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Mt. St. Helens Erupts; Post-Debate Debate; Have Police Found Lori Hacking's Body?

Aired October 01, 2004 - 19:00   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, HOST: Good evening from Atlanta. I'm Anderson Cooper.
Mount St. Helens erupts and may not be finished yet.

360 starts now.

Mount St. Helens erupts, releasing huge clouds of steam and ash. But could the volcano blow again?

Both candidates took a swing, but did either draw blood? The campaigns try to get their spin on.

A grisly discovery in a Salt Lake City landfill. Have the police finally found the body of Lori Hacking?

Uncensored documents released from the rape case against Kobe Bryant. What they say about police, sex, and his accuser.

And too close for comfort, how a paralyzed man survived a home invasion by a 500-pound bear.

ANNOUNCER: This is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: Good evening again from Atlanta.

A spectacular explosion today atop Mount St. Helens sent ash and steam 10,000 feet in the air. And just moments ago, another small earthquake hit the area. Scientists have been expecting the eruption for days now, and today they got what they were waiting for. The eruption was described as small, nothing compared to what happened back in 1980, which, one supposes, means that when it comes to volcanic eruptions, size matters.

Here's CNN's Kimberly Osias.

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KIMBERLY OSIAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They knew she could erupt. They had all the high-tech tools primed and monitoring. They just didn't know when Mount St. Helens would let loose.

On a clear Friday afternoon, against a perfect sky, she let off some pent-up anger, simmering for a week. Steam pushed out of the crater dome, forcing a plume of ash south to southwest. Scientists say the bottom of Mount St. Helens is like a big sponge, a catcher's mitt of sorts for debris from earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches. All that material may have heated, pressure built up, and needed somewhere to go. Today, for about a half an hour, it was up and out.

TOM PIERSON, GEOLOGIST: This is one small explosion. It could be the first of a string of these explosions. Some could be bigger. And once we engage the magma that is deeper down, we could get a little bit bigger ones yet. So we're still not expecting things to go much above 10,000 feet, and we're not expecting things to go much further than that three-mile radius right now.

OSIAS: Washington state resident Ann Kondalski remembers 1980's blast. Today, she came back to see the mountain's progress. What she got was perfect timing.

ANN KONDALSKI, LOCAL RESIDENT: It was so exciting. And my husband said, I wish I could have been there to take a picture. And I just said to him, Be grateful you are seeing what you are seeing live and not on television.

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OSIAS: The mountain may look serene behind me, but it belies a very different interior underneath the dome. Scientists say the seismic activity has picked back up again, so this so-called hiccup that we saw may not be the last, Anderson.

COOPER: All right, Kimberly Osias, thanks very much. We'll check back in with you a little bit later on.

Now, early in the morning on the 18th of May back in 1980, of course, Mount St. Helens shrugged. An earthquake had loosened its northern flank, which caused it to completely fall away in the greatest mudslide ever recorded. Now, this took an enormous weight off the pent-up mountain, so there was nothing much to counter the pressure that was building up inside.

And then Mount St. Helens erupted. Within 10 minutes, the ash column was 12 miles high. Remarkable.

Adaora Udoji takes up the story from there.

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ADAORA UDOJI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Last time, Mount St. Helens erupted with cataclysmic force. It was 1980. The ash, violently ejected, spread so far and so wide, it covered most of the Northwest and spread as far as the East Coast. Fifty-seven people died. Dozens of bridges were obliterated, and hundreds of homes demolished. Avalanches of cinder and pumice gas saturated the air, 500 million tons of volcanic dust blew for hundreds of miles.

Two hundred and fifty miles away, Spokane, Washington, was plunged into darkness. Everything in between, from trees to wreckage, was covered with fine and not-so-fine layers of dust. It left sophisticated cities looking like the moon's landscape.

The eruption so powerful, it changed the shape of Mount St. Helens. Once 9,600 feet high, it survived at 8,300 feet. The volcano showed it was a force of nature never to be reckoned with.

Adaora Udoji, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Want to talk more about what happened today out there in the Pacific Northwest and what may be happening tomorrow or someday in the near future.

We're joined now by scientist Peter Frenzen of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Thanks for being with us, appreciate it.

What -- what...

PETER FRENZEN, MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT: Thank you, I'm (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...

COOPER: What is going on with Mount St. Helens right now, Peter? I mean, what is happening inside?

FRENZEN: Well, apparently the activity is renewing. In the recent minutes, we received report of a magnitude of 2.0 earthquake beneath the volcano, and that comes on top of an earlier report of renewed seismicity beneath the volcano.

COOPER: So there are more earthquakes. And what, they continue and they grow until the pressure builds up? Explain what the process is.

FRENZEN: Well, that must be something like what's going on. Of course, that's kind of poorly understood. But what I'm told is, after that steam explosion, the earthquakes quieted off. And I think you can interpret that to being a general depressurization in the area where the rock fracturing was occurring.

And obviously now, there's now renewed pressure building beneath the volcano, and we're seeing some rock fracturing again. So I think that cycle of pressure building, outgassing, may be a good guess at this point.

COOPER: Now, this is probably a moronic question, but I really don't know, understand much about science, so pardon me in advance. But why is there not actually lava? Why is it that we're seeing ash and gas as opposed to lava, which we see in other volcanoes?

FRENZEN: Well, our volcanoes operate on a fundamentally much more thick and sticky lava than those kind of Hawaiian volcanoes you might have a picture of in your mind. And, yes, there is lava, but when lava is deep within the earth, scientists call it magma. And so we're dealing with an unseen lava or magma body that's existing at great pressure and depth below the volcano.

COOPER: Is there a lot? I mean, you study these all the time. Is there a lot we don't know about what's going on inside? I mean, is it still sort of guesswork on some level?

FRENZEN: Well, I think what's most impressive is the advances that have been made by the U.S. Geological Survey in technology and monitoring volcanoes around the world and here at Mount St. Helens. So actually, you know, when you think about how they forecasted this thing, and the events leading up to it, and today's explosion, I think it's impressive about what we do know.

But it's also healthy to remember that these volcanoes are very unpredictable. And so we in many ways, in that unseen world deep beneath us, it's really in some ways poorly understood.

COOPER: And it's fascinating that it's all happening, as you said, deep beneath us. Peter Frenzen, thanks very much. Appreciate you adding your perspective. Appreciate it.

Odd to say that Mount St. Helens is not alone. Here's a quick news note for you. In Sicily, that famous troublemaker Aetna is also erupting and has been since last Friday. Take a look at these images. Amazing. Without causing any major worries, however, the 300-meter- wide lava flow is well removed from any centers of habitation or ski resorts.

But also the same time in Calima (ph), Mexico, a so-called 12,450-foot fire Volcan de Fuego (ph), which means Fire Volcano, is at it as well. Amazing, beautiful images there, spewing lava, glowing rocks and flames. Now, there's only one village which is nearby. It's got about 100 inhabitants. Right now, authorities don't believe their situation calls for evacuations yet, but they're monitoring the situation.

Back here at home, car plows into a group of schoolchildren. That tops our look at what's happening right now cross-country. Let's take a look.

Stoneham, Massachusetts, police say an elderly driver's car jumped the curb outside an elementary school, injuring about a dozen people, including kids. Three children, one adult, are reportedly in critical condition.

Fairfax, Virginia, now, a judge drops murder charges against D.C. sniper John Allan Muhammad, saying he was denied his right to a speedy trial. Now, the decision means Muhammad cannot be tried for the shooting death of an FBI analyst. Muhammad's murder conviction, though, in Virginia for another shooting, that, of course, still stands.

Near Tiby (ph) Island, Georgia, deep-sea search for a long-lost nuke. Federal scientists are using boats with sensors and divers trying to find a nuclear bomb. A B-47, damaged in a training exercise, dumped the bomb in the area way back in 1958. Now, the Air Force says the bomb is not capable of exploding, because it didn't contain a plutonium capsule. But they are still looking for it.

Off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, we've followed this story a while now, coaxing that great white shark. If marine biologists have their way, this 1,700-pound fish will be back in the open waters very soon. They put up a series of nets across an inlet, hoping the shark will go back out to sea.

And in Boston, racy talk from a Supreme Court justice. Antonin Scalia raised some eyebrows at a speech this week at Harvard, where he jokingly said, and I quote, "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged," end quote. The comment came after he ridiculed a court decision that struck down British legislation barring group gay sex.

Now, that's a quick look at stories happening cross-country for you tonight.

360 next, debate spin and counterspin. We've heard it all day long now. Kerry feeling some bounce, President Bush trying to look past the buzz. Find out where the voters really stand.

Plus, a CNN exclusive, battle in Iraq. U.S. troops on the offense in a insurgent-held city, a dramatic report. We will take to you to the front lines.

Also tonight, Lori Hacking, missing for weeks, has now been found. We're going to have the latest on what police found that may help them convict her killer. Her husband is in jail.

An eruption at Mount St. Helens. We're going to take you back to the mountain live.

All that ahead.

First, let's take a look at your picks, the most popular stories right now on CNN.com.

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COOPER: Well, the first round of the presidential debates is over. The spinsters -- I'm not sure that's the correct word, really, not the old kind, the people who spin this kind of stuff -- and the pollsters, they haven't wasted any time telling us who won, each camp, of course, declaring victory.

