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Aired December 13, 2004 - 13:30 ET
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: "Now in the News."
A Chilean judge indicted, former dictator, Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges today. Pinochet faces nine counts of kidnapping and one count of homicide. That indictment comes after Chile's Supreme Court ruled the elderly, former leader does not have immunity from prosecution. An order was issued to place the 89-year-old Pinochet under house arrest.
In the UK, the department of health isn't taking any chances amid fears of over a possible bird flu pandemic. Authorities confirmed their pudding plans in place to handle an outbreak if it comes. Components of the plan include emergency closings of public facilities like schools, quarantines of victims families and antiviral drugs for key health workers.
Twenty-five years to life, that is the possible sentence for an electrician convicted of murdering a Manhattan investment banker. Daniel Pelosi was convicted today of second-degree murder in the death of Theodore Ammon.
The banker was savagely beaten three years ago as he slept in the bedroom of his $10 million mansion in the Hamptons. At the time of the slaying, Pelosi was having an affair with Ammon's wife.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: It's now the third day of deliberations, still no verdict in the Scott Peterson trial. The case against Peterson highly circumstantial, a fact that could be weighing heavily on jurors, who must decide now between life and death.
CNN's senior legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, joining us to talk about that.
Of course, if they were concerned about a circumstantial case, that might have hung them up on the verdict as well. In this case, Jeff, the deliberations over this, the sentence, have exceeded the time spent on reaching a verdict.
I'm not a rocket scientist, not a lawyer, but to me that tells me this jury is hung up.
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SR. LEGAL ANALYST: I think they are, obviously, having some degree of trouble. Whether it will be enough to hang the jury altogether on the issue of the penalty, I don't know.
But they are now just about have -- they've deliberated about twice as long on the penalty phase as they did on the guilt. And that's exactly the opposite of how it usually works. Usually, penalty phase deliberations are much shorter than guilt deliberations.
O'BRIEN: And this goes back to, you know, the earliest parts of a trial, when a jury is selected, defense and prosecution, trying to, you know, figure out how these people might react, you know, how they might play into their hands.
It's obviously -- you can't predict the future -- but in looking for people that might go one way or another, you're also trying to consider whether they could actually make a decision to go for an execution or not. That's a hard thing to predict.
TOOBIN: It's a very hard thing to predict. It's very, also, tough on jurors. Jurors are very emotional about imposing death. They take it very seriously, as well they should. And that seems to be what's going on here.
O'BRIEN: Now, you have uncovered a little bit of data that in recent years indicates juries are less likely to make a vote to execute people. Why is that?
TOOBIN: Well, you know, it's a very interesting sea change in American public attitudes. It hasn't gotten a lot of notice. But basically from the '60s where about two-thirds of people, according to polls, opposed the death penalty, we moved to the early '90s when almost three-quarters supported the death penalty.
That number has been steadily dropping. In juries, which consist only of people who will consider the possibility of the death penalty, juries are consistently less likely to impose the death penalty over the past five years. And that's a big change.
O'BRIEN: Yes, and that's important point to bring out because the people who end up in that jury box are not the people who say, I'm against capital punishment. They're disqualified from these cases early on, right?
TOOBIN: That...
O'BRIEN: So these people are the people -- now, do you think it has something to do with all these very celebrated reversals based on DNA evidence, for example?
TOOBIN: There are two explanations that most people believe. And I think I share in them both. One is the fact that DNA evidence has demonstrated conclusively that there were substantial numbers of innocent people on death row.
No one has ever been executed that's been proved innocent since the death penalty came back in 1976, but there have been a lot of exonerations from death row. And I think that has made jurors somewhat more reluctant to impose the death penalty.
The other is just that there's a lot less crime than there used to be. Jurors live in the world. That's why they're picked. There's a lot -- the murderer has gone down, especially in big cities. So jurors are a little less fearful, less angry, less willing to impose the death penalty. Those two explanations seem to be what most people believe.
O'BRIEN: Whatever direction this jury goes, we are now approaching the second anniversary of Laci Peterson's death. When it is looked back on, if anybody writes about this as a legal analyst -- and it's not exactly legal precedent, here.
But there will -- this is it is a moment in legal history in the popular sense. What will be said about this?
TOOBIN: You know, I think people wonder why this case drew so much attention because, you know, as someone who covers high-profile trials, the usual rule had been there had to be some sort of celebrity involved, whether it was O.J. Simpson or Michael Skakel or some really horrendous, national tragedy like the Oklahoma City bombing.
Here you have a situation where was undeniably a tragedy but just private people. No one had heard of Scott or Laci Peterson before this crime. And the fact that it sort of emerged into a big, public case, I think that's what people will find -- will find curious.
