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Coming Home; Indonesia Elections; Grad Brag; Kids & Sports
Aired April 02, 2004 - 05:30 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning to you, welcome to the second half hour of DAYBREAK. It is Friday, happy Friday. It's April 2. From the CNN Global Headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.
Let me bring you up to date.
A 43-year-old man is expected to be charged today with killing five members of a Detroit family. The bodies of a woman, her son and three daughters were found inside their home.
Former U.S. Marine Toby Studabaker is to be sentenced today for abducting a 12-year-old British girl he contacted over the Internet. Sentencing will be in Manchester, England.
Seven national flags were raised for the first time today outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. The new members are Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia and Estonia.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. says his country will not allow an oil shortage to develop. The assurance from Prince Bandar Bin Sultan comes after OPEC announced oil production cuts -- Chad.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hey, good morning, Carol.
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PAUL BREMER, U.S. CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATOR: The acts we have seen were despicable and inexcusable. They violate the tenants of all religions, including Islam, as well as the foundations of civilized society. Their deaths will not go unpunished.
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COSTELLO: Harsh words from Paul Bremer, but there is a bright side for some American soldiers. After a long and difficult year in Iraq, it's time to come home for some National Guard troops.
Walter Rodgers live in Baghdad. He's been spending time with the troops.
But before we talk about them, Walter, let's talk about Fallujah, because it sure sounds like there is going to be some sort of harsh military action taken there. WALTER RODGERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think so, Carol. I would not want to be a civilian resident of Fallujah in the coming weeks. There is cold fury among American officials and an openly stated desire for vengeance. This, after they saw that video of the U.S. contractors, the civilian contractors, who on Wednesday were butchered and burned and shot.
U.S. officials are now saying the Marines will go back in there. General Mark Kimmitt told reporters here in Baghdad yesterday, we will return to Fallujah. It will be cleaned up and we will "hunt down" -- those were his words -- those responsible for this. He said Fallujah will be pacified, as have been other Iraqi cities that resisted, like Tikrit.
American officials are now studying the video of that attack on those four civilian contractors, looking for faces in the crowd, people who can be arrested, squeezed, persuaded to disclose who was responsible for that heinous attack.
Here in Baghdad, however, the war is over for some U.S. soldiers. Many of them now are going home, especially those in the 1457th Engineering Battalion, a Utah National Guard unit. They were more than a little happy this morning.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ready to go home.
QUESTION: What's the first thing you're going to do when you get home?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hug my wife and my kids. Tell them I love them.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm taking my family to Disneyland.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
RODGERS: These soldiers are part of a draw down of, or excuse me, not part of a draw down of U.S. forces. That Utah Guard unit has been here in Iraq for a year now, but it was immediately replaced by a Reserve Army unit from Pennsylvania. And again, the U.S. force levels here in Iraq continue to be constant, over 100,000 troops, with no indication there will be any draw down for some time to come -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Walter Rodgers live from Baghdad this morning.
And be sure to catch Walter's full report, "There is No Place Like Home." It airs tonight on "NEWSNIGHT WITH AARON BROWN." That's at 10:00 Eastern right here on CNN.
Tension in Indonesia and security is beefed up heading into national elections. This is only the second free election since dictator Suharto was deposed back in 1998. The precautions come amid concerns terrorists may target the process.
Let's head live to Jakarta now and our bureau chief there Maria Ressa.
Hello -- Maria.
MARIA RESSA, CNN JAKARTA BUREAU CHIEF: Hello, Carol.
Jakarta's police chief warned of the possibility of a terrorist attack during this time. Police and military are on high alert. Several bombs have been found and defused and several people arrested in the past few weeks.
Still, if you ask Indonesians whether they fear an attack, the answer you get is that they are more afraid of the logistics of these elections. This is an extremely ambitious undertaking. The ballots are still being printed as we speak. More than 147 million people are set to vote. The largest number worldwide to do so in a single day.
Add to that the fact that they are changing their political system and that this will be the first time ever that Indonesians will vote directly for their candidates, for a person rather than a political party, and you have a lot of potential for a lot of confusion -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Maria Ressa reporting live from Jakarta, Indonesia this morning.
From terror concerns overseas to those on the home front, the FBI is warning terrorists may try to slip into the United States using cultural arts or sports visas. Those visas are called P visas, and the State Department issues tens of thousands every year. Spies and defectors have gotten inside the United States by tagging along with sports teams and famous performers.
In London, a former U.S. Marine is sentenced for abduction.
Our senior international editor Eli Flournoy joins us now.
And I'm remembering back to that story Toby Studabaker.
ELI FLOURNOY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: That's right, former U.S. Marine Toby Studabaker. And as a matter of fact, we just got some video of him arriving today at the court in Manchester, England. He is to be arraigned -- to be sentenced today. That sentencing hearing is still going on right now. We just spoke with the court a short time ago, and they told us that the sentencing, if he is -- you know it's at the discretion of the judge as to how long he could be sentenced (ph).
