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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back. This is LIVE FROM... I'm Kyra Phillips. Here is what's all new this half hour.
Who do you believe is telling the truth about events leading up to 9/11? New poll numbers about which version seems more believable to Americans.

A new study about sleep could keep you up at night wondering why your kids aren't getting enough sack time.

But first, top stories we're following for you.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will testify under oath and in public before the commission investigating the September 11 attacks. We'll hear from the panel at a live news conference coming up at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. CNN will carry it live.

Americans take a hosing at the gas pump. Record prices are rich fuel for the presidential candidates. Democrats demand the administration siphon the oil reserve to ease the pressure. George W. Bush's camp warns that his opponent would solve the problem by raising taxes.

Attorneys for former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski file yet another motion for mistrial in the corporate corruption case. They say a juror reported to have signaled the defense last week is now the object of Internet chatter and might be unable to deliberate in good faith.

March 23, 2003 was a very deadly date in the Iraq war. Private Jessica Lunch's Army unit was ambushed and captured near Nasiriya that day.

It's the same date and town where the worst friendly fire incident of the war happened. Investigators have been digging into that tragedy and are now blaming it on a U.S. Marine. Our senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre explains.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As Marines from Charlie Company fought to secure a key supply route through Nasiriya, the battle took a tragic turn. Pinned down by enemy fire the Marines were attacked by U.S. Air Force A-10s by mistake.

CAPT. DAN WITTNAM, CHARLIE COMPANY COMMANDER: The first thought that went through my mind was thank God an A-10 is on station.

MCINTYRE: And then?

WITTNAM: Holy cow. The earth went black from the dirt being kicked up and a feeling of absolute utter horror and disbelief.

MCINTYRE: Investigators faulted a Marine captain far from the action who called in the A-10 strikes unaware Charlie Company had pushed ahead of his unit. The two A-10s made multiple passes over a group of vehicles dropping bombs, firing missiles and (unintelligible) with their tank busting 30mm canons.

As many as ten Marines were killed but because a total of 18 Marines died in the battle and some had wounds from both enemy and friendly fire, the exact number of fratricide victims is unknown.

TINA CLINE, WIDOW OF CPL. DONALD CLINE: Unknown, everything is left unknown and you just have to come to your own conclusion what you want to believe.

MCINTYRE: That's left Tina Cline, widow of Corporal Donald Cline, still looking for closure.

CLINE: This actually I think has brought me to a new level of my grieving and it's the angry stage.

MCINTYRE (on camera): While the Air Force was absolved of blame, some in the Marine Corps question why the A-10 pilots weren't better trained to spot friendly vehicles, why they failed to see cease-fire flares fired by the Marines and why the cockpit videotapes of the incident disappeared, apparently recorded over.

The Marine captain who called in the deadly strike could now face disciplinary action for failing to request proper authorization in violation after standing order specifically designed to prevent this kind of friendly fire incident.

Jamie McIntyre, CNN, the Pentagon.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Will the 9/11 Commission hearings sway your vote come November? Our poll guru Bill Schneider joins us next with what Americans are saying.

And later, catching some Zs. America's kids showing signs of sleep deprivation.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Let's get your take on the war on terror. Is the Bush house on the right track? Or the Bush White House, rather, on the right track. Could any administration have prevented 9/11? How do you really feel with the -- about the president's national security adviser?

Our senior political analyst Bill Schneider has been reviewing your answers. He joins us from Washington. Hi, Bill.

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Hi, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Let's take the first one, the CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll, did Bush administration do all that it could be expected before 9/11? Forty-two percent say yes, 54 percent say no.

And then another one asking, did the Clinton administration do all that could have been expected? Thirty-two percent yes, 62 percent no. What do you think?

SCHNEIDER: Share the blame. Most Americans saying neither administration did not do all that they could have to prevent the attacks because look, the attacks happened.

But another question that we asked, because do you think anything could have been done to prevent those attacks on 9/11? And the answer by an even larger percentage, 67 percent, said, no, they don't think anything either administration could have done would have prevented those attacks.

