. The acclaimed drama reportedly has been benched for at least two more weeks. In a word on whether the producers plan to add Maria Shriver to the cast. Who knows, it could happen.
France is rethinking its 35-hour work week. In light of questions about its impact on the economy. The former labor minister behind the 35-hour work week is now fighting to defend it. He gave an interview defending it to a French newspaper and would have done more, but it was 3:30 and he wanted to beat the rush home.
The "New York Post" reports that Woody Allen is shopping around a tell-all autobiography. The book could include details of his Allen's romantic life, but publishers are not sure anyone really wants to hear about it.
All right. America's embarrassing new rank on a new global list. Was it anti-Americanism, or does America need to just try harder? We're going to take that to the "Nth Degree".
And tomorrow...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let him out, Rick.
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COOPER: They face legions of hardened criminals and they are woefully outnumbered. We're going to tell you what you don't know about the reality of life about as a prison guard tomorrow.
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COOPER: Tonight, corruption to the "Nth Degree." The watchdog group, Transparency International issued a list ranking 133 nations by the level of corporate and government corruption. We're talking bribes, extortion, kickbacks, all that fun stuff. No. 1, the most corrupt nation? Bangladesh. Number 133, the least corrupt nation? there it is, Finland. So where does the U.S. stand? America turns out, is number 116 out of 133. We're nearly at the bottom of the list, people. Yeah, you heard me, we're not in the top 100.
I know what the problem is. It's the blatant anti-Americanism. Not corrupt, us? Just yesterday prosecutors said the former boss at Tyco was in effect, a world champion of lying, cheating and stealing. Surely with this going for us, America merits a higher ranking than 116.
Are we going to let ourselves get beat by Greece, by Italy, by Indonesia, even Azerbaijan? If they want to play semantics and discount our systems fundraising of monies both hard and soft just because they are quote "legal", well that just means, we've got to try harder.
We need another Enron and we need it fast. If you are a corrupt CEO, please get caught now. Don't do it for me, do it for America.
That wraps up our program for tonight. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW".
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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: The day after. What will Governor Schwarzenegger do now?
Who bugged the Philadelphia mayor's office?
Our special series, "Life Behind Bars" -- tonight, the shocking reality of rape in prison.
Eating certain foods may help you lose weight. Find out which ones.
And the new face of the "Billboard" top 10.
ANNOUNCER: Live from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.
COOPER: Good evening to you. Thank you for joining us, 360.
We begin with what one pundit described as a political earthquake measuring 10 on the Richter scale, the sweeping victory of Arnold Schwarzenegger. California's governor-elect spoke just a short while ago about his fix-it plan for the troubled state.
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR-ELECT: First of all, I made it very clear in my campaign that I will be the people's governor. That is the most important thing, governor for the people, not for special interests, but for everybody.
I also made it very clear that I believe in inclusion, that I will represent everybody. It doesn't matter if it is young or old or their what racial background is, immigrants, men, women, of different religious backgrounds. Everybody is included. I see a California of 36 million people, and this is the people that I will represent.
The people of California want me to be their governor. And I will do that and nothing else. I will work as the governor. I will work as much as I can, even if it is around the clock. There will be no time for movies or anything else. I will pay full attention to this job. I take this job very seriously. And I want to make sure that I will provide the jobs that people want, that I will bring back the economy, I will bring back the jobs, I will clean up the environment, I will help with education, so we improve education.
All of those issues, we want to make sure that I concentrate on and work very hard to accomplish those things, and also to cut down the budget crisis that we have. So there's a lot of work ahead. My mind is not on movies at all.
The people of California have voted against the system that is existing right now. They want a new direction. They want to go in a direction that moves forward in a positive way. And they want change. And that's what we have to give them. The legislators up there have gotten that message last night, that the people of California want change.
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COOPER: And that was governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger at a news conference just a short while ago.
It is a fundamental truth for politicians everywhere, including the governor-election: winning fun, governing hard. Can Schwarzenegger deliver?
Here's CNN's Kelly Wallace.
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KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Now comes the hard part for the Hollywood-actor-turned governor-elect, trying to deliver on promises made during the campaign.
SCHWARZENEGGER: I will not fail you. I will not disappoint you. And I will not let you down.
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WALLACE: But to get the job done, the moderate Republican must get his way with a Democratically-controlled legislature. So it's no surprise that one of his first calls went to the state's most popular Democrat.
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D), CALIFORNIA: Mr. Schwarzenegger has to be able to take office. He's got to be able to do what he said he would do. And everybody, we all ought to help that job get done.
WALLACE: The honeymoon won't last long because the political rookie must make tough calls right away, such as how to balance the budget, while promising not to raise taxes.
ELIZABETH GARRETT, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: When it comes time to make budget tradeoffs, some people are going to lose and some people are going to win. And those are going to be very difficult problems for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
WALLACE: And there are lingering allegations of sexual misconduct, which the superstar said he'd discuss in detail after the election.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We want to make sure the public has confidence that these questions have all been answered. But there is no investigation. There's no long-term review. It's just simply providing confidence to the public.
