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Vanished in Aruba; Michael Jackson Trial; Serbian Killings; Mayor Under Fire; Rampage in Tucson

Aired June 03, 2005 - 19:00   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: 360 starts now.
An American teen vacationing in Aruba vanishes into thin air.

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BETH HOLLOWAY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER: I will stay here until I find you, Natalee.

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COOPER: Tonight, her parents try to solve the mystery. What happened to Natalee?

A mother watching the evening news witnesses her son's cold-blood execution. Tonight, the crimes against humanity. The slaughter in Srebrenica caught on tape.

A mayor's secret life. He campaigned against gay rights, but now faces allegations he molested two boys. Tonight, his own party says resign or will Spokane's mayor try to fight till the end?

Michael Jackson treated at the hospital before heading to court. His fate now in the hands of the jury. Tonight, will the king of pop be exonerated or dethroned by a jury of his peers?

ANNOUNCER: Live, from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And good evening again, everyone.

The trip of a young lifetime. A high school graduation jaunt to the Caribbean has turned very dark and very frightening for the mother and friend of an 18-year-old Alabama girl who was last seen in the wee hours of Monday morning, the 30th of May, four days ago. To Natalee Holloway and her classmates, the Dutch island of Aruba must have seemed like paradise when they arrived. But not it is certainly not paradise but an endless maze of scrub and bush and beach needing to be searched. CNN's Rick Sanchez reports.

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BETH HOLLOWAY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER: Natalee, you can reach me on your cell phone. I have it and it's set up for international use now. And I will stay here until I find you, Natalee. RICK SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): A mother's desperate plea for her missing daughter. Natalee Holloway was among more than 100 seniors to a graduation trip to Aruba. This picture was taken just hours before she disappeared from a nightclub.

MARCIA TWITTY, NATALEE'S AUNT: They're just typical high school girls.

SANCHEZ: Out on the beach?

TWITTY: Out on the beach. Having a good time on their senior trip. There's nothing unusual. Thousands and thousands of kids go on senior trips every summer and they should. I mean, these kids are growing up.

SANCHEZ: Marcia Twitty is Natalee's aunt. She says nobody seemed to notice that when the friends left the nightclub, Natalee wasn't with them.

TWITTY: Everybody thought everybody had each other. Because there's a bunch of them. A bunch. It wasn't, you know, 20 or so. There's a whole bunch of kids. And they all kind of went in, went to bed that night.

SANCHEZ: It wasn't until people started waking up Monday morning, ready to return to Birmingham, that they realized she was missing. Natalee's friend, Frances, was staying in an adjacent room.

What did it feel like Monday morning when you guys were all getting ready to go and you realized that she wasn't around?

FRANCIS ELLEN BYRD, NATALEE'S FRIEND: We immediately knew something was wrong because she was the first one to wake up. And when her roommates knocked on my door and said that they didn't know where she was, we went straight to the chaperones and they immediately started working on it.

SANCHEZ: They suspected Natalee was still on the island because in her room they found her luggage.

BYRD: Right.

SANCHEZ: Found her passport.

BYRD: Right.

SANCHEZ: But no Natalee?

BYRD: Right.

SANCHEZ: Aruban authorities have been joined by the FBI in the search. So far, there has been little to go on. Three Aruban students did tell investigators though that they dropped Natalee off that night at her hotel, but something about that story doesn't sit right with Natalee's aunt.

Do you rack your brain trying to come up with theories of what could possibly have happened?

TWITTY: Yeah.

SANCHEZ: And do you allow yourself to think of every possibility, even if it includes some culpability on Natalee's part?

TWITTY: Natalee wouldn't get -- just -- Natalee wouldn't just, on her own, you know, sitting there and not -- you know, normal mind, walk in, go somewhere with three kids. These are kids. These are not men. There's are kids. She just wouldn't leave.

SANCHEZ: She wouldn't get in the car with somebody she doesn't know?

TWITTY: Not the Natalee I know.

SANCHEZ: This is Mountain Brooke Community Church in Natalee's home town. It's become a refuge of sorts. The same students who, just last week, were in Aruba partying, now find themselves here every single day for a very different reason.

PASTOR TIM KALAM (ph): It's very important that you talk to one another.

SANCHEZ: Pastor Tim Kalam counsels and prays with the student, who along with family and friends are left looking for answers.

I have to ask you this question.

TWITTY: Yeah.

SANCHEZ: Is there anything about Natalee that would make her want to in any way go away, run away.

TWITTY: No. No.

SANCHEZ: Disappear?

TWITTY: No.

SANCHEZ: Nothing?

TWITTY: No. There is nothing about Natalee where, on her own free will, that she's going to say, I'm not going -- uh-huh. No. Her own free will, Natalee is not -- would not do this.

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SANCHEZ: So tonight we've talked to an awful lot of students here and there's an awful lot of questions. One thing that we did learn from them, though, Anderson, and we should share this with you. When we talked to them, they said that they have pictures that were taken at the nightclub during the course of their stay there in Aruba and Natalee's stay. In those pictures you see different young men dancing with Natalee at Carlos & Charlie's. They've turned those pictures over to the authorities. It's not known at this point if any of those young men are in any way, obviously, culpable. But obviously, at this point, both Aruban authorities and the FBI are investigating that possibility.

I'm Rick Sanchez.

Anderson to you.

COOPER: Rick, thanks very much.

Joining us now live from Aruba on the phone is Lieutenant Pepito Comenencia of the Aruba Police.

And Lieutenant, thanks for being with us. I know you've been very busy today. It is day five of this search. The family is offering a $10,000 reward. What has been done so far to find this young American?

Lieutenant Comenencia, can you hear me?

LT. PEPITO COMENENCIA, ARUBA POLICE DEPT.: Yes.

COOPER: Where does the search now stand? What have you been doing to find Natalee?

COMENENCIA: What do we do when we got a lot of tips coming from the whole community. And what we do in regarding the search, investigate all those tips that are coming in until we get and get nothing about those tips that are coming in. But now we are going to close the case a little bit more and I say then we're going over to arrest people. So we don't know yet. The investigation is still going now around. And they're saying maybe for tomorrow, I'm going to have more information for you about this case.

COOPER: All right. Lieutenant, we appreciate you joining us right now. Thank you very much. I know it is a busy time for you. We appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. A lieutenant there from Aruba on the search for this young American girl.

We don't know where Michael Jackson is right now. He could be at his Neverland Ranch. But one thing is certain, he is free. The question is, for how much longer? Tonight, the answer to the question finally in the hands of the jury. They were given the case just this afternoon. And after deliberating for a few hours, the jurors will return on Monday to continue deciding Jackson's fate. They're going to have much to pour over in a trial that has stretched across five months with more than 140 witnesses testifying. That was Jackson leaving the court today. The jurors were given two final impressions of a singer -- a monster who molested a sick child or a generous, kind man victimized by a family of grifters. CNN's Rusty Dornin has a wrap of a dramatic day in court.

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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): With his mother on his arm, his father close by, Michael Jackson gave one small wave to fans before going into what would be the last chance to sway the jury. Five of Jackson's brothers and sisters came to court. The largest showing of the Jackson family since the early days of the trial. In his final two-hour plea to the panel, Defense Attorney Thomas Mesereau repeated described the accuser and his family as con artist, actors and liars. He asked the jury to question why the boy didn't claim molestation until after the family had seen two lawyers.

SUSAN FILAN, LEGAL ANALYST: He's not slurring the victim for the purpose of putting the victim on trial. He's slurring the victim because he thinks this victim is committing a fraud and a perjury on this court. And he even said to the jury, don't let them do it to you.

DORNIN: Mesereau urged the jury to consider reasonable doubt and to throw the case out the door. But Prosecutor Ron Zonen got the last word. He asked jurors, how could they believe that Jackson's practice of sleeping with boys was not sexual.

UNKNOWN MALE: If he sleeps with a boy who's 12 years old and he's a middle-aged man, if he sleeps with a boy 365 nights a year, that's not a friendship, that's a relationship.

DORNIN: The defense argued that Jackson would have been stupid to molest the accuser after the documentary aired. But prosecutors counter that Jackson would do it because he could and because the accuser was in love with him. The prosecution made their final impression by showing tape of the police interview with the accuser. Where the boy, in halting tones, claims Jackson molested him. Jackson's gaunt appearance in recent weeks has drawn questions about his health, as did his visit to a hospital this week.

RAYMONE BAIN, JACKSON SPOKESPERSON: It was not because he was sick, but because Mr. Gregory said, you look a little dehydrated and I feel that you need electrolytes.

DORNIN: Jackson has been to the hospital twice before during the trial, once complaining of back pain, another time with flu symptoms. And again, on his mother's arm and with the weak wave, Jackson left the courthouse to returned only when his fate has been decided.

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COOPER: We'll have a lot more on the trial later in the program, including a live report from CNN's Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin (ph) who spent much of today inside the courtroom.

Coming up next though on 360, the horrors of war in the Balkans. An execution caught on tape. The tape has just been released. How will it affect the ongoing war crimes trial. A mother saw her own son. She was sitting, watching the evening news. She suddenly saw her son who disappeared 10 years ago on this tape. We'll tell you about her story ahead.