So, yes, they didn't do enough, but, no, it wouldn't have worked in the end.

PHILLIPS: So taking into account those numbers, Bill, the 9/11 Commission hearings, you think it's going to help American morale, maybe restore some faith?

SCHNEIDER: I'm not sure it's going to restore faith. I mean, look, the attacks happened and I don't think anything the commission can do is going to make a lot of difference in that respect. And I don't think the commission is likely to come out with a report that blames either Bush or Clinton or anyone else.

But they want to assess how this happened, why this happened, where were the failures? I think there will be a lot about failures of communications between the intelligence agencies, the failure to give enough priority by both the Bush and Clinton administrations to what was a clear threat from al Qaedas.

And I think they're discover what most Americans have known for long time: until something becomes a real crisis, it's hard to deal with it in our system of government. And until 9/11, it was hard to mobilize Congress or the American public or either the Bush or Clinton administrations to fight the terrorist threat.

PHILLIPS: Opinion of Condoleezza Rice. Some interesting numbers. Fifty percent favorable, 25 percent unfavorable, 25 percent unsure. I want to ask about that unsure in a minute.

But looking at that 50 percent favorable, now that the White House has said testify under oath before the 9/11 Commission, could be a good thing. Yes?

SCHNEIDER: Yes, it could be. She's a very popular figure in this administration. People know her to be a very capable and experienced African-American woman, the first African-American woman as national security adviser, possible secretary of state if President Bush is reelected to a second term.

So she has a favorable image. And despite the little sniping going on between her and Richard Clarke, that image appears to be sustained.

PHILLIPS: What do you think about this 25 percent unsure? is that because maybe she really hasn't done a lot of on-camera interviews until recently or come before the public a lot?

SCHNEIDER: She has not. She plays a mostly a behind the scenes role. She was never confirmed by Congress, she works directly for the president, she is on his staff. So she doesn't play a terribly public role.

She is a staff adviser to the president, not confirmed. And as a result, a lot of Americans don't know very much about her. She doesn't have a very public face.

And, look, you know, a lot of Americans don't pay an awful lot of attention to politics or to what goes on in Washington.

PHILLIPS: Tell what you, she's quite a piano player. But that's a whole 'nother story.

All right, Bill. Final poll here. Did Bush concerns about Saddam prevent him from paying enough attention to al Qaeda after 9/11? This is interesting. Yes, 46 percent, no, 49 percent. I was sort of surprised how these numbers came out.

SCHNEIDER: Well, what's happened here is that's the charge that Richard Clarke made, that because Bush was so preoccupied with Iraq he didn't pay enough attention to al Qaeda. Do Americans accept those charges? And they're split just about down the middle. Forty-six yes, 49 no.

You know, what happens is this issue, the whole controversy, the charges and allegations that Richard Clarke brought up are being seen through a partisan lens because we're in the middle of a presidential campaign. Everything is seen through a partisan lens.

So you bring up an allegation like that, and what happens? Republicans say, we're for Bush and we don't believe Clarke, and Democrats say, we believe Clarke and we don't like Bush.

These allegations have had exactly that effect. It's all partisanship.

PHILLIPS: Bill Schneider, thank you.

SCHNEIDER: Sure.

PHILLIPS: An alleged Arizona thief has an attack of conscience after seeing "The Passion of the Christ." He's not the first man to confess to a crime after watching the gripping biblical drama, just the latest. Kim Crickston (ph) with our affiliate KNXV has the story of the repentant burglar seeking atonement.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): Since the movie "Passion of the Christ" first opened, it's had an effect on a lot of people. And it may be responsible for a lot of confessions in church.

But the only confession Tobias Bright knows is the one which took place eight minutes after a his Yakety Yak mobile phone store was burglarized.

TOBIAS BRIGHT, YAKETY YAK: If you're going to get burglarized, couldn't have turned out much better, at least for me.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It seems the suspect broke into Bright's store, stole 80 bucks from the cash register and then took off down the road. It might have been a clean getaway if not for a movie the suspect had on his mind.

