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Remembering the Heartache of 9/11; Florida Keys Brace For Hurricane Ivan; Universities Begin Offering Degrees In Homeland Security
Aired September 11, 2004 - 16:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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KELLY WALLACE, CNN ANCHOR: Just ahead, we are going ahead live to the Keys for a report on Hurricane Ivan.
And for better or worse, homeland security is a growth field. We'll see a (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on a changing college curriculum.
Hello and welcome to CNN LIVE SATURDAY. I'm Kelly Wallace in today for Fredricka Whitfield.
And switching gears in 30 minutes, want to know how to be a millionaire, even if you don't make a lot of money. That's our topic today on "Dollar Signs." Call us at 1-800-807-2620. Or e-mail your questions to dollarsigns@cnn.com. "Dollar Signs" starts in half an hour, but first the headlines.
A day of remembrance across American, as the country marks the 3rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks. Ceremonies were held in New York, Shanksville, Pennsylvania and at Arlington National Cemetery. Almost 3,000 people were killed on that day 3 years ago.
Hurricane Ivan wobbles a little, but Florida governor Jeb Bush warns residents to get ready anyway. Forecasters say the storm shifted a little bit westward, but they still expect it to resume a west/northwest path. Ivan is still a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.
Indonesian police released security camera video of a deadly suicide bombing outside the Australian Embassy. The video shows a powerful blast followed by smoke and debris. At least 9 people were killed. Police in Jakarta say they are redoubling their efforts to find the militants behind the blast.
All day, we are remembering the heartache of September 11. Americans gather to pay their respects today, on this, the 3rd anniversary of the deadly hijackings, at ground zero in New York City, in Arlington National Cemetery and at a solitary field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Across the ceremonies, a similar message reverberated: September 11 will never be just another date. Here's our Alina Cho.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was painful to hear.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: David D. Alger. CHO: Even more painful to read.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our son, Michael Bradley Vivian.
CHO: The ceremony, marking the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks, brought hundreds of family members to ground zero. There were photos and flowers, moments of silence, music...
(SINGING DANNY BOY)
CHO: ...and throughout, the names.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: John A. Crisci (ph).
CHO: Leonard Crisci's brother was a New York City firefighter.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When my brother's name was read and I felt the -- just felt the chill going through my body.
CHO: 2,749 names in all. This year, the parents and the grandparents of the victims did the honors. New York's mayor said it was they who suffered the greatest loss.
MAY. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK: It has been said that a child who losses a parent is an orphan. A man who losses his wife is a widower. A woman who losses her husband is a widow. There is no name for a parent who loses a child, for their are no words to describe this pain.
CHO: As the current mayor spoke, his more famous predecessor comforted those in need. While some sought relief in others, a few found solace in being alone. Nancy Brandonmarty's (ph) son, Nicky would have turned 25 this month.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: God has you in his keeping, we have you in our hearts.
CHO: The Garcia family lost 21-year-old Marlene, who died on the 100th floor of the North Tower.
HECTOR GARCIA, VICTIM'S FATHER: She was my beautiful daughter. It is very hard for me and confusing the life (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CHO: It is a tough day for the families, certainly a tough day for New Yorkers, a tough day, really, for the nation as a whole. And the tributes continue on this 3rd anniversary. Tonight, we will see a return of the tribute in light, those are the popular parallel beams of light that shine up from ground zero. Those lights will turned on at sundown and stay will stay on, Kelly, until dawn tomorrow.
WALLACE: Alina, a heartbreaking day indeed. We want to ask you a little bit. What led to having the parents and grandparents be the ones to read the names of the victims? CHO: Well, Kelly, as you heard from the New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a child who loses a parent is called an orphan, a man or a woman who losses a spouse a widow or a widower, but there is really no word or words to describe a parent who has lost a child, because there are no words to describe that the pain. Bloomberg said that he wanted to honor and acknowledge their sacrifice, and he wanted to thank them for helping all of us shoulder this loss -- Kelly.
WALLACE: Alina, we thank you for your work on this tough day. Alina Cho reporting from ground zero.
Reminding us of the sorrow, the rescuers courage and America's resolve, President Bush is quietly marking this 3rd anniversary of the attacks. CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux has more on how the president spent his day.
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Bush marked the 3rd anniversary of the September 11 tragedy with a prayer at St. John's Episcopal Church followed by a silent tribute on the South Lawn at 8:46, signifying when the first plane hit the World Trade Center.
Then, in a rare move from the Oval Office, Mr. Bush broadcast his weekly radio address live on television.
