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Earthquake Strikes Central California; Two Italian Aid Workers Held Hostage in Iraq Freed

Aired September 28, 2004 - 13:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Checking top stories now in the news. Just getting word that a strong earthquake has struck central California. This is according to the U.S. Geological Survey. We don't know much right now. We're just getting this word out of Parkfield, California, a strong earthquake has struck central California. We're working more details right now. It's similar to the area that was hit by an earthquake within the past year. We'll update you as soon as we get more information.
Also, the two girls are well. That's the word from Italy's prime minister after two Italian aid workers taken hostage in Iraq were freed earlier today. Last week, an Islamic Web site reported they had been killed. We're going to have a live report in about 30 minutes.

An abducted CNN journalist is also freed. Producer Riad Ali is currently with Palestinian police. He was taken by gunmen in Gaza and on a videotape he says he was being held by the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. No demands were made. We'll update you on that later in the half hour.

Also a shooting rampage at a Detroit day care center. Police say it doesn't appear to be random. A man burst into the home, opened fire this morning, critically wounding two women and a three-year child. The baby suffered other injuries, possibly from being dropped. The gunman is still at large.

Get ready for some more pain at the pump as crude oil prices nudge past the uncomfortable milestone of $50 a barrel. CNN's Mary Snow join us now live from Wall Street with the latest on the prices and what's driving the hike and what it all mean for consumers. Mary.

MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Kyra. We're in the final hour of trading here at the New York Mercantile Exchange, and oil prices have eased a bit earlier in the day, but now they are continuing to climb, up above that $50 a barrel mark. This on concerns about supply.

And Saudi Arabia came out earlier today saying that it was going to boost production. It calmed some fears, but not enough to show a big drop in oil. One of the big fears, Nigeria, with rebel leaders threatening to attack oil facility and employees of those companies. That has really sent a nerve through the oil markets. Nigeria is the fifth largest supplier of oil to the United States.

Those concerns about the threat to supply come on top of concerns about Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and also here in the U.S. government statistics show that because of the aftermath of hurricane Ivan, normal oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still 29 percent below what it normally is. All of that, adding up to higher oil prices, passing that all-important psychological mark. Traders and analysts, saying that it has a number of implications.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RAYMOND CARBONE, PARAMOUNT OPTIONS: It just means everyone's going to have to pay higher prices for heating oil, for gasoline, and it shows that we're susceptible to supply disruptions and that we have a very tight inventory worldwide, and skyrocketing demand.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Oil markets get their next cue tomorrow when the government releases its data on inventory. That could signal which way oil prices will go. Some analysts though I've been talking with today say for the next two weeks, the price range could be anywhere from $44 a barrel to as high as $53 a barrel, some say it could even go higher. Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Don't like that news. Mary Snow, thank you.

Well, let's talk about health news. It's no secret that some presidents have gone to extreme measures to keep their medical history private. CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta join us now to talk about one president in particular. It's actually a special that he's been working on. Pretty fascinating stuff.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: We're really excited about this special. Presidents are reluctant to ever show any sign of physical weakness. It goes into the power, the leader of the free world, the whole thing. But how far can it go? Will people go so far you can actually call it a real cover-up? We think it might be. John Kennedy is one example.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

GUPTA (voice-over): America's youngest elected president, 43- year-old John F. Kennedy. A veil of secrecy has often shrouded the Oval Office. And when it comes to Kennedy's medical history, there was something lurking beneath the surface.

ROBERT FERRELL, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN: There's only one word for it. It's weird.

GUPTA: Presidential historian Robert Ferrell says Dr. Max Jacobson, known for his work with high society was never officially the president's doctor, but treated him nonetheless. Ferrell says his research found that Jacobson, known as Dr. Feelgood, gave what he called, quote, vitamin injections to the president.

FERRELL: When Kennedy went to meet with Khrushchev, Jacobson was along and he gave Kennedy shots in the throat, which is almost horrible to think of because you don't know what he was putting in there.

