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Latest Reports From Falluja; Officials Visit Arafat At a Paris Military Hospital
Aired November 09, 2004 - 06:00 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is morning in Falluja and the Iraqi insurgents are putting up quite a fight against these Marines.
It is Tuesday, November 9.
You are watching DAYBREAK.
And good morning to you.
From the CNN Global Headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.
Now in the news -- U.S. troops gain more ground no the second day of their full scale offensive in Falluja. Military officials say they're being met with booby-traps and sniper bullets as they push forward into that insurgent held city. We head live to Falluja for the latest in just two minutes.
Violence this morning near Baquba. That's north of Baghdad. Iraqi officials say four insurgents were killed, 15 others were wounded, in attacks on two police stations. Multinational forces responded quickly, taking control of the area.
Word in this morning from Paris, Yasser Arafat's condition is getting worse. A spokesman for the Paris hospital where Arafat is being treated says the Palestinian leader has fallen into a deeper coma. We'll have a live report from the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erakat, in just a few minutes.
Back here in the States, it's back to work this morning for the jury in Scott Peterson's California murder trial. Jurors showed signs of a possible deadlock, but the judge told them to keep on deliberating. We'll get details from our legal analyst Kendall Coffey in 15 minutes.
To the forecast center now and Chad -- good morning.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Carol.
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COSTELLO: A fierce battle is now under way for a second day in Falluja. There are a number of new developments that have taken place just within the past few hours.
CNN's Jane Arraf is embedded with the Army near that insurgent held city. She's live on the phone lines right now -- hello, Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol.
COSTELLO: What's going on there now?
ARRAF: Carol, we are with an Army unit, Task Force 22 of the 1st Infantry Division, and we are beginning to move into the city. Now elements of this unit cleared the way for the Marines yesterday. They moved in, into the northeast sector, encountering what they said was less organized resistance than they believed. But a series of booby- trapped streets, which they blew up with tank rounds. Some huge explosions.
The city has been bombarded overnight with artillery, mortars, air strikes. This morning as the sun rose, Carol, you could look out and see and almost (INAUDIBLE) city the smoke rising from parts of it. The battle is continuing in many sectors -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Can you tell us how fierce the battle is and if there are any casualties -- Jane.
ARRAF: There are certainly casualties, Carol.
The U.S. casualties are said to be minimal, although we can't put a figure on it. The insurgent casualties difficult to piece together, but the Army units say that they believe they have either killed or wounded between 85 to 90 insurgents just yesterday and today. As for civilians, Carol, that's the hardest part to piece together. A lot of them are staying indoors. A lot of them who would have been affected by the way this attack is unfolding, with massive air strikes, artillery and mortars. But it's difficult to know yet the extent of civilian casualties -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Jane Arraf reporting live from somewhere near Falluja this morning.
As for how the Army and the Marines are exactly fighting this battle, we head live to Chicago, where General David Grange, our military analyst, is this morning.
He joins us by phone -- good morning, General.
BRIG. GEN. DAVID GRANGE, U.S. ARMY (RET.): Good morning to you.
COSTELLO: We are hearing of mortars and artillery fire within Falluja. We just heard from Jane Arraf.
With the offensive under way, what is it like inside the city?
GRANGE: Well, you know, a lot of -- I just heard Jane talking about the situation with the civilians. A lot of them have been given the opportunity to leave. Falluja was, the preparations for the attack in Falluja has been taking place, you know, for quite some time. People were urged to leave the city. Some, of course, would not, because they don't want to leave their homes or because insurgents won't allow them to leave. And so they're hunkering down, hopefully avoiding injury.
But there is civilians in this town and as discussed, the insurgents are using techniques like sniping and booby-traps, things that they know are very effective against a, you know, a well developed force like the coalition that's attacking.
COSTELLO: Well, what kinds of things are U.S. soldiers and Marines destroying within the city?
GRANGE: Well, when they talked about the secondary explosions, when they identify, let's say, a vehicle that's on a street that they know from information for an informant that is rigged with -- as a booby-trap, as an IED, an improvised explosive device, to destroy forces as they move in. Or they pick it up just because it looks abnormal the way it's placed. They'll destroy it with an air strike or a tank. And when they do that, of course, they get the secondary explosive and if, in fact, it was rigged as a booby-trap. And that eliminates the danger to the troops as they move down into the city.
COSTELLO: General, American forces are working with Iraqi forces, maybe about 2,000 of them. This morning we find out that 500 didn't show up to do battle.
How would you characterize this?
GRANGE: Well, you know, it just depends if they didn't show up or if they had a logistic reason or whatever. But there are well trained and then there are still poorly trained Iraqi forces. Like the 36 Commando, which is an Iraqi special operations force, is very well trained, has a lot of experience to date in other hot spots throughout the country. And then they have other conventional units, and some are well led and some are not.