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Three years ago, the struggle of good against evil was compressed into a single morning. In the space of only 102 minutes, our country lost more citizens than were lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
MALVEAUX: Surrounded by 9/11 families, firefighters and first responders, he praised them for their courage.
BUSH: We remember the images of fire and the final calls of love and the courage of rescuers who saw death and did not flee.
MALVEAUX: Mr. Bush linked the September 11 attacks to the broader war on terror.
BUSH: And our nation accepted a mission: we will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks.
MALVEAUX: At a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, an emotional Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the administration's policies striking first overseas.
DONALD RUMSFELD, DEFENSE SECRETARY: Extremists think nothing of cutting off people's heads to advance their cause. They've murdered innocents, even hundreds of school children recently, from countries across the globe. And even today, they plot to strike again.
(END VIDEOTAPE) MALVEAUX: And President Bush spends the rest of his day at Camp David for a quiet weekend. Both the president and his opponent Senator Kerry, saying they're suspending their campaigning, at least for today, out of respect for this anniversary. But Kelly, on Monday it is back on the campaign trial with President Bush, heading to Michigan, Colorado and Nevada -- Kelly.
WALLACE: Suzanne, as you know, Democrats throughout the year, at times, have accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney with playing politics on the September 11 attacks. As you talked to advisers behind the scenes, how much did they sort of schedule this day with that in mind, so wouldn't be accused of playing politics on this, this tragic anniversary?
MALVEAUX: Well Kelly, it really is a very sensitive line that the Bush administration walking, because, yes, the Kerry campaign has accused the Bush administration and the Bush campaign, in particular, of exploiting and taking advantage of the tragedy: they point to some of the ads, they point to the president's stomp speech and they point to the fact that Republican National Committee was held in New York, where the president met with the firefighters. There are a lot of symbols that the Bush administration, the campaign have embraced. The Bush administration saying that, look, this is a part of the president's legacy, that September 11 actually defined his presidency and that is exactly what he's running on, he's running on his record.
WALLACE: And Suzanne, going into these next 2 months, how do White House advisers feel about the president's position when it comes, in particular, to how American's feel about his handling of terrorism versus that of John Kerry?
MALVEAUX: Well, the latest polls, Kelly, show that the president has about a 20 point lead over Kerry when it comes to the confidence they have in the president in dealing with the war on terror. That is something that bodes well for the Bush administration. However, when you break it down and you look at specifically when it comes to Iraq, there are less Americans that believe that Iraq was the right decision, that it was the right choice. So, there really is a split, there is a divide. Overall, they are confidence in his performance on war on terror, but not so convinced of Iraq specifically.
WALLACE: Suzanne, thanks for that update. Suzanne Malveaux, White House correspondent, reporting from the North Lawn of the White House. We appreciate it.
Turning now to Hurricane Ivan. Florida governor Jeb Bush says people on the Gulf Coast should be stocking up on supplies, or preparing for a possible evacuation ahead of the hurricane. Jamaica narrowly avoided a direct hit from the category four storm. I believe, though, it has been upgraded, since, to a category five. But there is no guarantee Florida will be so lucky. CNN's Susan Candiotti joins us now from the Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Susan, what is the latest from there?
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, when we joined you a while ago, we were in the middle of a heavy rain shower. Now you can see the sun is bright and shining once more. It really is like a ghost coast town here. And you've heard that time and time again. But people have been heeding that mandatory evacuation order.
Now, over my shoulder, you are seeing U.S. 1. There is only one way in and one way out of the Florida Keys. Normally, on a Friday, you say you get about 50 cars an hour heading northbound. Overnight, you had more than five times that amount.
Now, during the day, authorities tell me that the numbers have pretty much evened out, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. And they attribute that, perhaps they say, to a possible change in Ivan's track. However, they want to emphasize people cannot count on that. They still want people to follow that mandatory evacuation order. So far, they figure 30,000 people have left the Florida Keys. About 80,000 people live here year-round.
Right now, we're reporting to you from Bud and Mary's Marina. This place has been around since 1944. And currently, the man running the place is Richard Stanczyk. Normally, what does this look like? I see a lot of empty slips
RICHARD STANCZYK, MARINA OWNER: On a Saturday, there should be a lot of people here. This kind of looks like a skeleton to me. Missing all the flesh, the flesh being the boats, they're all gone.
CANDIOTTI: About how many do you normally have here?
STANCZYK: Yeah, there's 140 boats on this property. About 30 or 40 of them sit in the water. And those, of course, are the ones we are worried about. And we had to place those in a safe area.
