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Heavy Weather in the Southeast; International Space Station Crew Change
Aired April 08, 2006 - 14:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: A look at the top stories right now.
Storms pound the Southeast from Mississippi to Georgia. We're talking tornadoes, hail, strong winds and rain leaving a path of destruction. Today's storms come one day after storms in Tennessee led to the deaths of at least a dozen people.
University students in Iran have taken to the streets to protest the idea of Iranian-U.S. negotiations on Iraq. The hard-line students chanted slogans and carried signs saying, "We Hate America!" No talks have been scheduled yet between the U.S. and Iran on Iraqi security.
Victims of the brutal mosque bombing in Iraq were buried today. At least 81 people were killed in the attack yesterday on a Shiite shrine. It was the latest escalation of Iraq's sectarian strife.
And a deadly explosion in western Afghanistan. A NATO spokesman says this morning's blast killed two Afghan civilians near the compound housing NATO's reconstruction team.
Welcome to CNN LIVE SATURDAY.
I'm Fredericka Whitfield.
It is Saturday, April 8th.
Ahead this hour, crew members of the international space station are getting ready to come home. The latest on what it all means.
And our legal experts will weigh in on the final phase of the death penalty case against Zacarias Moussaoui.
But first, to our top story. They're looking over the damage across a wide area of the Southeast today. A storm that killed a dozen people in Tennessee alone yesterday moved east overnight, damaging homes and businesses in the suburbs of Atlanta. Tens of thousands of Georgia homes started the day without power.
In Tennessee, yesterday's storm was particularly rough on the Nashville area. At least 12 people were killed. Police were still patrolling devastated areas in northwest Tennessee hit by another big storm less than a week ago.
Other states on the hit list included Alabama. Tornado sightings were reported in the Huntsville area and several houses were damaged in the Birmingham area. The storm also caused damage in parts of Mississippi.
In Charlotte, Tennessee, one woman said last night's storm was so loud, everyone had to scream in order to be heard. Now, with an amazing story of survival, CNN's Amanda Rosseter -- Amanda.
AMANDA ROSSETER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Fredericka, we are here at what was a local hangout here in Charlotte, Tennessee, sort of a landmark. It was really everything to the people around here. It was a grocery store, a car wash, a Laundromat, even a barbecue joint. It's been here for about 40 years and this afternoon, as you can see, it is in pieces.
And the food is scattered across the road, across the valley. As you can see, the tin roof that sat on top of this store was wrapped around the trees. Even the metal girder from the car wash is now run through the side of the building.
The damage here is astounding. This is probably the worst that we have seen so far today.
But the story of survival here is far more interesting and astounding than the damage that we're seeing. A woman we talked to named Anna Bradley (ph) is R.A. Duke's daughter. And she told us that they were all headed to the basement with some of the customers that were in the store here yesterday, all of the family, the customers headed down to the basement, when the tornado came over the store, lifted the store up off of its foundation and pulled the building and her mother up with it.
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ANNA BRADLEY: We heard it coming and was trying to get to safety. And then all of a sudden it hit. I mean it got here fast and it come in down on top of us. My mother went flying. And bless his heart, Brian -- and I can't think of his last name right now -- grabbed her and held. If he hadn't have grabbed her, she'd have been dead. She'd have been gone.
They were swirling in the air and ended up underneath all of this stuff right here. And it just sucked them up. We were going down -- we were down in the basement. He was right behind. Mother was coming. And all of a sudden they were gone.
The roof was gone. We were looking up at the sky and it started blowing, sucking us every which way down there and it was all hell broke loose.
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ROSSETER: Now, Anna Bradley tells us her mother is pretty banged up. She has been treated.
And they say that they will rebuild all of this. They say it's all they know how to do. It's what they do. This has been in their family for generations now and there have been dozens of family and neighbors and friends out here all morning long helping them with the cleanup. So they certainly have enough help to get them back on their feet -- Fredericka.
WHITFIELD: Amanda Rosseter, thanks so much, in Charlotte, Tennessee.
Another area in Tennessee hit pretty hard...
ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
WHITFIELD: We have some new video we have for you, we can show you how the town of Gallatin, just northeast of Nashville in Tennessee, was hit very hard.
This video coming from the government sources there, showing this twister in action. Apparently, at least one twister recorded in the Gallatin area cut a 150-yard wide swath that is 10 miles long, causing a lot of destruction in the area. Some reports of some injuries there, as well, throughout today as a result of this twister that you're seeing right now on this new video.