Also, the mayor of Spokane, Washington, wrapped up in controversy. Accusations he molested two boys before he took office. He denies those charges and now his own party is asking him to step down. He's going to give a press conference later tonight. We'll bring you up-to-date on the case.

Also later, an earth mover hijacked. Police -- check this out. Police chasing down some heavy equipment barreling through Tucson, Arizona. We'll show you how it ended.

All that ahead.

Frist, let's take a look at your picks. The most popular stories right now on cnn.com.

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COOPER: War crimes caught on tape. The execution by Serbian soldiers of Bosnian Muslims. 360 next.

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COOPER: Next month will mark the 10 year anniversary, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. It happened during the height of the Bosnian war in a town called Srebrenica. And some continue to deny that it ever took place. But tonight, a videotape may finally tell the truth. CNN's International's Becky Anderson joins us from London with the latest.

Becky.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Anderson.

The video that we are about to see shows the execution of six Bosnian Muslim men and teenaged boy. And they were killed by Serbian paramilitary soldiers. In fact, thousands of men and boys met the same fate in Srebrenica. CNN's Fiona Sweeney (ph) has more. But first, we must warn you, the images you are about to see are graphic and disturbing.

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FIONA SWEENEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): When Nura Alispahic switched on her TV to watch the evening news, little did she think she would see the moment her son was executed by Serb forces almost 10 years ago.

NURA ALISPAHIC, SON EXECUTED, (through translator): Someone said on the TV, now some mothers will recognize their sons and some sisters will recognize their brothers.

SWEENEY: Asmir (ph) was one of six Bosnian Muslim prisoners shown on the video being executed. Apparently by the notorious Serb paramilitary unit, The Scorpions.

ALISPAHIC: After two minute, I recognized by son. I saw him.

SWEENEY: Six men can be seen being taken out of the back of a truck. Their hands tied behind their backs. Serb soldiers, their faces clearly visible, are seen taunting the men as they're forced to lie on the ground. Surely thinking they must be drawing their final breaths, a shot is fired over their heads. The prisoners are still alive but mere moments away from death. The video then shows the groups being led away to be killed. CNN will not show the actual executions but Serbian television channels did.

ALISPAHIC: I saw him. He was in the second row. They were pushing him. He turns. And I see him, and it was my Asmir. Seconds later, they shoot him. He falls.

SWEENEY: Nura, whose other son Admir (ph) also died in the war, had known for some time Asmir was dead. His body was found in a mass grave six years ago. But the television footage is the first video confirmation that a massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men took place at Srebenica in July 1995. Serbia is in shock.

BORIS TADIC, SERBIAN PRESIDENT: Those pictures are the evidence, proof of the monstrous crimes performed during the war in that region. Crimes committed in the Serbian name.

SWEENEY: Within 24 hours of the video being broadcast on TV, Serbian authorities said at least eight men shown in the tape had been arrested. On a visit to the region, chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, again demanded the arrests of the two men prosecutors would most like to see at the hague. General Ratko Mladic and his boss, Radovan Karadzic, the suspected ringleaders of Srebenica. They haven't been seen for some time.

For her part, Nura remembers all too well the last time she saw Azmir 10 years ago as Bosnian Muslim men fled Srebenica ahead of the advancing Serb forces.

ALISPAHIC: Everyone was going somewhere on the road. He came back to our house to give me a kiss before he fled. I had a feeling then I would never see him again.

SWEENEY: Fiona Sweeney, CNN, London.

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ANDERSON: And, Anderson, that videotape was first shown by prosecutors two days ago. The hague in the war trial of Slobodan Milosevic. The former Yugoslav leader is accused of war crimes in genocide. Also, Anderson, four of the victims who were executed on that videotape were under 18 years old.

Back to you.

COOPER: And there were so many mothers like her who still don't know exactly what happened to their sons.

Becky, thanks very much.

Well, there's a lot more happening cross country and around the world tonight. Erica Hill from "Headline News" joins with us the latest.

Erica, good evening. ERICA HILL, "HEADLINE NEWS": Good evening to you, Anderson, and happy Friday.

Several U.S. allies in the Middle East are on the State Department's fifth annual list of countries it says are not doing enough to stop human trafficking. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the practice a modern form of slavery as she announced that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have been add to the list for the first time. Ten other countries are mentioned in the report.

In Hollywood, California, an apparent kidnaping caught on tape. On May 26th, a surveillance camera taped a man grabbing a woman at an apartment complex. A struggle ensued. The man then pick her up and carried her to a car. Police are asking for anyone with information to contact them.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, flight diverted. A Virgin Atlantic flight from London to New York had to stop here after sending out a false hijack signal. The fighter jets were scrambled to the jet in the air. As you see from this digital photo taken by a passenger, imagine looking at that out the window. After the all clear on the ground at Halifax, the plane headed on to its original destination arriving four hours late in New York.

And in Lebanon, Ohio, a harry battle for legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong. The first man to walk on the moon, now threatening to sue the owner of this barber shop who collected Armstrong's hair after a trim and then sold it to a collector for $3,000. Armstrong wants the hair back or for that cash to be donated to charity.

Did somebody save your hair last week after you got it cut, Anderson?

COOPER: No. Someone paid $3,000 for Neil Armstrong's hair?

HILL: Can you imagine that? Yes. What do you do with hair?

COOPER: I shudder to think. I can't even imagine.

HILL: I don't know. Make a pillow.

COOPER: Make a pillow! Ugh.

Erica, thanks very much. Or a shirt. A hair shirt.

We'll see you again in about 30 minutes.

Coming up next on 360, a violent ending to a bizarre chase between police and a boy aboard an earth mover. Yeah, anyway!

Also tonight, the players in the Michael Jackson trial. We'll take a look at his supporters, including his number one fan. This guy shows up everyday, yelling at the prosecutors. Super fan, they call him. And a little later, a mayor involved in a pretty shocking scandal. The question is, will he resign? He's giving a press conference later tonight. We'll tell you the back story ahead.

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COOPER: Well in just about an hour, the major of Spokane, Washington, James West, is going to step in front of a microphone and take questions from reporters. Now it's nothing new, but then again, this is not your normal news conference. It's about the mayor's personal life in a scandal that has shock the city. West, a staunch conservative, has built his career around traditional family values, as he calls them, that may have been masking what some say was a double life. CNN's Senior Political Correspondent Candy Crowley is following the story.

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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): James West has been publicly anti-gay for more than two decades, as long as he's been in office. As a state senator, he worked to block gay rights legislation. As mayor, he opposed domestic partner benefit for city hall workers. But his honor's private behavior has been, well, 180 degrees different.

MAYOR JAMES A. WEST, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON: Let me begin by apologizing to the citizens of Spokane. As mayor, citizens expect me to lead by example -- in both my public and my private life. At times I've exercised poor judgment for my private life.

CROWLEY: The mayor's public life/private life gap came to light last month when "The Spokesman-Review" ran a story charging West molested two boys while a deputy sheriff more than 20 years ago, and after being elected mayor, searched the Internet for young men, suggesting a city internship in exchange for sex.

WEST: I categorically deny any allegations about incidents that supposedly occurred 24 years ago as alleged by two convicted felons and about which I have no knowledge. The newspaper also reported that I have visited a gay Internet chat line and had relations with adult's mens. I don't deny that.

CROWLEY: Mayor West isn't the first politician whose private behavior became a public problem. The most recent, the married New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who resigned amid allegations he put a male lover on the payroll.

GOVERNOR JIM MCGREEVEY, NEW JERSEY: My truth is that I am a gay American.

CROWLEY: The most infamous Bill Clinton who got impeached for lying under oath.

BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I misled people, including even my wife. CROWLEY: And like those others, Mayor West finds himself in hot water with constituents, not so much for the sex, but for the abuse of power.

UNKNOWN MALE: It's about the shear weight of allegations. And, yes, we're innocent until proven guilty. But, you know, at some point in time, you can't lead even if allegations aren't true.

CROWLEY: So far, Mayor West is toughing it out.

WEST: When all investigations are concluded, I expect to be exonerated. I will continue to work as mayor.

CROWD: West must go! West must go!

CROWLEY: But the mayor, a former Army paratrooper, may find no place for a soft landing.

DR. MIKE CASEY, SPOKANE CO. REPUBLICAN PARTY: As Republicans, we hold all elected officials to the highest standards of the community. And we cannot condone irresponsible behavior or poor judgment. Therefore, the Republican Party can no longer support Jim West as mayor and we ask him to resign immediately.

CROWLEY: Cases like the mayor's are common enough that a pattern has developed. Politicians in trouble never resign because enemies demand it. They almost always leave when friends demand it.

Candy Crowley, CNN, Washington.

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COOPER: Well, he's holding a press conference in about an hour. We'll see what he does. 360 next.

End game: Michael Jackson's fate finally resting with the jury. A live report from Jeffrey Toobin who was in the courtroom today.