GUPTA: What was in there, Ferrell says, were amphetamines. Dr. James Young was on the White House medical team with Kennedy. He showed us the medical briefcase he used to carry. He's kept it in a closet for nearly four decades. Darvon compound, morphine, equinel (ph), controversial today, but ready if the president or anyone in his entourage should need them. But Young says the president was fit and says the only drug he ever gave the president was a daily dose of steroids for his Addison's disease.

A second briefcase was kept under the White House in a secret bunker in case of nuclear attack. The combination, 5-29.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: JFK's birthday.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

GUPTA: So clearly that was his briefcase. It had his birth date on the combination. In this special, we're going to look a lot more at Kennedy's medical condition and several other covers up. I'll tell you now, a little teaser, some of these cover ups are really outrageous, really unbelievable.

PHILLIPS: First of all, what triggered this idea? I would think -- isn't it nearly impossible to get this information? I mean how'd you get the scoop?

GUPTA: Yeah, well, first of all I think it's important information. People don't talk about health so much. This is an election year, obviously. People -- the health of the president's just as important as a lot of these other issues. We also go to the people and ask the public, how important is it they know about the health of the president? As far as getting the scoopage on some of this stuff, we really had to dig deep. We were sort of surprised, the White House, for example, not very forthcoming with regards to President Bush. He usually had his physical exam in August. It's not going to be until after the election this year. They didn't want to make it an issue. So that's part of the issue as well, something to talk about.

PHILLIPS: Because when a president gets sick or there's something tied to his or maybe some day her, health, I mean the world reacts right, from economically to I guess, voting wise.

GUPTA: The stock market may tumble, world diplomacy may be sacrificed. There's a lot of things at stake, when the president so much as gets a cold, let alone an assassination attempt. In this era of CNN, this newsroom, 24/7 news coverage, I don't think you could have the same sort of cover-ups that existed in history, which is very interesting as well because I think this place is amazing. To actually go and look at the president -- we know everything about the president. We know how many polyps President Bush had in his last colonoscopy. Some would argue that's too much information.

PHILLIPS: TMI, right?

GUPTA: That's right, exactly.

PHILLIPS: Interesting, that whole right to privacy and all that, as a president. So tomorrow, you're coming back to talk more about the special.

GUPTA: Yes. We got a bunch of teasers all week are and then Sunday at 9:00 eastern, that's going to be the "first patient," that's the name of the special. Tomorrow, we're specifically going to talk about President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. They're both pretty healthy but we'll get a full checkup.

PHILLIPS: All right. Good deal. Thanks, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Well, as you know, just a few minutes ago, we reported about an earthquake rocking central California. We're going to go out to Redwood City. Ted Rowlands is usually covering the Scott Peterson trial. But I'm curious if you felt the rumblings, if you can give us an update on the earthquake -- Ted.

TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I did not feel it. However, jurors in the courtroom most definitely felt it. The judge felt it and they cleared the courtroom after the earthquake about 15 minutes ago, because of the earthquake. They took the morning recess early in the Peterson trial.

We're about 200 miles north of Pasa Robles, where this earthquake was centered. But we definitely could feel it up here. People in the CNN work space also felt it, up here. It's safe to say it was definitely felt closer to Pasa Robles on the central coast area. I guess right now it's a 5.8 is what they're saying. Earlier this year, it was a 6.1 in that area which caused considerable damage. But northern California felt this one a little bit. I'd say about 50 percent of the people in the courtroom definitely felt it.

PHILLIPS: Pasa Robles, I mean that's where the last earthquake that hit California was in that same area, right, Ted?

ROWLANDS: Correct, which is on the central coast. There was considerable damage in the Cambria, area where Hearst Castle is. Two deaths were associated with the last earthquake. Right now, we're not getting much word in terms of damage or injury because of course, it just took place. But if we could feel it up here to that extent, in northern California near the San Francisco area, we're just south of San Francisco, in Redwood City, again, 200 miles north of Pasa Robles, safe to say people down there most likely felt quite a shake. Whether or not there's any damage, we don't know yet.

PHILLIPS: All right. From the trial to the shake, keep us updated on both Ted Rowland. We'll check in with you. Thanks so much. We're going to take a quick break. More live from right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: News across America now. Interstate 85 is back open in suburban Atlanta after two hours of being shut down. The interstate was closed during morning rush hour after a truck carrying ammonium nitrate and blasting caps overturned. That was the wrong video. We apologize for that.