BRIGHT: The only thing I heard him say, was that Yakety Yak? When I got out of the truck, he apologized to me for breaking into the store.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Police told Bright after dumping the money, the suspect returned and confessed to five or six other burglaries saying his mom had just taken him to see the movie and it had an effect on him.

BRIGHT: I'm a Christian man but I just kind of wish he'd thought about that 20 minutes earlier before he took a baseball bat to one of my windows.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As for the movie buff, Turner Lee Bingham, he won't be hitting the theaters. He's been booked into jail.

Bright who also saw the movie, is willing to practice forgiveness.

BRIGHT: Maybe it caused him to stop and think a little bit more about what he was doing to other people.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim Crickston, ABC 15 News.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Most of us complain about not getting enough sleep. Right? Turns out it's a big problem is for or kids too. And it's not just children who want to stay up past their bedtime.

Another good reason to exercise. This one especially for women fighting cancer.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: New study offers a simple prescription for breast cancer patients. Get on your feet. Researchers found that women who are physically active during their recovery reduce their risk of dying. A 16-year study was conducted by Bringhan (ph) Women's Hospital in Boston.

Women who walked one to three hours a week cut their risk of dying by 25 percent compared to those who stayed inactive. Woman who walked more than that cut their risk in half.

Not getting enough shut-eye? Most Americans know they're not getting enough sleep. We all know it. But it also turns out the TV and the sodas are disrupting your kids' pleasant dreams.

Also, the big problem are medical correspondent Holly Firfer, here to talk about the details. I know, stress, caffeine. All that stuff.

HOLLY FIRFER, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: We're all just tired. We're sick and tired of being sick and tired. How do you feel today? did you get enough sleep?

(CROSSTALK)

FIRFER: Americans, we are sleep deprived. Now it turns out adults aren't the only ones walking around in that perpetual state of jet lag. Children are also suffering from poor sleep habits and are not getting enough Zs.

The National Sleep Foundation did a survey and found 69 percent of kids experience some sort of sleep problem at least a few nights a week. Thirty percent of kids wake up at least once a night. One obvious cause they found? Twenty-six percent of kids drink at least one caffeinated drink every day.

When kids don't sleep, the parents don't sleep. And we've become one tired country.

So how much sleep should kids be getting? According to the survey, more than parents think they should. Infants ages 3 to 11 months should get 14 to 15 hours of sleep. Toddlers, 1 to 3, need 12 to 14 hours of sleep. Preschoolers in the 3 to 6 age group, should get 11 to 13 hours. School age kids should sleep 10 to 11 hours a night.

That survey showed every group was getting less than the minimum recommendation. I'm sure many parents can tell you, they know because they're not getting sleep either.

PHILLIPS: Remember the days when we could sleep 15 hours?

FIRFER: When were you explaining that you took that nap at 1:00?

PHILLIPS: My gosh, where did it go?

You talked about kids not getting enough sleep because of caffeine. What else?

FIRFER: One big culprit, television. Television in kids' rooms seem to be a contributing factor. Kids with TVs go to bed 20 minutes later than those who don't and that adds up to a loss of about two hours a week.

Other problems keeping kids awake. Trouble falling asleep, kids who wake up in the middle of the night, children who snore. Believe it or not, 10 percent of kids snore. Resisting going to bed, trouble breathing or loud or heavy breathing.

And they suggest parents keep an eye on kids if he notice any of these sleep time habits.

PHILLIPS: Dr. Mom, give us a solution.

FIRFER: No caffeinated drinks. No TV in the bedroom. The survey showed kids who were read to or read before bed were likely to sleep more. Parents should make sleep a family priority and develop good sleep habits with your kids. Watch out for those sleep problems.

And watch your kids. Do they seem sleeply during the day? Get overtired easily? Talk to your child's doctor if you suspect your child needs more sleep. I'm sure parents can attest to this, when they don't sleep, you don't sleep.

PHILLIPS: Is it OK to call Mom and ask her to fly in and read me a story so I can go to sleep?