Power lines were down, a number of homes damaged and there were some reports of injuries, specifically, some reports of injuries at a community college where many people took refuge there, the Volunteer State Community College. Those new pictures coming in out of Gallatin, Tennessee.
Well, scenes of destruction in many Tennessee communities can be seen.
Aaron Solomon of CNN affiliate WSMV reports from Hendersonville now.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A tornado.
AARON SOLOMON, WSMV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Two construction workers were inside this new home when it collapsed. One made it out, the second had to be cut out by rescue personnel. Amazingly, he suffered no life-threatening injuries.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's my friend.
SOLOMON: The twister also took construction superintendent Mark Cutlip for quite a ride.
MARK CUTLIP, CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT: We was coming up the street there, my partner and I, and we seen the wind blowing a lot of debris in this destruction. And we had to get to this end of the street. And it -- about 30 yards in that direction, it started sliding us up the road and we started to turn on our side. It blew all of the windows out of our truck. And at that point, we couldn't see nothing. My partner is in the ambulance now and at that point, the houses starting collapsing and it was just -- it was -- it was about 30 seconds was about all it lasted.
SOLOMON (on camera): What were you thinking? Were you thinking oh, here we go, or what?
CUTLIP: Well, I thought it was over.
SOLOMON (voice-over): The wind started to pick up.
Gwen and Ralph Preveau were forced to move to middle Tennessee after Hurricane Katrina. They were looking at a model home nearby.
GWEN PREVEAU, KATRINA EVACUEE: And it was more frightening than any hurricane I've lived through, because I've run from hurricanes and I had no place to run.
RALPH PREVEAU, KATRINA EVACUEE: I looked out the front door and I saw that the wind was picking up really bad. But then stuff started to come by. We looked out the front door and I actually saw it. I could see the spiral of it. I said here it is. He said let me see. He said we're in it right now.
So we ran to the middle of the house in the interior bathroom, closed the door and waited. And then as soon as we heard the wind subside, we went outside. And I saw it going down the street. And then I looked around and damage all over.
SOLOMON: The new construction here at Mansker Farms, the hardest hit. Four homes leveled. Luckily, no one seriously injured. But that's not all. Nearly two dozen other older homes suffered extensive damage and scores of others suffered some type of damage.
As homeowners went back and tried to make repairs, their feared further storms would cause further damage and some felt they were lucky to make it through.
KELLY PARKER, STORM SURVIVOR: I just heard the wind whirling and I said hold on, I've got to go. We've got to get down to the basement. And as we did, the window broke and all the debris came flying down the steps. And we got the door shut and got over in the corner where there were -- where there were no windows.
SOLOMON: Lots of damage here at Mansker Farms, but many lucky people.
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WHITFIELD: Now, remember, just moments ago we showed you some extraordinary video of what took place in Gallatin, Tennessee, just northeast of Nassau, with actual video of the twister hitting the ground. You're taking a look at it again here. This video being provided by the government there, who were able to take this picture.
Well, Brenda Whitefell (ph) is a resident of Gallatin. She was among the very many witnesses of this storm that hit in daylight hours.
And, Brenda, where were you when this twister cut through?
BRENDA WHITEFELL: Well, I was actually at school. I teach at a small private school called Sumner Academy. We -- the middle school kids were huddled in bathrooms. We had some of the younger kids with us. It was just great to see them concentrating on the younger kids, putting them in their laps, wrapping their arms around them and running with them when we had to leave one building to go to another, grabbing those little kids and taking them with them.
WHITFIELD: And it's so good to hear that so many people knew exactly what to do.
WHITEFELL: Yes, these are kids who didn't really have lots of training, but they just seemed to know what had to be done and did it.
WHITFIELD: What kind of damage did you personally sustain at your home?
WHITEFELL: I have no house. I have no house. My house is leveled...
WHITFIELD: Gone.
WHITEFELL: ... the highest point in my house, when I saw it last night, was my hot water heater.
WHITFIELD: Wow!
And so I know you're very thankful...
WHITEFELL: And so basically it's split...
WHITFIELD: ... you were not at home.
WHITEFELL: I had a split level house, so it was like two stories.
WHITFIELD: What about the other homes in your neighborhood?
WHITEFELL: Serious damage. Many of them are standing more than mine, but they probably aren't very salvageable.
WHITFIELD: So what do you do now?
WHITEFELL: Well, we found a motel to stay at and we, you know, went to Wal-Mart and picked up a few things we needed and we have lots of people who have come from Sunday school classes and are helping us find what little mementoes we can find. Obviously, it's pictures and stuff that matters.
WHITFIELD: And when you say we, how many of you in your family at your home?