It really boils down in the Iraqi forces to the leaders and the hardest part they've had in training the Iraqi forces is picking the right leaders, because that's the key to any military organization.
COSTELLO: General David Grange joining us live from Chicago this morning.
Thank you.
GRANGE: My pleasure.
COSTELLO: The Bush administration is dealt a legal setback in the war on terror. A federal judge has stopped the trial proceedings for Osama bin Laden's alleged bodyguard and driver. The court says Salim Hamdan is entitled to a legal hearing on whether he is a prisoner of war protected by Geneva Conventions. The ruling could impact trials of other Guantanamo Bay detainees who, like Hamdan, are classified as enemy combatants.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SCOTT SILLIMAN, DUKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: Does the president have the power under the constitution to make the decision he did two and a half years ago? The judge says he doesn't, that only a competent tribunal under the Conventions can do that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: The government says it will appeal the ruling.
A delegation of Palestinian leaders is in Paris waiting to see Yasser Arafat. But will Mrs. Arafat allow them in?
Let's head live to Ramallah and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat.
Good morning.
SAEB ERAKAT, CHIEF PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR: Good morning.
COSTELLO: We have word that Mr. Arafat's coma has deepened.
Can you explain to us what that means?
ERAKAT: I cannot, actually. The last information I heard from my colleagues in Paris that, indeed, President Arafat has deteriorated in the early hours of this morning. But I cannot elaborate on it any further than what I heard from the spokesperson of the French hospital.
But our thoughts and prayers are with President Arafat at this moment.
COSTELLO: You've said that Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei and Mahmoud Abbas will get in to see Mr. Arafat.
How do you know?
ERAKAT: I was informed that the schedule to visit President Arafat in the hospital and also a meeting with his doctor will take place momentarily. I think if it's not taking place now, maybe in the next hour.
COSTELLO: And why is it important for them to get in to see Arafat's doctors?
ERAKAT: Well, I think, you know, there have been so many -- much speculations about President Arafat's health. There have been so many rumors. People, the Palestinians here are, you know, so much entrenched to the news. And we need to know exactly what President Arafat has, what he doesn't have and then address you and address our people, above anything else.
The situation here is very difficult, very tense, very emotional, very sensitive. And I believe we need to know exactly what he has and what he doesn't have so we can have full, transparent and accountable report to our people above anybody else.
COSTELLO: Suha Arafat is not cooperating. She doesn't want this delegation to see Mr. Arafat.
Why is that? I mean what's the underlying reason here?
ERAKAT: I honestly cannot answer this question. I have witnessed with pain and my heart broke when I heard Madam Suha Arafat speak in these terms. This is very unfortunate. This is utmost regrettable thing that should have happened, should not have happened, and I hope that by the end of the day this ordeal will be behind us. I cannot comprehend what happened. I cannot explain why she said what she said. It's absolutely unexplainable. And we regret these statements with the strongest possible terms.
COSTELLO: Might it be possible that she is just a grieving wife at this point and there's no politics underlying her reasons for not wanting this delegation to see Yasser Arafat?
ERAKAT: You know, I understand someone's grief. I understand her husband's situation. I understand her emotions. But how can you understand these emotions and this grief translated into this major accusation of people trying, us trying to bury President Arafat alive? Is that what the Palestinian people needs to hear at this stage? Is that what we need to hear at this stage?
Everyone's thoughts and prayers are with President Arafat. So absolutely, it's absolutely unjustified what she said. I cannot justify it. But at the same time, if it's emotions, god help her, god be with her. But what she said cannot be justified.
COSTELLO: Saeb Erakat joining us live from Ramallah this morning.
Thank you.
Coming up this hour on DAYBREAK, keep going. That's what the judge is telling jurors in the Scott Peterson trial. We'll have the latest at 16 minutes past the hour.
They're selling, but are you buying? An inside look at advertising at 23 minutes past.
And it's not your mother's combat boots. The British Army sports some new footwear. That's coming your way at 53 minutes past.
But first, here's a look at what else is making news this Tuesday morning.
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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports.
It is 6:14 Eastern.
Here's what's all new this morning.
Operation Dawn has entered its second day. American and Iraqi troops continue to pound away at insurgent targets in Falluja. CNN's Jane Arraf reports that the Army unit she's with says they've killed or wounded close to 90 insurgents. In business news, Amazon.com is back to normal this morning, but customers had to be patient during lengthy delays on the Web site yesterday. The unexplained slowdown at the world's largest Internet retailer lasted for eight hours.
In culture, "Saturday Night Live" alum Chris Kattan is coming back to television. He signed on with one of the writers of the Austin Powers movies to develop a series for ABC. Kattan will play a consumer reporter for a small town TV station.