FIRFER: No problem. Maybe we can get cots in the newsroom.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, thanks, Holly.

(MARKET UPDATE)

PHILLIPS: The 9/11 Investigation Commission has a news conference coming up in a few minutes. We'll bring it to you live as soon as that starts. We're back in just a moment.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Forecasting the future. Most of us are not clairvoyant when it comes to seeing the events to come, especially in politics. Pundits are looking at presidential race from every imaginable angle though. Then along comes our senior analyst Jeff Greenfield connect being the do dots with a take on the race you may not have thought of.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SENIOR ANALYST: There may be more than seven months before Americans vote, but that has not stopped the ceaseless, endless conversation about what factors could tilt this election. What if Osama is captured? What if the markets tank? What about Iraq? What about the price of gas?

Well, friends, while these possibilities may have been beaten to death I can reveal here, exclusively one potential political bombshell that nobody has yet examined: the Atkins diet.

(voice-over): Two things have long been true about Americans. First, we eat way, way too much. And second we consume diet advice almost as eagerly as we do cheeseburgers. In a country where experts have recently warned that obesity may kill more of us than cigarettes, it is no wonder that tens of millions of us are desperately trying to lose weight.

The current approach? The Atkins diet. Some 15 million Americans are now following this high fat, low-carb diet that teaches us to fill up on steak.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want a burger. But I don't want a bun. I just want a burger.

GREENFIELD: Eggs and cheese. But stay away from the rolls and the pasta. Even fast food franchises, once noted for their fries, promise no or low-carbs here.

But what is the political connection, you ask? Simple. According to a recent study at MIT, carbohydrates are essential to producing serotonin, the chemical in the brain that regulates moods. A diet severely low in carbohydrates, the study says, could produce moodiness, lethargy, in other words, an unhappy person.

And what's the one thing everyone knows about political campaigns? An unhappy electorate is bad news for the incumbent. And if you think voters only react to political news...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm so confused.

GREENFIELD: ... well, just think back to 1994 when voters took both houses away from the Democrats. That just happened to be the same autumn that the baseball strike wiped out the World Series, leaving millions of Americans angry enough to produce a landslide against Clinton and the Democrats.

BILL CLINTON, FRM. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: That message, I got it.

GREENFIELD: Now, just imagine what will happen in November if tens of millions of carbo-deprived voters overcome their lethargy enough to take their moody, depressed selves to the polls. Simple arithmetic suggest there may be 300,000 of such voters in Florida alone, a quarter million in Ohio, Lord knows how many in the other 15 battleground states. All the slick ads and clear speeches will be no match for the mood of these serotonin-less voters.

(on camera): :Man lives not by bread alone," the Good Book says. But voters who have been living with no bread at all, could spell real political trouble for President Bush come November. And remember, friends, you heard it here first.

Jeff Greenfield, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE) PHILLIPS: Welcome to LIVE FROM... I'm Kyra Phillips. Here is what's happening "At This Hour."

Still waiting for a verdict. Jurors are deliberating in the ninth day in the grand larceny trial of Tyco's former bosses. Jurors reportedly have put the past few days of acrimony behind them and are working to reach a consensus. CNN correspondents at the courthouse will bring you first word of any development.

Photos kept under wraps. The Supreme Court has ruled the government does not have to release death scene photos of former Clinton White House lawyer Vincent Foster. He committed suicide in a Virginia park in 1993.

In an unanimous decision the court said under public record laws, the photos can be withheld if releasing them would violate the privacy of a victim's family.

Getting closer to Lady Liberty. The Statue of Liberty's pedestal will reopen to the public in July. But officials say the statue itself closed since the 9/11 attacks will remain off-limits. Safety upgrades and new security measures will be in place by the summer.

Chasing your vote. President Bush was in Wisconsin today, a state he narrowly lost in 2000. He says his economic plan is helping Wisconsin rebound from some 80,000 lost manufacturing jobs.

Meanwhile, John Kerry campaigning in California where he issued a statement promising his energy plan would lower gas prices.