WHITEFELL: Well, there -- my husband and I live in the house. We have a daughter and granddaughter who live in the area. And then we have lots of people who have come to help. But neither my husband or I were home. He was at work at Volunteer State Community College and I was at Sumner Academy.
WHITFIELD: Wow!
WHITEFELL: So we really got hit three times, once at each of our works and once at our house.
WHITFIELD: Well, we are looking at aerial pictures that have come from the area. Extraordinary damage all the way around. A 10- mile long swath being cut through a good part of Tennessee.
Have you ever been through a tornado before?
WHITEFELL: Yes, but nothing like this. It hit a couple of places and did minor damage, but never anything like this. No.
WHITFIELD: And how are people in general in your community able to pull together in a time like this, when so many people have lost so much?
WHITEFELL: Well, I think it's incredible the number of people. There are so many people out here that the city is having to limit people so that they can clear the streets, I mean because people are -- they're not just coming and wandering around. There is some of that. But lots of people are putting on gloves and helping. Even neighbors who can't do anything at their house because they don't have power have come over, put on gloves and helped me.
WHITFIELD: Well, Brenda Whitefell, so sorry that you lost your home, but so glad for you and your family that you all are all physically OK.
WHITEFELL: We are OK.
Thank you very much.
WHITFIELD: And thanks for sharing your story.
Bonnie Schneider is in the Weather Center and while we've seen the results of a lot of bad weather within the past 24 hours, it really is not over, is it?
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, ATS METEOROLOGIST: Not only is it not over, Fredericka, but we have a new tornado watch now. And that includes parts of South Carolina, coastal Georgia and northern Florida. This watch you see right here extends until 9:00 tonight, Eastern time. So still under the gun for severe weather in the Southeast portion of the United States.
We have another tornado watch a little bit further to the west, including parts of Alabama, Florida and Georgia, as well. This one will expire at 5:00 p.m. Central time.
Yesterday alone, we had 691 reports of severe weather, including 48 confirmed tornadoes.
Now, the severe weather we saw earlier this morning and throughout much of the day today, a lot of that is still being confirmed exactly to the degree of the intensity of the tornado or, if, indeed, it was a tornado or straight line winds.
When you were looking at some of those aerial shots, one of the things we were looking at is the pattern of debris. And that's one of the characteristics that the folks from the National Weather Service look for when they're determining whether or not it was an actual tornado or straight line winds, which could be very, very damaging, as well.
Taking a look at the system now that's been bringing all of us this severe weather since yesterday, as we zoom into the region, you'll see the area of low pressure eventually is pushing off to the east. But we're still watching very closely for coastal sections of Georgia, northern Florida and the little bit further inland to the Florida Panhandle, as well, for more strong storms.
At this hour, here's what we're looking at. We still have a line of powerful thunderstorms, as you can see, across I-75, just north of Albany, Georgia. This is where we're getting some very heavy rain and frequent lightning strikes at this hour.
Tapping in still to that Gulf moisture coming up from the Gulf of Mexico, still producing those heavy downpours just to the south now of Tallahassee.
To the north, this same system is not only bringing rain, but even some light snow showers in some places. Hard to believe that as we move into April, but we are looking at some cold temperatures further to the northeast, as well. You can see we've got 36 degrees there in parts of Massachusetts.
Now, down to the south, where the severe weather continues, as you can see, it's clearing out a little bit for northern Georgia back toward Tennessee. And, actually, as we look toward tomorrow, we're looking at a much better weather day and even further on beyond that, I think the weather pattern will improve, as well, as we move into the next couple of days.
Fredericka, we've been talking a lot about the Storm Prediction Center out of Norman, Oklahoma. And they produce these outlooks that we do day one, day two and day three. And as we look ahead, we have much less of a likelihood of severe weather in the days to come.
But still tonight, that tornado watch right here continues until 9:00 tonight.
WHITFIELD: All right, thanks so much.
Well, we are your severe weather headquarters.
Stay with us all day long for the latest on the storms.
Our reporters and meteorologists are tracking the latest developments and as soon as we get any new information or video, we'll be able to bring that to you.
Three international space station crew members prepare for their return trip to Earth. We'll find out what's been happening on the station while they were in residence.
And President Bush speaks out this weekend on immigration. We'll have a live report from the White House on what he said.
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WHITFIELD: We want to show you this new video that's being provided by the Nashville metro area government.
You're looking at a twister in action hitting the Gallatin, Tennessee area, which is northeast of Nashville. Overall, within the past 24 hours, a number of twisters have hit Tennessee, resulting in at least 12 deaths.