COSTELLO: So he's been found guilty and they are going -- they are going to come down with a sentence soon?
FLOURNOY: Exactly. COSTELLO: Take us back for a second and tell us exactly what happened.
FLOURNOY: He, according to the charges, he was convicted of enticing a 12-year-old girl to come with him from Britain. She went with him from Britain to Germany. And then there was a manhunt for them and they turned themselves in in Germany.
COSTELLO: And he met her over the Internet. And his claim was he didn't know she was 12?
FLOURNOY: That's correct. Yes, he claimed that he didn't know. However, he was -- he was convicted and sentenced.
COSTELLO: Where was he stationed at the time?
FLOURNOY: I believe that he was stationed in Germany, although I'll have to check that -- have to check that fact.
COSTELLO: OK, but he was tried in Britain. And what could he get? What sentence could he receive?
FLOURNOY: Well the court has just told us that it's up to the discretion of the judge. So we're very anxiously waiting to see what that might be, because we have been asking those same questions. But we just spoke with the court in Manchester, and so we should -- we should have word on that very soon.
What else is on your plate today?
FLOURNOY: Well in Madrid, we've got our Al Goodman is working on the terror investigation, which continues there. Just as you heard Maria Ressa talking about concerns over al Qaeda possibly trying to mess with the election which is coming up on Monday in Indonesia, more and more signs pointing to the fact that al Qaeda and operatives were targeting the attack in Madrid to mark before the election to disrupt that -- disrupt that process. So we've got several suspects that are in custody, more being arraigned today, and they are still on the search for at least five other -- warrants are out for Moroccan nationals that are centering around a Moroccan cell that they are focusing on.
COSTELLO: Yes, the interesting thing was that the ringleader, the man who was arrested in Madrid for planning it, was Tunisian.
FLOURNOY: That's correct. There -- yes, there is a Tunisian man.
COSTELLO: And then everybody else...
FLOURNOY: And there is a warrant (ph). He is -- he is suspected of being the ringleader, but most of the other suspects are focused around a Moroccan cell that they believe was operating there in Spain and connected to the previous Casablanca bombings.
COSTELLO: Interesting. Eli Flournoy, many thanks to you. FLOURNOY: Thanks.
COSTELLO: Now we'll look at some stories from 'Across America.'
In Pennsylvania, one suspect is under arrest in the shooting deaths of two sheriff's deputies. The shootings occurred as the deputies were serving warrants at a home on Wednesday morning.
Detroit public schools are cutting teachers and staff. The school district blames budget cuts and declining enrollment. Thirty- two hundred workers, including at least 900 teachers, are losing their jobs. Detroit schools have a $78 million budget shortfall.
And it's that time of year again, time to spring forward this weekend, a time when most of America loses an hour of sleep.
And as a new study points out, it's an hour we cannot afford to miss. So you will not want to miss CNN's "WEEKEND HOUSE CALL" Saturday and Sunday mornings.
You know there are other things occurring on college campuses besides picking where to go on spring break. Some students are actually thinking about their futures a few years down the road.
Julie Vallese has this year's list of the top graduate schools.
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JULIE VALLESE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): And the bragging rights go to, well, schools that have been able to brag in the past. Schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT.
BRIAN KELLY, "U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT": Year in, year out, we tend to see the same folks sort of jockeying up and down a few points in some of these positions. They -- it's like the NCAA Tournament, you see a lot of the same faces every year.
VALLESE: The positions are the annual rankings by "U.S. News and World Report." For law: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and NYU topped the list. Medicine: Harvard, Washington University, Johns Hopkins, Duke and the University of Pennsylvania. As for business: Harvard, Stanford, Penn, MIT and Northwestern round out the top five.
KELLY: These are giant institutions and they work very hard to be competitive. And particularly now that you have these benchmarks in the U.S. and those rankings, they are not going to let their standards slip.
VALLESE (on camera): Criteria for the graduate school rankings differs from the undergrad. Both use student grad point average, faculty resources and graduate achievement. But these rankings also include opinion data from professionals in the field.
(voice-over): But not all in academia are happy with the rankings, including some that do well on the list. SCOTT COWAN, PRESIDENT, TULANE UNIVERSITY: These are rankings that are not scientific, that are based on some questionable opinions of experts or statistical data, so not to take them too seriously.
VALLESE: Instead, he says at best they can be a starting point, and "U.S. News" agrees. School choices shouldn't be made on name alone but a curriculum that meets a student's needs.
Julie Vallese, CNN, Washington.
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COSTELLO: A full list of rankings and information on how to choose a school can be found at www -- www.USNews.com.
Coming up next on DAYBREAK, spring has sprung and so has sports. Later this hour, how you can get into the game with simple steps for staying fit.
And the anniversary of an unforgettable moment in Iraq, one year after her dramatic rescue, former POW Jessica Lynch talks about her experiences and fears in Iraq.
This is DAYBREAK for Friday.