Also ahead tonight, police shooting a teen after he goes on a rampage with the giant earthmover.

And a little later, secret no more. The man behind Deep Throat. Why he has reason to smile.

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COOPER: That was Michael Jackson leaving the courtroom today, after the judge finally handed the case over to the jury.

Now, they deliberated for a few hours today. They're going to return Monday morning to resume deliberations. We, of course, don't know how long that's going to that take. They have got to decide if the singer is guilty or innocent of ten charges related to the alleged molestation of his young accuser.

Jackson never took the stand, but he still managed to speak to the jury in a videotape played today by his attorney.

CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was in the courtroom today. Joins us now from Santa Maria. Jeffrey good to see you.

The tape -- what was the import of the tape?

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Boy, it was a peculiar moment. I have to tell you. Tom Mesereau gave, I thought, a brilliant summation where he attacked and eviscerate many of the government's witnesses.

But then, at the very end of his summation, he took 35 very long minutes to run excerpts that the jury had heard before, outtakes, from Jackson's interview with Martin Bashir that was later used in that documentary, where Jackson kind of explains his philosophy of life, where he talks about the fact that he didn't have a childhood, that he was work at clubs until 3:00 in the morning. And he didn't have -- so he has used his adult life to relive his childhood. And that's why he spends so much time with children.

Jackson is simply so weird that I thought bringing the focus onto Jackson and his weirdness was not the most helpful note on which to end the case.

COOPER: And, you know, we talked about it last night, but you see -- well, we're looking at Jackson right now leaving the courthouse today. He looks terrible.

I mean, didn't he at one point -- I think when he got arrested, wasn't he like 120 pounds or something. He has got to have lost a lot of weight.

TOOBIN: 120 pounds isn't much.

Anderson, I have been gone for a couple of weeks. And I came back. I sat on the aisle. So, Jackson walked back and forth past me a couple of times. And he is truly a shocking site.

You know, the first day I was here is the day he infamously danced on top the roof of an SUV. Now, regardless of how that looked, it's an athletic feat to do what he did. He doesn't -- he barely looks capable of walking at this moment. He's emaciated. His skin has a horrible pallor. He's wearing very thick makeup.

Earlier, he used to interact with his lawyers, chat, look fairly relaxed. He barely says a word to anyone now. He is a really shocking site now.

COOPER: So, when he's in the courtroom, what does he do?

TOOBIN: He basically just looks straight ahead. You know, I'm staring mostly at the back of his head, but he really almost doesn't move. And he's obviously been told not to react to the testimony, as defendants are always instructed, but it seems he seems really sedated almost, rather than sedate. COOPER: Mesereau called the mom, the family, that this was the biggest con of their career, saying they were grifters basically. Was that effective?

TOOBIN: I thought it was very effective. And the thing he said to the jury that I think may have been even more effective was he said, if you convict Michael Jackson, you are handing these people millions of dollars. They will walk that conviction into a civil courtroom and use it to sue him civilly.

And so the idea that this jury who knows how much trouble this accuser's family is, that they will have the responsibility for handing him that money. I thought that was a very heavy guilt trip. And a useful one for the defense to lay on this jury. And I think it's going to make them think twice about convicting.

COOPER: Deliberations begin on Monday. Jeffrey Toobin thanks.

TOOBIN: The verdict will be on live TV actually.

COOPER: Will it really? Why?

TOOBIN: The audio, the audio will be on live TV, so everybody's going to find out together.

COOPER: Well, it'll be fascinating. You'll be there, Jeffery Toobin, thanks.

As the Michael Jackson trial comes to an end, so too will Camp Jackson, the side show that's been set up outside of the courthouse, everyday. It's like a circus. People ranting and raving, they're moon-walking the praises of the singer. Each one has a story to tell, but there is a one supporter who deserves, what we can -- special attention let's say. He quit his job for this. CNN's Ted Rowlands has more on the one, the one, the only, super fan.

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TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Of all of the fanatical voices at the Michael Jackson trial, there is one that stands out.

B.J. HICKMAN, MICHAEL JACKSON SUPPORTER: Michael's innocent! Michael's innocent.

ROWLANDS: B.J. Hickman has been here since January, leaving his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, to support Michael Jackson. He says he was here back when Michael Jackson danced on the SUV.

CROWD: Michael!

ROWLANDS: In February, he was here with others standing in the rain at 5:00 in the morning trying to get a seat in the courtroom. And during jury selection, when Michael Jackson went to the hospital with the flu, B.J. Followed.

HICKMAN: Because Michael was waiving at us. He was looking out of the window giving us the peace symbol.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He was standing up. So that means..

HICKMAN: It was awesome.

ROWLANDS: While understanding B.J.'s excitement at simply seeing Michael Jackson, is a bit difficult to comprehend.

HICKMAN: He waved at me.

ROWLANDS: He's not alone. Everyday when the pop star walks in and out of court, people from around the world who have traveled here are pressed up against the fence, some are only able to see Jackson's umbrella. Still most say, it's worth it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm really glad I could be here. I feel really good and I want all of his fans from all around the world.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I only got a few hours of sleep but it's worth it for Michael.

ROWLANDS: In the beginning, the crowds were huge as the trial progressed, the numbers fell off. Some days just a handful of fans. Now that the trial is nearing an end, the fans are back in force.

HICKMAN: Michael's innocent!

ROWLANDS: But rain or shine, B.J. has been here. He's living at the local Holiday Inn. He has a job at the local mall, flexible hours to allow him to come see Jackson at the courthouse.

(on camera): Why? That's the question a lot of people...

HICKMAN: Because I am standing up for something I believe in. I am standing up for innocence.

ROWLANDS: B.J. has apparently has caught the attention of Michael Jackson. And several weeks ago, B.J. says, he was able to meet him.

HICKMAN: Like Neverland Ranch, he let me inside of his car. It's really cool and I got autographs and stuff.

ROWLANDS: Since then, B.J. says he's been back to Neverland and met Jackson's children, which a Jackson spokesperson confirms. B.J. has also caught the attention of police. He spends a lot of time heckling prosecutors and certain members of the media.

HICKMAN: You she-devil racist.

ROWLANDS: B.J. is no longer allowed in the courtroom. He tried to talk it Jackson, which is against the rules. How would he handle a guilty verdict? B.J. says he doesn't think it is possible.

HICKMAN: He's innocent. And that's what the verdict will be.

You've got to keep fighting this Michael. We know you're innocent innocent! Michael, we got to keep fighting.

ROWLANDS: Ted Rowlands, CNN, Santa Maria, California.

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COOPER: Oh, B.J.

Back to our top story, the search of the missing Alabama teenager who has vanished on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Natalee Holloway was seen 2:00 am Monday morning.

Joining me on the phone, her mother who is in Aruba searching for her. Beth -- Twitty Beth, thank you so much for being with us. I know it has just got to be impossible for you right now. This is the fifth day of searching. You have offered a $10,000 award. Have there been any promising leads?

BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, NATALEE'S MOTHER (via telephone): Well first, I do want to thank you. I want to thank you for allowing me to do this, and I appreciate all of the support.

And there really is -- we don't have any further information. As you stated, Natalee has simply vanished from the point of a local establishment here. 1:30 a.m. in the morning on May 30. And here it is Friday, and no, we are -- we are not.

COOPER: How are you holding up?

TWITTY: Well, actually, the first five days, I was so focused and so driven and working so hard, because that's how Natalee is. And I wanted to make sure that she would be as proud of me as I am of her in accomplishing our one goal, and that is to find Natalee.

COOPER: There was a report that your daughter was seen getting into a car with three young men. You have heard anymore about this? Do you think there is anything to it?

TWITTY: Well, you know I really don't want to comment too many -- give too many answers on specifics or part of the ongoing investigation. My main concern is the safety of Natalee. And in no way would I want to jeopardize that.

COOPER: Sure.

What's the next step for you? How big is the search right now? Are you pleased with the size of it? Are you getting the help you need?

TWITTY: Well, yes. I can say now, yes.

The search to me is now so widespread that if someone has said possibly 125,000 people on this island of Aruba, and they tell me now that 124,000 people who know who Natalee is. So I think that's huge. And the Dutch army has been searching for Natalee. The private citizens has been searching for Natalee. There are -- everyone has a flyer. So, I feel like everyone has this main goal. And I want to also -- you know since I've been in Aruba, it's been hard for me of course to experience the support from the U.S. But everything they're feeding back to me is just overwhelmed -- I'm just overwhelmed in the amount of support that Natalee is getting in the U.S. And they're just doing excellent, excellent coverage in portraying Natalee in the light that she should be portrayed in.

So I'm just in so, so appreciative of how the U.S. is helping, and supporting, and all their prayer for a safe return.

COOPER: She's an honor student, a straight A student, a member of the school's dance team, and I can't imagine how bad it is for you right now. But there are a lot of thoughts and a lot of prayers out there for you and for Natalee, and you know, we hope you bring her home soon.

TWITTY: Thank you so much. And I do, too.

COOPER: All right, Beth, you take care now. Beth Twitty, searching for her daughter, Natalee.