But a new CNN-"USA Today"-Gallup poll taken right after the debate points to only one winner. Take a look at this, 53 percent of those interviewed thought they thought that Senator Kerry did the best job, while 37 percent picked the president. Now, this survey only represents those who actually watched the debate, certainly not all Americans. And many minds could change after hearing a few days' worth of analysis and spin. That has happened in the past.

As always, we're covering all the angles tonight. CNN White House correspondent Dana Bash is with the president in Manchester, New Hampshire, and senior political correspondent Candy Crowley is with the Kerry camp in Kissimmee, Florida.

We begin with Candy.

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, the Kerry campaign has moved on, campaigning through Florida today, talking not just about Iraq, but about Medicare, about health care, about education, all kind of issues.

But make no mistake, the fuel that is moving this campaign today is last night's debate.

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CROWLEY (voice-over): Let's just say he is feeling his oats.

SEN. JOHN KERRY, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: He keeps trying to say, Well, we're not, we not, no, we don't, you don't, we don't want somebody who wants to leave. We don't want somebody -- you know...

He says, We don't, we don't want to wilt or waver. And I don't know how many times I heard that.

CROWLEY: Between now and the next debate, it's all about drumbeat. As the senator mocked the president, the Democratic Party followed suit with a Web site ad it calls "Faces of Frustration." As Kerry aides allowed as how the thing that really surprised them was that the president did not show Americans he, quote, "had any sense of what's going on in Iraq."

Beyond style, which Kerry predebate spin held was not important, there was substance, as Kerry added a P.S. to the president's complaint about Kerry's homeland security ideas.

KERRY: He says, Well, I don't know how you're your going to pay for all that. You're going to have a tax gap.

My friends, this is the president who created a tax gap by providing a tax cut to the wealthiest Americans instead of investing in homeland security and the United States.

CROWLEY: Clearly, the Kerry campaign is flying high off the adrenaline of a debate night they say changed the dynamics, but they also say will not change the horse race polls, at least not yet.

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CROWLEY: So here, Anderson, is the post-debate spin from Camp Kerry, and that is that they believe last night's performance is -- did what they call open the conversation. They say, Look, we don't believe that this will change the horse race numbers right now, but we do believe that it has changed the dynamic, and that they are now moving forward with more people giving them another look, Anderson.

COOPER: And the conversation continues. Candy Crowley, thanks, from Florida tonight. Of course, the president is not laying low following the debate. He didn't stay put either. He immediately hopped back on the campaign trail, rallying last night in Florida, then making stops today in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Manchester, New Hampshire.

CNN White House correspondent Dana Bash reports from there.

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DANA BASH, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The president immediately set out trying to overcome post-debate buzz that his opponent beat him.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Last night, Senator Kerry only continued his pattern of confusing contradictions.

BASH: Instant polls suggest that Kerry may have helped himself by saying he made a mistake in using the wrong words to describe his vote against Iraq funding. The president, with John McCain at his side, spent the day trying to convince Americans, Don't buy it.

BUSH: He said he made a mistake in how he talked about that vote. But the mistake wasn't what senator said, the mistake was what Senator Kerry did.

BASH: Strikingly, even some supporters at Mr. Bush's rallies said he was too repetitive and missed opportunities.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think he had more answers than he gave. You know, I think he waited a little bit too long on his answers sometimes.

BASH: On the road, he seemed to be making up for that. The president zeroed in on Kerry's debate pledge to launch preemptive military strikes as part of a U.S. and global test.

BUSH: I will never submit America's national security to an international test.

BASH: TV debate cameras caught the president appearing angry, annoyed, even though a senior adviser told CNN the president, known to bristle when challenged, practiced managing that during in mock debates. The Democrats seized on this, Bush advisers caused it human.

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And Bush advisers also say they take solace in polls, including their own, that show Senator Kerry did not gain ground in key areas where the president has a lead, areas like trustworthiness, credibility, and who has a better plan in Iraq, Anderson.

COOPER: And more debates still to come. Dana Bash, thanks for that.

Never mind the candidates, television was really the big winner last night. Here's a fast fact for you. Nearly 62.5 million viewers watched last night's debate on the broadcast networks as well as cable. And that beats the audience for the first Bush-Gore debate four years ago by about 16 million viewers.

Still, it is no record. The debate that got the most viewers was in 1980, when more than 80.5 million tuned in to watch Ronald Reagan debate Jimmy Carter.

Today's buzz is this. Who do you think the media did a fair job of analysis after the debate? No doubt heard a lot about it. Yes or no? Log on to CNN.com/360, cast your vote. Results at the end of the program tonight.

As the candidates debated Iraq last night, the battle waged on there with a massive assault in Samarra. Take a look. American troops fighting hard. U.S. and Iraqi forces struck hard at an insurgency said to have taken control of that city. Thousands of troops were involved. More than 100 insurgents were killed, and the U.S. military says one American soldier died.

CNN Baghdad bureau chief Jane Arraf is there, has this exclusive report. Take a look.

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JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): The 1st Infantry Division rolled through the darkened streets, taking control neighborhood by neighborhood. As dawn broke, hundreds of soldiers on foot moved toward the center of Samarra.

The streets are fortunately empty, all these shops are shuttered. This battle has been going on for more than nine hours. And the U.S. military (UNINTELLIGIBLE) it will continue until they have rooted out the insurgents in this city.

The soldiers make slow progress through these winding streets. Tanks and armored vehicles can't easily go here. For hours they take fire from gunmen darting from alleyways and hiding on rooftops.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Engaging small arms fire.

ARRAF: At least one soldier was killed near the city's sacred shrine. The U.S. military says it killed at least 109 suspected insurgents, including this man.

The offensive was the first time the military has allowed journalists into the city with its forces in months. For more than an hour, the U.S. soldiers took fire near the shrine from one of the small hotels normally used by pilgrims. But the American forces stopped just short of the mosque, where two of the 12 Imams are buried, and where some Shi'as believe the 12th Imam will return to ring in judgment day.

It actually looks worse than it is. This fire burning in front of the shrine, the mosque is untouched. But for Iraqis, the presence of U.S. soldiers here will be inflammatory enough. While U.S. forces blasted open the door to pave the way, it was left to Iraqi troops to enter the mosque. The new Iraqi special forces say they fought with insurgents in the shrine, killing two and detaining dozens.

U.S. troops reentered Samarra only in September, after agreeing in July to allow Iraqis to police the city. U.S. forces say this time, they won't leave till all the insurgents are gone.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Samarra.

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COOPER: Jane Arraf, right in the thick of things.

360 next, murder in Salt Lake City. Police find the body of Lori Hacking. It has been a long, difficult search. Now, the prosecution of her husband moves forward. Did they find any clues with the body? We'll talk about that ahead.

Plus, the secret Kobe Bryant documents unsealed. Details of what happened in that Eagle, Colorado, hotel room.

Also tonight, a sleeping giant awakes. Mount St. Helens erupts again. We'll take you there live.

And a little later, a man paralyzed in bed, paralyzed from the neck down, a bear takes over his house. He shares his heart-stopping story. Stay with us.

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COOPER: Well, tonight, hopefully there is a small bit of peace for the family of Lori Hacking. Police say they know who killed her, when, and maybe even why. But for months, no body, until now, today, crews found human remains in a Salt Lake City landfill, a body dumped amid rotting garbage and waste. Police now confirm it is Lori Hacking.

CNN's Miguel Marquez has details.

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MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a mystery solved, the remains of a petite body found in a Salt Lake landfill are Lori Hacking.

RICK DINSE, SALT LAKE CITY POLICE CHIEF: This is an emotional day.

MARQUEZ: Since July, investigators searched through thousands of tons of waste. Hacking's remains, identified through dental records, brought an emotional response.

DINSE: I can tell you there were tears at that location by those officers. MARQUEZ: Mark Hacking reported his wife missing on July 19. That day, he appealed to Salt Lake City residents to help find his wife, who, he said, never returned from an early morning jog.

MARK HACKING: She never made it in this morning.

MARQUEZ: Hacking later checked himself into a Salt Like City psychiatric hospital. And it was there that, police say, he admitted to his brothers that he had shot Lori in the head while she slept and threw her body in a dumpster after she discovered that he had lied about being accepted to the University of North Carolina Medical School.

Two weeks ago, Lori's mother, Thelma Suarez, discussed the possibility of finding her daughter's body on "LARRY KING LIVE."

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "LARRY KING LIVE")

THELMA SUAREZ, LORI HACKING'S MOTHER: My religious belief is such that I know in the resurrection, her body will be whole and perfect again, and as beautiful -- or not as beautiful, more beautiful, actually, than it was in mortality.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MARQUEZ: Both the families of Mark and Lori Hacking released statements thanking searchers for finding Lori's body and bringing their nightmares a little closer to an end. Mark Hacking is in jail awaiting trial on murder. His arraignment is scheduled for October 29. And at that time, he's expected to enter a plea.

Miguel Marquez, CNN, reporting.

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COOPER: Well, tonight in justice served, details from Kobe Bryant's rape case that his lawyers argued were too embarrassing for the public to see. Well, they are now out for anyone to read. Criminal case never went to trial, of course, and just hours ago, investigators released some of Bryant's case files after the defense dropped its bid to keep them sealed.