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Aired March 30, 2004 - 14:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back. This is LIVE FROM... I'm Kyra Phillips. Here is what's all new this half hour.
Who do you believe is telling the truth about events leading up to 9/11? New poll numbers about which version seems more believable to Americans.

A new study about sleep could keep you up at night wondering why your kids aren't getting enough sack time.

But first, top stories we're following for you.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will testify under oath and in public before the commission investigating the September 11 attacks. We'll hear from the panel at a live news conference coming up at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. CNN will carry it live.

Americans take a hosing at the gas pump. Record prices are rich fuel for the presidential candidates. Democrats demand the administration siphon the oil reserve to ease the pressure. George W. Bush's camp warns that his opponent would solve the problem by raising taxes.

Attorneys for former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski file yet another motion for mistrial in the corporate corruption case. They say a juror reported to have signaled the defense last week is now the object of Internet chatter and might be unable to deliberate in good faith.

March 23, 2003 was a very deadly date in the Iraq war. Private Jessica Lunch's Army unit was ambushed and captured near Nasiriya that day.

It's the same date and town where the worst friendly fire incident of the war happened. Investigators have been digging into that tragedy and are now blaming it on a U.S. Marine. Our senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre explains.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As Marines from Charlie Company fought to secure a key supply route through Nasiriya, the battle took a tragic turn. Pinned down by enemy fire the Marines were attacked by U.S. Air Force A-10s by mistake.

CAPT. DAN WITTNAM, CHARLIE COMPANY COMMANDER: The first thought that went through my mind was thank God an A-10 is on station.

MCINTYRE: And then?

WITTNAM: Holy cow. The earth went black from the dirt being kicked up and a feeling of absolute utter horror and disbelief.

MCINTYRE: Investigators faulted a Marine captain far from the action who called in the A-10 strikes unaware Charlie Company had pushed ahead of his unit. The two A-10s made multiple passes over a group of vehicles dropping bombs, firing missiles and (unintelligible) with their tank busting 30mm canons.

As many as ten Marines were killed but because a total of 18 Marines died in the battle and some had wounds from both enemy and friendly fire, the exact number of fratricide victims is unknown.

TINA CLINE, WIDOW OF CPL. DONALD CLINE: Unknown, everything is left unknown and you just have to come to your own conclusion what you want to believe.

MCINTYRE: That's left Tina Cline, widow of Corporal Donald Cline, still looking for closure.

CLINE: This actually I think has brought me to a new level of my grieving and it's the angry stage.

MCINTYRE (on camera): While the Air Force was absolved of blame, some in the Marine Corps question why the A-10 pilots weren't better trained to spot friendly vehicles, why they failed to see cease-fire flares fired by the Marines and why the cockpit videotapes of the incident disappeared, apparently recorded over.

The Marine captain who called in the deadly strike could now face disciplinary action for failing to request proper authorization in violation after standing order specifically designed to prevent this kind of friendly fire incident.

Jamie McIntyre, CNN, the Pentagon.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Will the 9/11 Commission hearings sway your vote come November? Our poll guru Bill Schneider joins us next with what Americans are saying.

And later, catching some Zs. America's kids showing signs of sleep deprivation.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Let's get your take on the war on terror. Is the Bush house on the right track? Or the Bush White House, rather, on the right track. Could any administration have prevented 9/11? How do you really feel with the -- about the president's national security adviser?

Our senior political analyst Bill Schneider has been reviewing your answers. He joins us from Washington. Hi, Bill.

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Hi, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Let's take the first one, the CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll, did Bush administration do all that it could be expected before 9/11? Forty-two percent say yes, 54 percent say no.

And then another one asking, did the Clinton administration do all that could have been expected? Thirty-two percent yes, 62 percent no. What do you think?

SCHNEIDER: Share the blame. Most Americans saying neither administration did not do all that they could have to prevent the attacks because look, the attacks happened.

But another question that we asked, because do you think anything could have been done to prevent those attacks on 9/11? And the answer by an even larger percentage, 67 percent, said, no, they don't think anything either administration could have done would have prevented those attacks.