Now moving on to legendary music producer Phil Spector. While he isn't going through the legal system quietly, Spector let prosecutors have it after he was charged yesterday with murder.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PHIL SPECTOR: The actions of the Hitler-like district attorney and the storm-trooping henchmen to seek an indictment against me and censor all means of me getting my evidence and the truth out are reprehensible, unconscionable, and despicable.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Spector's accused of killing former actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion last year. His trial is to begin in early December.

A follow-up on the former Massachusetts bishop who was charged yesterday with molesting two boys in the 1970s. It seems the statute of limitations had expired, preventing authorities from trying Bishop Thomas Dupre. The D.A. is turning everything over to Federal authorities and officials in Canada and two other states where some of the alleged abuse took place in hopes that they can pursue the case.

Who gets Barry Bonds' most famous baseball? It looks like a judge will decide. There was a mad scramble in the stands after Bonds picked up his 700th home run into the bleachers at SBC Park this month. The Giants' fans who ended up with the ball is being sued by another man who says he had it first. There was a similar lawsuit as you remember, after Bonds hit his record 73rd season homer just a few years ago.

We're going to take a quick break. More live from right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Well, this is one of those stories that got us all talking. Tim Frisby went from Army fatigues to a college football uniform. Not that unusual, except he was wearing fatigues when most of his teammates were still in diapers. At age 39, Frisby made his debut over the weekend with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Tim Frisby also known as pops joins me now from Columbia. Hi pops.

TIM FRISBY, USC GAMECOCKS: How you doing, Kyra?

PHILLIPS: Good. It's great to have you.

FRISBY: It's great to be here.

PHILLIPS: Well, it's a pleasure. You've probably been asked this a million times, million millions of times by now. Why are you doing this? FRISBY: Well, I'm doing it because it's one of my, you know lifelong pursuits. You know, I knew once I was finished with the military I was coming back to college and I wanted to give it a shot if I was healthy enough.

PHILLIPS: Well, it's amazing. You were trained as a ranger with the 82nd airborne. You were in desert storm, Kosovo. You've got six kids. I want to know what your wife Anna -- she's saying honey, you're crazy. Why are you doing this?

FRISBY: Well my wife Anna, she's always been supportive. She doesn't think I've crazy. She knows I've been involved in sports my whole life. So if the is shoe was on the other foot, we support each other evenly. So she's behind me in my corner.

PHILLIPS: This last game that you played, it was the first one actually that you played. You got in for the final four play. How did it feel?

FRISBY: It felt great. South Carolina fans here, they're the best in the nation. And, you know, been getting nothing but support. And, you know, it just felt great to step on the field after five, six, seven months of practice and workouts. It was great getting out there.

PHILLIPS: How did the crowd respond and the teammates react when you hit the field?

FRISBY: The crowd -- you know the crowd roared. The teammates, they -- you know, they were just glad to see me out there, involved in the play.

PHILLIPS: Now pops, I know you've had about 20 movie requests, all the late-night shows are calling you. We're calling you. All the other networks are calling you. Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed?

FRISBY: Right now, we're just concentrating on our season and practice. We're getting ready for a big Alabama game this weekend. So I mean, our attention is on what we need to do as a team. And, you know, we just go from there.

PHILLIPS: Have any of the younger players kind of pulled you aside and asked you for any fatherly advice and maybe do they come to you with their problems they can't come to their parents about?

FRISBY: Every once in a while, they ask me for a little advice. I try not to preach to them too much. You know, they're making decisions, you know, based in their life. And if I can give some advice, you know, from a more mature standpoint, I'll do that. Again, I won't preach to them, though, and, you know, they can take my advice and maybe use a little bit of it.

PHILLIPS: What about your kids? From six months to 16 years old? What have the older kid been saying to you? Do they think this is pretty cool? FRISBY: They think it's cool, especially my son who could end up in college with me. We tend not to think about that right now. But right now, he's just enjoying himself. He's in high school. He's doing his own endeavors. He's a basketball player. So I support him in that and he support me in what I'm doing.