The other thing, which is maybe just my pet peeve, it is simply outrageous that in the state of California a murder case takes this long to try. There's no reason this trial should've taken five months.
That is a real, I think, discredit on the system. And in most other states, it wouldn't take this long. And I think to give people the idea that a murder case takes five months, or now six months, is really wrong and just not how the system should work.
O'BRIEN: You've got to ask some questions about speedy justice, but I think in the past you have pointed the fingers pretty much at the prosecutor's office. Of course, and the end, Mark Geragos goes extended the sentencing phase dramatically.
So, really there's pretty of guilt, in this case, to go around.
TOOBIN: Well, I think you have to blame the prosecutors more, and they will respond quite appropriately, hey, we got a conviction, so we did our job.
Yes, that's true. But I think part of the job of the prosecutors is to limit your evidence to what's really necessary. I think there's a tremendous amount of wasted time here. And I also think you have to point the finger at the judge.
Judges who take control of their courtroom tell the prosecutors, look, you can have six weeks. You can't have six months. There's nothing wrong with doing that. And I think judges who do that do a service to the whole judicial system, not just the jurors in front of them.
O'BRIEN: I think we all need an editor or a producer most times, right?
Jeff Toobin, thanks.
TOOBIN: Except you and me, Miles.
O'BRIEN: That's right. Thank you very much. Don't tell the management control room. They'll get mad at me.
Thank you very much.
TOOBIN: OK, Miles, see you.
NGUYEN: All right, Miles.
As if migraines aren't bad enough, new evidence links the painful headaches to an increased risk of stroke. Elizabeth Cohen's up with the latest.
SIBILA VARGAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: I'm Sibila Vargas in Hollywood.
It's the entertainment industry's golden day. The nominations are out for the 62nd annual Golden Globe's. Did your favorites make the cut? I'll tell you in just a minute.
NGUYEN: And flaunting their man-made loveliness, meet the women strutting their stuff in a beauty contest that knows no age limit.
More LIVE FROM after this.
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JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hello, everyone. I'm meteorologist Jacqui Jeras.
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NGUYEN: What a show. The racy prime-time television series "Desperate Housewives" leads the pack for Golden Globe nominations in television.
And the nominees were announced just hours ago in Los Angeles, and our entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas is here to give us the lowdown. Hi, Sibila.
VARGAS: That's right. It's a big day for the world of entertainment. And, as you know, the Golden Globes honor both film and television. And the hot story from TV's side of things is "Desperate Housewives."
The Hollywood Foreign Press loved the wives giving them most nods, five in all, including best actress in a comedy for Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross.
Wrapping up that category are veteran, Sara Jessica Parker and Debra Messing.
Meanwhile, "Arrested Development" and entourage joined "Desperate Housewives," "Sex and the City," and "Will and Grace" in the best TV comedy category.
As for TV's funniest men, six nominees will battle it out. Jason Bateman from "Arrested Development," Zach Braff from "Scrubs", Larry David from "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Matt LeBlanc from "Joey," Tony Shaloub from "Monk," and Charlie Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" are all up for the best actor in a television comedy.
That's a lot to say, Betty.
NGUYEN: Sure is.
OK, we've got the comedies covered. What about the dramas? Who did the Hollywood Foreign Press like in that category?
VARGAS: Well, Betty, as they have in the past years, HBO leads the pack with two shows up for best drama. Now, "Sopranos" will compete with newcomer "Deadwood."
Also up in that category is Fox's "24," ABC's new ratings hit "Lost" and FX's "Nip Tuck." In its second season, the popular cable show about plastic surgery also served up two acting nominations, a best actor nod for Julian McMahon and a best actress nod for Joely Richardson.
McMahon will go head to head with Michael Chiklis from "The Shield" -- Michael Chiklis, that's right -- Dennis Leary from "Rescue Me," Ian McShane from "Deadwood" and James Spader from "Boston Legal."
Meanwhile, for best actress in a TV drama, Richardson will compete with Edie Falco, oh yes, from the "Sopranos," Jennifer Garner from "Alias," Mariska Hargitay from "Law & Order SVU," and Christine Lahti from "Jack and Bobby."
Now, some of the long running shows we didn't see from today include "The West Wing," "CSI" and "Six Feet Under. So, it looks like the Hollywood Foreign Press has decided to mix things up things up a little bit this year.
I'll be back for a full scoop on the motion picture category in a little while. So, back to you for now, Betty.
NGUYEN: Yes, we look forward to that. And from what we've seen, there was some tough competition out there this year.
All right.
VARGAS: There sure is and some surprises. I mean certainly those ladies from Wisteria Lane are going to be battling it out.