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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports. It's 5:45 Eastern Time. Here is what's all new this morning.
Police have distributed this composite sketch of the man Audrey Seiler says abducted her. The University of Wisconsin student was found Wednesday, four days after she disappeared.
In Brussels, NATO welcomed its seven new Eastern European members. The countries are Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
In money news, smokers in Chicago are paying more for those packs of cigarettes. A county approved 82 cents per tax -- per pack tax increase took effect on Thursday.
In sports, college basketball fans are psyched for tomorrow's Final Four in San Antonio. Duke takes on the University of Connecticut while George Tech faces Oklahoma State.
In culture, "People" magazine, can you believe it, it was first published 30 years ago this week. Join CNN for a look back at three decades, Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Eastern and Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern -- Chad.
MYERS: And, Carol, you know we've got an awful lot of rain on the northeast coast and the southwest area of the country today. The northeast not going to be all that warm, temperatures right around 50 here. Even for Boston around 46. So yes, another wet, windy and cool one here. The rest of the forecast in 10 minutes. COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you.
The war in Iraq had been under way for only a few days when U.S. forces suffered their first losses. An Army unit ambushed. A dramatic rescue came nine days later when a Special Forces team rescued Private First Class Jessica Lynch.
Lynch appeared on CNN's "PAULA ZAHN NOW" to express her feelings one year later.
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: As you look at the images of American civilians and American military personnel losing lives, what do you think? What do you internalize about that?
JESSICA LYNCH, FMR. POW: I think it was a tragic day. It was -- it was definitely a tragic day. And I feel sorry for the families of those -- of the civilians.
But what really happened, you know, you got to -- you got to be there to find out how it is over there and to live it. You know I still have a brother who is in the Army and I fear for him every day that he might get sent over there or Rueben (ph). So it -- I'm kind of scared still of the war. And you know, hopefully one day it will end.
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COSTELLO: "PAULA ZAHN NOW" airs weeknights at 8:00 Eastern right here on CNN.
We are looking out for your children this morning. We really are. Do not miss important tips on how your children can play safe. We'll be talking to a sports doctor in just a few minutes.
And for those of you heading into the office, we will tell you how to make the office work for you. Exercise guru Denise Austin will join us with office exercises. Chad will be doing those exercises with her. That will occur in the next hour of DAYBREAK.
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COSTELLO: Welcome back to DAYBREAK, 5:50 Eastern Time.
Another benefit to taking aspirin tops our 'Health Headlines' this morning. A new study out of Greece says one aspirin a day helps improve the blood flow of people with cardiovascular disease.
More ammunition for those concerned about risky dietary supplements. Experts who advise the FDA say there is no need for direct evidence of harm to humans before banning suspect supplements.
And some teenagers with high blood pressure are finding their levels lowered through meditation. Authors of a study suggest a meditation program could help reduce stress in schools. For more on this or any other health story, head to our Web site. The address, CNN.com/Health.
You know school is about to end and summer begin and with it activities, as in your kids playing outside and summer sports. Yes, that season is getting under way. I know you worry they will get hurt. Well, we are here to help you out this morning.
So let's head live to New York and Dr. Jordan Metzl. He's written a book called "The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents."
Welcome -- Doctor.
DR. JORDAN METZL, AUTHOR: Thanks, good morning.
COSTELLO: What injuries do you primarily see in injured children?
METZL: Well fortunately and unfortunately, spring is a really busy time for sports and kids playing sports. And we're seeing really record numbers of injuries in kids' sports nationwide. And those include both acute traumatic injuries, things like fractures that are -- that are sometimes prevented with using proper protective equipment. And then overuse injuries, injuries from kids doing too much sports, such as wrist injuries and shoulder injuries.
And parents and coaches need to know that they don't have to diagnose these problems. They just need to know that kids want to play sports. And if they can't play...
COSTELLO: Well, so, doctor, let me interrupt for a minute.
METZL: Sure.
COSTELLO: Do you mean by injury, you know let's say a kid is a pitcher on a little league baseball team. Does the repetitive, you know, the continuation of pitching and pitching, is that the kind of injury you are talking about?
METZL: Absolutely. That's called an overuse injury. And basically that happens when kids throw too much or too hard. And the telltale sign is really that they are going to be coming in saying that my shoulder hurts or my elbow hurts. You need to listen for them saying I'm just doing too much activity, I can't continue because my elbow or shoulder hurts.
COSTELLO: Well you know a kid could come home...
METZL: Just putting my earpiece in.
COSTELLO: OK, go right ahead. We understand. No problem.
Well you know a kid could come home and say my shoulder hurts, but you really need to worry about it if a kid complains about it over a couple of days? METZL: That's right. You want to just make sure that they are able to do their activity. The most important thing I'm going to say this morning is that if your kid comes home and can't do the activity they want to do, be it dance ballet or play baseball or whatever, because their shoulder hurts or their foot hurts, take them to see the doctor before it gets too serious.