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WALLACE: Another challenge for Schwarzenegger, he says one of the first things he'll do in office is repeal the tripling of the car tax. Well, that will mean the state will lose about $4 billion a year in revenue. And the governor-elect has not said how he will make up for that shortfall -- Anderson.
COOPER: All right, Kelly Wallace, thanks very much.
A "Fast Fact" for you on last night's election losers. Well, loser sounds harsh. Let's just call them the also-rans. Schwarzenegger, of course, got nearly 4 million votes. Arianna Huffington got more than 40,000. Of course, she already had dropped out. Smut peddler Larry Flynt got more than 15,000 votes. And more than 12,000 diehard fans of "Diff'rent Strokes" voted for Gary Coleman.
The enigmatic Angelyne got more than 2,000 votes. And a special shout-out for West Hollywood businessman Todd Lewis. He came in dead last with 172 votes. There's always next time, Todd.
Back over to the East Coast now. In Philadelphia, the talk of the town today, a mayoral mystery that just now got a whole lot more interesting. Federal law enforcement officials are telling CNN that it was the FBI that planted a bug found yesterday in the mayor's office. Why did they do it?
Here's CNN's Jason Carroll.
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JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Philadelphia's mayor, John Street, wants to know why an electronic listening device ended up in his office. Police discovered it in the ceiling right above his desk on Tuesday during a routine security check and turned it over to the FBI.
JOHN STREET (D), MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA: The timing is very suspicious.
CARROLL: Street, a Democrat, is in a tight race against Republican Sam Katz, the election now just four weeks away. Street's campaign spokesman suggested whoever planted the bug may have been part of a GOP conspiracy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Republican Party, if you look back over the course of history, has not been -- has not been loathe to attempt dirty political tricks.
SAM KATZ (R), PHILADELPHIA MAYORAL CANDIDATE: Those charges are just totally an attempt to divert attention. I'm not interested in bringing attention to this.
CARROLL: A federal government source confirmed, the FBI planted the bug. But an FBI spokeswoman in Philadelphia declined to comment and would not say if Street is the subject of an investigation. However, a spokeswoman seemed to rule out any connection to Katz.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is not associated with the election in any way.
CARROLL: Street's administration says it is cooperating with two investigations into alleged parking ticket fixing and the awarding of airport contracts.
STREET: I haven't done anything wrong and I don't know that anybody in my Cabinet or in my staff around me has done anything wrong.
CARROLL: There is one area where the mayor and his rival agree. Both say the FBI knows much more than it's willing to say.
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CARROLL: And today, the governor of Pennsylvania came out and said that the FBI has an obligation to tell the people of Philadelphia exactly what's going on -- Anderson.
COOPER: Jason, we heard the Street campaign basically saying conspiracy. What kind of conspiracy do they think this is?
CARROLL: Well, it's an interesting theory.
Some of the mayor's people feel as though, because the mayor was so instrumental in getting out the Democratic vote during the last presidential election, helping Al Gore carry the state, that perhaps certain Republicans, key Republicans, didn't want him around for the next presidential election.
But I also have to point out, Anderson, that the mayor's critics are quick to point out that this is political spin out of control. They say this whole conspiracy theory issue is a stretch, at best -- Anderson.
COOPER: There is a campaign going on. Jason Carroll, thanks very much.
A quick news note now on the bug found in the ceiling right above the mayor's desk. The device had multiple microphones. It was battery-powered and it could operate for several months. It is not a recording device. It's designed to broadcast to a remote location, like in another building, for instance, or a van parked outside.
We go now to the war in Iraq. Today, the White House launched a different kind of battle, winning hearts and minds right here at home. It is a concerted push to convince Americans that the mission is worth the money being spent and the blood being shed.
Leading the charge today, the national security adviser.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CONDOLEEZZA RICE, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Some have said, we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intention, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy and not an option.
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COOPER: Well, the new P.R. push is not the only reason Condoleezza Rice is in the spotlight, questions of whether there is tension between her and the defense secretary. It involves who has got ultimate control of the game plan for Iraq.
For that, we turn to senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre.
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JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At an informal meeting of NATO defense ministers in Colorado, where Iraq and Afghanistan top the agenda, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld found himself answering questions about intrigue in the Bush Cabinet.
QUESTION: Do you not feel, sir, that perhaps the White House or others in the administration went behind your back to diminish your authority in Iraq?
DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: I just am really quite surprised about all of this frofaha (ph).
MCINTYRE: Pentagon sources say Rumsfeld was rankled by this story in Monday's "New York Times," which portrayed the creation of an Iraq stabilization group as an effort to assert more direct White House control over Iraq policy.
Rumsfeld has identified National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who heads the new Iraq group, as the source of the offending "Times" story, which Rumsfeld insists mischaracterizes routine NSC coordination as a White House takeover of the Iraq reconstruction effort.
But after Rumsfeld pointedly said he was informed only after the fact in a one-page memo from Rice, the White House backpedaled, supporting Rumsfeld's spin on the story.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The Pentagon continues to be, has been and continues to be, the lead agency overseeing our efforts in Iraq.