So, yes, they didn't do enough, but, no, it wouldn't have worked in the end.

PHILLIPS: So taking into account those numbers, Bill, the 9/11 Commission hearings, you think it's going to help American morale, maybe restore some faith?

SCHNEIDER: I'm not sure it's going to restore faith. I mean, look, the attacks happened and I don't think anything the commission can do is going to make a lot of difference in that respect. And I don't think the commission is likely to come out with a report that blames either Bush or Clinton or anyone else.

But they want to assess how this happened, why this happened, where were the failures? I think there will be a lot about failures of communications between the intelligence agencies, the failure to give enough priority by both the Bush and Clinton administrations to what was a clear threat from al Qaedas.

And I think they're discover what most Americans have known for long time: until something becomes a real crisis, it's hard to deal with it in our system of government. And until 9/11, it was hard to mobilize Congress or the American public or either the Bush or Clinton administrations to fight the terrorist threat.

PHILLIPS: Opinion of Condoleezza Rice. Some interesting numbers. Fifty percent favorable, 25 percent unfavorable, 25 percent unsure. I want to ask about that unsure in a minute.

But looking at that 50 percent favorable, now that the White House has said testify under oath before the 9/11 Commission, could be a good thing. Yes?

SCHNEIDER: Yes, it could be. She's a very popular figure in this administration. People know her to be a very capable and experienced African-American woman, the first African-American woman as national security adviser, possible secretary of state if President Bush is reelected to a second term.

So she has a favorable image. And despite the little sniping going on between her and Richard Clarke, that image appears to be sustained.

PHILLIPS: What do you think about this 25 percent unsure? is that because maybe she really hasn't done a lot of on-camera interviews until recently or come before the public a lot?

SCHNEIDER: She has not. She plays a mostly a behind the scenes role. She was never confirmed by Congress, she works directly for the president, she is on his staff. So she doesn't play a terribly public role.

She is a staff adviser to the president, not confirmed. And as a result, a lot of Americans don't know very much about her. She doesn't have a very public face.

And, look, you know, a lot of Americans don't pay an awful lot of attention to politics or to what goes on in Washington.

PHILLIPS: Tell what you, she's quite a piano player. But that's a whole 'nother story.

All right, Bill. Final poll here. Did Bush concerns about Saddam prevent him from paying enough attention to al Qaeda after 9/11? This is interesting. Yes, 46 percent, no, 49 percent. I was sort of surprised how these numbers came out.

SCHNEIDER: Well, what's happened here is that's the charge that Richard Clarke made, that because Bush was so preoccupied with Iraq he didn't pay enough attention to al Qaeda. Do Americans accept those charges? And they're split just about down the middle. Forty-six yes, 49 no.

You know, what happens is this issue, the whole controversy, the charges and allegations that Richard Clarke brought up are being seen through a partisan lens because we're in the middle of a presidential campaign. Everything is seen through a partisan lens.

So you bring up an allegation like that, and what happens? Republicans say, we're for Bush and we don't believe Clarke, and Democrats say, we believe Clarke and we don't like Bush.

These allegations have had exactly that effect. It's all partisanship.

PHILLIPS: Bill Schneider, thank you.

SCHNEIDER: Sure.

PHILLIPS: An alleged Arizona thief has an attack of conscience after seeing "The Passion of the Christ." He's not the first man to confess to a crime after watching the gripping biblical drama, just the latest. Kim Crickston (ph) with our affiliate KNXV has the story of the repentant burglar seeking atonement.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): Since the movie "Passion of the Christ" first opened, it's had an effect on a lot of people. And it may be responsible for a lot of confessions in church.

But the only confession Tobias Bright knows is the one which took place eight minutes after a his Yakety Yak mobile phone store was burglarized.

TOBIAS BRIGHT, YAKETY YAK: If you're going to get burglarized, couldn't have turned out much better, at least for me.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It seems the suspect broke into Bright's store, stole 80 bucks from the cash register and then took off down the road. It might have been a clean getaway if not for a movie the suspect had on his mind.