CNN's Chris Lawrence joins us live with details. Chris?

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, some of the new information in these documents clearly illustrates exactly where those two accounts diverge. Some of them are agreeable on some points, but it's clear they are distinctly different stories.

The documents that you mentioned just released just a few hours ago show exactly where those two accounts don't match. Now, both Kobe Bryant and the young woman agree they had been in his hotel room, that they had been flirting there in the room, and that after a few minutes, he bent her over a chair and put his hands around her neck.

But then the accounts diverge. She says Bryant wasn't choking her so hard that she couldn't breathe, but he did have control of her. She says she told Bryant she needed to leave, and he removed one hand to pull down her underwear. She says she started giving in at that point, because she was scared of what he'd do to her.

Now, here are some exact quotes from what we heard from some of the documents. She told detectives, quote, "At that point, I was just kind of scared, and I said no a few times." A detective then asked, "How do you know he heard you?" She says, quote, "Because every time I said no, he tightened his hold around me." She says she was crying, and at one point Bryant leaned over and said to her, quote, "You're not going to tell anybody, right?"

Now, Bryant says, on his side, there was mutual foreplay between the two of them. And when a detective asked Bryant if at any time she may have told him to stop and he didn't hear her, Bryant says, quote, "Absolutely not." Bryant told detectives he was holding her around the neck from behind. He then started having sex with her, and detectives say he then demonstrated that to them.

Bryant goes on to say he asked the woman if he could ejaculate on her, and she said no for the first time. He immediately stopped having sex with her and then ejaculates on a T-shirt.

Now, Bryant goes on to say that the woman never cried, and even gave him a goodbye kiss when she left the room.

More documents will be released by prosecutors on Monday once the young woman's name and personal history have been blacked out, Anderson.

COOPER: And the civil case continues across. Chris Lawrence, thanks very much for that.

Mount St. Helens erupts, releasing huge clouds of steam and ash. But could the volcano blow again?

And too close for comfort. How a paralyzed man survived a home invasion by a 500-pound bear.

360 continues.

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COOPER: In Native American lore, Mount St. Helens is called Smoking Mountain. Today it certainly lived up to that name. Shortly after noon local time, the mountain sprang to life shooting a plume of steam and ash an estimated 10,000 feet into the skies of Washington state. And just about 30 minutes ago another small earthquake hit the area. Standing by for us nearby in Vancouver, Washington, is KATU reporter Aimee Clark. Aimee, what's the latest?

AIMEE CLARK, KATU TV: Well, Anderson, I want to put this into perspective for you. This is the crater of Mount St. Helens. You can see the lava dome here in the center and this is actually where the eruption occurred, just the southeast portion of the crater. Now of course scientists have been waiting for more than a week while monitoring the increased seismic activity here at the mountain, and today, they got what they were looking for. The explosion created a plume of ash and steam reaching 10,000 feet. It started just before noon. For the first three to five minutes of the eruption, it looked like a white puffy cloud slowly rising from the crater. A closer look shows us how quickly a column of ash is coughed up by the mountain.

Now USGS scientists still don't know what exactly triggered this event, they say it's most likely not connected to hot magma reaching the surface, but may have come from a leftover pocket, restless pocket of magma deep below the lava dome and now scientists want to know whether that lava will make its way up to the crater.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If we start to see volcanic gases, then it tells us that we have got new gas-charged magma that's moved up to levels that are relatively shallow within the volcano.

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CLARK: Several steam eruptions like this took place back in the mid 1980s. Leading up to this explosion, we saw thousands of earthquakes at the mountain. Now, that activity has died down. But scientists don't know whether it will pick up back again, that all depends on whether we see more explosion or eruptions. At this point, we want to let you know, nobody is in harm's way. The concern in the future, ash drifting into nearby communities. Reporting live from Vancouver, Aimee Clark, CNN.

COOPER: Amy, thanks. Also with us from Vancouver, Washington, on the phone is geophysicist Tom Pierson of the United States Geological Survey. Tom, thanks for joining us tonight. I'm sure it's been a real busy day for you. First, let's talk about this recent seismic activity, talk about in the last hour or so, what do you know about it?

TOM PIERSON, GEOPHYSICIST, USGS: What I've been able to find out, is that following a period of quiet after the explosion we had around noon today, some of the earthquake started picking up again, although I understand that the rate is fairly slow, only one earthquake every few minutes or so. They're still very small earthquakes, so we're way down from where we were just below the explosion.

COOPER: Tom, I know you've been waiting for this for a couple of days. I heard, I'm not sure if it's true or not, I heard you missed it today? Is that true? It's like the one day you took off?

PIERSON: I'm sorry. Could you say that again?

COOPER: I know you've been waiting for this for several days. I heard today you weren't at the site, you actually went to your office today thinking it wasn't going to happen today. Is that true?

PIERSON: Actually, I'm up at the mountain at the Johnson Ridge Observatory and decided to come out here today hoping that we might have action and I was lucky.

COOPER: I think I got you confused with someone else. Explain what you're looking for in the next several days? What's the best case scenario?

PIERSON: Our main objective is to see what's really going to happen. We had one steam burst and often volcanoes of this type, we'll have several steam bursts before they do anything with the magma. We'll wait and see what it does. There's certainly a possibility for more activity.

COOPER: The steam bursts, it may be magma related, it may be rocks heating up?

PIERSON: Ultimately, it is magma related, in that somehow, ground water, from melting of the glacier or from rain that soaked into the ground has come in contact with the hot magma that's real deep down. Although I say real deep, geologically speaking, not all that deep for the volcano but some distance below the surface. That water got heated to steam. The steam was pressurized for some period of time. It found a relief valve and came blasting up through some crack or crevice to the surface and brought a lot of rock and debris with it.

COOPER: And a remarkable site it was. Thank you very much for joining us.

Heading overseas, British Prime Minister Tony Blair recovering after a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat. Our look at what's happening around the world in the uplink.

In London, out of the hospital, back at 10 Downing Street, apparently feeling fine. Doctors call Blair's 2 1/2 hour operation routine.

Aides say the prime minister will be back in his office Monday and will go ahead with the trip to Africa on Tuesday.

Sounds we've heard before. Northern Gaza, deadly fighting. At least seven Palestinians were killed, bring the total number killed since yesterday to more than 40. The fighting is linked to Israel's operation code name Days of Penitence, Israel's attempting to create a 5 1/2 mile buffer zone between its border with the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian rocket attacks.

Pakistan now. A suicide bombing. At least 28 people killed, 50 others wounded. This attack outside a mosque filled with worshipers. It could have been worse. A second bomb was found at the door of the mosque and that was defused.

And in Hong Kong fireworks light up the night sky in celebration of national day. The holiday marks the 55th anniversary of the founding of The People's Republic of China.

360 next, Bush versus Kerry, debate score keeping from the media. We'll take you inside the box and maybe from some comics as well. And the band, REM rock'n rolling to get out the vote politically, charged option from the left and the right in the "Weekender."

Plus a 500-pound black bear named Fat Albert believe it or not invades the home of a paralyzed man, stays in there for like several hours, fears for his life. He's going to share his story with us live.

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COOPER: So the first presidential debate was barely over before winners were being declared. Hey, you'd almost expect one of the candidates to shout out, I'm going to Disneyland. Handing out the debate trophy is something we media types do and it seems that something you expect. "Inside the Box." Take a look.

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COOPER (voice-over): Even before the debate, more than half of you told us you expected the media to have a bigger effect on the election than the debate itself.

JIM LEHRER, PBS: I'm Jim Lehrer. Thank you and good night.

COOPER: When the 2 candidates finished their face-off last night, we got right to it.

CARLOS WATSON, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: I think the Kerry people are going to come out of this very happy feeling like he met expectations, even exceeded them. I think the Bush people, particularly voters out there, are going to continue to feel good about him.

COOPER: But kudos to both sides seems so unsatisfying: we need more, we need a winner, we need one now.

RON REAGAN, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: I thought Kerry was the clear winner here. He was more certain, he was better informed, he was more presidential. And he stands up straight and that doesn't hurt.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bush did one thing that's very characteristic of him in debates like this. He was repetitive. He said over and over again that the president had to be certain and Kerry had changed his positions.

COOPER: But, of course, a knockout punch is so hard to find. So, we go to gadgets.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Watch the lines: the women are yellow, the men are in blue. And watch the difference when it goes from neutral up toward the area of 6, 7, even higher after that. Watch here...

BUSH: You can't expect to build alliance when you denigrate the contributions of those serving side by side with American troops in Iraq. COOPER: It's our way of rushing to figure out a winner "Inside the Box."

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COOPER: On 360, we like to look at stories from many different angles, not all of them have to be so serious, so for a moment, the lighter side of the debates. I'm sure the candidates seem to enjoy the debates too much, but our next guest enjoyed watching them, not enjoying themselves.

In New York, comedian Jesse Klein, CNN blogger and star of VH1's "Best Week Ever." And humorist Andy Borowitz, author of "The Borowitz Report." Good to see both of you.

Andy, let's start off talking about body language a little bit. Even before the debate began, you had Bush and Kerry kind of shaking hands. Kerry didn't seem to want to let go.