MCINTYRE (on camera): The irony is, the whole flap over whether the Iraq mission needs better interagency coordination could have been avoided with some better interagency coordination.
Jamie McIntyre, CNN, Colorado Springs.
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COOPER: New developments in the Gitmo investigation. Today, a military investigator made secret recommendations for charges against a translator accused of espionage at Guantanamo Naval Base. Now, the details are classified by the government.
A defense attorney for senior airman Ahmad al-Halabi, seen right there, says keeping such a report secret is unusual in the military justice system and he's going to challenge it. The U.S. military also says it is preparing to file initial charges against the Army chaplain Captain James Yee. The Muslim chaplain has been held for nearly a month on suspicion of espionage and -- quote -- "aiding the enemy."
Well, moving on to tonight's "Uplink," let's take a look at what's going on around the world.
The Gaza Strip: lockdown. Israeli troops have imposed an open- ended clampdown on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Despite the measure, Palestinian gunmen attacked Israeli forces, wounding three of them.
Islamabad, Pakistan: missile tests. The army says it successfully conducted its second nuclear-capable missile test in less than a week. Pakistan says more tests are coming, but should not affect relations with neighbor and archrival India.
Bogota, Colombia: bomb blast. An explosion rocks central Bogota, killing at least four people, injuring others. Check out the aftermath right there. Police say it occurred in a busy commercial area right as employees were headed to work.
Cape Town, South Africa: AIDS in the army. At least one-fifth of South Africa's military is infected with HIV, the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The government is working to reduce the infection rate in the military and in society at large, where some 4.7 million South Africans are HIV positive.
Hanoi, Vietnam: restoring ties. Today, Vietnam and the U.S. have tentatively agreed to allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War. That, of course, was more than a quarter century ago.
Beijing, China: space history. China plans to send its first manned spaceflight into orbit next Wednesday. It's going to be shown live on TV. A successful trip would make China only the third nation capable of manned spaceflight.
And that's tonight's "Uplink."
The Las Vegas tiger mauling: Siegfried says the show must go on. But another handler also gets attacked. Have wild animal lovers taken things too far?
Also: controversial rape behind bars, shocking statistics, one man's terrible torment.
And high school suicide pact, parents put on alert. Find out what may have driven some teens to make a deadly promise.
First, let's take a look "Inside the Box," the top stories on tonight's network evening newscasts.
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COOPER: Well, tonight, a new twist in the tiger mauling attack on Roy Horn. After losing a lot of blood, suffering a stroke in the attack, Horn has regained some movement, but remains in critical condition right now. And as he fights for his life, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation of their show.
CNN's Jeff Flock explains why.
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JEFF FLOCK, CNN CHICAGO BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): Investigators are probing what was Las Vegas' most popular show for violation of the Animal Welfare Act. In part, it says, "During public exhibition, there must be minimal risk of harm to animal and public." And it calls for -- quote -- "sufficient distance and/or barriers between animal and audience."
No pictures of the mauling have surfaced, but it took place at about this point in these pictures of an earlier show. Roy Horn introduces the tiger called Montecore. At the bottom of the screen, you can see audience members almost close enough to touch. There are no barriers.
CNN has learned, the USDA inspected Siegfried & Roy four times in the last three years. The inspections were routine and there were never any violations. Agriculture officials won't say what specifically they are investigating this time, but public officials in Las Vegas are now considering whether there should be new regulations.
DIRK ARTHUR, ILLUSIONIST: They're wild animals. So that wildness can come out at any moment.
FLOCK: Dirk Arthur man does much of what Siegfried & Roy did, magic and cats, on a smaller stage in Las Vegas, and says he's constantly on guard for trouble. No one knows what caused Montecore to strike. On the Vegas Strip, speculation has ranged from the cat being spooked by someone in the crowd, to a slip-up with the food reward that Horn was carrying. Watch carefully Horn's right hand as he slips the cat a treat for jumping up on cue in a previous performance.
Dirk Arthur knows something could go wrong at any time.
ARTHUR: I wouldn't say it's like a time bomb, but I would say there's an inherent danger with everyone, which works the big cats understands. So, sometimes, something can happen. Something can go awry. (END VIDEOTAPE)
FLOCK: It is precisely what went awry, Anderson, that federal investigators are now trying to figure out. Were the cats in the Siegfried & Roy show too close to the crowd? Some could argue they were. But, then again, Siegfried & Roy did 30,000-plus live shows in their career and have never had a problem, until now.
COOPER: All right, Jeff, thanks for that update. We're going to have more on this a little bit later on in the program.
Also, for more on Horn, his condition, the legendary act, his partner, Siegfried Fischbacher, will sit down with CNN's Larry King tonight. You can see the exclusive live interview right here at 9:00 Eastern on CNN.
All right, let's take a trip right now cross-country, see what else is going on.
Washington: more serial arson. Investigators are trying to determine if a suspicious house fire overnight is northeast Washington is the newest in a string of arsons in or near the nation's capital. We've been following this story for a while now. A task force is probing 28 suspicious fires. Eight of them have been conclusively linked.