BRIGHT: The only thing I heard him say, was that Yakety Yak? When I got out of the truck, he apologized to me for breaking into the store.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Police told Bright after dumping the money, the suspect returned and confessed to five or six other burglaries saying his mom had just taken him to see the movie and it had an effect on him.

BRIGHT: I'm a Christian man but I just kind of wish he'd thought about that 20 minutes earlier before he took a baseball bat to one of my windows.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: As for the movie buff, Turner Lee Bingham, he won't be hitting the theaters. He's been booked into jail.

Bright who also saw the movie, is willing to practice forgiveness.

BRIGHT: Maybe it caused him to stop and think a little bit more about what he was doing to other people.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kim Crickston, ABC 15 News.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

PHILLIPS: Most of us complain about not getting enough sleep. Right? Turns out it's a big problem is for or kids too. And it's not just children who want to stay up past their bedtime.

Another good reason to exercise. This one especially for women fighting cancer.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: New study offers a simple prescription for breast cancer patients. Get on your feet. Researchers found that women who are physically active during their recovery reduce their risk of dying. A 16-year study was conducted by Bringhan (ph) Women's Hospital in Boston.

Women who walked one to three hours a week cut their risk of dying by 25 percent compared to those who stayed inactive. Woman who walked more than that cut their risk in half.

Not getting enough shut-eye? Most Americans know they're not getting enough sleep. We all know it. But it also turns out the TV and the sodas are disrupting your kids' pleasant dreams.

Also, the big problem are medical correspondent Holly Firfer, here to talk about the details. I know, stress, caffeine. All that stuff.

HOLLY FIRFER, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: We're all just tired. We're sick and tired of being sick and tired. How do you feel today? did you get enough sleep?

(CROSSTALK)

FIRFER: Americans, we are sleep deprived. Now it turns out adults aren't the only ones walking around in that perpetual state of jet lag. Children are also suffering from poor sleep habits and are not getting enough Zs.

The National Sleep Foundation did a survey and found 69 percent of kids experience some sort of sleep problem at least a few nights a week. Thirty percent of kids wake up at least once a night. One obvious cause they found? Twenty-six percent of kids drink at least one caffeinated drink every day.

When kids don't sleep, the parents don't sleep. And we've become one tired country.

So how much sleep should kids be getting? According to the survey, more than parents think they should. Infants ages 3 to 11 months should get 14 to 15 hours of sleep. Toddlers, 1 to 3, need 12 to 14 hours of sleep. Preschoolers in the 3 to 6 age group, should get 11 to 13 hours. School age kids should sleep 10 to 11 hours a night.

That survey showed every group was getting less than the minimum recommendation. I'm sure many parents can tell you, they know because they're not getting sleep either.

PHILLIPS: Remember the days when we could sleep 15 hours?

FIRFER: When were you explaining that you took that nap at 1:00?

PHILLIPS: My gosh, where did it go?

You talked about kids not getting enough sleep because of caffeine. What else?

FIRFER: One big culprit, television. Television in kids' rooms seem to be a contributing factor. Kids with TVs go to bed 20 minutes later than those who don't and that adds up to a loss of about two hours a week.

Other problems keeping kids awake. Trouble falling asleep, kids who wake up in the middle of the night, children who snore. Believe it or not, 10 percent of kids snore. Resisting going to bed, trouble breathing or loud or heavy breathing.

And they suggest parents keep an eye on kids if he notice any of these sleep time habits.

PHILLIPS: Dr. Mom, give us a solution.

FIRFER: No caffeinated drinks. No TV in the bedroom. The survey showed kids who were read to or read before bed were likely to sleep more. Parents should make sleep a family priority and develop good sleep habits with your kids. Watch out for those sleep problems.

And watch your kids. Do they seem sleeply during the day? Get overtired easily? Talk to your child's doctor if you suspect your child needs more sleep. I'm sure parents can attest to this, when they don't sleep, you don't sleep.

PHILLIPS: Is it OK to call Mom and ask her to fly in and read me a story so I can go to sleep?