COSTELLO: OK, so give us some specific things parents can do to take care of their kids now. The first thing you are going to tell us is they should warm up and cool down. I just can't imagine an 8-year- old wanting to do that.
METZL: They generally don't want to do that, but it's great advice, and particularly because kids' bodies are growing. And as they grow, they lose muscle flexibility, so they are more prone to injuries as they start to go through their growth spurts. So warming up for a few minutes and doing some easy stretching, often led by a coach or a parent, can really help.
COSTELLO: You say weightlifting, too. I found that intriguing.
METZL: Yes, we actually have a program at our hospital, Hospital for Special Surgery, where we have weight training for kids starting at 8 and 9 years of age. It's a great thing for parents to do with their kids at home. And actually, in my book, I have a whole chapter on how you can set up those programs with your kids.
COSTELLO: So how heavy of a weight are we talking about?
METZL: Well we're not after the kind of Arnold look-a-like contest with kids at all. We're very much after having them do high repetitions of very light weights. And it's tremendously helpful for building bone density and strength.
COSTELLO: OK, let's talk about hydration.
METZL: Yes, well a very important, particularly you know areas like Atlanta now, and hopefully it's going to be warm. They say spring is coming up here in New York. But when it gets warm outside and humid, kids start to sweat. And they have a much higher concentration of body fluid and water than adults do, so they are very prone to dehydration. Making sure they drink appropriately. Having plenty of water around is very important during sports events for kids.
COSTELLO: Absolutely. And you say also kids should take vitamins.
METZL: Well vitamins and a well balanced diet, particularly calcium actually is a big thing. We're recognizing kids and teenagers need about 1,500 milligrams of calcium a day, which is about three to four glasses of milk. If they are not getting that either with milk or with yogurt or cheese, it can result in problems down the line.
COSTELLO: All right, Dr. Metzl, good advice this morning, and thank you for joining us on DAYBREAK. METZL: Pleasure.
COSTELLO: Good advice.
MYERS: You know what I've noticed?
COSTELLO: What?
MYERS: A lot of the orange juice now adding calcium. Kids love to drink orange juice and you get the calcium when you drink orange juice (ph).
COSTELLO: Orange juice not only adding calcium, but they are taking out some carbs.
MYERS: Is that right?
COSTELLO: So if you're kind of (ph)...
MYERS: Taking off some sugar, there you go.
COSTELLO: It's 'Stories From the States' time -- Chad.
MYERS: OK. Yes.
COSTELLO: The mystery is lingering in Madison, Wisconsin.
MYERS: Crazy story.
COSTELLO: You know Audrey Seiler disappeared four days ago?
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: Police are just scratching their heads because her story just doesn't quite make sense.
MYERS: Not really. No sexual assault, according to the reports that came out yesterday. She was just -- he held her for four days and then how she got away we still don't know yet.
COSTELLO: Well they do have a police sketch out.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: And we're going to show you that later on DAYBREAK.
MYERS: OK.
COSTELLO: But at least they have that. But they...
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: It's just a kind of an awful story.
MYERS: And then we had that, you know, an hour and a half where the helicopter footage thought the guy was in the woods and he really wasn't and you know...
COSTELLO: Yes, nobody could find him but she was right there.
MYERS: Where the heck he is now, who knows?
COSTELLO: This is from the "Abilene Reporter-News," stitches to help a nation. You see the big quilt behind that man there. This quilt has traveled from New York. It was put together by elementary school students in New York.
MYERS: Yes. Yes.
COSTELLO: And it's traveling the country. And eventually it will end up in Washington, D.C. And you see the stars in there. It includes more than 400 five-point stars for each emergency service worker who died in the September 11 attack.
MYERS: And all the names of all the others that were killed all around the outside of it, 17 by 11, very big.
COSTELLO: Yes, it's big and it's very moving.
This is from "The Times." "The Reporter" out of Dover-New Philadelphia, Ohio.
MYERS: Love this story.
COSTELLO: It's it. You see there a true miracle, a Web cam. Her husband stationed in Iraq, she's having the baby in New Philadelphia and it's all done by Web cam so he can see it.
MYERS: Exactly. And she could see him back and forth. But the only thing is they couldn't get the audio to work because he was supposed to coach her. He was supposed to help her on it, you know, and they couldn't get the audio to work.
COSTELLO: But they did it by e-mail, because she had a friend with her...
MYERS: Yes. Yes.
COSTELLO: ... in the delivery room. So he e-mailed messages and then she -- it was amazing.
MYERS: It was an instant messaging, well, birth.
COSTELLO: Birth. A great story.
MYERS: It was very good.
COSTELLO: Coming up new at 6:00, in California, a grand jury hearing testimony in Michael Jackson's child molestation case. Our legal analyst Kendall Coffey joins us with some 'Coffey Talk.'