Atlanta, Georgia: whistle-blower lawsuit. Coca-Cola settles a wrongful termination lawsuit, but the beverage firm still faces a federal fraud investigation brought on by the case. Coke is paying $548,000 to a former finance manager fired after accusing the company of rigging a marketing test.
Dallas, Texas: church revolt. Conservative Episcopalians lay out their plan to split the church over its liberal stands on gay issues. Pittsburgh's bishop, Robert Duncan, predicts world Anglican leaders will rebuke the American church for approving a gay bishop and blessing same-sex marriages.
Nationwide: minorities in college. A new report finds the number of minority students on the nation's campuses has more than doubled since 1981. But the American Council on Education says white students are still more likely to attend college than blacks or Hispanics.
Go to Grand Forks, North Dakota, now: breaking new ground; 40- year-old Alysa Stanton is looking to make history by becoming the world's first African-American female rabbi. A member of the reform movement seminary, Stanton is a rabbinical student in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
And that's a look at stories cross-country tonight.
For our "Midweek Crisis" tonight, we're taking on an apparent crisis that affects one man, presidential candidate General Wesley Clark. But it could also affect the many people who have said they've supported him. The problems hitting Clark seemed to arise suddenly after he rode a wave of popularity to the top of the polls. Congressional correspondent Jonathan Karl has more on Clark's "Midweek Crisis."
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JONATHAN KARL, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The once-hot campaign of Wesley Clark has hit a serious rough spot. For one, his three-week-old campaign has already suffered its first staff shakeup. Campaign manager Donnie Fowler quit, saying the campaign is abandoning grassroots supporter. The campaign says it's just sour grapes because Fouler was to be demoted.
And then there's the controversy over speeches like this.
WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And if I were president, I'd have a program that directly addresses job creation.
KARL: Clark was paid $30,000 to give that speech. And his campaign insists it was not a campaign speech. If it was, it may have been against the law.
LARRY NOBLE, CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS: If you are getting paid to give a speech and it turns out to be a political speech, a campaign speech, then you've, in essence, gotten an illegal campaign contribution.
KARL: Clark says his lucrative paid speeches are perfectly legal because they are not campaign speeches. But at least two of his rivals say Clark is clearly breaking the law. He plans to give two more paid speeches next week.
And on Tuesday, Clark took a hit from his one-time boss, former Defense Secretary Bill Cohen, who acknowledged firing Clark as NATO commander.
WILLIAM COHEN, FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY: And I felt that the ax, as such, when it fell spoke for itself.
KARL (on camera): Despite the problems, Clark still has two big things going for him: money and popularity. He's raising cash faster than most of his rivals and still doing well in the polls.
Jonathan Karl, CNN, Capitol Hill.
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COOPER: Moving on now: prison rape, the story of one man, a nonviolent offender, who found real violence once inside the prison, part of our week-long series, "Sex, Violence and Favors: Life Behind Bars."
Also tonight, Kobe Bryant back in court. Is there enough evidence to try him for rape? A preview of what the judge is going to hear tomorrow.
And a young woman mauled by a tiger the same day as Roy Horn. Are these wild animals being exploited? We're going to take a close look.
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COOPER: Well, we continue now with our week-long look at "Sex, Violence and Favors: Life Behind Bars." Tonight, the controversial subject of rape in prison. It is part of an extremely violent culture behind bars. Rape is a tool of power, where the strong victimize the weak. And in a civil case going on right now in California, one prisoner says the corrections officers didn't stop him from becoming prey.
Here's CNN's Kris Osborn.
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KRIS OSBORN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Eddie Dillard says it happened behind this wall in 1993 in the notorious supermax prison of Corcoran. He accuses four corrections officers of intentionally allowing him to be raped by placing him in a cell with a convicted murderer, nicknamed by cell mates "The Booty Bandit."
The department of corrections said Dillard's attacker admitted the rape. The officers denied the charges and were cleared in criminal court of aiding and abetting sodomy. Dillard is now hoping to win civil damages. But he's just one of thousands of prisoners who have been raped. The FBI recently put it at 12,000 prison rapes a year. That's more than the reported forcible rapes in New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, San Diego, and Phoenix combined.
ANDREW LICHTENSTEIN, PHOTOGRAPHER OF PRISON LIFE: Rape is not so much sexual as it is power. Let's say that rape is the ultimate expression of one individual's power or one group's power over another.
OSBORN: Last month, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination act to help fight the problem. A key reason for the interest, disease. The Centers for Disease Control says the AIDS infection rate for state and federal prisoners is nearly six times that of the rest of the population.
DEVON BROWN, COMMISSIONER, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS: The problem is, the occurrence in the correctional environment spreads diseases. It spreads all forms of abuse. And we must control it.
OSBORN: But controlling prison rape has proved difficult in the past. And there are no clear signs that it can be done.
Kris Osborn, CNN, Atlanta.
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COOPER: Well, going to prison, coming out with a fatal disease, this is not some hypothetical horror story.