Ahead on 360, an earth mover was hijacked. Police chased down some heavy equipment barreling through Tucson, Arizona. It's a bizarre scene. You're going to see how it all ends.

Also ahead tonight, an old man's smile, three decades in the making. Deep Throat, a closer look at perhaps the best moment of the week.

And that's no man in a costume. A red panda takes the stand, and zoo crowds go wild. Really? I find that hard to believe. That looks like a person.

Anyway, we will see. All that ahead, but first, CNN at 25 quiz.

In 1980, manufacturer 3m introduced a product, an office supply that you probably use every day while you're at work. What is it?

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COOPER: Before the break, we asked you, what office product hit the market in 1980? The answer: Post-it notes. They were invented by an engineer named Art Fry, who needed something to hold his place in his church hymnal.

Well, an unidentified 18-year-old boy is in critical condition in a Tucson hospital tonight after being shot by police. As for why the police shot him, really, that is a strange and disturbing story about the boy we've mentioned and the giant earth-moving machine he'd commandeered. CNN's Sean Callebs reports.

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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The first hint that most Tucson residents got that something was wrong was when the lights started going out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He jumped up on the curb, came back over, when I was next to him, almost hit me. So I passed him. He almost hit another car behind me. And about 500 feet after I passed him, he clipped the telephone pole with the transformer.

CALLEBS: More than one driver did a double take on seeing the gigantic earth mover speeding past them, driven by a 14-year-old boy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I was driving next to him, he was going at least 40 miles an hour.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He looks like a little boy to me. He looks like 7 or 8. So I saw that little boy's face. He had like blond hair and glasses, he was really little, and I was like, what are you doing? Because I didn't -- and I said that to him. I mean, he just looked at me like...

CALLEBS: The off-road tractor, as it's known in the construction business, made quick work of whatever it hit, snapping light poles like matchsticks.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When we called the police, he actually drove up on the sidewalk and was driving on the sidewalk.

And then, he hit -- that's when he hit the electrical pole, and we saw the big spark.

CALLEBS: With the boy at the wheel, the 40-foot long tractor careened through the city at 30 miles an hour, attracting an escort of police cars. Police weren't sure if the boy couldn't stop or didn't want to.

ASSISTANT CHIEF KERMIT MILLER, TUCSON, AZ POLICE: Officers were giving him instructions on how to shut the bulldozer off, giving him instructions on how -- assuming that he didn't know what he was doing. Giving him instructions on how to run off the road in a safe area, and he didn't follow those instructions.

CALLEBS: Finally, with the earth mover in a dead end, it turned back toward police officers, and two of them opened fire.

MILLER: The road was completely blocked by all the patrol cars that were in the area. So he was going to go over -- we're assuming he was going to go over the vehicles in the roadway, with the officers in them.

CALLEBS: The boy, who was hit at least once, was flown by helicopter to the hospital.

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CALLEBS: And live now in Tucson, the boy is in critical condition. The drama ended here after he was shot. The large vehicle careened off the road through the cactus. Last night, his parents told the local police that they believed this was triggered when they told him the family was going to be moving from Tucson. Meanwhile, the police say investigation into the shooting had already begun. They say it appears the police will be cleared, that this was a justified shooting, Anderson, because they believed the officers' lives were in danger once this vehicle began roaring toward them.

COOPER: Just downright bizarre. Sean Callebs, thanks.

Nor is this the first time a bulldozer has caused trouble. Remember this story? Here is a flashback. The scene a year ago tomorrow in Grandy (ph), Colorado, where a man in a homemade armored bulldozer knocked a part of the town flat, and then shot himself to death in the basement of the department store he'd literally plowed into. All the buildings have since been rebuilt, except the department store, which chose to relocate. For the perpetrator who was incensed over a zoning matter, no one was injured in this rampage other than him.

360 next, an Ohio nightclub shooting, a heavy metal musician killed on stage six months ago. Just released, moments ago, images of that dreadful night.

Also ahead, perhaps the best moment of the week wasn't the revelation of Deep Throat, it might have been an old man's smile. We'll explain ahead.

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COOPER: You may remember the horrific nightclub shooting in Ohio last year that took the life of a pioneering guitarist. We have heard a lot about the tragic story. Tonight, we've never before seen video of that deadly night when a deranged man jumped the stage and ended not one life, but two. Mariza Reyes from our affiliate WSYX in Columbus, Ohio has more.

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MARIZA REYES, WSYX CORRESPONDENT: Last December, heavy metal band Damage Plan took the stage at the Alrosa Villa. During they're first set, more than 200 anxious fans pack the concert hall to hear the group and one of the country's most known guitarists, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbot play.

But just a few minutes into their first song, trouble broke out. You can see shooter Nathan Gale in a black jacket and baseball cap charging the stage and pulling out a gun. He was headed straight for "Dimebag" Darryl, the band's lead guitarist.

The crowd shocked, unbelievably didn't move. Someone on stage cried for help.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Call 911, somebody!

Reporter: While dime bag lays on stage with band member, even fans trying to resuscitate him, there is chaos. Police say minutes after Gale shot "Dimebag," he takes a hostage and reloads his gun behind a speaker. In a matter of five minutes, Gale fired 15 shots before officer James Niggemeyer took him down with one single shot. A single shot that saved lives. Moments later, officer Niggemeyer steps in front of the camera, shot gun in hand, a blank look on his face.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He had a gun to his head, you had to do it.

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COOPER: Again, that was Mariza Reyes from our affiliate WSYZ (sic).

Erica Hill from Headline News joins us with the latest at about 9 till the hour. Erica, good evening.

HILL: Hello again, Anderson. Israeli security sources say Syria has test fired three scud missiles. They report the firings happened last Friday. Israeli security officials say it was Syria's first missile test since 2001. Israel has been concerned Syria would be able to launch a chemical attack against Israeli civilian targets.

Onto Richmond, Virginia. An arrest in connection with three shootings deaths. Investigators describe Daniel Andreas Bowler as a possible suspect in the killings of three men over a 15-minute period on Wednesday. They believe he may have held a grudge against the victims for more than a year.

Birmingham, Alabama, a corporate fraud trial now deadlocked. Jurors in the Richard Scrushy case have informed the judge they haven't been able to reach a verdict. But the judge has asked them to work harder at it.

Scrushy, you may recall, is the former chief executive of the medical rehab group Healthsouth Corp. He is accused of directing a $2.7 billion accounting fraud.

And east of Tokyo, it's got legs, and it knows how to use them. Take a look at this guy. He is actually a 2-year-old red panda, Anderson, not a guy in a panda suit. He can get up on his hind legs. And has been drawing some pretty large crowds at the zoo ever since the national newspaper published his act last month.

He's even doing a soft drink advertisement. What I hear from the peanut gallery back there, you don't believe it?

COOPER: I don't buy it. He looks like a guy in a fox suit

HILL: You know what, I'll give you that. It doesn't -- it definitely look like a real panda. But I have never seen a red panda. So maybe that's what they really look like.

COOPER: Maybe so. I have not seen one either. I have never, actually, even seen a real panda.

HILL: Neither have I. But I know that this is probably the point in time when you would like to see a bear on a trampoline. However, because it is a special day today...

COOPER: Oh lord.

HILL: The day of your birth.

COOPER: If candles comes out, I'm leaving.

HILL: We've put together some of your favorite video. And maybe the bear's in there.

COOPER: Oh really?

HILL: Take a look. Yes.

COOPER: OK.

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COOPER: That was great.

HILL: It's a very happy birthday.

COOPER: Thank you very much.

HILL: Have a great birthday weekend.

COOPER: Thank you, very much. We'll be right back. Thanks.

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COOPER: Tonight taking patience to "The Nth Degree." May we say we're kind of glad it took so very for long for the identity of the famous "Deep Throat" to be revealed. Glad, because made not just for this week's best moment, but the best moment in a very long time.

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MARK FELT, "DEEP THROAT": Hey, look at that.

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COOPER: An old man's triumph. This is something you simply do not see very often. Watch his smile. Here's someone who has likely spent 30 years about worrying about whether or not he did the right thing. For decades he told no one, now the entire world knows.

What will it think? How will it judge him? Truth to tell, he's probably never been entirely sure how to judge himself.

As he takes in all those who are taking him in and the size of the crowd outside of the door is very clearly a surprise. You can literally see the moment. His own doubt falls away. His eyes light up. And he beams with understanding.

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FELT: Thanks for coming.

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COOPER: What is it Shakespeare said? "The good men do is oft interred with their bones." Watch 91-year-old Mark Felt discovering that in his case at least it will not be so.

It is worth waiting more than 30 years for a smile like that.

Thanks very much for watching 360 tonight. I appreciate all of the birthday wishes that you have all sent me, all the cards and e- mails. Thank you very much. CNN's prime-time coverage continues now with PAULA ZAHN. Hey, Paula.

PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: I am sorry I missed the birthday event. I had no idea today was that day.

COOPER: Yeah, I know. I think I have confetti in my underwear now.

ZAHN: Happy birthday.

COOPER: Thanks.