CANDIOTTI: These are expensive boats. Tell me where you put a lot of them?
STANCZYK: They are expensive. And we're very fortunately, because what we done is we've moved them all down to a mangrove swamp, which is nature's natural way of protecting us. It has these canals, and we put them all up in there, all these captains have worked together. It's a very difficult thing tying them up. It takes six to eight ropes. It takes 4 to 5 people. And each boat has to be done. There's probably 50 of them over there in that swamp right now.
CANDIOTTI: Now, we saw that kind of damage that can happen when you don't have that kind of, perhaps, natural protection. We have seen the damage to pier's on Florida's West Coast -- East Coast. How do you think these boast might make out in a hurricane?
STANCZYK: Well, I've been here fishing 37 years down here in the Keys, and I have yet to see any of the boats over there, moored the way they have these moored sustain any damage. I have to say that, I haven't seen any winds over 120 or so, but they'll do very well.
CANDIOTTI: Now, are you planning on sticking around?
STANCZYK: I'm probably going to leave tomorrow. Not that I'm frightened of the storm, I believe the track has changed sufficiently, but I'm going to take a little opportunity, because we have been very busy all year, to visit my mother up in Miami.
CANDIOTTI: Well, that's a good opportunity, then, to visit your mother.
Richard, thank you very much for joining us. Again, authorities are not changing the mandatory evacuation order. They still want people to follow it. They are very serious about that, saying you can't count on any change in Ivan's track at this time. Back to you, Kelly.
WALLACE: Thanks, Susan. And we will continue to check with you throughout the day. Susan Candiotti reporting from the Florida Keys. And we want you to know, we are awaiting a news conference by Governor Jeb Bush of Florida. As soon as we have that news conference -- it begins, we will bring it to you live.
CNN, of course, keeping a close watch on Hurricane Ivan. Meteorologist Orelon Sidney joins us now from the CNN Weather Center. Orelon, what now? As I understand the category has been upgrade for Ivan?
ORELON SIDNEY, CNN METEOROLOGIST: That's right. And I've been at this for 16 years. And this is the first for me. I've never, ever seen winds of 165 miles an hour. And that's what the winds are now, they believe in the storm.
The storm has gone up to category 5. 156 and up, that's where your category five storm. This one well into it at 165 miles an hour.
It's surface pressure dropped to 917 millibars. That's extrapolated from flight levels, one of the hurricane hunters in there currently. . And this is just a massive, monster storm, extremely impressive picture on the satellite and extremely impressive numbers.
Currently it's 170 miles East/Southeast of Grand Cayman. It's located 18.0 North, 79.0 West. It's drifting now to the West/Northwest, hasn't moved much over the past few hours, expect it to start drifting -- moving a little faster to the North at a 8 miles an hour.
But this is the significance, 165 miles an hour sustained winds. I've never, personally seen that before. I've never personally put that on a map before. And the pressure at 917 millibars makes it stronger than Andrew was at landfall, Andrew was 922 millibars when it made landfall in Florida.
This one, we don't know if it's going to maintain the strength. And to be honest, when they're this strong, they don't generally maintain that strength very long. So, we do expect fluctuations as it heads towards the Cayman Islands tomorrow and then Cuba as we go on into Monday. In fact, it looks like 8:00 Monday, expected to be along the northern coast.
I'll take a look a little closer at the track, give you some more information in the next half hour -- Kelly.
WALLACE: OK. Orelon, we'll look forward to that. Very scary indeed. The latest on Hurricane Ivan.
Well, did you know that soon you'll be able to get a college degree in homeland security? Protecting the homefront is a growing business, and campuses around the country are trying to keep up. That report straight ahead.
Also, an army sergeant reports back to duty 40 years after leaving it.
And coming in less than 30 minutes, how to be a millionaire, even if you only make $25,000 a year. You can e-mail you questions to dollarsigns@cnn.com. Or call us at 1-800-807-2620. We'll be right back.
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WALLACE: In campuses across the country, patriotism rules these days. More and more students are demanding course and entire programs on how to better protect the homefront. CNN's Sean Callebs has more.
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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The business of coping with terror is rapidly becoming part of the curriculum at colleges and universities around the U.S.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And the reason I chose a program like this, you know, how is the government going to be prepared to respond to the next terrorist attack? How can we more effective manage state, local, federal responses?
CALLEBS: Homeland security could very well be the largest government employer in the next decade. So it's no surprise that hundreds of schools are offering degrees and certificates in homeland security.