Keith DeBlasio went to prison in 1994 for nonviolent crimes. He says he was raped some 30 times. He is now HIV-positive. DeBlasio helped draft the Prison Rape Elimination Act that Kris Osborn just mentioned. He joins us now from Washington.
Keith, thanks very much for being with us.
You say you were raped some 30 times by one particular inmate. Did guards know about it? Why was nothing done to stop it?
KEITH DEBLASIO, VICTIM OF PRISON RAPE: Well, I was originally transferred from a federal correctional institution in Morgantown, West Virginia, which is a low-security -- a minimum-security institution with no fence. I was transferred because I did have the tendency to put a lot of paperwork on administration staff for things that were...
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COOPER: Sorry for interrupting.
But, when you got to this new facility and this prisoner basically got you in their sights and you say raped you some 30 times, did the guards know about it? Why did no one try to do anything?
DEBLASIO: Well, I believe officers knew about it. I reported incidents of both the rape, the fear prior to him being put in my unit that I was housed in, to the SIS lieutenant, case managers, unit managers, and other prison staff.
COOPER: And you were afraid, really, to come forward. This person was a member of a gang, you said, and you feared retaliation?
DEBLASIO: Yes.
This individual was a member of the Vice Lords. And the original attacks took place with members of the gang there, present outside of the area where we were at. And, also, I had witnessed him with other gang members actually beat another individual to actually mutilating his face.
COOPER: You work now as an advocate, trying to reform he prison system. Do prison officials, do guards take rape of prisoners seriously enough, in your opinion?
DEBLASIO: I don't believe they do, in many cases.
Unfortunately, Stop Prisoner Rape, an organization based out of California, has come up with a university study that they've published on their Web site that show as many as one in 10 men being raped while they are in prison and something like 27 percent of women in one institution in the Midwest that were actually forcible rape.
COOPER: And I know, with all the overcrowding of prisons, a lot of facilities just really overcrowded, and also young people housed with adults. A lot of this just continues to go on.
Keith DeBlasio, appreciate you joining us tonight. Thank you very much.
DEBLASIO: OK. Thank you.
COOPER: Well, a female tiger trainer mauled by another tiger. It's the attack you haven't heard about. Find out what went wrong.
Also: Kobe Bryant faces justice. Is there enough evidence to go to trial? A preview of tomorrow's hearing.
And foods you can eat that may actually trim your waistline, believe it or not.
We'll be right back.
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COOPER: Time for "The Reset," tonight's top stories.
Government sources say the FBI has interviewed former ambassador Joe Wilson, his wife, Valerie Plame, and columnist Robert Novak in the CIA leak investigation. The bureau is trying to find out who in the government told Novak that Plame was a CIA operative.
Police in New York say they unexpectedly added unlicensed gun charges today when they arrested a Roman Catholic priest suspected of harassing phone calls. They report finding guns, a money stash, pornography and Nazi paraphernalia at the home of 64-year-old Reverend John Johnson.
An Austin, Texas, hospital says Lady Bird Johnson is unhurt after a fall at her home this morning. Doctors evaluated the 90-year-old widow of former President Lyndon Johnson and then released her.
Health officials expect SARS to disrupt hospital operations in the U.S. this winter even if it doesn't appear. The Centers for Disease Control says fear of the disease could swap emergency rooms with suspected cases.
And a new combination of blood tests and ultrasound promises to detect fetuses with Downs Syndrome sooner with greater accuracy than standard screening tests. Researchers say the new methods will offer expectant mothers more peace of mind and more time to decide whether to continue the pregnancy.
And that is a look at tonight's "Reset."
Less than a week after a tiger attack left entertainer Roy Horn critically injured in Las Vegas, there is word of a similar incident in Arizona.
Lorraine Blanco of CNN affiliate KVVU has the story from Golden Valley, Arizona.
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LORRAINE BLANCO, KVVU CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tigers are temperamental. Sometimes while cats are just play-biting their handlers and sometimes they attack. JONATHAN KRAFT, KEEPERS OF THE WILD: We know and all of my staff knows what the risks are. And it's never the animals' fault. It's just -- just bad timing.
BLANCO: And that's exactly what happened Monday morning when 21- year-old Sarah Roy (ph) tried to move a water basin here at Keepers of the Wild Sanctuary. A 500-pound Bengal tiger named Tigger tore into her leg and dragged her right across the cage.
DAN ROY, TRAINER'S DAD: She's in a lot of pain, but in good spirits and it's just scary to me more than anything as a parent.
BLANCO: Director Jonathan Craft tells us it is always dangerous when you work with wild animals. That's why their handlers are always prepared.
(on camera): When a cat attacks, a handler can use a rack like this to separate the animal from the person being attacked or they can stand it up and use it as a fence.
(voice-over): The Siegfried & Roy show has been canceled indefinitely since Roy got attacked by one of their white tigers Friday night. But friends tells us he misses the cats and wants to get back with them.
Sarah, also recovering in the hospital, feels exactly the same.
ROY: She's just got such a great love for it. It doesn't surprise me. I mean if it was myself, I -- I don't think I would want to go around anything for a while. But she cannot wait to get back out here.
BLANCO: Lorraine Blanco, Fox 5 News.