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: 360 starts now.
An American teen vacationing in Aruba vanishes into thin air.

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BETH HOLLOWAY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER: I will stay here until I find you, Natalee.

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COOPER: Tonight, her parents try to solve the mystery. What happened to Natalee?

A mother watching the evening news witnesses her son's cold-blood execution. Tonight, the crimes against humanity. The slaughter in Srebrenica caught on tape.

A mayor's secret life. He campaigned against gay rights, but now faces allegations he molested two boys. Tonight, his own party says resign or will Spokane's mayor try to fight till the end?

Michael Jackson treated at the hospital before heading to court. His fate now in the hands of the jury. Tonight, will the king of pop be exonerated or dethroned by a jury of his peers?

ANNOUNCER: Live, from the CNN Broadcast Center in New York, this is ANDERSON COOPER 360.

COOPER: And good evening again, everyone.

The trip of a young lifetime. A high school graduation jaunt to the Caribbean has turned very dark and very frightening for the mother and friend of an 18-year-old Alabama girl who was last seen in the wee hours of Monday morning, the 30th of May, four days ago. To Natalee Holloway and her classmates, the Dutch island of Aruba must have seemed like paradise when they arrived. But not it is certainly not paradise but an endless maze of scrub and bush and beach needing to be searched. CNN's Rick Sanchez reports.

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BETH HOLLOWAY, NATALEE HOLLOWAY'S MOTHER: Natalee, you can reach me on your cell phone. I have it and it's set up for international use now. And I will stay here until I find you, Natalee. RICK SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): A mother's desperate plea for her missing daughter. Natalee Holloway was among more than 100 seniors to a graduation trip to Aruba. This picture was taken just hours before she disappeared from a nightclub.

MARCIA TWITTY, NATALEE'S AUNT: They're just typical high school girls.

SANCHEZ: Out on the beach?

TWITTY: Out on the beach. Having a good time on their senior trip. There's nothing unusual. Thousands and thousands of kids go on senior trips every summer and they should. I mean, these kids are growing up.

SANCHEZ: Marcia Twitty is Natalee's aunt. She says nobody seemed to notice that when the friends left the nightclub, Natalee wasn't with them.

TWITTY: Everybody thought everybody had each other. Because there's a bunch of them. A bunch. It wasn't, you know, 20 or so. There's a whole bunch of kids. And they all kind of went in, went to bed that night.

SANCHEZ: It wasn't until people started waking up Monday morning, ready to return to Birmingham, that they realized she was missing. Natalee's friend, Frances, was staying in an adjacent room.

What did it feel like Monday morning when you guys were all getting ready to go and you realized that she wasn't around?

FRANCIS ELLEN BYRD, NATALEE'S FRIEND: We immediately knew something was wrong because she was the first one to wake up. And when her roommates knocked on my door and said that they didn't know where she was, we went straight to the chaperones and they immediately started working on it.

SANCHEZ: They suspected Natalee was still on the island because in her room they found her luggage.

BYRD: Right.

SANCHEZ: Found her passport.

BYRD: Right.

SANCHEZ: But no Natalee?

BYRD: Right.

SANCHEZ: Aruban authorities have been joined by the FBI in the search. So far, there has been little to go on. Three Aruban students did tell investigators though that they dropped Natalee off that night at her hotel, but something about that story doesn't sit right with Natalee's aunt.

Do you rack your brain trying to come up with theories of what could possibly have happened?

TWITTY: Yeah.

SANCHEZ: And do you allow yourself to think of every possibility, even if it includes some culpability on Natalee's part?

TWITTY: Natalee wouldn't get -- just -- Natalee wouldn't just, on her own, you know, sitting there and not -- you know, normal mind, walk in, go somewhere with three kids. These are kids. These are not men. There's are kids. She just wouldn't leave.

SANCHEZ: She wouldn't get in the car with somebody she doesn't know?

TWITTY: Not the Natalee I know.

SANCHEZ: This is Mountain Brooke Community Church in Natalee's home town. It's become a refuge of sorts. The same students who, just last week, were in Aruba partying, now find themselves here every single day for a very different reason.

PASTOR TIM KALAM (ph): It's very important that you talk to one another.

SANCHEZ: Pastor Tim Kalam counsels and prays with the student, who along with family and friends are left looking for answers.

I have to ask you this question.

TWITTY: Yeah.

SANCHEZ: Is there anything about Natalee that would make her want to in any way go away, run away.

TWITTY: No. No.

SANCHEZ: Disappear?

TWITTY: No.

SANCHEZ: Nothing?

TWITTY: No. There is nothing about Natalee where, on her own free will, that she's going to say, I'm not going -- uh-huh. No. Her own free will, Natalee is not -- would not do this.

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SANCHEZ: So tonight we've talked to an awful lot of students here and there's an awful lot of questions. One thing that we did learn from them, though, Anderson, and we should share this with you. When we talked to them, they said that they have pictures that were taken at the nightclub during the course of their stay there in Aruba and Natalee's stay. In those pictures you see different young men dancing with Natalee at Carlos & Charlie's. They've turned those pictures over to the authorities. It's not known at this point if any of those young men are in any way, obviously, culpable. But obviously, at this point, both Aruban authorities and the FBI are investigating that possibility.

I'm Rick Sanchez.

Anderson to you.

COOPER: Rick, thanks very much.

Joining us now live from Aruba on the phone is Lieutenant Pepito Comenencia of the Aruba Police.

And Lieutenant, thanks for being with us. I know you've been very busy today. It is day five of this search. The family is offering a $10,000 reward. What has been done so far to find this young American?

Lieutenant Comenencia, can you hear me?

LT. PEPITO COMENENCIA, ARUBA POLICE DEPT.: Yes.

COOPER: Where does the search now stand? What have you been doing to find Natalee?

COMENENCIA: What do we do when we got a lot of tips coming from the whole community. And what we do in regarding the search, investigate all those tips that are coming in until we get and get nothing about those tips that are coming in. But now we are going to close the case a little bit more and I say then we're going over to arrest people. So we don't know yet. The investigation is still going now around. And they're saying maybe for tomorrow, I'm going to have more information for you about this case.

COOPER: All right. Lieutenant, we appreciate you joining us right now. Thank you very much. I know it is a busy time for you. We appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. A lieutenant there from Aruba on the search for this young American girl.

We don't know where Michael Jackson is right now. He could be at his Neverland Ranch. But one thing is certain, he is free. The question is, for how much longer? Tonight, the answer to the question finally in the hands of the jury. They were given the case just this afternoon. And after deliberating for a few hours, the jurors will return on Monday to continue deciding Jackson's fate. They're going to have much to pour over in a trial that has stretched across five months with more than 140 witnesses testifying. That was Jackson leaving the court today. The jurors were given two final impressions of a singer -- a monster who molested a sick child or a generous, kind man victimized by a family of grifters. CNN's Rusty Dornin has a wrap of a dramatic day in court.

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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): With his mother on his arm, his father close by, Michael Jackson gave one small wave to fans before going into what would be the last chance to sway the jury. Five of Jackson's brothers and sisters came to court. The largest showing of the Jackson family since the early days of the trial. In his final two-hour plea to the panel, Defense Attorney Thomas Mesereau repeated described the accuser and his family as con artist, actors and liars. He asked the jury to question why the boy didn't claim molestation until after the family had seen two lawyers.

SUSAN FILAN, LEGAL ANALYST: He's not slurring the victim for the purpose of putting the victim on trial. He's slurring the victim because he thinks this victim is committing a fraud and a perjury on this court. And he even said to the jury, don't let them do it to you.

DORNIN: Mesereau urged the jury to consider reasonable doubt and to throw the case out the door. But Prosecutor Ron Zonen got the last word. He asked jurors, how could they believe that Jackson's practice of sleeping with boys was not sexual.

UNKNOWN MALE: If he sleeps with a boy who's 12 years old and he's a middle-aged man, if he sleeps with a boy 365 nights a year, that's not a friendship, that's a relationship.

DORNIN: The defense argued that Jackson would have been stupid to molest the accuser after the documentary aired. But prosecutors counter that Jackson would do it because he could and because the accuser was in love with him. The prosecution made their final impression by showing tape of the police interview with the accuser. Where the boy, in halting tones, claims Jackson molested him. Jackson's gaunt appearance in recent weeks has drawn questions about his health, as did his visit to a hospital this week.

RAYMONE BAIN, JACKSON SPOKESPERSON: It was not because he was sick, but because Mr. Gregory said, you look a little dehydrated and I feel that you need electrolytes.

DORNIN: Jackson has been to the hospital twice before during the trial, once complaining of back pain, another time with flu symptoms. And again, on his mother's arm and with the weak wave, Jackson left the courthouse to returned only when his fate has been decided.

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COOPER: We'll have a lot more on the trial later in the program, including a live report from CNN's Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin (ph) who spent much of today inside the courtroom.

Coming up next though on 360, the horrors of war in the Balkans. An execution caught on tape. The tape has just been released. How will it affect the ongoing war crimes trial. A mother saw her own son. She was sitting, watching the evening news. She suddenly saw her son who disappeared 10 years ago on this tape. We'll tell you about her story ahead.