STEVEN DAVID, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: The reaction we get from students, is that this is long overdue, that this is something they want, this is something their employers want. And we hope that this can make some small contribution to making America safer.
CALLEBS: Students at John Hopkins in Baltimore follow three specialized tracks while pursuing a homeland security certificate. Scientific: the science of terrorism. For example, the difference between chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
Domestic Administrative: how the U.S. government is organized to deal with attacks.
And international relations: policies affecting relationship between U.S. and other nations and factions.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We better learn more lessons from that failure than they do.
CALLEBS: Thomas Stanton has been a professor for a decade here. He says many students have a strong sense of patriotism.
THOMAS STANTON, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: This is a really fundamental assault on the United States and our way of life. When I teach courses on administering with respect to the economy, for example, you don't get nearly a resonance to patriotic themes, that you get in a course like this.
CALLEBS: Right now, Johns Hopkins doesn't offer a homeland security master's degree, but it could be in the offing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think homeland security is an up and coming thing, especially with the war on terrorism. I think it's something that's going to be around a long time.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CALLEBS: Administrators say around a long time is an understatement. That the government and the private sector will need graduates with homeland security education for years to come. Saying just like the fight against crime, the war on terror is a battle the nation will never totally win -- Kelly.
WALLACE: Sean, so interesting. How popular are these courses right now?
CALLEBS: Good question. They are becoming extremely popular. Johns Hopkins is just a microcosm. And interest is so great, they are -- right now it's a certificate program. But so many people are pursuing it, so many people who are interested in government, education, that they probably say that they will expand it and make it into a master's or a graduate program. A lot of students showing interest.
WALLACE: And other colleges, universities are they sort of tapping in, watching what's going on at Hopkins to sort of build a model for their schools?
CALLEBS: Really from community colleges all the way to four-year programs, it is seeing broad, wide scale embrace across the U.S. Because September 10, 2001 no one really thought about this. But after that, the whole nation changed, now there's big demand for homeland security.
WALLACE: And maybe some day, it'll be just like economics 101.
CALLEBS: Exactly.
WALLACE: Homeland security. Interesting. Thanks for that report. Appreciate it.
Looking now at news around the world. After 39 years, Charles Jenkins is again on active duty in the U.S. Army. The Army sergeant is accused of defecting to North Korea in 1965. Jenkins turned himself in at an Army base in Japan. Officials say he faces six charges connected to his disappearance. In Cuba, preparing for Ivan. Forecasters say the now category five hurricane could hit the western part of the island, including Havana, by late tomorrow. Cuba president, Fidel Castro, went on national television earlier and warned residents to prepare for the worst.
And in Jakarta, Indonesia, redoubling investigation efforts. Police are trying to track the militants behind Thursday's suicide bombing near the Australian embassy. Police released new video of the blast taken from two security cameras. They showed a van passing on its way to the embassy before blowing up.
A week later and Beslan's tears are still falling. The small Russian town remains in shock and anguish, struggling to make sense of its loss after its mass burials. More now from Bill Neely of ITV news.
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BILL NEELY, ITV NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The skies are gray now. Beslan's summer is over. There's a chill in the air.
"Where is my Ilonya (ph)," she says. Maybe this is a dream. Her daughter's body has never been found.
Middle school number 1 is almost empty now, except for the bereaved. This man lost his two children and the ghosts of happier days and the clothing of the terrorists who turned this into a slaughterhouse.
Beslan's world stopped last Friday at eight minutes past 1:00. And it will never return.
(on camera): These corridors are empty and eerie now. The blood on the walls and the ceiling imprints of the moment people died here. This will all be pulled down soon, but for those who survived, these corridors, the gym over there, will be fixed on their minds until they die.
(voice-over): There were three Bokayova (ph) sisters. But 12- year old Medina is still missing one week on. Her seven-year old hit by shrapnel is just home. Their mother is still in hospital with bullet wounds. Their aunt searches the morgue every day, horrified at the sight of dead children.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They are in terrible position from fear. These -- it is a very terrible case what I saw.
NEELY (voice-over): What so many have suffered here is hard to believe. This man lost his family. His wife and two daughters.
What September the 11th was to America, September the 3rd is to Russia, the day everything changed. Beslan is a small featureless town at the end of Russia's railway line, where nothing much ever happened. It will never be that town again. It's world has been turned upside-down. Children dig the graves of their classmates. Grandmothers bury their grandchildren. And the strong break down. It has a future, of course, but its past is forever sullied and its present is one unending sorrow.