Well, now you're killing at the twister in action yesterday, around this time, hitting the Gallatin area, where a number of homes have been hit, completely obliterated and some injuries being reported.
Meantime, on to other news.
Three crew members from the international space station are returning to Earth today. U.S. Commander Bill McArthur, Russian Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev and the first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, will land in Kazakhstan later on this evening. The three have boarded a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for their journey home.
But what did they accomplish while at the station?
Michael Cabbage is the aerospace editor for the "Orlando Sentinel" newspaper and he's also the paper's bureau chief at the Kennedy Space Center.
And he joins us now by phone with more on this.
So, Michael, what was the focus of this mission?
MICHAEL CABBAGE, "ORLANDO SENTINEL": The biggest focus, Fredericka, was simply to exchange the crews. As you mentioned, Commander McArthur and Valery Tokarev and Marcos Pontes are scheduled to leave the international space station aboard the Soyuz in a couple of hours and land about five-and-a-half hours from now Eastern time in Central Asia.
They are leaving behind a new Russian commander, Pavel Vinogradov, and American Jeff Williams, who are going to be up there for another six months and are going to continue to do some of the research that has been ongoing on the space station.
In addition, if the American space shuttle launches here in the next couple of months, in July, as anticipated, then there's going to be a third member of the international space station crew, Thomas Reiter, who is a German, who will be joining them.
WHITFIELD: So, Michael, aside from the fact for the first time a Brazilian astronaut was on board and that has meant that this mission has gotten a lot of attention, what else was very significant about this?
CABBAGE: Well, really, the science has been ramped down aboard the international space station for the last three years, ever since the Columbia accident. In fact, the entire international space station has been more or less in sort of a caretaker mode, to some extent, although there has been research that's been ongoing.
By this time, NASA and the international partners on the international space station had expected to be doing a lot more science because there would be a lot more crew members living on the space station and there would be more pieces that would have been added to it, different modules for research and things of that sort.
And unfortunately, because the space shuttle hasn't been flying and those modules haven't been going up to space and construction hasn't been continuing, the crew size has been very limited. And for that reason, the amount of science that's been done on the international space station has been limited in recent months.
WHITFIELD: And so because NASA hasn't really been able to launch and hasn't been able to really enjoy any further launch missions, the Russian, as a result, have been very supportive, at least that's the word. And this really has been the only game in town, hasn't it?
CABBAGE: It has. I mean with the exception of the one shuttle launch last July, which is the only shuttle mission that's been launched since the Columbia accident in February, 2003, there really hasn't been a lot of human space flight going on that hasn't been going on from Kazakhstan, which, of course, is where the Baikonur Cosmodrome is located that the Russian space program uses for its manned launches.
And the international space station and the Russian space program, to some extent, are really the only game in town right now for human space flight. But hopefully that's going to change here in the next few months as the space shuttle gets flying again, or at least that's the plan.
WHITFIELD: So, in the next few months, we think that whole, you know, external fuel tank issue is likely to have been fixed?
CABBAGE: That's a big question. And that's one of the huge hurdles that's still facing the space shuttle and is preventing it from flying regularly. As you know, that was the cause of the Shuttle Columbia accident. And when Discovery launched last July, to return the program to flight, there were still pieces of foam insulation that fell off the tank.
WHITFIELD: Yes.
CABBAGE: And there's -- there's still work going on to try and prevent that from happening again in the future.
WHITFIELD: All right, Michael Cabbage of the "Orlando Sentinel" newspaper, thanks so much for being with us this Saturday.
CABBAGE: My pleasure.
WHITFIELD: Well, weather is certainly on the mind of fans and players in Augusta at the Masters today. We'll get a live report on what impact, if any, it has had on the golf game.
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WHITFIELD: Thunderstorms suspend play at the Augusta National. And right now ponchos and umbrellas are more likely required attire at the Masters Golf Tournament.
CNN's Larry Smith is there, but I don't see you with a poncho or an umbrella.
LARRY SMITH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, umbrella, I mean I've got, you know, producer Anna Manshell (ph) is right here keeping me dry so I can talk to you for just a moment.
WHITFIELD: OK.
SMITH: I mean, and one of the duties -- really, not that I do. But, you know, I don't know who does the focusing for Augusta National Golf Club, but I'll tell you what, they were right on the money.
We heard yesterday, late afternoon, they said hey, we may suspend play between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. At 1:02, the horn went off. Play suspended. It'll be suspended until at least 3:00, as the band of storms comes through the area right now. About half the field, about 22 golfers, have not gotten out on the course yet. That's just about half. And so it looks right now the longer we go on a delay, the more likely we'll be playing part of the third round on Sunday, before the final round, as well.