NGUYEN: You know, I wasn't surprised about that. Everyone is watching that show these days.
All right, Sibila, thank you, see you later -- Miles?
O'BRIEN: She looks like that desperate housewife there. Did you notice that?
NGUYEN: Who Eva Longoria?
O'BRIEN: Yes, yes.
NGUYEN: Yes, a little bit.
O'BRIEN: Sibila...
NGUYEN: She's the only one that didn't get the nomination.
O'BRIEN: ... are you moonlighting on that thing? You look just like her. Want to put the gravy (ph) behind her ear, there?
VARGAS: Thank you. Thank you. I'll take that.
O'BRIEN: Yes, you should.
Thanks for dropping by.
All right. Now to medical news.
If you suffer from migraines, you could run a much greater risk of having a stroke. CNN medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, here to talk about how those two conditions might be linked.
Hello, Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello.
Well, doctors have suspected for a while that there was a link there. They thought maybe there was some link between folks who have migraines and folks who have strokes. And what they found was there actually was quite a big association.
Doctors looked at 14 different studies, pulled all the data and here is what they found.
What they found was that folks who suffer chronically from migraines were at a two times greater risk for having a stroke later in life. And, if it was a woman taking birth control pills, that risk went up to eight times greater.
So, the message here is if you have migraines, get help not just for the horrible pain you're in at the moment, but for your health in the future. And if you're a female migraine sufferer on birth control pills, you really should talk to your doctor about whether that's really the best choice for you.
O'BRIEN: And migraines, if you've had them, you certainly know what they are and what they're all about. They're nothing to mess around with. What should you do about them? You should see a doctor, or should you get on some of the prescriptions that out there? COHEN: Right, there are some prescription drugs out there that many people find very helpful. So, you should talk to your doctor about that. But we have a couple of things that you can do even without a doctor, things that you can think of -- think about.
Follow a sleep routine. Go to bed, get up at the same time. Exercise often. Progressive relaxation, which means start with your feet, work your way on up your body, relaxing your whole body. And also do deep breathing exercises.
Another thing you might want to think about, what are you eating? Some people find that cheese and chocolate can be triggers for migraines.
O'BRIEN: Yes, and MSG is also one, isn't it?
COHEN: Some people find that, too. That's right.
O'BRIEN: How do you know, though? You know, you can you have a really wicked, bad headache and then there's a migraine. How do you know the difference?
COHEN: That's right. Now if you just have headaches, and you're wondering, am I having a migraine. Here are a couple of things that you can look for.
First of all, is it a throbbing pain? In other words, do you feel like something is almost beating inside your head, sort of pulsating?
Another thing, is the pain often on one side and not the other? Do you have a certain sensitivity to light and sound -- another sign you might be having a migraine?
Also, nausea and vomiting are some other things to look for.
Now, migraine sufferers, they actually don't need this list. They know. Migraines are so specific. But a lot of times people don't have migraines and they think they are.
O'BRIEN: All right, can you put that graphic up one more time, Scott, real quick?
COHEN: Sure.
O'BRIEN: I just want to look at it real quick. Can you put it up there?
The graphic? No? Oh, yes.
If you look like that on the left, definitely go see a doctor. OK? That's definitely - you've got problems.
COHEN: That's your first sign.
O'BRIEN: OK. Your first sign of trouble. All right, Elizabeth. Thank you very much.
COHEN: OK. OK.
O'BRIEN: Appreciate it.
NGUYEN: Very efficient there. All right, Miles, just in case you didn't know, beauty pageants, they have become big business in China. I know you're interested.
And after one contestant was axed from a recent pageant for going under the knife, Beijing decided to hold its first pageant strictly for women who have gone to great lengths in pursuit of perfection.
CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva explains contestants are lining up to strut their stuff.
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RALITSA VASSILEVA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Along with the flawless makeup and the glittering gowns, more than a few nips and tucks, it's not your usual beauty pageant these Chinese women are taking part in.
The only requirement to enter is prove that they didn't come by their good looks naturally. Miss Plastic Surgery is the latest beauty pageant to be held in China.
WANG WUAN, CONTESTANT (through translator): I hope people will not misunderstand plastic surgery. They shouldn't think, why have these people under gone surgery even though they are not sick?
VASSILEVA: Organizers hope the pageant will show plastic surgery in a good light.
WANG WEI, PAGEANT ORGANIZER (through translator): I hope this pageant can reflect women's strong desire to beautify themselves and seek after their own unique style.
VASSILEVA: Banned until just last year in the communist nation, China has taken to beauty pageants. It's hosted Miss World again this year and even made a bid for Miss Universe in 2005.