PHILLIPS: I know you had a chance to go to the NBA, too, which is a whole other story. Well, I'd love to see you and your son doing homework together. I think that's great.

We're going to be following you. Now how did you get the name pops, real quickly. My receivers coach, coach Stocksdale, I guess into the season, once he found out my age, he said, pop, the nickname's got to be pops and Troy Williamson and Matthew Thomas, who are two of our leading receivers, they made sure it stuck around the locker room.

PHILLIPS: Definitely it's probably going to stick for a while. We can't wait to follow your career. We'll be watching. Hopefully you'll come back and visit us.

FRISBY: OK, thank you, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Thanks, Tim.

All right. Let's check on the markets real quickly with Rhonda Schaffler at the New York Stock Exchange. Rhonda.

RHONDA SCHAFFLER, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. Gains across the board, primarily. But one stock in particular, I've got to point out, is Atherogenics. You might not have heard of it before but perhaps you will after today. Those shares are soaring after results from a heart trial showing the company's experimental drugs cuts blockages in arteries. That could be beneficial to heart disease patients.

The stock may also be on fire because there's speculation it may be acquired by a big drug company. That stock is up about 60 percent. The overall market doing just fine. The Dow industrials up 53 points. The Nasdaq at this point slightly higher. That's the latest from Wall Street.

Coming up next hour, for all you Starbucks addicts, can you spare a dime or so? I'll explain a little later. Kyra, back to you.

PHILLIPS: Sounds good, Rhonda, we'll see you again in just a little bit. Take a quick break. More live from right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: A moment of joy as a three-week ordeal ends for two women held hostage in Iraq.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The only thing that I'm awaiting for now is to see my family, to see my kids, to see my wife. They are waiting for me up in the north in my village. So that's (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Also free today, a CNN producer in Gaza. Find out why he was abducted.

Who's ahead in the polls as the candidates prepare for their first debate? "Live from's" got your campaign coverage straight ahead.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Final preparations under way here in Mojave, California for an attempt, an intrepid attempt by a team of civilians to fly to space twice in as many weeks. If they do it, they win 10 million bucks -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Miles, we look forward to it. From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Kyra Phillips. This hour of CNN's "LIVE FROM..." starts right now.

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Aired September 28, 2004 - 13:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Checking top stories now in the news. Just getting word that a strong earthquake has struck central California. This is according to the U.S. Geological Survey. We don't know much right now. We're just getting this word out of Parkfield, California, a strong earthquake has struck central California. We're working more details right now. It's similar to the area that was hit by an earthquake within the past year. We'll update you as soon as we get more information.
Also, the two girls are well. That's the word from Italy's prime minister after two Italian aid workers taken hostage in Iraq were freed earlier today. Last week, an Islamic Web site reported they had been killed. We're going to have a live report in about 30 minutes.

An abducted CNN journalist is also freed. Producer Riad Ali is currently with Palestinian police. He was taken by gunmen in Gaza and on a videotape he says he was being held by the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. No demands were made. We'll update you on that later in the half hour.

Also a shooting rampage at a Detroit day care center. Police say it doesn't appear to be random. A man burst into the home, opened fire this morning, critically wounding two women and a three-year child. The baby suffered other injuries, possibly from being dropped. The gunman is still at large.

Get ready for some more pain at the pump as crude oil prices nudge past the uncomfortable milestone of $50 a barrel. CNN's Mary Snow join us now live from Wall Street with the latest on the prices and what's driving the hike and what it all mean for consumers. Mary.

MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Kyra. We're in the final hour of trading here at the New York Mercantile Exchange, and oil prices have eased a bit earlier in the day, but now they are continuing to climb, up above that $50 a barrel mark. This on concerns about supply.

And Saudi Arabia came out earlier today saying that it was going to boost production. It calmed some fears, but not enough to show a big drop in oil. One of the big fears, Nigeria, with rebel leaders threatening to attack oil facility and employees of those companies. That has really sent a nerve through the oil markets. Nigeria is the fifth largest supplier of oil to the United States.