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COOPER: Well, for more on tigers and tiger attacks, Keepers of the Wild director and founder Jonathan Kraft joins us now from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jonathan, thanks for being with us.
First, I got to ask, how is Sarah doing?
KRAFT: Sarah is doing fine, thank you.
COOPER: You were there right after the attack. You were the first person on the scene. And this had to happen just after a meeting where you all had been discussing the attack on Roy Horn and things you could do to make sure that didn't happen.
What do you think went wrong?
KRAFT: Well, you know, these were two tigers that we had just rescued out of -- out of Texas. The owner could no longer use the animals. He was moving. And so we just separated the male from the female to make sure that they wouldn't breed because we are a non- breeding facility, of course. And Sarah went in there -- she had just cleaned out one of the pool s-- the swimming pools for the cats, and turned around and rolled the pool in there, set it down and the cat got a little close to her, and he turned around and decided to bite her in the leg. He was probably very unhappy at the time.
COOPER: Jonathan, you mentioned that your facility basically rescues these animals from people who have them in private.
You know, I read a statistic, some 15,000 Americans have big cats of their own. What is going on?
KRAFT: It is -- it is totally out of line. I mean, it's going on all over the country. People think that if they buy a baby tiger and they raise it, that they now have a domestic animal on their hands. They do not. And -- and so it's way over the top.
COOPER: What about these shows? I mean, I know Siegfried & Roy -- I know you say that they treated these animals well. But bottom line, is it exploitation?
KRAFT: Yes.
COOPER: It is. You think they should be continued or you think these shows should be eliminated altogether?
KRAFT: Well, I believe, of course -- I'm a sanctuary and we -- once again, as we believe in not exploiting the animals in any way and no breeding of these animals. That's, of course, our belief.
COOPER: Well, Jonathan, I know you got to go. I know you're going to head over to the hospital right now and see Sarah. Please give her best our wishes. A lot of people are thinking about her and praying for her. Thank you very much, Jonathan.
KRAFT: All right. Thank you very much.
COOPER: All right.
Three months after Kobe Bryant was accused of rape, prosecutors are ready to present their case in court. The NBA star's preliminary hearing is schedule for tomorrow in Eagle, Colorado.
Gary Tuchman takes a look right now at what the case is about so far.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Kobe Bryant is getting ready for the upcoming NBA season, which in a worst case scenario for him could be his last NBA season.
KOBE BRYANT, NBA PLAYER: In this world, people think like a seventh game is pressure. Are you kidding me?
TUCHMAN: A guilty verdict on felony sexual assault carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and the 25-year-old Laker star provided the first hint of what his defense might be.
BRYANT: I didn't force her to do anything against her will. I'm innocent.
LARRY POZNER, COLORADO ATTORNEY: We know a lot that's important. We know it's a consent defense, which means he's going to say, Yes, there was contact or even yes, there was sexual contact. But at the time of the contact, it was with her will, too.
TUCHMAN: And what is known to the prosecution's case against Bryant?
MARK HURLBERT, DISTRICT ATTORNEY: I feel that after reviewing the evidence, after looking at the evidence that I can prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.
TUCHMAN: District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has expressed confidence in his evidence, which includes photographs of the 19-year- old accuser after she was allegedly sexually assaulted.
DAVID LUGERT, COLORADO ATTORNEY: We only know in the theoretical sense that the D.A. claims he has evidence with respect to injuries that will demonstrate and corroborate the victim's claim that she was forcibly raped.
TUCHMAN: The prosecutor also says he has an audiotape of Kobe Bryant being interviewed about that night, and a videotape interview with the woman.
But that leads to another question.
POZNER: Knowing that the D.A. has a tape doesn't tell us anything. What's on the tape?
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TUCHMAN: Well, we may find out tomorrow what's on the tape, if the prosecution decides to play it, and if the defense decides to go through with the hearing. Kobe Bryant's attorneys could say we don't want the hearing, it could hurt our client and they could make the decision at the very last minute.
Now Kobe Bryant's coach, Phil Jackson, says Bryant left Hawaii today, where the Lakers are in training camp, to come to Colorado. No sign of Bryant here just yet. Also no sign just yet of the security that will be here tomorrow. Elaborate security, to provide safety for the courtroom.
Anderson, back to you.
COOPER: All right. Gary, we'll check in with you tomorrow. Thanks very much.
So will the Kobe Bryant preliminary hearing take place tomorrow as scheduled? And if so, what's going to happen?
Let's bring in 360 legal analyst Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom. As always, she is in San Francisco.
Kimberly, good to see you tonight. Bottom line, do you think this thing is going to happen tomorrow?
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE NEWSOM, 360 LEGAL ANALYST: I think that the defense shouldn't go forward. I think that the prejudicial impact that could occur is far greater than any benefit the defense is going to get by cross-examining a few police officers.
These are seasoned defense lawyers. They practice in this area on a regular basis. They know the cops and the players involved. I think it's far too damaging with the potential jury pool out there to put them through this test. And I think it's just going to hurt Kobe.
Keep in mind, the victim is not going to be forced to testify. They are not get anything medical records and it's open to the public.