And you have your Final Four all set. I'm sure sports guy Chris Cotter does as March Madness becomes April Anxiety. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning to you, welcome to the second half hour of DAYBREAK. It is Friday, happy Friday. It's April 2. From the CNN Global Headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.
Let me bring you up to date.
A 43-year-old man is expected to be charged today with killing five members of a Detroit family. The bodies of a woman, her son and three daughters were found inside their home.
Former U.S. Marine Toby Studabaker is to be sentenced today for abducting a 12-year-old British girl he contacted over the Internet. Sentencing will be in Manchester, England.
Seven national flags were raised for the first time today outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. The new members are Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Latvia and Estonia.
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. says his country will not allow an oil shortage to develop. The assurance from Prince Bandar Bin Sultan comes after OPEC announced oil production cuts -- Chad.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hey, good morning, Carol.
(WEATHER REPORT)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PAUL BREMER, U.S. CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATOR: The acts we have seen were despicable and inexcusable. They violate the tenants of all religions, including Islam, as well as the foundations of civilized society. Their deaths will not go unpunished.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: Harsh words from Paul Bremer, but there is a bright side for some American soldiers. After a long and difficult year in Iraq, it's time to come home for some National Guard troops.
Walter Rodgers live in Baghdad. He's been spending time with the troops.
But before we talk about them, Walter, let's talk about Fallujah, because it sure sounds like there is going to be some sort of harsh military action taken there. WALTER RODGERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think so, Carol. I would not want to be a civilian resident of Fallujah in the coming weeks. There is cold fury among American officials and an openly stated desire for vengeance. This, after they saw that video of the U.S. contractors, the civilian contractors, who on Wednesday were butchered and burned and shot.
U.S. officials are now saying the Marines will go back in there. General Mark Kimmitt told reporters here in Baghdad yesterday, we will return to Fallujah. It will be cleaned up and we will "hunt down" -- those were his words -- those responsible for this. He said Fallujah will be pacified, as have been other Iraqi cities that resisted, like Tikrit.
American officials are now studying the video of that attack on those four civilian contractors, looking for faces in the crowd, people who can be arrested, squeezed, persuaded to disclose who was responsible for that heinous attack.
Here in Baghdad, however, the war is over for some U.S. soldiers. Many of them now are going home, especially those in the 1457th Engineering Battalion, a Utah National Guard unit. They were more than a little happy this morning.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ready to go home.
QUESTION: What's the first thing you're going to do when you get home?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hug my wife and my kids. Tell them I love them.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm taking my family to Disneyland.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
RODGERS: These soldiers are part of a draw down of, or excuse me, not part of a draw down of U.S. forces. That Utah Guard unit has been here in Iraq for a year now, but it was immediately replaced by a Reserve Army unit from Pennsylvania. And again, the U.S. force levels here in Iraq continue to be constant, over 100,000 troops, with no indication there will be any draw down for some time to come -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Walter Rodgers live from Baghdad this morning.
And be sure to catch Walter's full report, "There is No Place Like Home." It airs tonight on "NEWSNIGHT WITH AARON BROWN." That's at 10:00 Eastern right here on CNN.
Tension in Indonesia and security is beefed up heading into national elections. This is only the second free election since dictator Suharto was deposed back in 1998. The precautions come amid concerns terrorists may target the process.
Let's head live to Jakarta now and our bureau chief there Maria Ressa.
Hello -- Maria.
MARIA RESSA, CNN JAKARTA BUREAU CHIEF: Hello, Carol.
Jakarta's police chief warned of the possibility of a terrorist attack during this time. Police and military are on high alert. Several bombs have been found and defused and several people arrested in the past few weeks.
Still, if you ask Indonesians whether they fear an attack, the answer you get is that they are more afraid of the logistics of these elections. This is an extremely ambitious undertaking. The ballots are still being printed as we speak. More than 147 million people are set to vote. The largest number worldwide to do so in a single day.
Add to that the fact that they are changing their political system and that this will be the first time ever that Indonesians will vote directly for their candidates, for a person rather than a political party, and you have a lot of potential for a lot of confusion -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Maria Ressa reporting live from Jakarta, Indonesia this morning.
From terror concerns overseas to those on the home front, the FBI is warning terrorists may try to slip into the United States using cultural arts or sports visas. Those visas are called P visas, and the State Department issues tens of thousands every year. Spies and defectors have gotten inside the United States by tagging along with sports teams and famous performers.
In London, a former U.S. Marine is sentenced for abduction.
Our senior international editor Eli Flournoy joins us now.
And I'm remembering back to that story Toby Studabaker.
ELI FLOURNOY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL EDITOR: That's right, former U.S. Marine Toby Studabaker. And as a matter of fact, we just got some video of him arriving today at the court in Manchester, England. He is to be arraigned -- to be sentenced today. That sentencing hearing is still going on right now. We just spoke with the court a short time ago, and they told us that the sentencing, if he is -- you know it's at the discretion of the judge as to how long he could be sentenced (ph).
COSTELLO: So he's been found guilty and they are going -- they are going to come down with a sentence soon?