Not since 1999 has the Masters enjoyed a weather-free week. And so here we are, two days of very dry weather on Thursday and Friday, and now a very soggy Saturday as, again, we're trying to wait for the leaders to get off on the course.
Chad Campbell is leader at six under par. Phil Mickelson is among those at two under. Also, V.J. Singh, the first round leader, trying to win his second green jacket. He is at three under par. All waiting for the rain to subside and finally get out on the course.
Let's go back to you.
WHITFIELD: So, Larry, let us in on the secret.
What do the players do in a case like this? Do they, you know, go inside? Are they watching TV or they're, you know, indoors, practicing their swings still? What?
SMITH: Well, one, there's no questions from the media. We're not allowed to talk to them during that time. They don't come out and talk to us. I did see some caddies walking around and talked to them, and they're just getting snacks and different things and a little disappointed because they thought it might be an hour weather delay. That was the initial word we heard. And then about 1:45 I talked to another caddy, another Masters official, and they were saying no, actually, it's been extended now to about 3:00.
So just finding ways to bide the time and try to stay focused when they finally do get a chance to get out and play.
WHITFIELD: And trying to stay warmed up, as they say.
SMITH: Right.
WHITFIELD: All right, thanks so much, Larry Smith in Augusta.
SMITH: OK.
WHITFIELD: A very rainy one.
Well, they will be picking up the pieces for quite a while after tornadoes ripped through parts of the South. We'll show you what people are dealing with straight ahead.
And in our Techno File, breaking down the barriers between Apple and Windows -- it may be a whole new world for computer users.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): Harry Slatkin's passion and creativity are heating up the candle business. Slatkin started his career on Wall Street, but launched a home fragrance business, Slatkin & Company, after his friend, Vera Wang, told him his talents could be better used elsewhere.
HARRY SLATKIN, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, SLATKIN & COMPANY: Life, to me, is all accident. And I think when I went into the candle company it was by accident. I had never dreamed of starting a home fragrance company. And 15 years ago, nobody used home fragrance. And there was going to be one or two companies. And when we launched, everyone in the industry woke up.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Slatkin's line of scented candles and potpourri are now sold in more than 300 specialty stores, making it one of the premier home fragrance companies. Limited Brands took notice and bought the company in 2005.
SLATKIN: You really have to keep an open mind to people that you meet along the way. I never dreamed it would end up that not only would they buy my company, but I'd end up president of home design for all their brands.
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WHITFIELD: A look at what's happening right now. Extraordinary new video of one of the tornadoes striking near Gallatin, Tennessee. Severe weather is blamed for at least 12 deaths throughout the state. Storms also caused damage in parts of Alabama and Mississippi and metro Atlanta. This videotape from yesterday's tornado strike in the Gallatin area.
In Iran, university students protest the possibility that Iran and the U.S. will hold talks on Iraq's security situation. The students chanted slogans and carried signs saying, "we hate America." No talks have been scheduled yet between the U.S. and Iran.
Seven more Iraqis were killed today. Authorities say five of them were Shiite pilgrims killed in a car bombing. The other civilians died when mortar rounds landed in a home in Baghdad. It comes one day after suicide bombers killed 81 people and injured 146 others at a Shiite mosque in Baghdad.
Denver Nuggets player Julius Hodge is recovering after being shot and wounded earlier today. Reports say it happened while he was driving on an interstate in the Denver area. Hodge is reported in fair condition at a hospital. An appeal has gone out for any witnesses to come forward.
Utility crews are working to restore power in parts of Tennessee and the people of Gallatin are trying to pick up some of the pieces of their lives today. The city near Nashville was hard hit by yesterday's deadly tornadoes.
CNN's Jonathan Freed is in Gallatin.
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JONATHAN FREED, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We are about 25 miles north of Nashville and all around us are scenes of recovery. Just behind me over here is what's left of several car dealerships that were just pummeled by that storm yesterday afternoon. We are seeing all kinds of activity with heavy equipment, moving cars around, trying to clean up the site as best they can.
And over this way, down a couple of blocks is the edge of a subdivision that was hard hit. Some of the homes just pulverized, leveled, right to the ground yesterday. We can see power crews are here, trying to restore electricity to these neighborhoods.
People that saw this storm drop out of the sky yesterday afternoon say it was just a frightening experience. They say that there were no tornado sirens that they heard here, at least not in and around the car dealership, when they saw the twister heading toward them, first destroying a home that was on the other side of the road from the car dealerships, they said that's enough and they ran inside to seek shelter.