COOPER: And they had been pushing for the alleged victim to testify. The judge said she didn't have to. But if she did, then the hearing basically would have gone ahead because they wanted the opportunity to cross-examine her and see any inconsistencies. Is that right?
NEWSOM: Exactly. That's exactly the point, Anderson. They've just lost too many important battles at this point to really proceed forward. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Keep in mind, there's going to be a conference 45 minutes prior to the commencement of the hearing where they will discuss other evidentiary rulings and decide whether or not they're going to get certain evidence in or not that they were looking to get. That may change the score, depending on what they hear from the judge tomorrow. But otherwise, almost everybody is saying, hey, don't do this. Don't go forward.
COOPER: Kobe Bryant has been at this training camp. He apparently has some new tattoos, one from Psalm 27, also one in reference to his wife. He's kind of been showing them off publicly.
Is there a message out there in all of this?
NEWSOM: He's made it clear, god comes first and his family, then basketball. We see this to be quite honest in a lot of criminal cases and the more serious the charge, the more you see people start making references to god. While that's's good thing for him in his life, it doesn't have a lot to do with the crime he's charge with here and what he's facing in court.
COOPER: We'll see what happens tomorrow. This may not happen at all. It can be up to the last second they decide not to go ahead with it. We'll be following closely. Check back in with you. Kimberly thanks.
NEWSOM: I'll be there tomorrow and let you know the latest.
COOPER: All right. We'll talk to you then. Thanks very much Kimberly. Kimberly Guilfoyle-Newsom.
Suicide pact at an Iowa High School. We're going to talk to someone who has counseled troubled kids all across the country.
Food that makes you skinny. Find out how cheese got on this list. This I have to see. And a little bit later on the making of music history black artist take control of Billboards top 10.
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COOPER: Terrible story to tell you about. Now it happened in the middle of the night earlier this week. Police woke up nine high school in Des Moines, Iowa student. They reason -- they wanted to head off what they thought was a teen suicide pact. Andrew Casper (ph) is a student considered by police to be a suicide risk.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A couple of nights ago some kid was out here talking right around here around midnight about suicide. And gave off a list of names that were supposedly like making a pact.
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COOPER: A lot of the kids say there is no pact, though. Andrew's friend William Metzger (ph) committed suicide a week ago. He hanged himself.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one ever really realized anything was wrong with him. He just hid it all from us.
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COOPER: Shortly before the suicide, three other students from the same school were killed in a car accident. Death has been on the students' minds and now the community is worried.
Did the kids make a suicide pact and if so, how could this happen?
Joining us from Houston is Dr. Scott Poland a school crisis expert who help with intervention efforts at Columbine as well as other situations. Scott, thanks for being with us. A suicide pact.
Why do any kids potentially do this?
SCOTT POLAND, HIGH SCHOOL CRISIS SPECIALIST: Adolescents, unfortunately, that have been traumatized are more at risk for depression, substance abuse, reckless behavior and suicide. There is considerable debate about whether adolescents understand the finality of death.
COOPER: So in an event like this, and frankly we do not know, nor are police saying if they fully know whether there is a suicide pact here. But that was sort of the story floating around. That's why the police intervened. There had been an incident, three students were killed in a car crash. It's common after something like that that you then have instances where people react to it in such a negative way.
POLAND: Unfortunately, we always have a lot of adolescents who are thinking about suicide. And the most important thing is that the adults that are in their life are connected and know what's going on. We really need teachers and parents to pay attention and to know the warning signs of suicide.
COOPER: But why a pact?
Why -- what is the significance of that, of linking it with others?
POLAND: Well, a suicide pact itself is extremely rare. We do know that adolescents are both attracted to and repelled by the idea of suicide. I'm just so thankful in this case that someone has come forward so these teenagers can get the help they need.
COOPER: Is it part of the idea of belonging to a group that even with this sort of fantasy of a pact that they are part of something?
POLAND: I do believe that we have a number of teenagers who are not engaged in their school, and do not have close relationships with parents and siblings and they would be more susceptible and impressionable to thoughts of suicide.
COOPER: You say these kids often, they don't realize the finality of it all. They think someone is going to intervene and they spend a lot of time imagining how their friends, their school will react to it.
POLAND: Yes, they spend time imagining that their boyfriend or their parents or their teacher or their school will never be the same. And they don't understand that they will not be here on this earth as we know it to observe those reactions.
COOPER: Well, I know you praised the officials who moved in quickly on this one. Scott Poland appreciate you joining us tonight. Thank you very much.
Want to point out some surprising new theories about losing weight. Traditionally dieters have tried to shed pounds by avoiding food. Now there is evidence you can lose weight by eating food, provided it is the wrong kind. We're not talking about Mickey D's.
Medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta has the details.
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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Diet and exercise may be the mantra for losing weight. But new studies find certain foods can actually trigger weight loss.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a really new area of research to look at how certain foods affect hormones that may be linked to obesity.
GUPTA: The health benefits of dairy have been controversial in the past few years. But now several new studies show serious benefits.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On the higher dairy diets, you reduce your loss of lean body tissue so that a greater proportion of the weight you lose is actually fat.