ANDY BOROWITZ, COMEDIAN: It was a strange moment, when Kerry was holding his hand, Bush wanted to withdraw, it was sort of like watching a bad dating show. I just wanted to say to Kerry, dude, he's not into you.

COOPER: Jesse, did you see any of the same?

JESSE KLEIN, COMEDIAN: You know what, I was just so distracted by the fact that Kerry had the best spray on tan I have ever seen in my entire life. He was the color of like a Starbucks latte. He looked fantastic.

COOPER: Now, you don't know that was a spray on tan. But I don't want to get bogged down in details with you.

I know you also were looking at Kerry's hand motions a lot, Jesse.

KLEIN: Yes. Well, you know, and Andy can speak to this as well, Kerry's got into a lot of trouble for that sort of signature karate chop that he does. And it clearly was obvious that he was coached on new things to do with his hands. But I felt like I could see in his eyes he wanted to do the chop the whole time, but he held back.

COOPER: Andy, do you like the hand moves?

BOROWITZ: Well, I always thought his motion looked always a lot more like a lawn sprinkler. It would move in a semi-circular pattern, cover the whole area. But I thought it was well contained last night.

COOPER: My favorite hand motion is this, which I never understood. All politicians do it, it's not a point, it's a this. No regular human actually does it, only a politician does it.

BOROWITZ: I think Clinton started that. Clinton was the one with the forceable thumb on fist. COOPER: I'm a big believer of that one.

Andy, what did you think of Kerry scribbling notes a lot? He seemed to be taking a lot of notes.

BOROWITZ: He was taking a lot of notes. I think he felt that he had the debate in the bag and he was just putting his Chinese food for the night? That's all it was.

COOPER: Did it make you nervous watching him do that?

BOROWITZ: It does. It does make you nervous. I think it made Bush nervous. You know, to men it reminded me of when I was in college and the guy next to me was like doing the essay test and he had finished four blue books and I was just sort of sharpening my pencil. It was really kind of daunting.

COOPER: Let me show you this exchange where it seemed like the president was a little bit on the defensive. Let's take a look.

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KERRY: He just said the enemy attacked us. Saddam Hussein didn't attack us, Osama bin Laden attacked us, al Qaeda attacked us.

BUSH: I know Osama attacked us. I know that.

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COOPER: You noticed that?

KLEIN: It's pretty hard not to notice that. It's one of the most hilarious moments of the whole thing. I think when the president has to remind us that he knows who attacked us, that that's already a bad sign. The thing is, he doesn't really know because he tried to assert that there was a link between Osama bin Laden and Iraq that was later, sort of disproven. So, he's all over the place.

COOPER: Andy, you take?

BOROWITZ: Well, saying, I know that. I know that Osama attacked us, it's a little bit like trying to get partial credit for spelling your name right on the test. It's a very low bar, I think.

COOPER: All right. Andy Borowitz, Jesse Klein. Thanks for joining us. Adding your perspective on the debate.

360 next. a man paralyzed man terrorized -- this is an unbelievable story -- terrorized by a 500 pound black bear named Fat Albert. How they know his name is Fat Albert, I'm not really sure. He lived to tell us about it. He's going to join us next.

Also the band REM joining other entertainers who want to swing your vote, playing this weekend, in "The Weekender."

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: For most people, an encounter with a 500 pound bear in the wild would probably be terrifying. But what if one entered your home and you were powerless to do anything about it. Last week Tom Isaac laid helplessly in bed as a black bear, known locally as Fat Albert, ransacked his kitchen looking for some food. Tom is paralyzed, he couldn't get out of harm's way.

Tom joins us now from his home in Aspen, Colorado. Tom, thanks for being with us.

I'm glad to see you here. Tell us what happened. It was the middle of the night. You heard noise. When did you know there was a bear in your house.

TOM ISAAC, BEAR RAIDED HIS HOUSE: Good evening. And welcome to Fat Albert's house.

I was sleeping. At about 12:30, I was woken up to some noise in the kitchen. I could hear cabinets being opened, food falling on the floor. Glass breaking. The refrigerator being open and food being pulled out. It didn't take long to realize there was a bear in the house.

COOPER: We're looking at pictures of your kitchen. It looks like it's a wreck. How many feet away were you from the kitchen? Was there a door separating you from this bear?

ISAAC: Right. My bedroom's about 15 feet away from the kitchen, and it didn't take too long to realize. I was hearing barefoot steps coming down the hall towards my bedroom. I could hear the click click of his claws coming right up to my door.

COOPER: What a sound. I know you have two homecare attendants but they were asleep upstairs. You were shouting, right?

ISAAC: Well, I was yelling for them, but we made an error that night and the intercom was not turned on, so they were unable to hear me. Fat Albert heard me but he remained in the house for up to two hours.

COOPER: That's remarkable. I understand he ate a prized possession of yours. What was that?

ISAAC: I had been on vacation on a ski trip to South America. I had brought back some presents of chocolate for some of my friends and my office staff. Unfortunately, he ate about four pounds of chocolate. I've declared war on Fat Albert.

COOPER: You declared war on him? That's a good thing, I guess. You certainly have a sense of humor about it, which is a great thing. He's been in your house before. This has happened before, right?

ISAAC: He was in the house while I was on vacation. I was hoping that he wouldn't come back when I was in the house. I was wrong. I was pretty upset at the time. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective right now. COOPER: I know you put some locks on your door, obviously, to try to stop this from happening again. Have you talked to the police, the conservation officials about it? What's going to happen if he shows up again?

ISAAC: I called the Division of Wildlife the day after the incident, when he was in here in the night. And Kevin Rife (ph), from the Division of Wildlife came over the next day. He found Fat Albert in my dining room asleep on the floor.

COOPER: The bear was still asleep on your floor, was still in your house?

ISAAC: He had gotten back in the house and was asleep on the floor. He had to shoot him with a beanbag to get him to get up and get out of the house. He's a rather large bear, too.

COOPER: From what I see. We're seeing some pictures of him. I wish you luck. Definitely get some locks on your door if you don't have enough already. Glad you made it through safe and sound. Thanks for joining us.

ISAAC: Thank you.

COOPER: Hey, hey, hey, Fat Albert.

This weekend, mixing politics and entertainment. If last night's debate didn't get you jazzed up for politics you may want to try setting the message to music or following the party line on film. Whether you're leaning to the left or the right, there's a showbiz type trying to influence your vote. We're going to tell you where to find them in this politically charged edition of the "Weekender."

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COOPER (voice-over): In music, liberal rock'n rollers are taking their acts on the road, their musical mission to get out the vote and get President Bush out of the White House.

MICHAEL STIPE, R.E.M.: We're going from one swing state to the next. We're swooping down one night. Each band is playing a different city and venue and trying to encourage people to vote and to vote for change.

COOPER: R.E.M. kicked off the Vote for Change Tour with a concert in Philadelphia. Nineteen acts in all including Pearl Jam, The Dave Matthews Band, Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, The Dixie Chicks, John Mellencamp, and of course, Bruce Springsteen will be out trying to swing young voters mostly to the left.

STIPE: I've been in places where people don't have the freedom to vote democratically. It's a great privilege, something I would like to encourage. I would also like to personally encourage people to vote for John Kerry.

COOPER: If you live in a swing state, chances are a rocker will be bringing music and a message to an arena near you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you give the people the facts, the Republic will be safe.

COOPER: If your politics take to you a little more to the right, the movies may provide your message this weekend. "Celsius 41/11" the temperature at which brains begin to die is being billed as the Hollywood conservatives', yes, there are some, answer to Michael Moore.

This film, financed by the conservative group Citizens United takes John Kerry to task and turns George W. Bush into its hero. You can catch it this weekend at the Liberty Film Festival in Hollywood and at a theater near you in the next couple of weeks.

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COOPER: Coming up next on 360. Remembering a legend in photography. Richard Avedon. You may not know the name but his work is everywhere. And we have lost him today.

Plus on Monday, a special edition of 360 live from Cleveland, Ohio. A preview of the vice presidential debate.

Also Monday, about to be released secret FBI files on John Lennon. The professor who fought for the access joins us live.

First, today's buzz. Do you think the media did a fair job of analysis after the debate? Log on to CNN.com/360. Cast your votes. Results when we come back.

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COOPER: Earlier, we asked you, did you think the media did a fair job of analysis after the debate? Here's what you said. More than 20,000 of you voted. 51 percent said yes, 49 said no. Not a scientific poll but it is the buzz and we appreciate you voting.

Tonight, taking a .001 of a second to the Nth Degree. How much can you learn in the blink of an eye? If you had the skill and the vision of Richard Avedon who died today at the age of 81, you could learn almost everything in that blink of an eye. That is how long he held a shutter open, .001 of a second to .500, a thousandth, to make the amazing photographs he produced for decades.

His work was everywhere on the glossy pages of fashion magazines, on museum walls and acclaimed books. Richard Avedon had already been voted one of the 10 best photographers in the world in 1958 before doing much of his most celebrated work.

By the end, many would say he was simply the best. We're used to the kind of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) he specialized in. Big on blinking, warts and all portraits that are exposures in every sense of the word. We're used to them now but we weren't before he came along.

What is it we say when we're asking for understanding? We say try to see it my way. Where Richard Avedon is concerned for much of the 20th century, we did see it his way. He shall be missed. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW." Thanks for watching.