And one man bent down and held on to a heavy tool box in the service area of the car dealership. And he said he felt his hat blow off, wasn't aware of anything else. The storm cleared. And then he looked up and realized the roof of the building he was in had been completely ripped away and he was seeing sky.
Jonathan Freed, CNN, Gallatin, Tennessee.
(END VIDEOTAPE) WHITFIELD: Some frightening moments for a lot of people throughout Tennessee and now other states might be in the same storm's path. Let's check in with Bonnie Schneider.
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WHITFIELD: All right. Thank you so much, Bonnie.
Well, here's some big news about computers. Apple does do Windows. That's right. If you're an Apple or Macintosh user you can run Windows XP now. Our technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg explains.
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DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT: So this is something that could shock the Apple and Mac users out there, seeing Microsoft's Windows XP running on an Apple machine. And that is possible now, thanks to something called Boot Camp that Apple has made available to its users.
And joining us now to help explain how it works is Marshall Brain ...
MARSHALL BRAIN, HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM: Hey.
SIEBERG: ... founder of howstuffworks.com. Your actual name, Brain, I should point out. We're going to pick your brain now. How does this work, exactly? It basically allows someone with an Apple machine that has Intel chips in it -- because not Mac machines have Intel chips -- but to run Boot Camp and get both Windows XP and Apple's OS.
BRAIN: Right, so you either buy or have an XP CD. And with Boot Camp, you just toss it in and you get another partition with XP on it.
SIEBERG: And partition being, it separates the hard drive that's in the computer?
BRAIN: Absolutely. Yes, so it splits it into two parts. One part is your Apple side. One part is your XP side. And your Apple laptop becomes just like a Dell or an HP laptop and it runs XP absolutely seamlessly.
SIEBERG: So an increasing number of Mac computers like this MacBook Pro will have these Intel chips, but that's going to be a while, right, before every Apple computer can do this?
BRAIN: It's -- well, starting in January they started selling the Intel equipment. So pretty much everything they sell going forward will be able to do this. But you're right. Backwards stuff that was using the PowerPC chips isn't going to be able to do this.
SIEBERG: OK, so who would want to do this, first of all? If you're an Apple user or a Mac user, are you going to want this necessarily on your machine? BRAIN: There are two big groups of people who absolutely love this. And one is business people who have one or two corporate apps that will never be ported to the Mac. And the other group is gamers. When you're a Mac lover, you have to have your Mac and carry it with you all the time.
But if you also love games, I actually know people who carry two laptops with them all the time because they love the Mac and want to use it but they can't be without their games. So they're shuttling around with two complete laptop rigs. And this is a huge blessing to them. They now can carry one laptop and have both sides of the world in one place.
SIEBERG: Now, they might also have to carry with them a different mouse, right? Some adjustments for people who are used to the one-button mouse of an Apple machine.
BRAIN: Right, you really need the right mouse button in a PC. So this is an inexpensive, very easy work around, just a USB mouse for the PC side that has the two buttons.
SIEBERG: Marshall Brain, founder of howstuffworks.com. Thanks very much for helping us out. If you do want to get it, Boot Camp is available for free on the Apple Web site, though you do have to buy Microsoft's Windows XP if you want it.
Daniel Sieberg, CNN, Atlanta.
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WHITFIELD: And straight ahead in our "Legal Briefs" segment, are prosecutors making their case for the death penalty in the Zacarias Moussaoui case?
Plus, we'll examine the latest in the trial of Enron's former top executives.
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WHITFIELD: Zacarias Moussaoui curses America, curses his attorneys and blesses Osama bin Laden. In court this week, the only man facing a possible death sentence for the 9/11 attacks taunted relatives of the victims.
CNN justice correspondent Kelli Arena is on the case where there is emotional are entangled with legal issues.
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KELLI ARENA, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Prosecutors want jurors to hold Zacarias Moussaoui responsible for the horrors of 9/11 and decide that he should be executed.
And to remind the jury of exactly how horrible those attacks were, they showed dramatic videotape, like this, and made jurors relive the tragedy of people jumping to their deaths from the World Trade Center.
They were shown pictures of body parts lying in the streets, blocking rescue crews. And they heard former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani describe the stench of burned flesh that permeated New York City for weeks.
Abraham Scott, who lost his wife on 9/11, has listened to most of the testimony.
ABRAHAM SCOTT, 9/11 FAMILY MEMBER: And we were all in tears when they were showing the excerpts of the planes hitting the twin towers, people jumping out of the towers trying to save their lives, people on fire. It was just horrific.