GUPTA: Nutritionists and doctors agree three to four servings of low fat or nonfat dairy a day is protective against high blood pressure, osteoporosis and colon cancer but warn calories still can't.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can't over consume calories and think that because you have some dairy in your diet to make the calories melt away.
GUPTA: And it turns out eating an apple or pear a day may help you keep the fact off. A Brazilian study found 20 percent decrease in appetite for those women on a diet who ate three servings of either fruit a day.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They have a high fiber content, which slows down the emptying of the stomach. They don't have any fat in them, all of which helps to control your energy intake and ultimately your weight.
GUPTA: While fruits and dairies have been part of daily dietary recommendations over the years, theses new findings help build a better understanding of why they are not only good for you, but may help you lose weight as well.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, New York.
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COOPER: Well, it's a historic first for American Music. Ludacris was part of it, but he couldn't do it alone, now could he. How hip are you?
Well, we are about to find out?
Also, Maria Shriver, you just became the next first lady of the state of California.
What are you going to do now?
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COOPER: All right. It is a music industry first. The "Billboard" top 10 singles all by black artists which may be less about color and more about the mighty power these days of hip-hop, rap and R&B.
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COOPER (voice-over): It's a watershed week on the music charts. Youngbloodz and 'Lil Jon are on a high.
For the first time ever, "Billboard's" top 10 singles are ALL by African-American artists. Nelly has reason to celebrate. The surprising thing about the "Billboard" dominance is that it hasn't happened sooner. Hiphop, rap and R&B have been the driving forces in the industry for two solid years. The music crosses all color lines. You may not know the artists, but there's a good chance your kids probably have had Black Eyed Peas, Fabulous, Ludacris or Chingy?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) right there. It's getting on my nerves, that song. No, I'm just playing. That's a great song.
COOPER: The names may sound funny, but the music is generating lots of money. 50 Cent is the year's best selling artist according to Sound Scan. His debut album has so far sold 6.1 million copies. Farrah Williams "Frontin'" charted fifth this week.
FARRAH WILLIAMS, SINGER: They way that people have been responding it's been selling out at stores. Stores can't keep it in. And the kids are so good to us, 100 percent the people.
COOPER: The people really love Beyonce. Her latest single "Baby Boy" has been on the "Billboard" chart nine weeks. Right now it's at No. 1.
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COOPER: All right. Music. It's all about the Benjamins, sometimes politics as well. President Bush is right now, at a fund- raiser at the Washington Hilton Hotel. You are looking at a live picture right there. Not bad for a few hours work tonight. They are going to raise $10 million.
Time to take a quick check of tonight's pop culture current.
California's first lady-elect Maria Shriver is holding talks with NBC about when to return to her job as a news correspondent. Shriver will not cover stories that pose a conflict of interest, she says, and NBC looks forward to having her back. According to a spokesperson who is clearly not one of the correspondent's who will lose sweet, sweet face time. My heart goes out.
NBC is not so sure it looks forward to having "Boomtown" back. The acclaimed drama reportedly has been benched for at least two more weeks. In a word on whether the producers plan to add Maria Shriver to the cast. Who knows, it could happen.
France is rethinking its 35-hour work week. In light of questions about its impact on the economy. The former labor minister behind the 35-hour work week is now fighting to defend it. He gave an interview defending it to a French newspaper and would have done more, but it was 3:30 and he wanted to beat the rush home.
The "New York Post" reports that Woody Allen is shopping around a tell-all autobiography. The book could include details of his Allen's romantic life, but publishers are not sure anyone really wants to hear about it.
All right. America's embarrassing new rank on a new global list. Was it anti-Americanism, or does America need to just try harder? We're going to take that to the "Nth Degree".
And tomorrow...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let him out, Rick.
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COOPER: They face legions of hardened criminals and they are woefully outnumbered. We're going to tell you what you don't know about the reality of life about as a prison guard tomorrow.
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COOPER: Tonight, corruption to the "Nth Degree." The watchdog group, Transparency International issued a list ranking 133 nations by the level of corporate and government corruption. We're talking bribes, extortion, kickbacks, all that fun stuff. No. 1, the most corrupt nation? Bangladesh. Number 133, the least corrupt nation? there it is, Finland. So where does the U.S. stand? America turns out, is number 116 out of 133. We're nearly at the bottom of the list, people. Yeah, you heard me, we're not in the top 100.
I know what the problem is. It's the blatant anti-Americanism. Not corrupt, us? Just yesterday prosecutors said the former boss at Tyco was in effect, a world champion of lying, cheating and stealing. Surely with this going for us, America merits a higher ranking than 116.
Are we going to let ourselves get beat by Greece, by Italy, by Indonesia, even Azerbaijan? If they want to play semantics and discount our systems fundraising of monies both hard and soft just because they are quote "legal", well that just means, we've got to try harder.
We need another Enron and we need it fast. If you are a corrupt CEO, please get caught now. Don't do it for me, do it for America.
That wraps up our program for tonight. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW".
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