In sports, a thrilling end at Indianapolis. The Colts overcame a fierce comeback by the Minnesota Vikings to win 31-28. Peyton Manning led a final minute drive that ended with a winning field goal. You're going to see it right here. And this comes with just two seconds to go -- Chad.
MYERS: Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes in that game, Carol.
COSTELLO: He's unreal.
MYERS: It was just a really great game for him.
Exactly.
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COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you this morning.
The jury in the Scott Peterson trial may be struggling with the verdict. The judge called them into court yesterday and reread instructions about being non-partisan and impartial judges of the facts. He also instructed them to set aside any personal bias.
So what exactly does that mean?
Could the jury be deadlocked?
For some answers, we're joined by our legal analyst Kendall Coffey.
He's in Miami this morning -- good morning, Kendall.
KENDALL COFFEY, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Hey, good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: So what do you think?
COFFEY: Well, just as you said, there's some early signs of deadlock. As we know, it's a close case. All the evidence the prosecution is relying on is circumstantial. On the other hand, there's no real clear explanation as to how Laci Peterson was murdered, if it wasn't by Scott. So it's a close case. You're seeing early deadlocks and the judge is trying to get the jury to keep working by telling them keep an open mind.
COSTELLO: Well, he also told them to set aside any personal bias.
What did he mean by that?
COFFEY: It's a standard jury instruction in California and anywhere else. But as we all know, this is a case where there is an awful lot of emotion. Certainly the prosecution was emphasizing just what a bad guy Scott Peterson is and the judge very properly wants the jury to focus on the facts and the evidence that point toward guilt or lack of guilt of murder, not all the extraneous things that are involved in this case.
COSTELLO: You know, you watch all of the talk shows talking about this case. A lot of pop psychology going on as it relates to the jurors. Some say oh, they were a happy jury. But then, you know, these past two days they've looked very unhappy.
COFFEY: Well, we're all reading the tea leaves. We don't have exit polls for trial lawyers. And as you know, sometimes even exit polls aren't too reliable. So this is the best folks can do.
But I think if anything's clear, it's that it is a close case and that this jury is struggling and at the same time, by the end of the day, Carol, they were asking for more evidence, evidence including the tidal charts seized in the computers, transcripts of Scott Peterson's interview.
So whatever may be the divisions, this jury seems to, for now, be committed toward working to try to get a verdict if they can.
COSTELLO: So what's the conventional wisdom here? Because I've heard it both ways, the longer the jury stays out, the better it is for whom?
COFFEY: Well, I think for sure a quick verdict would have spelled the words guilty for Scott Peterson. I think the longer they're out, the more hope there is for, obviously, a mistrial, and even an acquittal.
My instinct, and this is pure, as you say, kind of pop psychology, even wizardry, is that if this jury ends up with a conviction, it will be for second degree murder. The whole issue of motive is just not clear enough and strong enough, I think, to get all the jurors to sign on for extensive premeditation.
So that's as close as I can come to guessing about this one -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Kendall Coffey live in Miami this morning.
Thank you.
In other news across America now, Kobe Bryant's civil case may be heading for his home state. The lawyer for his accuser says they may move the case to California. There are no caps on financial damages. The criminal sexual assault trial in Eagle, Colorado ended when Bryant's accuser said she would no longer take part. Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, the swimmer, is charged with drunken driving. The 19-year-old Phelps was pulled over by a Maryland state trooper after allegedly running a stop sign. He could face up to a year in jail if convicted. Phelps won six gold medals at the Olympics in Athens.
A defiant but apologetic James McGreevey says his goodbyes seven days before stepping down as New Jersey's governor.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GOV. JAMES E. MCGREEVEY (D), NEW JERSEY: I am sorry that my actions have hurt those I love in my personal and political lives.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: McGreevey's farewell speech to his staff came a week before he officially leaves office. He says he's not apologizing for being a gay American, but for decisions that led to the sex scandal that forced him to resign.
Coming up after the break, advertising -- it gets in your face and into your head. A new documentary looks at how the sellers get you to be buyers. Media critic Douglas Rushkoff gives us an inside look. That's next.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
WALTER UPDEGRAVE, SENIOR EDITOR, "MONEY": When you're 25, you're young and you're just starting out, the single most important thing you can do is start saving money. And that means saving up for a 401(k) at work, if you have one, and contributing at least enough to get the match. If you can manage it at that time, you should also try to fund an IRA and, if possible, a Roth IRA.
And the reason is this -- when you're young, retirement may seem like this far off mirage, but it will begin creeping up on you. And any money that you can put down at an early age has the advantage of being able to compound over years and years and years and can grow. So the earlier that you begin putting some dollars away, the larger that money becomes when you are ready to take it out at retirement.
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COSTELLO: This news just in to CNN right now.