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Mount St. Helens erupts and may not be finished yet.

360 starts now.

Mount St. Helens erupts, releasing huge clouds of steam and ash. But could the volcano blow again?

Both candidates took a swing, but did either draw blood? The campaigns try to get their spin on.

A grisly discovery in a Salt Lake City landfill. Have the police finally found the body of Lori Hacking?

Uncensored documents released from the rape case against Kobe Bryant. What they say about police, sex, and his accuser.

And too close for comfort, how a paralyzed man survived a home invasion by a 500-pound bear.

ANNOUNCER: This is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: Good evening again from Atlanta.

A spectacular explosion today atop Mount St. Helens sent ash and steam 10,000 feet in the air. And just moments ago, another small earthquake hit the area. Scientists have been expecting the eruption for days now, and today they got what they were waiting for. The eruption was described as small, nothing compared to what happened back in 1980, which, one supposes, means that when it comes to volcanic eruptions, size matters.

Here's CNN's Kimberly Osias.

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KIMBERLY OSIAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They knew she could erupt. They had all the high-tech tools primed and monitoring. They just didn't know when Mount St. Helens would let loose.

On a clear Friday afternoon, against a perfect sky, she let off some pent-up anger, simmering for a week. Steam pushed out of the crater dome, forcing a plume of ash south to southwest. Scientists say the bottom of Mount St. Helens is like a big sponge, a catcher's mitt of sorts for debris from earthquakes, landslides, and avalanches. All that material may have heated, pressure built up, and needed somewhere to go. Today, for about a half an hour, it was up and out.

TOM PIERSON, GEOLOGIST: This is one small explosion. It could be the first of a string of these explosions. Some could be bigger. And once we engage the magma that is deeper down, we could get a little bit bigger ones yet. So we're still not expecting things to go much above 10,000 feet, and we're not expecting things to go much further than that three-mile radius right now.

OSIAS: Washington state resident Ann Kondalski remembers 1980's blast. Today, she came back to see the mountain's progress. What she got was perfect timing.

ANN KONDALSKI, LOCAL RESIDENT: It was so exciting. And my husband said, I wish I could have been there to take a picture. And I just said to him, Be grateful you are seeing what you are seeing live and not on television.

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OSIAS: The mountain may look serene behind me, but it belies a very different interior underneath the dome. Scientists say the seismic activity has picked back up again, so this so-called hiccup that we saw may not be the last, Anderson.

COOPER: All right, Kimberly Osias, thanks very much. We'll check back in with you a little bit later on.

Now, early in the morning on the 18th of May back in 1980, of course, Mount St. Helens shrugged. An earthquake had loosened its northern flank, which caused it to completely fall away in the greatest mudslide ever recorded. Now, this took an enormous weight off the pent-up mountain, so there was nothing much to counter the pressure that was building up inside.

And then Mount St. Helens erupted. Within 10 minutes, the ash column was 12 miles high. Remarkable.

Adaora Udoji takes up the story from there.

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ADAORA UDOJI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Last time, Mount St. Helens erupted with cataclysmic force. It was 1980. The ash, violently ejected, spread so far and so wide, it covered most of the Northwest and spread as far as the East Coast. Fifty-seven people died. Dozens of bridges were obliterated, and hundreds of homes demolished. Avalanches of cinder and pumice gas saturated the air, 500 million tons of volcanic dust blew for hundreds of miles.

Two hundred and fifty miles away, Spokane, Washington, was plunged into darkness. Everything in between, from trees to wreckage, was covered with fine and not-so-fine layers of dust. It left sophisticated cities looking like the moon's landscape.

The eruption so powerful, it changed the shape of Mount St. Helens. Once 9,600 feet high, it survived at 8,300 feet. The volcano showed it was a force of nature never to be reckoned with.

Adaora Udoji, CNN, New York.

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COOPER: Want to talk more about what happened today out there in the Pacific Northwest and what may be happening tomorrow or someday in the near future.

We're joined now by scientist Peter Frenzen of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Thanks for being with us, appreciate it.

What -- what...

PETER FRENZEN, MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT: Thank you, I'm (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...

COOPER: What is going on with Mount St. Helens right now, Peter? I mean, what is happening inside?

FRENZEN: Well, apparently the activity is renewing. In the recent minutes, we received report of a magnitude of 2.0 earthquake beneath the volcano, and that comes on top of an earlier report of renewed seismicity beneath the volcano.

COOPER: So there are more earthquakes. And what, they continue and they grow until the pressure builds up? Explain what the process is.

FRENZEN: Well, that must be something like what's going on. Of course, that's kind of poorly understood. But what I'm told is, after that steam explosion, the earthquakes quieted off. And I think you can interpret that to being a general depressurization in the area where the rock fracturing was occurring.

And obviously now, there's now renewed pressure building beneath the volcano, and we're seeing some rock fracturing again. So I think that cycle of pressure building, outgassing, may be a good guess at this point.

COOPER: Now, this is probably a moronic question, but I really don't know, understand much about science, so pardon me in advance. But why is there not actually lava? Why is it that we're seeing ash and gas as opposed to lava, which we see in other volcanoes?

FRENZEN: Well, our volcanoes operate on a fundamentally much more thick and sticky lava than those kind of Hawaiian volcanoes you might have a picture of in your mind. And, yes, there is lava, but when lava is deep within the earth, scientists call it magma. And so we're dealing with an unseen lava or magma body that's existing at great pressure and depth below the volcano.

COOPER: Is there a lot? I mean, you study these all the time. Is there a lot we don't know about what's going on inside? I mean, is it still sort of guesswork on some level?

FRENZEN: Well, I think what's most impressive is the advances that have been made by the U.S. Geological Survey in technology and monitoring volcanoes around the world and here at Mount St. Helens. So actually, you know, when you think about how they forecasted this thing, and the events leading up to it, and today's explosion, I think it's impressive about what we do know.

But it's also healthy to remember that these volcanoes are very unpredictable. And so we in many ways, in that unseen world deep beneath us, it's really in some ways poorly understood.

COOPER: And it's fascinating that it's all happening, as you said, deep beneath us. Peter Frenzen, thanks very much. Appreciate you adding your perspective. Appreciate it.

Odd to say that Mount St. Helens is not alone. Here's a quick news note for you. In Sicily, that famous troublemaker Aetna is also erupting and has been since last Friday. Take a look at these images. Amazing. Without causing any major worries, however, the 300-meter- wide lava flow is well removed from any centers of habitation or ski resorts.

But also the same time in Calima (ph), Mexico, a so-called 12,450-foot fire Volcan de Fuego (ph), which means Fire Volcano, is at it as well. Amazing, beautiful images there, spewing lava, glowing rocks and flames. Now, there's only one village which is nearby. It's got about 100 inhabitants. Right now, authorities don't believe their situation calls for evacuations yet, but they're monitoring the situation.

Back here at home, car plows into a group of schoolchildren. That tops our look at what's happening right now cross-country. Let's take a look.

Stoneham, Massachusetts, police say an elderly driver's car jumped the curb outside an elementary school, injuring about a dozen people, including kids. Three children, one adult, are reportedly in critical condition.

Fairfax, Virginia, now, a judge drops murder charges against D.C. sniper John Allan Muhammad, saying he was denied his right to a speedy trial. Now, the decision means Muhammad cannot be tried for the shooting death of an FBI analyst. Muhammad's murder conviction, though, in Virginia for another shooting, that, of course, still stands.

Near Tiby (ph) Island, Georgia, deep-sea search for a long-lost nuke. Federal scientists are using boats with sensors and divers trying to find a nuclear bomb. A B-47, damaged in a training exercise, dumped the bomb in the area way back in 1958. Now, the Air Force says the bomb is not capable of exploding, because it didn't contain a plutonium capsule. But they are still looking for it.

Off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, we've followed this story a while now, coaxing that great white shark. If marine biologists have their way, this 1,700-pound fish will be back in the open waters very soon. They put up a series of nets across an inlet, hoping the shark will go back out to sea.

And in Boston, racy talk from a Supreme Court justice. Antonin Scalia raised some eyebrows at a speech this week at Harvard, where he jokingly said, and I quote, "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged," end quote. The comment came after he ridiculed a court decision that struck down British legislation barring group gay sex.

Now, that's a quick look at stories happening cross-country for you tonight.

360 next, debate spin and counterspin. We've heard it all day long now. Kerry feeling some bounce, President Bush trying to look past the buzz. Find out where the voters really stand.

Plus, a CNN exclusive, battle in Iraq. U.S. troops on the offense in a insurgent-held city, a dramatic report. We will take to you to the front lines.

Also tonight, Lori Hacking, missing for weeks, has now been found. We're going to have the latest on what police found that may help them convict her killer. Her husband is in jail.

An eruption at Mount St. Helens. We're going to take you back to the mountain live.

All that ahead.

First, let's take a look at your picks, the most popular stories right now on CNN.com.

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COOPER: Well, the first round of the presidential debates is over. The spinsters -- I'm not sure that's the correct word, really, not the old kind, the people who spin this kind of stuff -- and the pollsters, they haven't wasted any time telling us who won, each camp, of course, declaring victory.