FLOURNOY: Exactly. COSTELLO: Take us back for a second and tell us exactly what happened.
FLOURNOY: He, according to the charges, he was convicted of enticing a 12-year-old girl to come with him from Britain. She went with him from Britain to Germany. And then there was a manhunt for them and they turned themselves in in Germany.
COSTELLO: And he met her over the Internet. And his claim was he didn't know she was 12?
FLOURNOY: That's correct. Yes, he claimed that he didn't know. However, he was -- he was convicted and sentenced.
COSTELLO: Where was he stationed at the time?
FLOURNOY: I believe that he was stationed in Germany, although I'll have to check that -- have to check that fact.
COSTELLO: OK, but he was tried in Britain. And what could he get? What sentence could he receive?
FLOURNOY: Well the court has just told us that it's up to the discretion of the judge. So we're very anxiously waiting to see what that might be, because we have been asking those same questions. But we just spoke with the court in Manchester, and so we should -- we should have word on that very soon.
What else is on your plate today?
FLOURNOY: Well in Madrid, we've got our Al Goodman is working on the terror investigation, which continues there. Just as you heard Maria Ressa talking about concerns over al Qaeda possibly trying to mess with the election which is coming up on Monday in Indonesia, more and more signs pointing to the fact that al Qaeda and operatives were targeting the attack in Madrid to mark before the election to disrupt that -- disrupt that process. So we've got several suspects that are in custody, more being arraigned today, and they are still on the search for at least five other -- warrants are out for Moroccan nationals that are centering around a Moroccan cell that they are focusing on.
COSTELLO: Yes, the interesting thing was that the ringleader, the man who was arrested in Madrid for planning it, was Tunisian.
FLOURNOY: That's correct. There -- yes, there is a Tunisian man.
COSTELLO: And then everybody else...
FLOURNOY: And there is a warrant (ph). He is -- he is suspected of being the ringleader, but most of the other suspects are focused around a Moroccan cell that they believe was operating there in Spain and connected to the previous Casablanca bombings.
COSTELLO: Interesting. Eli Flournoy, many thanks to you. FLOURNOY: Thanks.
COSTELLO: Now we'll look at some stories from 'Across America.'
In Pennsylvania, one suspect is under arrest in the shooting deaths of two sheriff's deputies. The shootings occurred as the deputies were serving warrants at a home on Wednesday morning.
Detroit public schools are cutting teachers and staff. The school district blames budget cuts and declining enrollment. Thirty- two hundred workers, including at least 900 teachers, are losing their jobs. Detroit schools have a $78 million budget shortfall.
And it's that time of year again, time to spring forward this weekend, a time when most of America loses an hour of sleep.
And as a new study points out, it's an hour we cannot afford to miss. So you will not want to miss CNN's "WEEKEND HOUSE CALL" Saturday and Sunday mornings.
You know there are other things occurring on college campuses besides picking where to go on spring break. Some students are actually thinking about their futures a few years down the road.
Julie Vallese has this year's list of the top graduate schools.
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JULIE VALLESE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): And the bragging rights go to, well, schools that have been able to brag in the past. Schools like Harvard, Yale, Stanford and MIT.
BRIAN KELLY, "U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT": Year in, year out, we tend to see the same folks sort of jockeying up and down a few points in some of these positions. They -- it's like the NCAA Tournament, you see a lot of the same faces every year.
VALLESE: The positions are the annual rankings by "U.S. News and World Report." For law: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and NYU topped the list. Medicine: Harvard, Washington University, Johns Hopkins, Duke and the University of Pennsylvania. As for business: Harvard, Stanford, Penn, MIT and Northwestern round out the top five.
KELLY: These are giant institutions and they work very hard to be competitive. And particularly now that you have these benchmarks in the U.S. and those rankings, they are not going to let their standards slip.
VALLESE (on camera): Criteria for the graduate school rankings differs from the undergrad. Both use student grad point average, faculty resources and graduate achievement. But these rankings also include opinion data from professionals in the field.
(voice-over): But not all in academia are happy with the rankings, including some that do well on the list. SCOTT COWAN, PRESIDENT, TULANE UNIVERSITY: These are rankings that are not scientific, that are based on some questionable opinions of experts or statistical data, so not to take them too seriously.
VALLESE: Instead, he says at best they can be a starting point, and "U.S. News" agrees. School choices shouldn't be made on name alone but a curriculum that meets a student's needs.
Julie Vallese, CNN, Washington.
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COSTELLO: A full list of rankings and information on how to choose a school can be found at www -- www.USNews.com.
Coming up next on DAYBREAK, spring has sprung and so has sports. Later this hour, how you can get into the game with simple steps for staying fit.
And the anniversary of an unforgettable moment in Iraq, one year after her dramatic rescue, former POW Jessica Lynch talks about her experiences and fears in Iraq.
This is DAYBREAK for Friday.
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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports. It's 5:45 Eastern Time. Here is what's all new this morning.