We understand that delegation from the Palestinian territories, they're inside the Paris hospital. We don't know if they're meeting yet with the doctors of Yasser Arafat or with his wife, Suha Arafat. But the prime minister, Ahmed Qorei, and the former prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, inside the hospital. Saeb Erakat said they would be meeting with doctors. We don't know that for sure, but it certainly is a first step that they're inside of that hospital. Earlier this morning, we learned that Yasser Arafat's condition had worsened overnight. In fact, doctors now say he's fallen into a deeper coma.
We're going to get to Jim Bittermann live in Paris in just about 10 minutes.
Let's talk about advertising now, because you just can't get away from it. Advertising bombards us every day, from quick flashing subliminal messages to right out in front of you camera product placement. The people behind those commercials and billboards are serious about getting you to buy their products.
So, serious, you might be surprised at some of the methods they use.
Douglas Rushkoff is a media critic and correspondent for "The Persuaders," which airs on the PBS program "Frontline" tonight.
Welcome.
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, MEDIA CRITIC: Hi.
Good to be with you.
COSTELLO: Good to be with you, too.
It seems advertisers are getting desperate, papering their products everywhere they can.
Is it working?
RUSHKOFF: Well, I don't know if it's a matter of it working or -- as much as a matter that if you don't do it, it stops working. You know, advertisers are kind of in a bind. They have to advertise because if they stop, no one buys their product anymore. But if they do advertise we start to resent them for advertising to us.
COSTELLO: Yes, because it is everywhere. You go in the subway, there are advertisements. You go everywhere.
RUSHKOFF: Exactly.
COSTELLO: They're there.
RUSHKOFF: It's a sea of advertising. And now advertisers are getting more and more desperate to find any method, whether it's, I don't know, if it's flashing something on the screen or not. But whether it's psychology or product placement or putting things in movies, on TV shows, anything really to get through to us.
COSTELLO: We're showing clips from some advertisements. And the one I love is urgent, urgent. They make you fear if you don't buy the product somehow that'll affect your life in a very tragic way.
RUSHKOFF: Right. I have a feeling most people are kind of hip to that sort of, you know, direct appeal. But there's a lot of stuff going on today that I think people might be sort of less aware of and may be more likely to fall prey to.
COSTELLO: Let's talk about advertising within movies. We just saw the movie "Cast Away," and, of course, Federal Express played a large part in that. And you mention in your documentary tonight a "Sex And The City" episode in which a character becomes a poster boy for Absolut vodka.
Most of our viewers say in show advertising turns them off, but does it?
RUSHKOFF: Well, I think in show advertising that you understand is there turns you off and maybe, you know, when we watch "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy" or "The Restaurant," you know, we know that these shows are basically vehicles for product placement.
But I think people feel a bit violated if they find out, say, that a "Sex And The City" character was invented, in part, by a vodka company in order to sell a drink or after they've had a full experience of really an epic kind of a movie like "Cast Away" to find out oh, you mean FedEx was actually involved in it? And then, you see, oh, well, it was kind of a FedEx commercial, wasn't it?
COSTELLO: Yes. So it has to be subtle.
I want Chad here, because he's going through our e-mail box, because we've been asking viewers if they like this kind of product placement.
Here's one viewer from Ohio.
MYERS: You know, we had a bunch of them earlier that really were not in favor of it. But here's -- there are a couple here really nice. "I'm not offended." This is from Steve. "It adds reality as long as they don't do close-ups, and it's also better than two or four more minutes of commercials."
COSTELLO: Ah, so there you have it. So that if you take away the commercial, which a lot of people aren't watching anyway, frankly, because of TiVo, and, you know, if it's very subtle, then maybe it'll create that emotional connection that advertisers need to sell their product.
RUSHKOFF: Yes, I mean if "Friends" had taken place in a Starbucks instead of just a generic coffee shop, would it have bothered people or not? You know, I think as long as it's really organic to the story, it doesn't really bother people so much. But what you have to start looking at then is are writers going to be free to write the kind of stories they want if it's taking place inside a corporate place like a Starbucks?
In other words, how will it ultimately affect the content of the shows if the shows have to serve, really, as kind of wallpaper for all of these products that are inside them?
COSTELLO: Fascinating stuff.
Douglas Rushkoff, a media critic and correspondent for "The Persuaders," which airs on PBS, what time? Check your listings?
RUSHKOFF: Yes, 9:00 in most places.
COSTELLO: All right, thank you so much, Doug, for joining DAYBREAK this morning.
RUSHKOFF: Thanks for having me.
COSTELLO: Still much more to come here on DAYBREAK.
The British Army adds some ammunition to the shoe wars. I'm not kidding. What the well heeled soldier is sporting these days.
And Howard Dean has another chance to energize the Democratic Party. But this job offer would come at the expense of another presidential run. We'll explain when DAYBREAK returns.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is morning in Falluja and the Iraqi insurgents are putting up quite a fight against these Marines.