Also, the mayor of Spokane, Washington, wrapped up in controversy. Accusations he molested two boys before he took office. He denies those charges and now his own party is asking him to step down. He's going to give a press conference later tonight. We'll bring you up-to-date on the case.

Also later, an earth mover hijacked. Police -- check this out. Police chasing down some heavy equipment barreling through Tucson, Arizona. We'll show you how it ended.

All that ahead.

Frist, let's take a look at your picks. The most popular stories right now on cnn.com.

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COOPER: War crimes caught on tape. The execution by Serbian soldiers of Bosnian Muslims. 360 next.

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COOPER: Next month will mark the 10 year anniversary, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. It happened during the height of the Bosnian war in a town called Srebrenica. And some continue to deny that it ever took place. But tonight, a videotape may finally tell the truth. CNN's International's Becky Anderson joins us from London with the latest.

Becky.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Anderson.

The video that we are about to see shows the execution of six Bosnian Muslim men and teenaged boy. And they were killed by Serbian paramilitary soldiers. In fact, thousands of men and boys met the same fate in Srebrenica. CNN's Fiona Sweeney (ph) has more. But first, we must warn you, the images you are about to see are graphic and disturbing.

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FIONA SWEENEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): When Nura Alispahic switched on her TV to watch the evening news, little did she think she would see the moment her son was executed by Serb forces almost 10 years ago.

NURA ALISPAHIC, SON EXECUTED, (through translator): Someone said on the TV, now some mothers will recognize their sons and some sisters will recognize their brothers.

SWEENEY: Asmir (ph) was one of six Bosnian Muslim prisoners shown on the video being executed. Apparently by the notorious Serb paramilitary unit, The Scorpions.

ALISPAHIC: After two minute, I recognized by son. I saw him.

SWEENEY: Six men can be seen being taken out of the back of a truck. Their hands tied behind their backs. Serb soldiers, their faces clearly visible, are seen taunting the men as they're forced to lie on the ground. Surely thinking they must be drawing their final breaths, a shot is fired over their heads. The prisoners are still alive but mere moments away from death. The video then shows the groups being led away to be killed. CNN will not show the actual executions but Serbian television channels did.

ALISPAHIC: I saw him. He was in the second row. They were pushing him. He turns. And I see him, and it was my Asmir. Seconds later, they shoot him. He falls.

SWEENEY: Nura, whose other son Admir (ph) also died in the war, had known for some time Asmir was dead. His body was found in a mass grave six years ago. But the television footage is the first video confirmation that a massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men took place at Srebenica in July 1995. Serbia is in shock.

BORIS TADIC, SERBIAN PRESIDENT: Those pictures are the evidence, proof of the monstrous crimes performed during the war in that region. Crimes committed in the Serbian name.

SWEENEY: Within 24 hours of the video being broadcast on TV, Serbian authorities said at least eight men shown in the tape had been arrested. On a visit to the region, chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, again demanded the arrests of the two men prosecutors would most like to see at the hague. General Ratko Mladic and his boss, Radovan Karadzic, the suspected ringleaders of Srebenica. They haven't been seen for some time.

For her part, Nura remembers all too well the last time she saw Azmir 10 years ago as Bosnian Muslim men fled Srebenica ahead of the advancing Serb forces.

ALISPAHIC: Everyone was going somewhere on the road. He came back to our house to give me a kiss before he fled. I had a feeling then I would never see him again.

SWEENEY: Fiona Sweeney, CNN, London.

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ANDERSON: And, Anderson, that videotape was first shown by prosecutors two days ago. The hague in the war trial of Slobodan Milosevic. The former Yugoslav leader is accused of war crimes in genocide. Also, Anderson, four of the victims who were executed on that videotape were under 18 years old.

Back to you.

COOPER: And there were so many mothers like her who still don't know exactly what happened to their sons.

Becky, thanks very much.

Well, there's a lot more happening cross country and around the world tonight. Erica Hill from "Headline News" joins with us the latest.

Erica, good evening. ERICA HILL, "HEADLINE NEWS": Good evening to you, Anderson, and happy Friday.

Several U.S. allies in the Middle East are on the State Department's fifth annual list of countries it says are not doing enough to stop human trafficking. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the practice a modern form of slavery as she announced that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have been add to the list for the first time. Ten other countries are mentioned in the report.

In Hollywood, California, an apparent kidnaping caught on tape. On May 26th, a surveillance camera taped a man grabbing a woman at an apartment complex. A struggle ensued. The man then pick her up and carried her to a car. Police are asking for anyone with information to contact them.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, flight diverted. A Virgin Atlantic flight from London to New York had to stop here after sending out a false hijack signal. The fighter jets were scrambled to the jet in the air. As you see from this digital photo taken by a passenger, imagine looking at that out the window. After the all clear on the ground at Halifax, the plane headed on to its original destination arriving four hours late in New York.

And in Lebanon, Ohio, a harry battle for legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong. The first man to walk on the moon, now threatening to sue the owner of this barber shop who collected Armstrong's hair after a trim and then sold it to a collector for $3,000. Armstrong wants the hair back or for that cash to be donated to charity.

Did somebody save your hair last week after you got it cut, Anderson?

COOPER: No. Someone paid $3,000 for Neil Armstrong's hair?

HILL: Can you imagine that? Yes. What do you do with hair?

COOPER: I shudder to think. I can't even imagine.

HILL: I don't know. Make a pillow.

COOPER: Make a pillow! Ugh.

Erica, thanks very much. Or a shirt. A hair shirt.

We'll see you again in about 30 minutes.

Coming up next on 360, a violent ending to a bizarre chase between police and a boy aboard an earth mover. Yeah, anyway!

Also tonight, the players in the Michael Jackson trial. We'll take a look at his supporters, including his number one fan. This guy shows up everyday, yelling at the prosecutors. Super fan, they call him. And a little later, a mayor involved in a pretty shocking scandal. The question is, will he resign? He's giving a press conference later tonight. We'll tell you the back story ahead.

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COOPER: Well in just about an hour, the major of Spokane, Washington, James West, is going to step in front of a microphone and take questions from reporters. Now it's nothing new, but then again, this is not your normal news conference. It's about the mayor's personal life in a scandal that has shock the city. West, a staunch conservative, has built his career around traditional family values, as he calls them, that may have been masking what some say was a double life. CNN's Senior Political Correspondent Candy Crowley is following the story.

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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): James West has been publicly anti-gay for more than two decades, as long as he's been in office. As a state senator, he worked to block gay rights legislation. As mayor, he opposed domestic partner benefit for city hall workers. But his honor's private behavior has been, well, 180 degrees different.

MAYOR JAMES A. WEST, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON: Let me begin by apologizing to the citizens of Spokane. As mayor, citizens expect me to lead by example -- in both my public and my private life. At times I've exercised poor judgment for my private life.

CROWLEY: The mayor's public life/private life gap came to light last month when "The Spokesman-Review" ran a story charging West molested two boys while a deputy sheriff more than 20 years ago, and after being elected mayor, searched the Internet for young men, suggesting a city internship in exchange for sex.

WEST: I categorically deny any allegations about incidents that supposedly occurred 24 years ago as alleged by two convicted felons and about which I have no knowledge. The newspaper also reported that I have visited a gay Internet chat line and had relations with adult's mens. I don't deny that.

CROWLEY: Mayor West isn't the first politician whose private behavior became a public problem. The most recent, the married New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who resigned amid allegations he put a male lover on the payroll.

GOVERNOR JIM MCGREEVEY, NEW JERSEY: My truth is that I am a gay American.

CROWLEY: The most infamous Bill Clinton who got impeached for lying under oath.

BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I misled people, including even my wife. CROWLEY: And like those others, Mayor West finds himself in hot water with constituents, not so much for the sex, but for the abuse of power.

UNKNOWN MALE: It's about the shear weight of allegations. And, yes, we're innocent until proven guilty. But, you know, at some point in time, you can't lead even if allegations aren't true.

CROWLEY: So far, Mayor West is toughing it out.

WEST: When all investigations are concluded, I expect to be exonerated. I will continue to work as mayor.

CROWD: West must go! West must go!

CROWLEY: But the mayor, a former Army paratrooper, may find no place for a soft landing.

DR. MIKE CASEY, SPOKANE CO. REPUBLICAN PARTY: As Republicans, we hold all elected officials to the highest standards of the community. And we cannot condone irresponsible behavior or poor judgment. Therefore, the Republican Party can no longer support Jim West as mayor and we ask him to resign immediately.

CROWLEY: Cases like the mayor's are common enough that a pattern has developed. Politicians in trouble never resign because enemies demand it. They almost always leave when friends demand it.

Candy Crowley, CNN, Washington.

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COOPER: Well, he's holding a press conference in about an hour. We'll see what he does. 360 next.

End game: Michael Jackson's fate finally resting with the jury. A live report from Jeffrey Toobin who was in the courtroom today.

Also ahead tonight, police shooting a teen after he goes on a rampage with the giant earthmover.