Those concerns about the threat to supply come on top of concerns about Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and also here in the U.S. government statistics show that because of the aftermath of hurricane Ivan, normal oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is still 29 percent below what it normally is. All of that, adding up to higher oil prices, passing that all-important psychological mark. Traders and analysts, saying that it has a number of implications.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RAYMOND CARBONE, PARAMOUNT OPTIONS: It just means everyone's going to have to pay higher prices for heating oil, for gasoline, and it shows that we're susceptible to supply disruptions and that we have a very tight inventory worldwide, and skyrocketing demand.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SNOW: Oil markets get their next cue tomorrow when the government releases its data on inventory. That could signal which way oil prices will go. Some analysts though I've been talking with today say for the next two weeks, the price range could be anywhere from $44 a barrel to as high as $53 a barrel, some say it could even go higher. Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Don't like that news. Mary Snow, thank you.

Well, let's talk about health news. It's no secret that some presidents have gone to extreme measures to keep their medical history private. CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta join us now to talk about one president in particular. It's actually a special that he's been working on. Pretty fascinating stuff.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, SR. MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: We're really excited about this special. Presidents are reluctant to ever show any sign of physical weakness. It goes into the power, the leader of the free world, the whole thing. But how far can it go? Will people go so far you can actually call it a real cover-up? We think it might be. John Kennedy is one example.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

GUPTA (voice-over): America's youngest elected president, 43- year-old John F. Kennedy. A veil of secrecy has often shrouded the Oval Office. And when it comes to Kennedy's medical history, there was something lurking beneath the surface.

ROBERT FERRELL, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN: There's only one word for it. It's weird.

GUPTA: Presidential historian Robert Ferrell says Dr. Max Jacobson, known for his work with high society was never officially the president's doctor, but treated him nonetheless. Ferrell says his research found that Jacobson, known as Dr. Feelgood, gave what he called, quote, vitamin injections to the president.

FERRELL: When Kennedy went to meet with Khrushchev, Jacobson was along and he gave Kennedy shots in the throat, which is almost horrible to think of because you don't know what he was putting in there.

GUPTA: What was in there, Ferrell says, were amphetamines. Dr. James Young was on the White House medical team with Kennedy. He showed us the medical briefcase he used to carry. He's kept it in a closet for nearly four decades. Darvon compound, morphine, equinel (ph), controversial today, but ready if the president or anyone in his entourage should need them. But Young says the president was fit and says the only drug he ever gave the president was a daily dose of steroids for his Addison's disease.

A second briefcase was kept under the White House in a secret bunker in case of nuclear attack. The combination, 5-29.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: JFK's birthday.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

GUPTA: So clearly that was his briefcase. It had his birth date on the combination. In this special, we're going to look a lot more at Kennedy's medical condition and several other covers up. I'll tell you now, a little teaser, some of these cover ups are really outrageous, really unbelievable.

PHILLIPS: First of all, what triggered this idea? I would think -- isn't it nearly impossible to get this information? I mean how'd you get the scoop?

GUPTA: Yeah, well, first of all I think it's important information. People don't talk about health so much. This is an election year, obviously. People -- the health of the president's just as important as a lot of these other issues. We also go to the people and ask the public, how important is it they know about the health of the president? As far as getting the scoopage on some of this stuff, we really had to dig deep. We were sort of surprised, the White House, for example, not very forthcoming with regards to President Bush. He usually had his physical exam in August. It's not going to be until after the election this year. They didn't want to make it an issue. So that's part of the issue as well, something to talk about.

PHILLIPS: Because when a president gets sick or there's something tied to his or maybe some day her, health, I mean the world reacts right, from economically to I guess, voting wise.

GUPTA: The stock market may tumble, world diplomacy may be sacrificed. There's a lot of things at stake, when the president so much as gets a cold, let alone an assassination attempt. In this era of CNN, this newsroom, 24/7 news coverage, I don't think you could have the same sort of cover-ups that existed in history, which is very interesting as well because I think this place is amazing. To actually go and look at the president -- we know everything about the president. We know how many polyps President Bush had in his last colonoscopy. Some would argue that's too much information.

PHILLIPS: TMI, right?

GUPTA: That's right, exactly.

PHILLIPS: Interesting, that whole right to privacy and all that, as a president. So tomorrow, you're coming back to talk more about the special.