But a new CNN-"USA Today"-Gallup poll taken right after the debate points to only one winner. Take a look at this, 53 percent of those interviewed thought they thought that Senator Kerry did the best job, while 37 percent picked the president. Now, this survey only represents those who actually watched the debate, certainly not all Americans. And many minds could change after hearing a few days' worth of analysis and spin. That has happened in the past.

As always, we're covering all the angles tonight. CNN White House correspondent Dana Bash is with the president in Manchester, New Hampshire, and senior political correspondent Candy Crowley is with the Kerry camp in Kissimmee, Florida.

We begin with Candy.

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, the Kerry campaign has moved on, campaigning through Florida today, talking not just about Iraq, but about Medicare, about health care, about education, all kind of issues.

But make no mistake, the fuel that is moving this campaign today is last night's debate.

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CROWLEY (voice-over): Let's just say he is feeling his oats.

SEN. JOHN KERRY, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: He keeps trying to say, Well, we're not, we not, no, we don't, you don't, we don't want somebody who wants to leave. We don't want somebody -- you know...

He says, We don't, we don't want to wilt or waver. And I don't know how many times I heard that.

CROWLEY: Between now and the next debate, it's all about drumbeat. As the senator mocked the president, the Democratic Party followed suit with a Web site ad it calls "Faces of Frustration." As Kerry aides allowed as how the thing that really surprised them was that the president did not show Americans he, quote, "had any sense of what's going on in Iraq."

Beyond style, which Kerry predebate spin held was not important, there was substance, as Kerry added a P.S. to the president's complaint about Kerry's homeland security ideas.

KERRY: He says, Well, I don't know how you're your going to pay for all that. You're going to have a tax gap.

My friends, this is the president who created a tax gap by providing a tax cut to the wealthiest Americans instead of investing in homeland security and the United States.

CROWLEY: Clearly, the Kerry campaign is flying high off the adrenaline of a debate night they say changed the dynamics, but they also say will not change the horse race polls, at least not yet.

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CROWLEY: So here, Anderson, is the post-debate spin from Camp Kerry, and that is that they believe last night's performance is -- did what they call open the conversation. They say, Look, we don't believe that this will change the horse race numbers right now, but we do believe that it has changed the dynamic, and that they are now moving forward with more people giving them another look, Anderson.

COOPER: And the conversation continues. Candy Crowley, thanks, from Florida tonight. Of course, the president is not laying low following the debate. He didn't stay put either. He immediately hopped back on the campaign trail, rallying last night in Florida, then making stops today in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Manchester, New Hampshire.

CNN White House correspondent Dana Bash reports from there.

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DANA BASH, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The president immediately set out trying to overcome post-debate buzz that his opponent beat him.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Last night, Senator Kerry only continued his pattern of confusing contradictions.

BASH: Instant polls suggest that Kerry may have helped himself by saying he made a mistake in using the wrong words to describe his vote against Iraq funding. The president, with John McCain at his side, spent the day trying to convince Americans, Don't buy it.

BUSH: He said he made a mistake in how he talked about that vote. But the mistake wasn't what senator said, the mistake was what Senator Kerry did.

BASH: Strikingly, even some supporters at Mr. Bush's rallies said he was too repetitive and missed opportunities.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think he had more answers than he gave. You know, I think he waited a little bit too long on his answers sometimes.

BASH: On the road, he seemed to be making up for that. The president zeroed in on Kerry's debate pledge to launch preemptive military strikes as part of a U.S. and global test.

BUSH: I will never submit America's national security to an international test.

BASH: TV debate cameras caught the president appearing angry, annoyed, even though a senior adviser told CNN the president, known to bristle when challenged, practiced managing that during in mock debates. The Democrats seized on this, Bush advisers caused it human.

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And Bush advisers also say they take solace in polls, including their own, that show Senator Kerry did not gain ground in key areas where the president has a lead, areas like trustworthiness, credibility, and who has a better plan in Iraq, Anderson.

COOPER: And more debates still to come. Dana Bash, thanks for that.

Never mind the candidates, television was really the big winner last night. Here's a fast fact for you. Nearly 62.5 million viewers watched last night's debate on the broadcast networks as well as cable. And that beats the audience for the first Bush-Gore debate four years ago by about 16 million viewers.

Still, it is no record. The debate that got the most viewers was in 1980, when more than 80.5 million tuned in to watch Ronald Reagan debate Jimmy Carter.

Today's buzz is this. Who do you think the media did a fair job of analysis after the debate? No doubt heard a lot about it. Yes or no? Log on to CNN.com/360, cast your vote. Results at the end of the program tonight.

As the candidates debated Iraq last night, the battle waged on there with a massive assault in Samarra. Take a look. American troops fighting hard. U.S. and Iraqi forces struck hard at an insurgency said to have taken control of that city. Thousands of troops were involved. More than 100 insurgents were killed, and the U.S. military says one American soldier died.

CNN Baghdad bureau chief Jane Arraf is there, has this exclusive report. Take a look.

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JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): The 1st Infantry Division rolled through the darkened streets, taking control neighborhood by neighborhood. As dawn broke, hundreds of soldiers on foot moved toward the center of Samarra.

The streets are fortunately empty, all these shops are shuttered. This battle has been going on for more than nine hours. And the U.S. military (UNINTELLIGIBLE) it will continue until they have rooted out the insurgents in this city.

The soldiers make slow progress through these winding streets. Tanks and armored vehicles can't easily go here. For hours they take fire from gunmen darting from alleyways and hiding on rooftops.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Engaging small arms fire.

ARRAF: At least one soldier was killed near the city's sacred shrine. The U.S. military says it killed at least 109 suspected insurgents, including this man.

The offensive was the first time the military has allowed journalists into the city with its forces in months. For more than an hour, the U.S. soldiers took fire near the shrine from one of the small hotels normally used by pilgrims. But the American forces stopped just short of the mosque, where two of the 12 Imams are buried, and where some Shi'as believe the 12th Imam will return to ring in judgment day.

It actually looks worse than it is. This fire burning in front of the shrine, the mosque is untouched. But for Iraqis, the presence of U.S. soldiers here will be inflammatory enough. While U.S. forces blasted open the door to pave the way, it was left to Iraqi troops to enter the mosque. The new Iraqi special forces say they fought with insurgents in the shrine, killing two and detaining dozens.

U.S. troops reentered Samarra only in September, after agreeing in July to allow Iraqis to police the city. U.S. forces say this time, they won't leave till all the insurgents are gone.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Samarra.

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COOPER: Jane Arraf, right in the thick of things.

360 next, murder in Salt Lake City. Police find the body of Lori Hacking. It has been a long, difficult search. Now, the prosecution of her husband moves forward. Did they find any clues with the body? We'll talk about that ahead.

Plus, the secret Kobe Bryant documents unsealed. Details of what happened in that Eagle, Colorado, hotel room.

Also tonight, a sleeping giant awakes. Mount St. Helens erupts again. We'll take you there live.

And a little later, a man paralyzed in bed, paralyzed from the neck down, a bear takes over his house. He shares his heart-stopping story. Stay with us.

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COOPER: Well, tonight, hopefully there is a small bit of peace for the family of Lori Hacking. Police say they know who killed her, when, and maybe even why. But for months, no body, until now, today, crews found human remains in a Salt Lake City landfill, a body dumped amid rotting garbage and waste. Police now confirm it is Lori Hacking.

CNN's Miguel Marquez has details.

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MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It is a mystery solved, the remains of a petite body found in a Salt Lake landfill are Lori Hacking.

RICK DINSE, SALT LAKE CITY POLICE CHIEF: This is an emotional day.

MARQUEZ: Since July, investigators searched through thousands of tons of waste. Hacking's remains, identified through dental records, brought an emotional response.

DINSE: I can tell you there were tears at that location by those officers. MARQUEZ: Mark Hacking reported his wife missing on July 19. That day, he appealed to Salt Lake City residents to help find his wife, who, he said, never returned from an early morning jog.

MARK HACKING: She never made it in this morning.

MARQUEZ: Hacking later checked himself into a Salt Like City psychiatric hospital. And it was there that, police say, he admitted to his brothers that he had shot Lori in the head while she slept and threw her body in a dumpster after she discovered that he had lied about being accepted to the University of North Carolina Medical School.

Two weeks ago, Lori's mother, Thelma Suarez, discussed the possibility of finding her daughter's body on "LARRY KING LIVE."

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THELMA SUAREZ, LORI HACKING'S MOTHER: My religious belief is such that I know in the resurrection, her body will be whole and perfect again, and as beautiful -- or not as beautiful, more beautiful, actually, than it was in mortality.

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MARQUEZ: Both the families of Mark and Lori Hacking released statements thanking searchers for finding Lori's body and bringing their nightmares a little closer to an end. Mark Hacking is in jail awaiting trial on murder. His arraignment is scheduled for October 29. And at that time, he's expected to enter a plea.

Miguel Marquez, CNN, reporting.

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COOPER: Well, tonight in justice served, details from Kobe Bryant's rape case that his lawyers argued were too embarrassing for the public to see. Well, they are now out for anyone to read. Criminal case never went to trial, of course, and just hours ago, investigators released some of Bryant's case files after the defense dropped its bid to keep them sealed.

CNN's Chris Lawrence joins us live with details. Chris?