Police have distributed this composite sketch of the man Audrey Seiler says abducted her. The University of Wisconsin student was found Wednesday, four days after she disappeared.
In Brussels, NATO welcomed its seven new Eastern European members. The countries are Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
In money news, smokers in Chicago are paying more for those packs of cigarettes. A county approved 82 cents per tax -- per pack tax increase took effect on Thursday.
In sports, college basketball fans are psyched for tomorrow's Final Four in San Antonio. Duke takes on the University of Connecticut while George Tech faces Oklahoma State.
In culture, "People" magazine, can you believe it, it was first published 30 years ago this week. Join CNN for a look back at three decades, Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Eastern and Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern -- Chad.
MYERS: And, Carol, you know we've got an awful lot of rain on the northeast coast and the southwest area of the country today. The northeast not going to be all that warm, temperatures right around 50 here. Even for Boston around 46. So yes, another wet, windy and cool one here. The rest of the forecast in 10 minutes. COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you.
The war in Iraq had been under way for only a few days when U.S. forces suffered their first losses. An Army unit ambushed. A dramatic rescue came nine days later when a Special Forces team rescued Private First Class Jessica Lynch.
Lynch appeared on CNN's "PAULA ZAHN NOW" to express her feelings one year later.
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: As you look at the images of American civilians and American military personnel losing lives, what do you think? What do you internalize about that?
JESSICA LYNCH, FMR. POW: I think it was a tragic day. It was -- it was definitely a tragic day. And I feel sorry for the families of those -- of the civilians.
But what really happened, you know, you got to -- you got to be there to find out how it is over there and to live it. You know I still have a brother who is in the Army and I fear for him every day that he might get sent over there or Rueben (ph). So it -- I'm kind of scared still of the war. And you know, hopefully one day it will end.
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COSTELLO: "PAULA ZAHN NOW" airs weeknights at 8:00 Eastern right here on CNN.
We are looking out for your children this morning. We really are. Do not miss important tips on how your children can play safe. We'll be talking to a sports doctor in just a few minutes.
And for those of you heading into the office, we will tell you how to make the office work for you. Exercise guru Denise Austin will join us with office exercises. Chad will be doing those exercises with her. That will occur in the next hour of DAYBREAK.
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COSTELLO: Welcome back to DAYBREAK, 5:50 Eastern Time.
Another benefit to taking aspirin tops our 'Health Headlines' this morning. A new study out of Greece says one aspirin a day helps improve the blood flow of people with cardiovascular disease.
More ammunition for those concerned about risky dietary supplements. Experts who advise the FDA say there is no need for direct evidence of harm to humans before banning suspect supplements.
And some teenagers with high blood pressure are finding their levels lowered through meditation. Authors of a study suggest a meditation program could help reduce stress in schools. For more on this or any other health story, head to our Web site. The address, CNN.com/Health.
You know school is about to end and summer begin and with it activities, as in your kids playing outside and summer sports. Yes, that season is getting under way. I know you worry they will get hurt. Well, we are here to help you out this morning.
So let's head live to New York and Dr. Jordan Metzl. He's written a book called "The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctor's Complete Guide for Parents."
Welcome -- Doctor.
DR. JORDAN METZL, AUTHOR: Thanks, good morning.
COSTELLO: What injuries do you primarily see in injured children?
METZL: Well fortunately and unfortunately, spring is a really busy time for sports and kids playing sports. And we're seeing really record numbers of injuries in kids' sports nationwide. And those include both acute traumatic injuries, things like fractures that are -- that are sometimes prevented with using proper protective equipment. And then overuse injuries, injuries from kids doing too much sports, such as wrist injuries and shoulder injuries.
And parents and coaches need to know that they don't have to diagnose these problems. They just need to know that kids want to play sports. And if they can't play...
COSTELLO: Well, so, doctor, let me interrupt for a minute.
METZL: Sure.
COSTELLO: Do you mean by injury, you know let's say a kid is a pitcher on a little league baseball team. Does the repetitive, you know, the continuation of pitching and pitching, is that the kind of injury you are talking about?
METZL: Absolutely. That's called an overuse injury. And basically that happens when kids throw too much or too hard. And the telltale sign is really that they are going to be coming in saying that my shoulder hurts or my elbow hurts. You need to listen for them saying I'm just doing too much activity, I can't continue because my elbow or shoulder hurts.
COSTELLO: Well you know a kid could come home...
METZL: Just putting my earpiece in.
COSTELLO: OK, go right ahead. We understand. No problem.
Well you know a kid could come home and say my shoulder hurts, but you really need to worry about it if a kid complains about it over a couple of days? METZL: That's right. You want to just make sure that they are able to do their activity. The most important thing I'm going to say this morning is that if your kid comes home and can't do the activity they want to do, be it dance ballet or play baseball or whatever, because their shoulder hurts or their foot hurts, take them to see the doctor before it gets too serious.