Bill Neely, ITV News, Beslan.
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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN ANCHOR: Just ahead, we are going ahead live to the Keys for a report on Hurricane Ivan.
And for better or worse, homeland security is a growth field. We'll see a (UNINTELLIGIBLE) on a changing college curriculum.
Hello and welcome to CNN LIVE SATURDAY. I'm Kelly Wallace in today for Fredricka Whitfield.
And switching gears in 30 minutes, want to know how to be a millionaire, even if you don't make a lot of money. That's our topic today on "Dollar Signs." Call us at 1-800-807-2620. Or e-mail your questions to dollarsigns@cnn.com. "Dollar Signs" starts in half an hour, but first the headlines.
A day of remembrance across American, as the country marks the 3rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks. Ceremonies were held in New York, Shanksville, Pennsylvania and at Arlington National Cemetery. Almost 3,000 people were killed on that day 3 years ago.
Hurricane Ivan wobbles a little, but Florida governor Jeb Bush warns residents to get ready anyway. Forecasters say the storm shifted a little bit westward, but they still expect it to resume a west/northwest path. Ivan is still a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.
Indonesian police released security camera video of a deadly suicide bombing outside the Australian Embassy. The video shows a powerful blast followed by smoke and debris. At least 9 people were killed. Police in Jakarta say they are redoubling their efforts to find the militants behind the blast.
All day, we are remembering the heartache of September 11. Americans gather to pay their respects today, on this, the 3rd anniversary of the deadly hijackings, at ground zero in New York City, in Arlington National Cemetery and at a solitary field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Across the ceremonies, a similar message reverberated: September 11 will never be just another date. Here's our Alina Cho.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was painful to hear.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: David D. Alger. CHO: Even more painful to read.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our son, Michael Bradley Vivian.
CHO: The ceremony, marking the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks, brought hundreds of family members to ground zero. There were photos and flowers, moments of silence, music...
(SINGING DANNY BOY)
CHO: ...and throughout, the names.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: John A. Crisci (ph).
CHO: Leonard Crisci's brother was a New York City firefighter.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When my brother's name was read and I felt the -- just felt the chill going through my body.
CHO: 2,749 names in all. This year, the parents and the grandparents of the victims did the honors. New York's mayor said it was they who suffered the greatest loss.
MAY. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK: It has been said that a child who losses a parent is an orphan. A man who losses his wife is a widower. A woman who losses her husband is a widow. There is no name for a parent who loses a child, for their are no words to describe this pain.
CHO: As the current mayor spoke, his more famous predecessor comforted those in need. While some sought relief in others, a few found solace in being alone. Nancy Brandonmarty's (ph) son, Nicky would have turned 25 this month.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: God has you in his keeping, we have you in our hearts.
CHO: The Garcia family lost 21-year-old Marlene, who died on the 100th floor of the North Tower.
HECTOR GARCIA, VICTIM'S FATHER: She was my beautiful daughter. It is very hard for me and confusing the life (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CHO: It is a tough day for the families, certainly a tough day for New Yorkers, a tough day, really, for the nation as a whole. And the tributes continue on this 3rd anniversary. Tonight, we will see a return of the tribute in light, those are the popular parallel beams of light that shine up from ground zero. Those lights will turned on at sundown and stay will stay on, Kelly, until dawn tomorrow.
WALLACE: Alina, a heartbreaking day indeed. We want to ask you a little bit. What led to having the parents and grandparents be the ones to read the names of the victims? CHO: Well, Kelly, as you heard from the New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a child who loses a parent is called an orphan, a man or a woman who losses a spouse a widow or a widower, but there is really no word or words to describe a parent who has lost a child, because there are no words to describe that the pain. Bloomberg said that he wanted to honor and acknowledge their sacrifice, and he wanted to thank them for helping all of us shoulder this loss -- Kelly.
WALLACE: Alina, we thank you for your work on this tough day. Alina Cho reporting from ground zero.
Reminding us of the sorrow, the rescuers courage and America's resolve, President Bush is quietly marking this 3rd anniversary of the attacks. CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux has more on how the president spent his day.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Bush marked the 3rd anniversary of the September 11 tragedy with a prayer at St. John's Episcopal Church followed by a silent tribute on the South Lawn at 8:46, signifying when the first plane hit the World Trade Center.
Then, in a rare move from the Oval Office, Mr. Bush broadcast his weekly radio address live on television.
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Three years ago, the struggle of good against evil was compressed into a single morning. In the space of only 102 minutes, our country lost more citizens than were lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
MALVEAUX: Surrounded by 9/11 families, firefighters and first responders, he praised them for their courage.