ARENA: For the most part, the jury remained stone-faced. But at least two members had to fight off tears during the day. The same panel of nine men and three women who decided that Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty, will now decide whether he gets it.
Following Giuliani's testimony, jurors heard from the families and friends of some of the nearly 3,000 victims. New York Police Officer Jim Smith spoke about his wife, Moira, also an officer, who died helping evacuate people from the World Trade Center.
Breaking down, Smith said he now tells his little girl her mom was a hero.
Tony Sensaviro (ph) told of his friend, firefighter Danny Suhr, who was killed when he was struck by a falling body. One expert consulted by Moussaoui's defense says it's going to be very difficult for the jury to focus on the legal facts.
DAVID BRUCK, VA. CAPITAL CASE CLEARINGHOUSE: Whether this jury or any jury composed of human beings is going to be in any shape to do that, after they have been subjected to the extravaganza of grief and agony that the government has carefully, over these last few years, planned and stage-managed, after shopping around for the most heartrending week of testimony it could possibly find, that's a very, very open question.
ARENA: In opening arguments, Moussaoui's defense team urged jurors to keep an open mind. They say their experts have diagnosed Moussaoui a paranoid schizophrenic, reason enough to spare him execution. Moussaoui was in the courtroom listening, laughing at times, at other times, seemingly bored with it all.
(on camera): After hearing testimony about people dying in the flames of the World Trade Center, as he was leaving the courtroom, Moussaoui started singing Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA," except that he changed the words to "Burn in the USA."
Kelli Arena, CNN, Alexandria, Virginia.
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WHITFIELD: Well, the Moussaoui trial kicks off today's "Legal Briefs." Avery Friedman and Richard Herman, our legal eagles, are here to sort it all out. Good to see you, gentlemen.
RICHARD HERMAN, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Hi, Fred.
WHITFIELD: All right. Avery, let me begin with you. Powerful days in court. How in the world will this not impact the jurors?
AVERY FRIEDMAN, CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY: Well, Fredricka, it has to impact the jurors. In fact, they're going to hear three more weeks -- a total of three weeks, probably about 45 witnesses day after day after day. And so this evidence, which is heartwrenching, is going to be very, very difficult to overcome. To be honest with you, I'm not sure what the defense could possibly do.
WHITFIELD: And so, Richard, as we heard in Kelli's piece, the worry is that perhaps the emotional impact of what transpired in the court might cloud the judgment of the jurors to think about the legal facts and issues at hand. Do you suppose that would happen?
HERMAN: Might cloud the judgment? Fredricka, this is over! This jury could go take a verdict right now. They could put the defense case on and then vote. This will be a flash verdict. They want to kill this guy. This is what he wants. He's persuaded this jury that this is what he wants. And just think. There's only one guy standing trial for all the deaths of 9/11. And this jury has the ability to put him to death. Come on.
WHITFIELD: So actually you bring up a great point. OK, this is exactly what he wants. So why carry on with this phase the way it is carried out? Why go through these formalities when this defendant wants to be put to death?
HERMAN: Fredricka, this goes what the prosecution wants. I think it's pathetic. I think torture for this guy would be to keep him in prison for the rest of his life. But he doesn't want that. He's trying to make himself into a martyr. He's building himself into something that he wasn't. I don't think really he had anything to do with 9/11 but here he is. Here's the face of 9/11. Here's the scapegoat and this guy is going to get sentenced to death. Come on.
FRIEDMAN: Avery, why not bypass this formality when this defendant is already saying, you know? He doesn't care. At least his antics in the courtroom, his mockery in the courtroom is indicating he would rather be put to death? He's certainly trying to influence the jury. Why not cut to the chase?
FRIEDMAN: Right. Well, since 1991, the Supreme Court said that this victim testimony is critical in the decision-making. So whether he wants it or not, the jury has to hear about the breadth of the crime. And, indeed, excuse me, in the opening statement by the U.S. attorney, that was the very point.
The jury must understand the magnitude of this crime. So whether Moussaoui wants it, whether he's a wannabe or the real thing doesn't really matter. The jury has to hear the impact statement in order to make a correct decision. WHITFIELD: All right. Well, let's move on to the Enron case, because it was expected there would be some real explosive testimony particularly coming from Jeffrey Skilling. That didn't necessarily happen but perhaps, Avery, other explosive things did happen in the courtroom this week in your view?
FRIEDMAN: Yes, sure did. Sure did. I mean, what happened is we heard from a bunch of lawyers testifying. In fact, one lawyer from the outside firm that's made over $40 million a year was supposed to neutralize the testimony of Sherron Watkins. Remember she has the office.