And a little later, secret no more. The man behind Deep Throat. Why he has reason to smile.

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COOPER: That was Michael Jackson leaving the courtroom today, after the judge finally handed the case over to the jury.

Now, they deliberated for a few hours today. They're going to return Monday morning to resume deliberations. We, of course, don't know how long that's going to that take. They have got to decide if the singer is guilty or innocent of ten charges related to the alleged molestation of his young accuser.

Jackson never took the stand, but he still managed to speak to the jury in a videotape played today by his attorney.

CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin was in the courtroom today. Joins us now from Santa Maria. Jeffrey good to see you.

The tape -- what was the import of the tape?

JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Boy, it was a peculiar moment. I have to tell you. Tom Mesereau gave, I thought, a brilliant summation where he attacked and eviscerate many of the government's witnesses.

But then, at the very end of his summation, he took 35 very long minutes to run excerpts that the jury had heard before, outtakes, from Jackson's interview with Martin Bashir that was later used in that documentary, where Jackson kind of explains his philosophy of life, where he talks about the fact that he didn't have a childhood, that he was work at clubs until 3:00 in the morning. And he didn't have -- so he has used his adult life to relive his childhood. And that's why he spends so much time with children.

Jackson is simply so weird that I thought bringing the focus onto Jackson and his weirdness was not the most helpful note on which to end the case.

COOPER: And, you know, we talked about it last night, but you see -- well, we're looking at Jackson right now leaving the courthouse today. He looks terrible.

I mean, didn't he at one point -- I think when he got arrested, wasn't he like 120 pounds or something. He has got to have lost a lot of weight.

TOOBIN: 120 pounds isn't much.

Anderson, I have been gone for a couple of weeks. And I came back. I sat on the aisle. So, Jackson walked back and forth past me a couple of times. And he is truly a shocking site.

You know, the first day I was here is the day he infamously danced on top the roof of an SUV. Now, regardless of how that looked, it's an athletic feat to do what he did. He doesn't -- he barely looks capable of walking at this moment. He's emaciated. His skin has a horrible pallor. He's wearing very thick makeup.

Earlier, he used to interact with his lawyers, chat, look fairly relaxed. He barely says a word to anyone now. He is a really shocking site now.

COOPER: So, when he's in the courtroom, what does he do?

TOOBIN: He basically just looks straight ahead. You know, I'm staring mostly at the back of his head, but he really almost doesn't move. And he's obviously been told not to react to the testimony, as defendants are always instructed, but it seems he seems really sedated almost, rather than sedate. COOPER: Mesereau called the mom, the family, that this was the biggest con of their career, saying they were grifters basically. Was that effective?

TOOBIN: I thought it was very effective. And the thing he said to the jury that I think may have been even more effective was he said, if you convict Michael Jackson, you are handing these people millions of dollars. They will walk that conviction into a civil courtroom and use it to sue him civilly.

And so the idea that this jury who knows how much trouble this accuser's family is, that they will have the responsibility for handing him that money. I thought that was a very heavy guilt trip. And a useful one for the defense to lay on this jury. And I think it's going to make them think twice about convicting.

COOPER: Deliberations begin on Monday. Jeffrey Toobin thanks.

TOOBIN: The verdict will be on live TV actually.

COOPER: Will it really? Why?

TOOBIN: The audio, the audio will be on live TV, so everybody's going to find out together.

COOPER: Well, it'll be fascinating. You'll be there, Jeffery Toobin, thanks.

As the Michael Jackson trial comes to an end, so too will Camp Jackson, the side show that's been set up outside of the courthouse, everyday. It's like a circus. People ranting and raving, they're moon-walking the praises of the singer. Each one has a story to tell, but there is a one supporter who deserves, what we can -- special attention let's say. He quit his job for this. CNN's Ted Rowlands has more on the one, the one, the only, super fan.

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TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Of all of the fanatical voices at the Michael Jackson trial, there is one that stands out.

B.J. HICKMAN, MICHAEL JACKSON SUPPORTER: Michael's innocent! Michael's innocent.

ROWLANDS: B.J. Hickman has been here since January, leaving his home in Knoxville, Tennessee, to support Michael Jackson. He says he was here back when Michael Jackson danced on the SUV.

CROWD: Michael!

ROWLANDS: In February, he was here with others standing in the rain at 5:00 in the morning trying to get a seat in the courtroom. And during jury selection, when Michael Jackson went to the hospital with the flu, B.J. Followed.

HICKMAN: Because Michael was waiving at us. He was looking out of the window giving us the peace symbol.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He was standing up. So that means..

HICKMAN: It was awesome.

ROWLANDS: While understanding B.J.'s excitement at simply seeing Michael Jackson, is a bit difficult to comprehend.

HICKMAN: He waved at me.

ROWLANDS: He's not alone. Everyday when the pop star walks in and out of court, people from around the world who have traveled here are pressed up against the fence, some are only able to see Jackson's umbrella. Still most say, it's worth it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm really glad I could be here. I feel really good and I want all of his fans from all around the world.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I only got a few hours of sleep but it's worth it for Michael.

ROWLANDS: In the beginning, the crowds were huge as the trial progressed, the numbers fell off. Some days just a handful of fans. Now that the trial is nearing an end, the fans are back in force.

HICKMAN: Michael's innocent!

ROWLANDS: But rain or shine, B.J. has been here. He's living at the local Holiday Inn. He has a job at the local mall, flexible hours to allow him to come see Jackson at the courthouse.

(on camera): Why? That's the question a lot of people...

HICKMAN: Because I am standing up for something I believe in. I am standing up for innocence.

ROWLANDS: B.J. has apparently has caught the attention of Michael Jackson. And several weeks ago, B.J. says, he was able to meet him.

HICKMAN: Like Neverland Ranch, he let me inside of his car. It's really cool and I got autographs and stuff.

ROWLANDS: Since then, B.J. says he's been back to Neverland and met Jackson's children, which a Jackson spokesperson confirms. B.J. has also caught the attention of police. He spends a lot of time heckling prosecutors and certain members of the media.

HICKMAN: You she-devil racist.

ROWLANDS: B.J. is no longer allowed in the courtroom. He tried to talk it Jackson, which is against the rules. How would he handle a guilty verdict? B.J. says he doesn't think it is possible.

HICKMAN: He's innocent. And that's what the verdict will be.

You've got to keep fighting this Michael. We know you're innocent innocent! Michael, we got to keep fighting.

ROWLANDS: Ted Rowlands, CNN, Santa Maria, California.

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COOPER: Oh, B.J.

Back to our top story, the search of the missing Alabama teenager who has vanished on the Caribbean island of Aruba. Natalee Holloway was seen 2:00 am Monday morning.

Joining me on the phone, her mother who is in Aruba searching for her. Beth -- Twitty Beth, thank you so much for being with us. I know it has just got to be impossible for you right now. This is the fifth day of searching. You have offered a $10,000 award. Have there been any promising leads?

BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY, NATALEE'S MOTHER (via telephone): Well first, I do want to thank you. I want to thank you for allowing me to do this, and I appreciate all of the support.

And there really is -- we don't have any further information. As you stated, Natalee has simply vanished from the point of a local establishment here. 1:30 a.m. in the morning on May 30. And here it is Friday, and no, we are -- we are not.

COOPER: How are you holding up?

TWITTY: Well, actually, the first five days, I was so focused and so driven and working so hard, because that's how Natalee is. And I wanted to make sure that she would be as proud of me as I am of her in accomplishing our one goal, and that is to find Natalee.

COOPER: There was a report that your daughter was seen getting into a car with three young men. You have heard anymore about this? Do you think there is anything to it?

TWITTY: Well, you know I really don't want to comment too many -- give too many answers on specifics or part of the ongoing investigation. My main concern is the safety of Natalee. And in no way would I want to jeopardize that.

COOPER: Sure.

What's the next step for you? How big is the search right now? Are you pleased with the size of it? Are you getting the help you need?

TWITTY: Well, yes. I can say now, yes.

The search to me is now so widespread that if someone has said possibly 125,000 people on this island of Aruba, and they tell me now that 124,000 people who know who Natalee is. So I think that's huge. And the Dutch army has been searching for Natalee. The private citizens has been searching for Natalee. There are -- everyone has a flyer. So, I feel like everyone has this main goal. And I want to also -- you know since I've been in Aruba, it's been hard for me of course to experience the support from the U.S. But everything they're feeding back to me is just overwhelmed -- I'm just overwhelmed in the amount of support that Natalee is getting in the U.S. And they're just doing excellent, excellent coverage in portraying Natalee in the light that she should be portrayed in.

So I'm just in so, so appreciative of how the U.S. is helping, and supporting, and all their prayer for a safe return.

COOPER: She's an honor student, a straight A student, a member of the school's dance team, and I can't imagine how bad it is for you right now. But there are a lot of thoughts and a lot of prayers out there for you and for Natalee, and you know, we hope you bring her home soon.

TWITTY: Thank you so much. And I do, too.

COOPER: All right, Beth, you take care now. Beth Twitty, searching for her daughter, Natalee.