BUSH: We remember the images of fire and the final calls of love and the courage of rescuers who saw death and did not flee.
MALVEAUX: Mr. Bush linked the September 11 attacks to the broader war on terror.
BUSH: And our nation accepted a mission: we will defeat this enemy. The United States of America is determined to guard our homeland against future attacks.
MALVEAUX: At a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, an emotional Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the administration's policies striking first overseas.
DONALD RUMSFELD, DEFENSE SECRETARY: Extremists think nothing of cutting off people's heads to advance their cause. They've murdered innocents, even hundreds of school children recently, from countries across the globe. And even today, they plot to strike again.
(END VIDEOTAPE) MALVEAUX: And President Bush spends the rest of his day at Camp David for a quiet weekend. Both the president and his opponent Senator Kerry, saying they're suspending their campaigning, at least for today, out of respect for this anniversary. But Kelly, on Monday it is back on the campaign trial with President Bush, heading to Michigan, Colorado and Nevada -- Kelly.
WALLACE: Suzanne, as you know, Democrats throughout the year, at times, have accused President Bush and Vice President Cheney with playing politics on the September 11 attacks. As you talked to advisers behind the scenes, how much did they sort of schedule this day with that in mind, so wouldn't be accused of playing politics on this, this tragic anniversary?
MALVEAUX: Well Kelly, it really is a very sensitive line that the Bush administration walking, because, yes, the Kerry campaign has accused the Bush administration and the Bush campaign, in particular, of exploiting and taking advantage of the tragedy: they point to some of the ads, they point to the president's stomp speech and they point to the fact that Republican National Committee was held in New York, where the president met with the firefighters. There are a lot of symbols that the Bush administration, the campaign have embraced. The Bush administration saying that, look, this is a part of the president's legacy, that September 11 actually defined his presidency and that is exactly what he's running on, he's running on his record.
WALLACE: And Suzanne, going into these next 2 months, how do White House advisers feel about the president's position when it comes, in particular, to how American's feel about his handling of terrorism versus that of John Kerry?
MALVEAUX: Well, the latest polls, Kelly, show that the president has about a 20 point lead over Kerry when it comes to the confidence they have in the president in dealing with the war on terror. That is something that bodes well for the Bush administration. However, when you break it down and you look at specifically when it comes to Iraq, there are less Americans that believe that Iraq was the right decision, that it was the right choice. So, there really is a split, there is a divide. Overall, they are confidence in his performance on war on terror, but not so convinced of Iraq specifically.
WALLACE: Suzanne, thanks for that update. Suzanne Malveaux, White House correspondent, reporting from the North Lawn of the White House. We appreciate it.
Turning now to Hurricane Ivan. Florida governor Jeb Bush says people on the Gulf Coast should be stocking up on supplies, or preparing for a possible evacuation ahead of the hurricane. Jamaica narrowly avoided a direct hit from the category four storm. I believe, though, it has been upgraded, since, to a category five. But there is no guarantee Florida will be so lucky. CNN's Susan Candiotti joins us now from the Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Susan, what is the latest from there?
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, when we joined you a while ago, we were in the middle of a heavy rain shower. Now you can see the sun is bright and shining once more. It really is like a ghost coast town here. And you've heard that time and time again. But people have been heeding that mandatory evacuation order.
Now, over my shoulder, you are seeing U.S. 1. There is only one way in and one way out of the Florida Keys. Normally, on a Friday, you say you get about 50 cars an hour heading northbound. Overnight, you had more than five times that amount.
Now, during the day, authorities tell me that the numbers have pretty much evened out, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. And they attribute that, perhaps they say, to a possible change in Ivan's track. However, they want to emphasize people cannot count on that. They still want people to follow that mandatory evacuation order. So far, they figure 30,000 people have left the Florida Keys. About 80,000 people live here year-round.
Right now, we're reporting to you from Bud and Mary's Marina. This place has been around since 1944. And currently, the man running the place is Richard Stanczyk. Normally, what does this look like? I see a lot of empty slips
RICHARD STANCZYK, MARINA OWNER: On a Saturday, there should be a lot of people here. This kind of looks like a skeleton to me. Missing all the flesh, the flesh being the boats, they're all gone.
CANDIOTTI: About how many do you normally have here?
STANCZYK: Yeah, there's 140 boats on this property. About 30 or 40 of them sit in the water. And those, of course, are the ones we are worried about. And we had to place those in a safe area.