It is Tuesday, November 9.
You are watching DAYBREAK.
And good morning to you.
From the CNN Global Headquarters in Atlanta, I'm Carol Costello.
Now in the news -- U.S. troops gain more ground no the second day of their full scale offensive in Falluja. Military officials say they're being met with booby-traps and sniper bullets as they push forward into that insurgent held city. We head live to Falluja for the latest in just two minutes.
Violence this morning near Baquba. That's north of Baghdad. Iraqi officials say four insurgents were killed, 15 others were wounded, in attacks on two police stations. Multinational forces responded quickly, taking control of the area.
Word in this morning from Paris, Yasser Arafat's condition is getting worse. A spokesman for the Paris hospital where Arafat is being treated says the Palestinian leader has fallen into a deeper coma. We'll have a live report from the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erakat, in just a few minutes.
Back here in the States, it's back to work this morning for the jury in Scott Peterson's California murder trial. Jurors showed signs of a possible deadlock, but the judge told them to keep on deliberating. We'll get details from our legal analyst Kendall Coffey in 15 minutes.
To the forecast center now and Chad -- good morning.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning, Carol.
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COSTELLO: A fierce battle is now under way for a second day in Falluja. There are a number of new developments that have taken place just within the past few hours.
CNN's Jane Arraf is embedded with the Army near that insurgent held city. She's live on the phone lines right now -- hello, Jane.
JANE ARRAF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol.
COSTELLO: What's going on there now?
ARRAF: Carol, we are with an Army unit, Task Force 22 of the 1st Infantry Division, and we are beginning to move into the city. Now elements of this unit cleared the way for the Marines yesterday. They moved in, into the northeast sector, encountering what they said was less organized resistance than they believed. But a series of booby- trapped streets, which they blew up with tank rounds. Some huge explosions.
The city has been bombarded overnight with artillery, mortars, air strikes. This morning as the sun rose, Carol, you could look out and see and almost (INAUDIBLE) city the smoke rising from parts of it. The battle is continuing in many sectors -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Can you tell us how fierce the battle is and if there are any casualties -- Jane.
ARRAF: There are certainly casualties, Carol.
The U.S. casualties are said to be minimal, although we can't put a figure on it. The insurgent casualties difficult to piece together, but the Army units say that they believe they have either killed or wounded between 85 to 90 insurgents just yesterday and today. As for civilians, Carol, that's the hardest part to piece together. A lot of them are staying indoors. A lot of them who would have been affected by the way this attack is unfolding, with massive air strikes, artillery and mortars. But it's difficult to know yet the extent of civilian casualties -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Jane Arraf reporting live from somewhere near Falluja this morning.
As for how the Army and the Marines are exactly fighting this battle, we head live to Chicago, where General David Grange, our military analyst, is this morning.
He joins us by phone -- good morning, General.
BRIG. GEN. DAVID GRANGE, U.S. ARMY (RET.): Good morning to you.
COSTELLO: We are hearing of mortars and artillery fire within Falluja. We just heard from Jane Arraf.
With the offensive under way, what is it like inside the city?
GRANGE: Well, you know, a lot of -- I just heard Jane talking about the situation with the civilians. A lot of them have been given the opportunity to leave. Falluja was, the preparations for the attack in Falluja has been taking place, you know, for quite some time. People were urged to leave the city. Some, of course, would not, because they don't want to leave their homes or because insurgents won't allow them to leave. And so they're hunkering down, hopefully avoiding injury.
But there is civilians in this town and as discussed, the insurgents are using techniques like sniping and booby-traps, things that they know are very effective against a, you know, a well developed force like the coalition that's attacking.
COSTELLO: Well, what kinds of things are U.S. soldiers and Marines destroying within the city?
GRANGE: Well, when they talked about the secondary explosions, when they identify, let's say, a vehicle that's on a street that they know from information for an informant that is rigged with -- as a booby-trap, as an IED, an improvised explosive device, to destroy forces as they move in. Or they pick it up just because it looks abnormal the way it's placed. They'll destroy it with an air strike or a tank. And when they do that, of course, they get the secondary explosive and if, in fact, it was rigged as a booby-trap. And that eliminates the danger to the troops as they move down into the city.
COSTELLO: General, American forces are working with Iraqi forces, maybe about 2,000 of them. This morning we find out that 500 didn't show up to do battle.
How would you characterize this?
GRANGE: Well, you know, it just depends if they didn't show up or if they had a logistic reason or whatever. But there are well trained and then there are still poorly trained Iraqi forces. Like the 36 Commando, which is an Iraqi special operations force, is very well trained, has a lot of experience to date in other hot spots throughout the country. And then they have other conventional units, and some are well led and some are not.
It really boils down in the Iraqi forces to the leaders and the hardest part they've had in training the Iraqi forces is picking the right leaders, because that's the key to any military organization.