WHITFIELD: This is James Derrek (ph).
FRIEDMAN: Well, right, Derrek was the inside guy and then you had the outside guy. But neither of them really did a very good job in neutralizing Sherron Watkins' testimony. So right now, the view is these witnesses have actually been helpful for the prosecution.
HERMAN: Fredricka, respectfully disagree with that.
WHITFIELD: I was respecting that.
HERMAN: Respectfully. Respectfully. Basically, the defense has to show, or at least prove to one juror, that there's reasonable doubt here, that both these men or Skilling or Lay knew of the financial condition of the company.
And here this attorney came in and clearly testified that Fastow, the chief financial officer; Causey, the chief accounting officer; and Bye, the chief risk officer, were the ones making the financial decisions for the investments of Enron, along with the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, who were approving these things.
I mean, come on. You have all this backup and all this approval before coming to them. How did they know? One juror has to hold out and believe they didn't have reasonable doubt. That's a very tough burden, very tough burden.
WHITFIELD: So, Richard, what are you looking forward to in this case as it perhaps, at some point, nears an end?
HERMAN: Well, first of all, it's -- the way it's set up right now, Skilling and Lay are going to testify. Skilling is going to probably get on the stand Monday or Tuesday and it's going to be compelling. If he holds up in his testimony, he's got a real chance of walking out of here. And so does Lay.
FRIEDMAN: He can't hold up.
WHITFIELD: And you say hold up because he's known to have a temper and he really could fly off the handle? Do you mean that in that way?
HERMAN: Well, he could fly off the handle, plus, he testified before Congress and he contradicted what his testimony is going to be in the trial and we're going see how he handles that.
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WHITFIELD: Avery?
FRIEDMAN: We'll see how he handles that. You know, for a guy as smooth as Skilling, this is going to be amazing. Remember, one of the things that Jeff Skilling said was that 9/11 was part of the reason that tanked Enron, except for the fact that five days before 9/11, he went out and was trying to sell 200,000 shares. So the prosecution, at least from a prosecution perspective, this guy might be very smooth but he's going to have a very difficult time on the stand.
WHITFIELD: All right. Avery Friedman, Richard Herman, thanks to both of you gentlemen. Have a good day.
FRIEDMAN: Have a good day, Fred.
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WHITFIELD: Take a look at this. This river right here runs through Shanghai and until recently, it carried industrial sludge. Well, China's efforts to turn the environmental clock back when we come right back.
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WHITFIELD: Earlier today we told you about The Rolling Stones delivering a taste of western rock 'n' roll to Shanghai, China. They were asked to censure their lyrics but dirty water might be a bigger problem in that mainland city than dirty lyrics. CNN's Mike Chinoy reports.
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MIKE CHINOY, CNN SENIOR ASIA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It snakes through the heart of Shanghai, Suzhou Creek (ph), along a key artery in a city crisscrossed by rivers and, until recently, little more than an industrial sewer packed with barges carrying waste to nearby landfills, full of garbage and toxic sludge.
Just ask the folks who live in the old neighborhoods lining the creek, who are often forced to keep their windows shut even at the height of summer to keep out the smell.
"It stank," says Mr. Wu (ph). "It stank to high heaven."
"There was a lot of dust and filth," says Mr. Yef (ph). "There used to be fish, but they disappeared."
(on camera): But now, Suzhou Creek is coming back to life, the result of an ambitious and costly project that underscores China's realization that it has to come to grips with the growing environmental crisis.
(voice-over): Chinese scientists say two-thirds of the country's rivers and lakes are dangerously polluted. Hundreds of millions lack safe drinking water, the result mainly of dramatic economic growth with fewer than half of the country's cities having even a water treatment plant.
But Shanghai has made a huge investment. Shujo (ph) shows me around the multi-million dollar treatment plant, central to the restoration of Suzhou Creek. It employs sophisticated technology, commonly used in the west, to filter out the poison from the water.
"We can no longer sacrifice the environment to develop the economy," he says. "Today the government and the people are taking environmental protection very seriously."
One additional sign is the presence in Shanghai of western environmental experts like Rowan Jones.
ROWAN JONES, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER: We're creating a wetland for treating industrial waste waters. This is the type of thing that the government is starting to think about now. But what it's going to do is begin to educate the community and begin to educate the people that water quality improvement is a primary goal of the local government and that it is possible.
CHINOY: And in Suzhou Creek you can already see the results. The fish are back. The barges with their sludge are gone, a small step in a giant battle Chinese officials finally have realized they have no choice but to win.
Mike Chinoy, CNN, Shanghai.
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