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, some of the new information in these documents clearly illustrates exactly where those two accounts diverge. Some of them are agreeable on some points, but it's clear they are distinctly different stories.

The documents that you mentioned just released just a few hours ago show exactly where those two accounts don't match. Now, both Kobe Bryant and the young woman agree they had been in his hotel room, that they had been flirting there in the room, and that after a few minutes, he bent her over a chair and put his hands around her neck.

But then the accounts diverge. She says Bryant wasn't choking her so hard that she couldn't breathe, but he did have control of her. She says she told Bryant she needed to leave, and he removed one hand to pull down her underwear. She says she started giving in at that point, because she was scared of what he'd do to her.

Now, here are some exact quotes from what we heard from some of the documents. She told detectives, quote, "At that point, I was just kind of scared, and I said no a few times." A detective then asked, "How do you know he heard you?" She says, quote, "Because every time I said no, he tightened his hold around me." She says she was crying, and at one point Bryant leaned over and said to her, quote, "You're not going to tell anybody, right?"

Now, Bryant says, on his side, there was mutual foreplay between the two of them. And when a detective asked Bryant if at any time she may have told him to stop and he didn't hear her, Bryant says, quote, "Absolutely not." Bryant told detectives he was holding her around the neck from behind. He then started having sex with her, and detectives say he then demonstrated that to them.

Bryant goes on to say he asked the woman if he could ejaculate on her, and she said no for the first time. He immediately stopped having sex with her and then ejaculates on a T-shirt.

Now, Bryant goes on to say that the woman never cried, and even gave him a goodbye kiss when she left the room.

More documents will be released by prosecutors on Monday once the young woman's name and personal history have been blacked out, Anderson.

COOPER: And the civil case continues across. Chris Lawrence, thanks very much for that.

Mount St. Helens erupts, releasing huge clouds of steam and ash. But could the volcano blow again?

And too close for comfort. How a paralyzed man survived a home invasion by a 500-pound bear.

360 continues.

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COOPER: In Native American lore, Mount St. Helens is called Smoking Mountain. Today it certainly lived up to that name. Shortly after noon local time, the mountain sprang to life shooting a plume of steam and ash an estimated 10,000 feet into the skies of Washington state. And just about 30 minutes ago another small earthquake hit the area. Standing by for us nearby in Vancouver, Washington, is KATU reporter Aimee Clark. Aimee, what's the latest?

AIMEE CLARK, KATU TV: Well, Anderson, I want to put this into perspective for you. This is the crater of Mount St. Helens. You can see the lava dome here in the center and this is actually where the eruption occurred, just the southeast portion of the crater. Now of course scientists have been waiting for more than a week while monitoring the increased seismic activity here at the mountain, and today, they got what they were looking for. The explosion created a plume of ash and steam reaching 10,000 feet. It started just before noon. For the first three to five minutes of the eruption, it looked like a white puffy cloud slowly rising from the crater. A closer look shows us how quickly a column of ash is coughed up by the mountain.

Now USGS scientists still don't know what exactly triggered this event, they say it's most likely not connected to hot magma reaching the surface, but may have come from a leftover pocket, restless pocket of magma deep below the lava dome and now scientists want to know whether that lava will make its way up to the crater.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If we start to see volcanic gases, then it tells us that we have got new gas-charged magma that's moved up to levels that are relatively shallow within the volcano.

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CLARK: Several steam eruptions like this took place back in the mid 1980s. Leading up to this explosion, we saw thousands of earthquakes at the mountain. Now, that activity has died down. But scientists don't know whether it will pick up back again, that all depends on whether we see more explosion or eruptions. At this point, we want to let you know, nobody is in harm's way. The concern in the future, ash drifting into nearby communities. Reporting live from Vancouver, Aimee Clark, CNN.

COOPER: Amy, thanks. Also with us from Vancouver, Washington, on the phone is geophysicist Tom Pierson of the United States Geological Survey. Tom, thanks for joining us tonight. I'm sure it's been a real busy day for you. First, let's talk about this recent seismic activity, talk about in the last hour or so, what do you know about it?

TOM PIERSON, GEOPHYSICIST, USGS: What I've been able to find out, is that following a period of quiet after the explosion we had around noon today, some of the earthquake started picking up again, although I understand that the rate is fairly slow, only one earthquake every few minutes or so. They're still very small earthquakes, so we're way down from where we were just below the explosion.

COOPER: Tom, I know you've been waiting for this for a couple of days. I heard, I'm not sure if it's true or not, I heard you missed it today? Is that true? It's like the one day you took off?

PIERSON: I'm sorry. Could you say that again?

COOPER: I know you've been waiting for this for several days. I heard today you weren't at the site, you actually went to your office today thinking it wasn't going to happen today. Is that true?

PIERSON: Actually, I'm up at the mountain at the Johnson Ridge Observatory and decided to come out here today hoping that we might have action and I was lucky.

COOPER: I think I got you confused with someone else. Explain what you're looking for in the next several days? What's the best case scenario?

PIERSON: Our main objective is to see what's really going to happen. We had one steam burst and often volcanoes of this type, we'll have several steam bursts before they do anything with the magma. We'll wait and see what it does. There's certainly a possibility for more activity.

COOPER: The steam bursts, it may be magma related, it may be rocks heating up?

PIERSON: Ultimately, it is magma related, in that somehow, ground water, from melting of the glacier or from rain that soaked into the ground has come in contact with the hot magma that's real deep down. Although I say real deep, geologically speaking, not all that deep for the volcano but some distance below the surface. That water got heated to steam. The steam was pressurized for some period of time. It found a relief valve and came blasting up through some crack or crevice to the surface and brought a lot of rock and debris with it.

COOPER: And a remarkable site it was. Thank you very much for joining us.

Heading overseas, British Prime Minister Tony Blair recovering after a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat. Our look at what's happening around the world in the uplink.

In London, out of the hospital, back at 10 Downing Street, apparently feeling fine. Doctors call Blair's 2 1/2 hour operation routine.

Aides say the prime minister will be back in his office Monday and will go ahead with the trip to Africa on Tuesday.

Sounds we've heard before. Northern Gaza, deadly fighting. At least seven Palestinians were killed, bring the total number killed since yesterday to more than 40. The fighting is linked to Israel's operation code name Days of Penitence, Israel's attempting to create a 5 1/2 mile buffer zone between its border with the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian rocket attacks.

Pakistan now. A suicide bombing. At least 28 people killed, 50 others wounded. This attack outside a mosque filled with worshipers. It could have been worse. A second bomb was found at the door of the mosque and that was defused.

And in Hong Kong fireworks light up the night sky in celebration of national day. The holiday marks the 55th anniversary of the founding of The People's Republic of China.

360 next, Bush versus Kerry, debate score keeping from the media. We'll take you inside the box and maybe from some comics as well. And the band, REM rock'n rolling to get out the vote politically, charged option from the left and the right in the "Weekender."

Plus a 500-pound black bear named Fat Albert believe it or not invades the home of a paralyzed man, stays in there for like several hours, fears for his life. He's going to share his story with us live.

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COOPER: So the first presidential debate was barely over before winners were being declared. Hey, you'd almost expect one of the candidates to shout out, I'm going to Disneyland. Handing out the debate trophy is something we media types do and it seems that something you expect. "Inside the Box." Take a look.

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COOPER (voice-over): Even before the debate, more than half of you told us you expected the media to have a bigger effect on the election than the debate itself.

JIM LEHRER, PBS: I'm Jim Lehrer. Thank you and good night.

COOPER: When the 2 candidates finished their face-off last night, we got right to it.

CARLOS WATSON, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: I think the Kerry people are going to come out of this very happy feeling like he met expectations, even exceeded them. I think the Bush people, particularly voters out there, are going to continue to feel good about him.

COOPER: But kudos to both sides seems so unsatisfying: we need more, we need a winner, we need one now.

RON REAGAN, MSNBC POLITICAL ANALYST: I thought Kerry was the clear winner here. He was more certain, he was better informed, he was more presidential. And he stands up straight and that doesn't hurt.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bush did one thing that's very characteristic of him in debates like this. He was repetitive. He said over and over again that the president had to be certain and Kerry had changed his positions.

COOPER: But, of course, a knockout punch is so hard to find. So, we go to gadgets.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Watch the lines: the women are yellow, the men are in blue. And watch the difference when it goes from neutral up toward the area of 6, 7, even higher after that. Watch here...

BUSH: You can't expect to build alliance when you denigrate the contributions of those serving side by side with American troops in Iraq. COOPER: It's our way of rushing to figure out a winner "Inside the Box."

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COOPER: On 360, we like to look at stories from many different angles, not all of them have to be so serious, so for a moment, the lighter side of the debates. I'm sure the candidates seem to enjoy the debates too much, but our next guest enjoyed watching them, not enjoying themselves.

In New York, comedian Jesse Klein, CNN blogger and star of VH1's "Best Week Ever." And humorist Andy Borowitz, author of "The Borowitz Report." Good to see both of you.

Andy, let's start off talking about body language a little bit. Even before the debate began, you had Bush and Kerry kind of shaking hands. Kerry didn't seem to want to let go.

ANDY BOROWITZ, COMEDIAN: It was a strange moment, when Kerry was holding his hand, Bush wanted to withdraw, it was sort of like watching a bad dating show. I just wanted to say to Kerry, dude, he's not into you.