COSTELLO: General David Grange joining us live from Chicago this morning.
Thank you.
GRANGE: My pleasure.
COSTELLO: The Bush administration is dealt a legal setback in the war on terror. A federal judge has stopped the trial proceedings for Osama bin Laden's alleged bodyguard and driver. The court says Salim Hamdan is entitled to a legal hearing on whether he is a prisoner of war protected by Geneva Conventions. The ruling could impact trials of other Guantanamo Bay detainees who, like Hamdan, are classified as enemy combatants.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SCOTT SILLIMAN, DUKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL: Does the president have the power under the constitution to make the decision he did two and a half years ago? The judge says he doesn't, that only a competent tribunal under the Conventions can do that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
COSTELLO: The government says it will appeal the ruling.
A delegation of Palestinian leaders is in Paris waiting to see Yasser Arafat. But will Mrs. Arafat allow them in?
Let's head live to Ramallah and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat.
Good morning.
SAEB ERAKAT, CHIEF PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATOR: Good morning.
COSTELLO: We have word that Mr. Arafat's coma has deepened.
Can you explain to us what that means?
ERAKAT: I cannot, actually. The last information I heard from my colleagues in Paris that, indeed, President Arafat has deteriorated in the early hours of this morning. But I cannot elaborate on it any further than what I heard from the spokesperson of the French hospital.
But our thoughts and prayers are with President Arafat at this moment.
COSTELLO: You've said that Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei and Mahmoud Abbas will get in to see Mr. Arafat.
How do you know?
ERAKAT: I was informed that the schedule to visit President Arafat in the hospital and also a meeting with his doctor will take place momentarily. I think if it's not taking place now, maybe in the next hour.
COSTELLO: And why is it important for them to get in to see Arafat's doctors?
ERAKAT: Well, I think, you know, there have been so many -- much speculations about President Arafat's health. There have been so many rumors. People, the Palestinians here are, you know, so much entrenched to the news. And we need to know exactly what President Arafat has, what he doesn't have and then address you and address our people, above anything else.
The situation here is very difficult, very tense, very emotional, very sensitive. And I believe we need to know exactly what he has and what he doesn't have so we can have full, transparent and accountable report to our people above anybody else.
COSTELLO: Suha Arafat is not cooperating. She doesn't want this delegation to see Mr. Arafat.
Why is that? I mean what's the underlying reason here?
ERAKAT: I honestly cannot answer this question. I have witnessed with pain and my heart broke when I heard Madam Suha Arafat speak in these terms. This is very unfortunate. This is utmost regrettable thing that should have happened, should not have happened, and I hope that by the end of the day this ordeal will be behind us. I cannot comprehend what happened. I cannot explain why she said what she said. It's absolutely unexplainable. And we regret these statements with the strongest possible terms.
COSTELLO: Might it be possible that she is just a grieving wife at this point and there's no politics underlying her reasons for not wanting this delegation to see Yasser Arafat?
ERAKAT: You know, I understand someone's grief. I understand her husband's situation. I understand her emotions. But how can you understand these emotions and this grief translated into this major accusation of people trying, us trying to bury President Arafat alive? Is that what the Palestinian people needs to hear at this stage? Is that what we need to hear at this stage?
Everyone's thoughts and prayers are with President Arafat. So absolutely, it's absolutely unjustified what she said. I cannot justify it. But at the same time, if it's emotions, god help her, god be with her. But what she said cannot be justified.
COSTELLO: Saeb Erakat joining us live from Ramallah this morning.
Thank you.
Coming up this hour on DAYBREAK, keep going. That's what the judge is telling jurors in the Scott Peterson trial. We'll have the latest at 16 minutes past the hour.
They're selling, but are you buying? An inside look at advertising at 23 minutes past.
And it's not your mother's combat boots. The British Army sports some new footwear. That's coming your way at 53 minutes past.
But first, here's a look at what else is making news this Tuesday morning.
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COSTELLO: Your news, money, weather and sports.
It is 6:14 Eastern.
Here's what's all new this morning.
Operation Dawn has entered its second day. American and Iraqi troops continue to pound away at insurgent targets in Falluja. CNN's Jane Arraf reports that the Army unit she's with says they've killed or wounded close to 90 insurgents. In business news, Amazon.com is back to normal this morning, but customers had to be patient during lengthy delays on the Web site yesterday. The unexplained slowdown at the world's largest Internet retailer lasted for eight hours.
In culture, "Saturday Night Live" alum Chris Kattan is coming back to television. He signed on with one of the writers of the Austin Powers movies to develop a series for ABC. Kattan will play a consumer reporter for a small town TV station.
In sports, a thrilling end at Indianapolis. The Colts overcame a fierce comeback by the Minnesota Vikings to win 31-28. Peyton Manning led a final minute drive that ended with a winning field goal. You're going to see it right here. And this comes with just two seconds to go -- Chad.