CANDIOTTI: These are expensive boats. Tell me where you put a lot of them?
STANCZYK: They are expensive. And we're very fortunately, because what we done is we've moved them all down to a mangrove swamp, which is nature's natural way of protecting us. It has these canals, and we put them all up in there, all these captains have worked together. It's a very difficult thing tying them up. It takes six to eight ropes. It takes 4 to 5 people. And each boat has to be done. There's probably 50 of them over there in that swamp right now.
CANDIOTTI: Now, we saw that kind of damage that can happen when you don't have that kind of, perhaps, natural protection. We have seen the damage to pier's on Florida's West Coast -- East Coast. How do you think these boast might make out in a hurricane?
STANCZYK: Well, I've been here fishing 37 years down here in the Keys, and I have yet to see any of the boats over there, moored the way they have these moored sustain any damage. I have to say that, I haven't seen any winds over 120 or so, but they'll do very well.
CANDIOTTI: Now, are you planning on sticking around?
STANCZYK: I'm probably going to leave tomorrow. Not that I'm frightened of the storm, I believe the track has changed sufficiently, but I'm going to take a little opportunity, because we have been very busy all year, to visit my mother up in Miami.
CANDIOTTI: Well, that's a good opportunity, then, to visit your mother.
Richard, thank you very much for joining us. Again, authorities are not changing the mandatory evacuation order. They still want people to follow it. They are very serious about that, saying you can't count on any change in Ivan's track at this time. Back to you, Kelly.
WALLACE: Thanks, Susan. And we will continue to check with you throughout the day. Susan Candiotti reporting from the Florida Keys. And we want you to know, we are awaiting a news conference by Governor Jeb Bush of Florida. As soon as we have that news conference -- it begins, we will bring it to you live.
CNN, of course, keeping a close watch on Hurricane Ivan. Meteorologist Orelon Sidney joins us now from the CNN Weather Center. Orelon, what now? As I understand the category has been upgrade for Ivan?
ORELON SIDNEY, CNN METEOROLOGIST: That's right. And I've been at this for 16 years. And this is the first for me. I've never, ever seen winds of 165 miles an hour. And that's what the winds are now, they believe in the storm.
The storm has gone up to category 5. 156 and up, that's where your category five storm. This one well into it at 165 miles an hour.
It's surface pressure dropped to 917 millibars. That's extrapolated from flight levels, one of the hurricane hunters in there currently. . And this is just a massive, monster storm, extremely impressive picture on the satellite and extremely impressive numbers.
Currently it's 170 miles East/Southeast of Grand Cayman. It's located 18.0 North, 79.0 West. It's drifting now to the West/Northwest, hasn't moved much over the past few hours, expect it to start drifting -- moving a little faster to the North at a 8 miles an hour.
But this is the significance, 165 miles an hour sustained winds. I've never, personally seen that before. I've never personally put that on a map before. And the pressure at 917 millibars makes it stronger than Andrew was at landfall, Andrew was 922 millibars when it made landfall in Florida.
This one, we don't know if it's going to maintain the strength. And to be honest, when they're this strong, they don't generally maintain that strength very long. So, we do expect fluctuations as it heads towards the Cayman Islands tomorrow and then Cuba as we go on into Monday. In fact, it looks like 8:00 Monday, expected to be along the northern coast.
I'll take a look a little closer at the track, give you some more information in the next half hour -- Kelly.
WALLACE: OK. Orelon, we'll look forward to that. Very scary indeed. The latest on Hurricane Ivan.
Well, did you know that soon you'll be able to get a college degree in homeland security? Protecting the homefront is a growing business, and campuses around the country are trying to keep up. That report straight ahead.
Also, an army sergeant reports back to duty 40 years after leaving it.
And coming in less than 30 minutes, how to be a millionaire, even if you only make $25,000 a year. You can e-mail you questions to dollarsigns@cnn.com. Or call us at 1-800-807-2620. We'll be right back.
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WALLACE: In campuses across the country, patriotism rules these days. More and more students are demanding course and entire programs on how to better protect the homefront. CNN's Sean Callebs has more.
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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The business of coping with terror is rapidly becoming part of the curriculum at colleges and universities around the U.S.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And the reason I chose a program like this, you know, how is the government going to be prepared to respond to the next terrorist attack? How can we more effective manage state, local, federal responses?
CALLEBS: Homeland security could very well be the largest government employer in the next decade. So it's no surprise that hundreds of schools are offering degrees and certificates in homeland security.