COSTELLO: OK, so give us some specific things parents can do to take care of their kids now. The first thing you are going to tell us is they should warm up and cool down. I just can't imagine an 8-year- old wanting to do that.
METZL: They generally don't want to do that, but it's great advice, and particularly because kids' bodies are growing. And as they grow, they lose muscle flexibility, so they are more prone to injuries as they start to go through their growth spurts. So warming up for a few minutes and doing some easy stretching, often led by a coach or a parent, can really help.
COSTELLO: You say weightlifting, too. I found that intriguing.
METZL: Yes, we actually have a program at our hospital, Hospital for Special Surgery, where we have weight training for kids starting at 8 and 9 years of age. It's a great thing for parents to do with their kids at home. And actually, in my book, I have a whole chapter on how you can set up those programs with your kids.
COSTELLO: So how heavy of a weight are we talking about?
METZL: Well we're not after the kind of Arnold look-a-like contest with kids at all. We're very much after having them do high repetitions of very light weights. And it's tremendously helpful for building bone density and strength.
COSTELLO: OK, let's talk about hydration.
METZL: Yes, well a very important, particularly you know areas like Atlanta now, and hopefully it's going to be warm. They say spring is coming up here in New York. But when it gets warm outside and humid, kids start to sweat. And they have a much higher concentration of body fluid and water than adults do, so they are very prone to dehydration. Making sure they drink appropriately. Having plenty of water around is very important during sports events for kids.
COSTELLO: Absolutely. And you say also kids should take vitamins.
METZL: Well vitamins and a well balanced diet, particularly calcium actually is a big thing. We're recognizing kids and teenagers need about 1,500 milligrams of calcium a day, which is about three to four glasses of milk. If they are not getting that either with milk or with yogurt or cheese, it can result in problems down the line.
COSTELLO: All right, Dr. Metzl, good advice this morning, and thank you for joining us on DAYBREAK. METZL: Pleasure.
COSTELLO: Good advice.
MYERS: You know what I've noticed?
COSTELLO: What?
MYERS: A lot of the orange juice now adding calcium. Kids love to drink orange juice and you get the calcium when you drink orange juice (ph).
COSTELLO: Orange juice not only adding calcium, but they are taking out some carbs.
MYERS: Is that right?
COSTELLO: So if you're kind of (ph)...
MYERS: Taking off some sugar, there you go.
COSTELLO: It's 'Stories From the States' time -- Chad.
MYERS: OK. Yes.
COSTELLO: The mystery is lingering in Madison, Wisconsin.
MYERS: Crazy story.
COSTELLO: You know Audrey Seiler disappeared four days ago?
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: Police are just scratching their heads because her story just doesn't quite make sense.
MYERS: Not really. No sexual assault, according to the reports that came out yesterday. She was just -- he held her for four days and then how she got away we still don't know yet.
COSTELLO: Well they do have a police sketch out.
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: And we're going to show you that later on DAYBREAK.
MYERS: OK.
COSTELLO: But at least they have that. But they...
MYERS: Yes.
COSTELLO: It's just a kind of an awful story.
MYERS: And then we had that, you know, an hour and a half where the helicopter footage thought the guy was in the woods and he really wasn't and you know...
COSTELLO: Yes, nobody could find him but she was right there.
MYERS: Where the heck he is now, who knows?
COSTELLO: This is from the "Abilene Reporter-News," stitches to help a nation. You see the big quilt behind that man there. This quilt has traveled from New York. It was put together by elementary school students in New York.
MYERS: Yes. Yes.
COSTELLO: And it's traveling the country. And eventually it will end up in Washington, D.C. And you see the stars in there. It includes more than 400 five-point stars for each emergency service worker who died in the September 11 attack.
MYERS: And all the names of all the others that were killed all around the outside of it, 17 by 11, very big.
COSTELLO: Yes, it's big and it's very moving.
This is from "The Times." "The Reporter" out of Dover-New Philadelphia, Ohio.
MYERS: Love this story.
COSTELLO: It's it. You see there a true miracle, a Web cam. Her husband stationed in Iraq, she's having the baby in New Philadelphia and it's all done by Web cam so he can see it.
MYERS: Exactly. And she could see him back and forth. But the only thing is they couldn't get the audio to work because he was supposed to coach her. He was supposed to help her on it, you know, and they couldn't get the audio to work.
COSTELLO: But they did it by e-mail, because she had a friend with her...
MYERS: Yes. Yes.
COSTELLO: ... in the delivery room. So he e-mailed messages and then she -- it was amazing.
MYERS: It was an instant messaging, well, birth.
COSTELLO: Birth. A great story.
MYERS: It was very good.
COSTELLO: Coming up new at 6:00, in California, a grand jury hearing testimony in Michael Jackson's child molestation case. Our legal analyst Kendall Coffey joins us with some 'Coffey Talk.'
And you have your Final Four all set. I'm sure sports guy Chris Cotter does as March Madness becomes April Anxiety. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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