MYERS: Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes in that game, Carol.
COSTELLO: He's unreal.
MYERS: It was just a really great game for him.
Exactly.
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COSTELLO: Those are the latest headlines for you this morning.
The jury in the Scott Peterson trial may be struggling with the verdict. The judge called them into court yesterday and reread instructions about being non-partisan and impartial judges of the facts. He also instructed them to set aside any personal bias.
So what exactly does that mean?
Could the jury be deadlocked?
For some answers, we're joined by our legal analyst Kendall Coffey.
He's in Miami this morning -- good morning, Kendall.
KENDALL COFFEY, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Hey, good morning, Carol.
COSTELLO: So what do you think?
COFFEY: Well, just as you said, there's some early signs of deadlock. As we know, it's a close case. All the evidence the prosecution is relying on is circumstantial. On the other hand, there's no real clear explanation as to how Laci Peterson was murdered, if it wasn't by Scott. So it's a close case. You're seeing early deadlocks and the judge is trying to get the jury to keep working by telling them keep an open mind.
COSTELLO: Well, he also told them to set aside any personal bias.
What did he mean by that?
COFFEY: It's a standard jury instruction in California and anywhere else. But as we all know, this is a case where there is an awful lot of emotion. Certainly the prosecution was emphasizing just what a bad guy Scott Peterson is and the judge very properly wants the jury to focus on the facts and the evidence that point toward guilt or lack of guilt of murder, not all the extraneous things that are involved in this case.
COSTELLO: You know, you watch all of the talk shows talking about this case. A lot of pop psychology going on as it relates to the jurors. Some say oh, they were a happy jury. But then, you know, these past two days they've looked very unhappy.
COFFEY: Well, we're all reading the tea leaves. We don't have exit polls for trial lawyers. And as you know, sometimes even exit polls aren't too reliable. So this is the best folks can do.
But I think if anything's clear, it's that it is a close case and that this jury is struggling and at the same time, by the end of the day, Carol, they were asking for more evidence, evidence including the tidal charts seized in the computers, transcripts of Scott Peterson's interview.
So whatever may be the divisions, this jury seems to, for now, be committed toward working to try to get a verdict if they can.
COSTELLO: So what's the conventional wisdom here? Because I've heard it both ways, the longer the jury stays out, the better it is for whom?
COFFEY: Well, I think for sure a quick verdict would have spelled the words guilty for Scott Peterson. I think the longer they're out, the more hope there is for, obviously, a mistrial, and even an acquittal.
My instinct, and this is pure, as you say, kind of pop psychology, even wizardry, is that if this jury ends up with a conviction, it will be for second degree murder. The whole issue of motive is just not clear enough and strong enough, I think, to get all the jurors to sign on for extensive premeditation.
So that's as close as I can come to guessing about this one -- Carol.
COSTELLO: Kendall Coffey live in Miami this morning.
Thank you.
In other news across America now, Kobe Bryant's civil case may be heading for his home state. The lawyer for his accuser says they may move the case to California. There are no caps on financial damages. The criminal sexual assault trial in Eagle, Colorado ended when Bryant's accuser said she would no longer take part. Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps, the swimmer, is charged with drunken driving. The 19-year-old Phelps was pulled over by a Maryland state trooper after allegedly running a stop sign. He could face up to a year in jail if convicted. Phelps won six gold medals at the Olympics in Athens.
A defiant but apologetic James McGreevey says his goodbyes seven days before stepping down as New Jersey's governor.
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GOV. JAMES E. MCGREEVEY (D), NEW JERSEY: I am sorry that my actions have hurt those I love in my personal and political lives.
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COSTELLO: McGreevey's farewell speech to his staff came a week before he officially leaves office. He says he's not apologizing for being a gay American, but for decisions that led to the sex scandal that forced him to resign.
Coming up after the break, advertising -- it gets in your face and into your head. A new documentary looks at how the sellers get you to be buyers. Media critic Douglas Rushkoff gives us an inside look. That's next.
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WALTER UPDEGRAVE, SENIOR EDITOR, "MONEY": When you're 25, you're young and you're just starting out, the single most important thing you can do is start saving money. And that means saving up for a 401(k) at work, if you have one, and contributing at least enough to get the match. If you can manage it at that time, you should also try to fund an IRA and, if possible, a Roth IRA.
And the reason is this -- when you're young, retirement may seem like this far off mirage, but it will begin creeping up on you. And any money that you can put down at an early age has the advantage of being able to compound over years and years and years and can grow. So the earlier that you begin putting some dollars away, the larger that money becomes when you are ready to take it out at retirement.
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COSTELLO: This news just in to CNN right now.