STEVEN DAVID, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: The reaction we get from students, is that this is long overdue, that this is something they want, this is something their employers want. And we hope that this can make some small contribution to making America safer.
CALLEBS: Students at John Hopkins in Baltimore follow three specialized tracks while pursuing a homeland security certificate. Scientific: the science of terrorism. For example, the difference between chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
Domestic Administrative: how the U.S. government is organized to deal with attacks.
And international relations: policies affecting relationship between U.S. and other nations and factions.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We better learn more lessons from that failure than they do.
CALLEBS: Thomas Stanton has been a professor for a decade here. He says many students have a strong sense of patriotism.
THOMAS STANTON, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: This is a really fundamental assault on the United States and our way of life. When I teach courses on administering with respect to the economy, for example, you don't get nearly a resonance to patriotic themes, that you get in a course like this.
CALLEBS: Right now, Johns Hopkins doesn't offer a homeland security master's degree, but it could be in the offing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think homeland security is an up and coming thing, especially with the war on terrorism. I think it's something that's going to be around a long time.
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CALLEBS: Administrators say around a long time is an understatement. That the government and the private sector will need graduates with homeland security education for years to come. Saying just like the fight against crime, the war on terror is a battle the nation will never totally win -- Kelly.
WALLACE: Sean, so interesting. How popular are these courses right now?
CALLEBS: Good question. They are becoming extremely popular. Johns Hopkins is just a microcosm. And interest is so great, they are -- right now it's a certificate program. But so many people are pursuing it, so many people who are interested in government, education, that they probably say that they will expand it and make it into a master's or a graduate program. A lot of students showing interest.
WALLACE: And other colleges, universities are they sort of tapping in, watching what's going on at Hopkins to sort of build a model for their schools?
CALLEBS: Really from community colleges all the way to four-year programs, it is seeing broad, wide scale embrace across the U.S. Because September 10, 2001 no one really thought about this. But after that, the whole nation changed, now there's big demand for homeland security.
WALLACE: And maybe some day, it'll be just like economics 101.
CALLEBS: Exactly.
WALLACE: Homeland security. Interesting. Thanks for that report. Appreciate it.
Looking now at news around the world. After 39 years, Charles Jenkins is again on active duty in the U.S. Army. The Army sergeant is accused of defecting to North Korea in 1965. Jenkins turned himself in at an Army base in Japan. Officials say he faces six charges connected to his disappearance. In Cuba, preparing for Ivan. Forecasters say the now category five hurricane could hit the western part of the island, including Havana, by late tomorrow. Cuba president, Fidel Castro, went on national television earlier and warned residents to prepare for the worst.
And in Jakarta, Indonesia, redoubling investigation efforts. Police are trying to track the militants behind Thursday's suicide bombing near the Australian embassy. Police released new video of the blast taken from two security cameras. They showed a van passing on its way to the embassy before blowing up.
A week later and Beslan's tears are still falling. The small Russian town remains in shock and anguish, struggling to make sense of its loss after its mass burials. More now from Bill Neely of ITV news.
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BILL NEELY, ITV NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The skies are gray now. Beslan's summer is over. There's a chill in the air.
"Where is my Ilonya (ph)," she says. Maybe this is a dream. Her daughter's body has never been found.
Middle school number 1 is almost empty now, except for the bereaved. This man lost his two children and the ghosts of happier days and the clothing of the terrorists who turned this into a slaughterhouse.
Beslan's world stopped last Friday at eight minutes past 1:00. And it will never return.
(on camera): These corridors are empty and eerie now. The blood on the walls and the ceiling imprints of the moment people died here. This will all be pulled down soon, but for those who survived, these corridors, the gym over there, will be fixed on their minds until they die.
(voice-over): There were three Bokayova (ph) sisters. But 12- year old Medina is still missing one week on. Her seven-year old hit by shrapnel is just home. Their mother is still in hospital with bullet wounds. Their aunt searches the morgue every day, horrified at the sight of dead children.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They are in terrible position from fear. These -- it is a very terrible case what I saw.
NEELY (voice-over): What so many have suffered here is hard to believe. This man lost his family. His wife and two daughters.
What September the 11th was to America, September the 3rd is to Russia, the day everything changed. Beslan is a small featureless town at the end of Russia's railway line, where nothing much ever happened. It will never be that town again. It's world has been turned upside-down. Children dig the graves of their classmates. Grandmothers bury their grandchildren. And the strong break down. It has a future, of course, but its past is forever sullied and its present is one unending sorrow.
Bill Neely, ITV News, Beslan.
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