GUPTA: Yes. We got a bunch of teasers all week are and then Sunday at 9:00 eastern, that's going to be the "first patient," that's the name of the special. Tomorrow, we're specifically going to talk about President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry. They're both pretty healthy but we'll get a full checkup.

PHILLIPS: All right. Good deal. Thanks, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

Well, as you know, just a few minutes ago, we reported about an earthquake rocking central California. We're going to go out to Redwood City. Ted Rowlands is usually covering the Scott Peterson trial. But I'm curious if you felt the rumblings, if you can give us an update on the earthquake -- Ted.

TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I did not feel it. However, jurors in the courtroom most definitely felt it. The judge felt it and they cleared the courtroom after the earthquake about 15 minutes ago, because of the earthquake. They took the morning recess early in the Peterson trial.

We're about 200 miles north of Pasa Robles, where this earthquake was centered. But we definitely could feel it up here. People in the CNN work space also felt it, up here. It's safe to say it was definitely felt closer to Pasa Robles on the central coast area. I guess right now it's a 5.8 is what they're saying. Earlier this year, it was a 6.1 in that area which caused considerable damage. But northern California felt this one a little bit. I'd say about 50 percent of the people in the courtroom definitely felt it.

PHILLIPS: Pasa Robles, I mean that's where the last earthquake that hit California was in that same area, right, Ted?

ROWLANDS: Correct, which is on the central coast. There was considerable damage in the Cambria, area where Hearst Castle is. Two deaths were associated with the last earthquake. Right now, we're not getting much word in terms of damage or injury because of course, it just took place. But if we could feel it up here to that extent, in northern California near the San Francisco area, we're just south of San Francisco, in Redwood City, again, 200 miles north of Pasa Robles, safe to say people down there most likely felt quite a shake. Whether or not there's any damage, we don't know yet.

PHILLIPS: All right. From the trial to the shake, keep us updated on both Ted Rowland. We'll check in with you. Thanks so much. We're going to take a quick break. More live from right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: News across America now. Interstate 85 is back open in suburban Atlanta after two hours of being shut down. The interstate was closed during morning rush hour after a truck carrying ammonium nitrate and blasting caps overturned. That was the wrong video. We apologize for that.

Now moving on to legendary music producer Phil Spector. While he isn't going through the legal system quietly, Spector let prosecutors have it after he was charged yesterday with murder.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

PHIL SPECTOR: The actions of the Hitler-like district attorney and the storm-trooping henchmen to seek an indictment against me and censor all means of me getting my evidence and the truth out are reprehensible, unconscionable, and despicable.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PHILLIPS: Spector's accused of killing former actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion last year. His trial is to begin in early December.

A follow-up on the former Massachusetts bishop who was charged yesterday with molesting two boys in the 1970s. It seems the statute of limitations had expired, preventing authorities from trying Bishop Thomas Dupre. The D.A. is turning everything over to Federal authorities and officials in Canada and two other states where some of the alleged abuse took place in hopes that they can pursue the case.

Who gets Barry Bonds' most famous baseball? It looks like a judge will decide. There was a mad scramble in the stands after Bonds picked up his 700th home run into the bleachers at SBC Park this month. The Giants' fans who ended up with the ball is being sued by another man who says he had it first. There was a similar lawsuit as you remember, after Bonds hit his record 73rd season homer just a few years ago.

We're going to take a quick break. More live from right after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

PHILLIPS: Well, this is one of those stories that got us all talking. Tim Frisby went from Army fatigues to a college football uniform. Not that unusual, except he was wearing fatigues when most of his teammates were still in diapers. At age 39, Frisby made his debut over the weekend with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Tim Frisby also known as pops joins me now from Columbia. Hi pops.

TIM FRISBY, USC GAMECOCKS: How you doing, Kyra?

PHILLIPS: Good. It's great to have you.

FRISBY: It's great to be here.

PHILLIPS: Well, it's a pleasure. You've probably been asked this a million times, million millions of times by now. Why are you doing this? FRISBY: Well, I'm doing it because it's one of my, you know lifelong pursuits. You know, I knew once I was finished with the military I was coming back to college and I wanted to give it a shot if I was healthy enough.