We understand that delegation from the Palestinian territories, they're inside the Paris hospital. We don't know if they're meeting yet with the doctors of Yasser Arafat or with his wife, Suha Arafat. But the prime minister, Ahmed Qorei, and the former prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, inside the hospital. Saeb Erakat said they would be meeting with doctors. We don't know that for sure, but it certainly is a first step that they're inside of that hospital. Earlier this morning, we learned that Yasser Arafat's condition had worsened overnight. In fact, doctors now say he's fallen into a deeper coma.
We're going to get to Jim Bittermann live in Paris in just about 10 minutes.
Let's talk about advertising now, because you just can't get away from it. Advertising bombards us every day, from quick flashing subliminal messages to right out in front of you camera product placement. The people behind those commercials and billboards are serious about getting you to buy their products.
So, serious, you might be surprised at some of the methods they use.
Douglas Rushkoff is a media critic and correspondent for "The Persuaders," which airs on the PBS program "Frontline" tonight.
Welcome.
DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF, MEDIA CRITIC: Hi.
Good to be with you.
COSTELLO: Good to be with you, too.
It seems advertisers are getting desperate, papering their products everywhere they can.
Is it working?
RUSHKOFF: Well, I don't know if it's a matter of it working or -- as much as a matter that if you don't do it, it stops working. You know, advertisers are kind of in a bind. They have to advertise because if they stop, no one buys their product anymore. But if they do advertise we start to resent them for advertising to us.
COSTELLO: Yes, because it is everywhere. You go in the subway, there are advertisements. You go everywhere.
RUSHKOFF: Exactly.
COSTELLO: They're there.
RUSHKOFF: It's a sea of advertising. And now advertisers are getting more and more desperate to find any method, whether it's, I don't know, if it's flashing something on the screen or not. But whether it's psychology or product placement or putting things in movies, on TV shows, anything really to get through to us.
COSTELLO: We're showing clips from some advertisements. And the one I love is urgent, urgent. They make you fear if you don't buy the product somehow that'll affect your life in a very tragic way.
RUSHKOFF: Right. I have a feeling most people are kind of hip to that sort of, you know, direct appeal. But there's a lot of stuff going on today that I think people might be sort of less aware of and may be more likely to fall prey to.
COSTELLO: Let's talk about advertising within movies. We just saw the movie "Cast Away," and, of course, Federal Express played a large part in that. And you mention in your documentary tonight a "Sex And The City" episode in which a character becomes a poster boy for Absolut vodka.
Most of our viewers say in show advertising turns them off, but does it?
RUSHKOFF: Well, I think in show advertising that you understand is there turns you off and maybe, you know, when we watch "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy" or "The Restaurant," you know, we know that these shows are basically vehicles for product placement.
But I think people feel a bit violated if they find out, say, that a "Sex And The City" character was invented, in part, by a vodka company in order to sell a drink or after they've had a full experience of really an epic kind of a movie like "Cast Away" to find out oh, you mean FedEx was actually involved in it? And then, you see, oh, well, it was kind of a FedEx commercial, wasn't it?
COSTELLO: Yes. So it has to be subtle.
I want Chad here, because he's going through our e-mail box, because we've been asking viewers if they like this kind of product placement.
Here's one viewer from Ohio.
MYERS: You know, we had a bunch of them earlier that really were not in favor of it. But here's -- there are a couple here really nice. "I'm not offended." This is from Steve. "It adds reality as long as they don't do close-ups, and it's also better than two or four more minutes of commercials."
COSTELLO: Ah, so there you have it. So that if you take away the commercial, which a lot of people aren't watching anyway, frankly, because of TiVo, and, you know, if it's very subtle, then maybe it'll create that emotional connection that advertisers need to sell their product.
RUSHKOFF: Yes, I mean if "Friends" had taken place in a Starbucks instead of just a generic coffee shop, would it have bothered people or not? You know, I think as long as it's really organic to the story, it doesn't really bother people so much. But what you have to start looking at then is are writers going to be free to write the kind of stories they want if it's taking place inside a corporate place like a Starbucks?
In other words, how will it ultimately affect the content of the shows if the shows have to serve, really, as kind of wallpaper for all of these products that are inside them?
COSTELLO: Fascinating stuff.
Douglas Rushkoff, a media critic and correspondent for "The Persuaders," which airs on PBS, what time? Check your listings?
RUSHKOFF: Yes, 9:00 in most places.
COSTELLO: All right, thank you so much, Doug, for joining DAYBREAK this morning.
RUSHKOFF: Thanks for having me.
COSTELLO: Still much more to come here on DAYBREAK.
The British Army adds some ammunition to the shoe wars. I'm not kidding. What the well heeled soldier is sporting these days.
And Howard Dean has another chance to energize the Democratic Party. But this job offer would come at the expense of another presidential run. We'll explain when DAYBREAK returns.
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