COOPER: Jesse, did you see any of the same?

JESSE KLEIN, COMEDIAN: You know what, I was just so distracted by the fact that Kerry had the best spray on tan I have ever seen in my entire life. He was the color of like a Starbucks latte. He looked fantastic.

COOPER: Now, you don't know that was a spray on tan. But I don't want to get bogged down in details with you.

I know you also were looking at Kerry's hand motions a lot, Jesse.

KLEIN: Yes. Well, you know, and Andy can speak to this as well, Kerry's got into a lot of trouble for that sort of signature karate chop that he does. And it clearly was obvious that he was coached on new things to do with his hands. But I felt like I could see in his eyes he wanted to do the chop the whole time, but he held back.

COOPER: Andy, do you like the hand moves?

BOROWITZ: Well, I always thought his motion looked always a lot more like a lawn sprinkler. It would move in a semi-circular pattern, cover the whole area. But I thought it was well contained last night.

COOPER: My favorite hand motion is this, which I never understood. All politicians do it, it's not a point, it's a this. No regular human actually does it, only a politician does it.

BOROWITZ: I think Clinton started that. Clinton was the one with the forceable thumb on fist. COOPER: I'm a big believer of that one.

Andy, what did you think of Kerry scribbling notes a lot? He seemed to be taking a lot of notes.

BOROWITZ: He was taking a lot of notes. I think he felt that he had the debate in the bag and he was just putting his Chinese food for the night? That's all it was.

COOPER: Did it make you nervous watching him do that?

BOROWITZ: It does. It does make you nervous. I think it made Bush nervous. You know, to men it reminded me of when I was in college and the guy next to me was like doing the essay test and he had finished four blue books and I was just sort of sharpening my pencil. It was really kind of daunting.

COOPER: Let me show you this exchange where it seemed like the president was a little bit on the defensive. Let's take a look.

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KERRY: He just said the enemy attacked us. Saddam Hussein didn't attack us, Osama bin Laden attacked us, al Qaeda attacked us.

BUSH: I know Osama attacked us. I know that.

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COOPER: You noticed that?

KLEIN: It's pretty hard not to notice that. It's one of the most hilarious moments of the whole thing. I think when the president has to remind us that he knows who attacked us, that that's already a bad sign. The thing is, he doesn't really know because he tried to assert that there was a link between Osama bin Laden and Iraq that was later, sort of disproven. So, he's all over the place.

COOPER: Andy, you take?

BOROWITZ: Well, saying, I know that. I know that Osama attacked us, it's a little bit like trying to get partial credit for spelling your name right on the test. It's a very low bar, I think.

COOPER: All right. Andy Borowitz, Jesse Klein. Thanks for joining us. Adding your perspective on the debate.

360 next. a man paralyzed man terrorized -- this is an unbelievable story -- terrorized by a 500 pound black bear named Fat Albert. How they know his name is Fat Albert, I'm not really sure. He lived to tell us about it. He's going to join us next.

Also the band REM joining other entertainers who want to swing your vote, playing this weekend, in "The Weekender."

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: For most people, an encounter with a 500 pound bear in the wild would probably be terrifying. But what if one entered your home and you were powerless to do anything about it. Last week Tom Isaac laid helplessly in bed as a black bear, known locally as Fat Albert, ransacked his kitchen looking for some food. Tom is paralyzed, he couldn't get out of harm's way.

Tom joins us now from his home in Aspen, Colorado. Tom, thanks for being with us.

I'm glad to see you here. Tell us what happened. It was the middle of the night. You heard noise. When did you know there was a bear in your house.

TOM ISAAC, BEAR RAIDED HIS HOUSE: Good evening. And welcome to Fat Albert's house.

I was sleeping. At about 12:30, I was woken up to some noise in the kitchen. I could hear cabinets being opened, food falling on the floor. Glass breaking. The refrigerator being open and food being pulled out. It didn't take long to realize there was a bear in the house.

COOPER: We're looking at pictures of your kitchen. It looks like it's a wreck. How many feet away were you from the kitchen? Was there a door separating you from this bear?

ISAAC: Right. My bedroom's about 15 feet away from the kitchen, and it didn't take too long to realize. I was hearing barefoot steps coming down the hall towards my bedroom. I could hear the click click of his claws coming right up to my door.

COOPER: What a sound. I know you have two homecare attendants but they were asleep upstairs. You were shouting, right?

ISAAC: Well, I was yelling for them, but we made an error that night and the intercom was not turned on, so they were unable to hear me. Fat Albert heard me but he remained in the house for up to two hours.

COOPER: That's remarkable. I understand he ate a prized possession of yours. What was that?

ISAAC: I had been on vacation on a ski trip to South America. I had brought back some presents of chocolate for some of my friends and my office staff. Unfortunately, he ate about four pounds of chocolate. I've declared war on Fat Albert.

COOPER: You declared war on him? That's a good thing, I guess. You certainly have a sense of humor about it, which is a great thing. He's been in your house before. This has happened before, right?

ISAAC: He was in the house while I was on vacation. I was hoping that he wouldn't come back when I was in the house. I was wrong. I was pretty upset at the time. I'm trying to keep it all in perspective right now. COOPER: I know you put some locks on your door, obviously, to try to stop this from happening again. Have you talked to the police, the conservation officials about it? What's going to happen if he shows up again?

ISAAC: I called the Division of Wildlife the day after the incident, when he was in here in the night. And Kevin Rife (ph), from the Division of Wildlife came over the next day. He found Fat Albert in my dining room asleep on the floor.

COOPER: The bear was still asleep on your floor, was still in your house?

ISAAC: He had gotten back in the house and was asleep on the floor. He had to shoot him with a beanbag to get him to get up and get out of the house. He's a rather large bear, too.

COOPER: From what I see. We're seeing some pictures of him. I wish you luck. Definitely get some locks on your door if you don't have enough already. Glad you made it through safe and sound. Thanks for joining us.

ISAAC: Thank you.

COOPER: Hey, hey, hey, Fat Albert.

This weekend, mixing politics and entertainment. If last night's debate didn't get you jazzed up for politics you may want to try setting the message to music or following the party line on film. Whether you're leaning to the left or the right, there's a showbiz type trying to influence your vote. We're going to tell you where to find them in this politically charged edition of the "Weekender."

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COOPER (voice-over): In music, liberal rock'n rollers are taking their acts on the road, their musical mission to get out the vote and get President Bush out of the White House.

MICHAEL STIPE, R.E.M.: We're going from one swing state to the next. We're swooping down one night. Each band is playing a different city and venue and trying to encourage people to vote and to vote for change.

COOPER: R.E.M. kicked off the Vote for Change Tour with a concert in Philadelphia. Nineteen acts in all including Pearl Jam, The Dave Matthews Band, Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, The Dixie Chicks, John Mellencamp, and of course, Bruce Springsteen will be out trying to swing young voters mostly to the left.

STIPE: I've been in places where people don't have the freedom to vote democratically. It's a great privilege, something I would like to encourage. I would also like to personally encourage people to vote for John Kerry.

COOPER: If you live in a swing state, chances are a rocker will be bringing music and a message to an arena near you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you give the people the facts, the Republic will be safe.

COOPER: If your politics take to you a little more to the right, the movies may provide your message this weekend. "Celsius 41/11" the temperature at which brains begin to die is being billed as the Hollywood conservatives', yes, there are some, answer to Michael Moore.

This film, financed by the conservative group Citizens United takes John Kerry to task and turns George W. Bush into its hero. You can catch it this weekend at the Liberty Film Festival in Hollywood and at a theater near you in the next couple of weeks.

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COOPER: Coming up next on 360. Remembering a legend in photography. Richard Avedon. You may not know the name but his work is everywhere. And we have lost him today.

Plus on Monday, a special edition of 360 live from Cleveland, Ohio. A preview of the vice presidential debate.

Also Monday, about to be released secret FBI files on John Lennon. The professor who fought for the access joins us live.

First, today's buzz. Do you think the media did a fair job of analysis after the debate? Log on to CNN.com/360. Cast your votes. Results when we come back.

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COOPER: Earlier, we asked you, did you think the media did a fair job of analysis after the debate? Here's what you said. More than 20,000 of you voted. 51 percent said yes, 49 said no. Not a scientific poll but it is the buzz and we appreciate you voting.

Tonight, taking a .001 of a second to the Nth Degree. How much can you learn in the blink of an eye? If you had the skill and the vision of Richard Avedon who died today at the age of 81, you could learn almost everything in that blink of an eye. That is how long he held a shutter open, .001 of a second to .500, a thousandth, to make the amazing photographs he produced for decades.

His work was everywhere on the glossy pages of fashion magazines, on museum walls and acclaimed books. Richard Avedon had already been voted one of the 10 best photographers in the world in 1958 before doing much of his most celebrated work.

By the end, many would say he was simply the best. We're used to the kind of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) he specialized in. Big on blinking, warts and all portraits that are exposures in every sense of the word. We're used to them now but we weren't before he came along.

What is it we say when we're asking for understanding? We say try to see it my way. Where Richard Avedon is concerned for much of the 20th century, we did see it his way. He shall be missed. Coming up next, "PAULA ZAHN NOW." Thanks for watching.

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