Ahead on 360, an earth mover was hijacked. Police chased down some heavy equipment barreling through Tucson, Arizona. It's a bizarre scene. You're going to see how it all ends.

Also ahead tonight, an old man's smile, three decades in the making. Deep Throat, a closer look at perhaps the best moment of the week.

And that's no man in a costume. A red panda takes the stand, and zoo crowds go wild. Really? I find that hard to believe. That looks like a person.

Anyway, we will see. All that ahead, but first, CNN at 25 quiz.

In 1980, manufacturer 3m introduced a product, an office supply that you probably use every day while you're at work. What is it?

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COOPER: Before the break, we asked you, what office product hit the market in 1980? The answer: Post-it notes. They were invented by an engineer named Art Fry, who needed something to hold his place in his church hymnal.

Well, an unidentified 18-year-old boy is in critical condition in a Tucson hospital tonight after being shot by police. As for why the police shot him, really, that is a strange and disturbing story about the boy we've mentioned and the giant earth-moving machine he'd commandeered. CNN's Sean Callebs reports.

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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The first hint that most Tucson residents got that something was wrong was when the lights started going out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He jumped up on the curb, came back over, when I was next to him, almost hit me. So I passed him. He almost hit another car behind me. And about 500 feet after I passed him, he clipped the telephone pole with the transformer.

CALLEBS: More than one driver did a double take on seeing the gigantic earth mover speeding past them, driven by a 14-year-old boy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I was driving next to him, he was going at least 40 miles an hour.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He looks like a little boy to me. He looks like 7 or 8. So I saw that little boy's face. He had like blond hair and glasses, he was really little, and I was like, what are you doing? Because I didn't -- and I said that to him. I mean, he just looked at me like...

CALLEBS: The off-road tractor, as it's known in the construction business, made quick work of whatever it hit, snapping light poles like matchsticks.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When we called the police, he actually drove up on the sidewalk and was driving on the sidewalk.

And then, he hit -- that's when he hit the electrical pole, and we saw the big spark.

CALLEBS: With the boy at the wheel, the 40-foot long tractor careened through the city at 30 miles an hour, attracting an escort of police cars. Police weren't sure if the boy couldn't stop or didn't want to.

ASSISTANT CHIEF KERMIT MILLER, TUCSON, AZ POLICE: Officers were giving him instructions on how to shut the bulldozer off, giving him instructions on how -- assuming that he didn't know what he was doing. Giving him instructions on how to run off the road in a safe area, and he didn't follow those instructions.

CALLEBS: Finally, with the earth mover in a dead end, it turned back toward police officers, and two of them opened fire.

MILLER: The road was completely blocked by all the patrol cars that were in the area. So he was going to go over -- we're assuming he was going to go over the vehicles in the roadway, with the officers in them.

CALLEBS: The boy, who was hit at least once, was flown by helicopter to the hospital.

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CALLEBS: And live now in Tucson, the boy is in critical condition. The drama ended here after he was shot. The large vehicle careened off the road through the cactus. Last night, his parents told the local police that they believed this was triggered when they told him the family was going to be moving from Tucson. Meanwhile, the police say investigation into the shooting had already begun. They say it appears the police will be cleared, that this was a justified shooting, Anderson, because they believed the officers' lives were in danger once this vehicle began roaring toward them.

COOPER: Just downright bizarre. Sean Callebs, thanks.

Nor is this the first time a bulldozer has caused trouble. Remember this story? Here is a flashback. The scene a year ago tomorrow in Grandy (ph), Colorado, where a man in a homemade armored bulldozer knocked a part of the town flat, and then shot himself to death in the basement of the department store he'd literally plowed into. All the buildings have since been rebuilt, except the department store, which chose to relocate. For the perpetrator who was incensed over a zoning matter, no one was injured in this rampage other than him.

360 next, an Ohio nightclub shooting, a heavy metal musician killed on stage six months ago. Just released, moments ago, images of that dreadful night.

Also ahead, perhaps the best moment of the week wasn't the revelation of Deep Throat, it might have been an old man's smile. We'll explain ahead.

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COOPER: You may remember the horrific nightclub shooting in Ohio last year that took the life of a pioneering guitarist. We have heard a lot about the tragic story. Tonight, we've never before seen video of that deadly night when a deranged man jumped the stage and ended not one life, but two. Mariza Reyes from our affiliate WSYX in Columbus, Ohio has more.

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MARIZA REYES, WSYX CORRESPONDENT: Last December, heavy metal band Damage Plan took the stage at the Alrosa Villa. During they're first set, more than 200 anxious fans pack the concert hall to hear the group and one of the country's most known guitarists, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbot play.

But just a few minutes into their first song, trouble broke out. You can see shooter Nathan Gale in a black jacket and baseball cap charging the stage and pulling out a gun. He was headed straight for "Dimebag" Darryl, the band's lead guitarist.

The crowd shocked, unbelievably didn't move. Someone on stage cried for help.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Call 911, somebody!

Reporter: While dime bag lays on stage with band member, even fans trying to resuscitate him, there is chaos. Police say minutes after Gale shot "Dimebag," he takes a hostage and reloads his gun behind a speaker. In a matter of five minutes, Gale fired 15 shots before officer James Niggemeyer took him down with one single shot. A single shot that saved lives. Moments later, officer Niggemeyer steps in front of the camera, shot gun in hand, a blank look on his face.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He had a gun to his head, you had to do it.

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COOPER: Again, that was Mariza Reyes from our affiliate WSYZ (sic).

Erica Hill from Headline News joins us with the latest at about 9 till the hour. Erica, good evening.

HILL: Hello again, Anderson. Israeli security sources say Syria has test fired three scud missiles. They report the firings happened last Friday. Israeli security officials say it was Syria's first missile test since 2001. Israel has been concerned Syria would be able to launch a chemical attack against Israeli civilian targets.

Onto Richmond, Virginia. An arrest in connection with three shootings deaths. Investigators describe Daniel Andreas Bowler as a possible suspect in the killings of three men over a 15-minute period on Wednesday. They believe he may have held a grudge against the victims for more than a year.

Birmingham, Alabama, a corporate fraud trial now deadlocked. Jurors in the Richard Scrushy case have informed the judge they haven't been able to reach a verdict. But the judge has asked them to work harder at it.

Scrushy, you may recall, is the former chief executive of the medical rehab group Healthsouth Corp. He is accused of directing a $2.7 billion accounting fraud.

And east of Tokyo, it's got legs, and it knows how to use them. Take a look at this guy. He is actually a 2-year-old red panda, Anderson, not a guy in a panda suit. He can get up on his hind legs. And has been drawing some pretty large crowds at the zoo ever since the national newspaper published his act last month.

He's even doing a soft drink advertisement. What I hear from the peanut gallery back there, you don't believe it?

COOPER: I don't buy it. He looks like a guy in a fox suit

HILL: You know what, I'll give you that. It doesn't -- it definitely look like a real panda. But I have never seen a red panda. So maybe that's what they really look like.

COOPER: Maybe so. I have not seen one either. I have never, actually, even seen a real panda.

HILL: Neither have I. But I know that this is probably the point in time when you would like to see a bear on a trampoline. However, because it is a special day today...

COOPER: Oh lord.

HILL: The day of your birth.

COOPER: If candles comes out, I'm leaving.

HILL: We've put together some of your favorite video. And maybe the bear's in there.

COOPER: Oh really?

HILL: Take a look. Yes.

COOPER: OK.

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COOPER: That was great.

HILL: It's a very happy birthday.

COOPER: Thank you very much.

HILL: Have a great birthday weekend.

COOPER: Thank you, very much. We'll be right back. Thanks.

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COOPER: Tonight taking patience to "The Nth Degree." May we say we're kind of glad it took so very for long for the identity of the famous "Deep Throat" to be revealed. Glad, because made not just for this week's best moment, but the best moment in a very long time.

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MARK FELT, "DEEP THROAT": Hey, look at that.

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COOPER: An old man's triumph. This is something you simply do not see very often. Watch his smile. Here's someone who has likely spent 30 years about worrying about whether or not he did the right thing. For decades he told no one, now the entire world knows.

What will it think? How will it judge him? Truth to tell, he's probably never been entirely sure how to judge himself.

As he takes in all those who are taking him in and the size of the crowd outside of the door is very clearly a surprise. You can literally see the moment. His own doubt falls away. His eyes light up. And he beams with understanding.

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FELT: Thanks for coming.

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COOPER: What is it Shakespeare said? "The good men do is oft interred with their bones." Watch 91-year-old Mark Felt discovering that in his case at least it will not be so.

It is worth waiting more than 30 years for a smile like that.

Thanks very much for watching 360 tonight. I appreciate all of the birthday wishes that you have all sent me, all the cards and e- mails. Thank you very much. CNN's prime-time coverage continues now with PAULA ZAHN. Hey, Paula.

PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: I am sorry I missed the birthday event. I had no idea today was that day.

COOPER: Yeah, I know. I think I have confetti in my underwear now.

ZAHN: Happy birthday.

COOPER: Thanks.

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