FIRFER: No problem. Maybe we can get cots in the newsroom.

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PHILLIPS: All right, thanks, Holly.

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PHILLIPS: The 9/11 Investigation Commission has a news conference coming up in a few minutes. We'll bring it to you live as soon as that starts. We're back in just a moment.

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PHILLIPS: Forecasting the future. Most of us are not clairvoyant when it comes to seeing the events to come, especially in politics. Pundits are looking at presidential race from every imaginable angle though. Then along comes our senior analyst Jeff Greenfield connect being the do dots with a take on the race you may not have thought of.

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JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SENIOR ANALYST: There may be more than seven months before Americans vote, but that has not stopped the ceaseless, endless conversation about what factors could tilt this election. What if Osama is captured? What if the markets tank? What about Iraq? What about the price of gas?

Well, friends, while these possibilities may have been beaten to death I can reveal here, exclusively one potential political bombshell that nobody has yet examined: the Atkins diet.

(voice-over): Two things have long been true about Americans. First, we eat way, way too much. And second we consume diet advice almost as eagerly as we do cheeseburgers. In a country where experts have recently warned that obesity may kill more of us than cigarettes, it is no wonder that tens of millions of us are desperately trying to lose weight.

The current approach? The Atkins diet. Some 15 million Americans are now following this high fat, low-carb diet that teaches us to fill up on steak.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want a burger. But I don't want a bun. I just want a burger.

GREENFIELD: Eggs and cheese. But stay away from the rolls and the pasta. Even fast food franchises, once noted for their fries, promise no or low-carbs here.

But what is the political connection, you ask? Simple. According to a recent study at MIT, carbohydrates are essential to producing serotonin, the chemical in the brain that regulates moods. A diet severely low in carbohydrates, the study says, could produce moodiness, lethargy, in other words, an unhappy person.

And what's the one thing everyone knows about political campaigns? An unhappy electorate is bad news for the incumbent. And if you think voters only react to political news...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm so confused.

GREENFIELD: ... well, just think back to 1994 when voters took both houses away from the Democrats. That just happened to be the same autumn that the baseball strike wiped out the World Series, leaving millions of Americans angry enough to produce a landslide against Clinton and the Democrats.

BILL CLINTON, FRM. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: That message, I got it.

GREENFIELD: Now, just imagine what will happen in November if tens of millions of carbo-deprived voters overcome their lethargy enough to take their moody, depressed selves to the polls. Simple arithmetic suggest there may be 300,000 of such voters in Florida alone, a quarter million in Ohio, Lord knows how many in the other 15 battleground states. All the slick ads and clear speeches will be no match for the mood of these serotonin-less voters.

(on camera): :Man lives not by bread alone," the Good Book says. But voters who have been living with no bread at all, could spell real political trouble for President Bush come November. And remember, friends, you heard it here first.

Jeff Greenfield, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE) PHILLIPS: Welcome to LIVE FROM... I'm Kyra Phillips. Here is what's happening "At This Hour."

Still waiting for a verdict. Jurors are deliberating in the ninth day in the grand larceny trial of Tyco's former bosses. Jurors reportedly have put the past few days of acrimony behind them and are working to reach a consensus. CNN correspondents at the courthouse will bring you first word of any development.

Photos kept under wraps. The Supreme Court has ruled the government does not have to release death scene photos of former Clinton White House lawyer Vincent Foster. He committed suicide in a Virginia park in 1993.

In an unanimous decision the court said under public record laws, the photos can be withheld if releasing them would violate the privacy of a victim's family.

Getting closer to Lady Liberty. The Statue of Liberty's pedestal will reopen to the public in July. But officials say the statue itself closed since the 9/11 attacks will remain off-limits. Safety upgrades and new security measures will be in place by the summer.

Chasing your vote. President Bush was in Wisconsin today, a state he narrowly lost in 2000. He says his economic plan is helping Wisconsin rebound from some 80,000 lost manufacturing jobs.

Meanwhile, John Kerry campaigning in California where he issued a statement promising his energy plan would lower gas prices.

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