PHILLIPS: Well, it's amazing. You were trained as a ranger with the 82nd airborne. You were in desert storm, Kosovo. You've got six kids. I want to know what your wife Anna -- she's saying honey, you're crazy. Why are you doing this?

FRISBY: Well my wife Anna, she's always been supportive. She doesn't think I've crazy. She knows I've been involved in sports my whole life. So if the is shoe was on the other foot, we support each other evenly. So she's behind me in my corner.

PHILLIPS: This last game that you played, it was the first one actually that you played. You got in for the final four play. How did it feel?

FRISBY: It felt great. South Carolina fans here, they're the best in the nation. And, you know, been getting nothing but support. And, you know, it just felt great to step on the field after five, six, seven months of practice and workouts. It was great getting out there.

PHILLIPS: How did the crowd respond and the teammates react when you hit the field?

FRISBY: The crowd -- you know the crowd roared. The teammates, they -- you know, they were just glad to see me out there, involved in the play.

PHILLIPS: Now pops, I know you've had about 20 movie requests, all the late-night shows are calling you. We're calling you. All the other networks are calling you. Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed?

FRISBY: Right now, we're just concentrating on our season and practice. We're getting ready for a big Alabama game this weekend. So I mean, our attention is on what we need to do as a team. And, you know, we just go from there.

PHILLIPS: Have any of the younger players kind of pulled you aside and asked you for any fatherly advice and maybe do they come to you with their problems they can't come to their parents about?

FRISBY: Every once in a while, they ask me for a little advice. I try not to preach to them too much. You know, they're making decisions, you know, based in their life. And if I can give some advice, you know, from a more mature standpoint, I'll do that. Again, I won't preach to them, though, and, you know, they can take my advice and maybe use a little bit of it.

PHILLIPS: What about your kids? From six months to 16 years old? What have the older kid been saying to you? Do they think this is pretty cool? FRISBY: They think it's cool, especially my son who could end up in college with me. We tend not to think about that right now. But right now, he's just enjoying himself. He's in high school. He's doing his own endeavors. He's a basketball player. So I support him in that and he support me in what I'm doing.

PHILLIPS: I know you had a chance to go to the NBA, too, which is a whole other story. Well, I'd love to see you and your son doing homework together. I think that's great.

We're going to be following you. Now how did you get the name pops, real quickly. My receivers coach, coach Stocksdale, I guess into the season, once he found out my age, he said, pop, the nickname's got to be pops and Troy Williamson and Matthew Thomas, who are two of our leading receivers, they made sure it stuck around the locker room.

PHILLIPS: Definitely it's probably going to stick for a while. We can't wait to follow your career. We'll be watching. Hopefully you'll come back and visit us.

FRISBY: OK, thank you, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Thanks, Tim.

All right. Let's check on the markets real quickly with Rhonda Schaffler at the New York Stock Exchange. Rhonda.

RHONDA SCHAFFLER, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra. Gains across the board, primarily. But one stock in particular, I've got to point out, is Atherogenics. You might not have heard of it before but perhaps you will after today. Those shares are soaring after results from a heart trial showing the company's experimental drugs cuts blockages in arteries. That could be beneficial to heart disease patients.

The stock may also be on fire because there's speculation it may be acquired by a big drug company. That stock is up about 60 percent. The overall market doing just fine. The Dow industrials up 53 points. The Nasdaq at this point slightly higher. That's the latest from Wall Street.

Coming up next hour, for all you Starbucks addicts, can you spare a dime or so? I'll explain a little later. Kyra, back to you.

PHILLIPS: Sounds good, Rhonda, we'll see you again in just a little bit. Take a quick break. More live from right after this.

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PHILLIPS: A moment of joy as a three-week ordeal ends for two women held hostage in Iraq.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The only thing that I'm awaiting for now is to see my family, to see my kids, to see my wife. They are waiting for me up in the north in my village. So that's (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Final preparations under way here in Mojave, California for an attempt, an intrepid attempt by a team of civilians to fly to space twice in as many weeks. If they do it, they win 10 million bucks -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Miles, we look forward to it. From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Kyra Phillips. This hour of CNN's "LIVE FROM..." starts right now.

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