Cosmetic surgery is also rapidly growing business in the country. The winner will be crowned next Saturday from one of 20 contestants age 17 to 62, including this one who is extreme makeover included a sex change.
If the judges find she's a valid contestant.
Ralitsa Vassileva, CNN, Atlanta.
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RHONDA SCHAFFLER, CNN SR. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: I'm Rhonda Schaffler in New York. I'm going to tell you why this week on Wall Street is a little reminiscent of the go-go '90s. Don't go away.
LIVE FROM continues right after this.
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O'BRIEN: Well, Japan is a country steeped in many years of tradition.
NGUYEN: Yes, it is. But the inability of Japan's imperial family to produce a male heir has led to an internal crisis of sorts about who will be the next person to inherit the throne.
CNN's Atika Shubert explains.
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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Once upon a time in the world's oldest aristocracy, Japan's crown prince, Naruhito married Masako Owada, a rising star in Japan's foreign service, who many hoped would breathe new life into Japan's staunchly traditional, imperial family.
Imperial tradition is changing but not in the way many had hoped. Today, Masako is 41 years old and has all by disappeared from the public eye suffering depression, triggered, palace watchers say, by pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum throne.
(on camera) Behind me is the imperial palace where the royal line has been passed down from father to son for generations unbroken. But, it is the women inside the palace that, willingly or not, are changing the future of the imperial family.
(voice-over) Crown princess, Aiko, is just three years old, the only child of Princess Masako and the Crown Prince Naruhito. There is a great debate swirling about her. Should she inherit the throne and defy hundreds of years of tradition?
The public seems to think so. On Aiko's her birthday, adoring crowds gathered, including Harumi Kobayashi, a self-described housewife who has made a career out of following Princess Masako and baby Iko taking thousands of amateur photos.
HARUMI KOBAYASHI (through translator): I think Masako is a woman of dignity who had a great career. When she quit her job to marry, I knew it would be hard, but I hoped for the best, she told us.
After Princess Iko was born, I think the Masako's popularity has only grown.
SHUBERT: Contrast Masako her with her sister-in-law, Princess Sayako, recently engaged. According to imperial custom, her marriage to a commoner will remove her from the royal family.
Both cases, sociologists say, reflect the dilemma of modern Japanese women.
RIKA KAYAM (PH), PSYCHIATRIST: Many Japanese women have these problems, highly educated with good jobs, but difficulty in marriage when they're forced to follow tradition, this psychiatrist told us. The feeling among the new generation is that an imperial family that deprives personal happiness should not exist.
That may be one reason allowing a woman to inherit the thrown is so important. Tradition may have to bend if the imperial family wants to live happily ever half.
Atika Shubert, CNN, Tokyo.
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NGUYEN: And you can join CNN's AMERICAN MORNING live from Tokyo. Bill Hemmer will be in the capital city through Wednesday.
O'BRIEN: Or as they call him there, Hemmer son.
NGUYEN: Hemmer son.
O'BRIEN: Hemmer son very happy up there.
All right. It's a blast from the past on Wall Street -- IPOs. IPOs.
Rhonda, what is this, some kind of time warp we're in? I thought we were kind of over that. Are we back?
SCHAFFLER: No, it's back. And just for a little refreshment here, IPOs mean initial public offerings. Haven't heard a lot about them lately.
But usually companies launch IPOs in what's perceived to be a strong market or strong economic times. So, it might be a good sign that 196 companies have gone public so far this year. That's about three times as many as last year.
And this week alone, research firm Renaissance Capital says about 17 companies could start selling their stock to the public. That is the most since 2000.
Part of the reason, a calendar crunch. It's the last full week before the holidays, really the last chance to go public this year. As for what's happening on Wall Street today, stocks are moving higher. Dow industrial average industrial average surging 79 points. NASDAQ up half a percent.
That's the latest from Wall Street.
Coming up on the next hour of LIVE FROM, I'll tell you why two big car making rivals are teaming up.
Betty, Miles? Back to you.
O'BRIEN: We know they don't like each other very much.
NGUYEN: No, I know.
O'BRIEN: No, they don't.
NGUYEN: We've got a lot more coming up as well.
O'BRIEN: Yes, we do.
The heart of the oil for food scandal. Those close to Kojo Annan, son of the secretary general of the UN, are talking. We're live with the latest on that.
LIVE FROM's "Hour of Power" begins after this. Don't go away.
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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Rusty Dornin Redwood City, California, where the jury has asked for seven pieces of evidence from the guilt phase of the Scott Peterson murder trial.
More coming up.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: I'm Suzanne Malveaux at the White House about more of the cabinet shake up and President Bush's decision, his first pick for homeland security and the debacle behind it.
NGUYEN: Kofi Annan's son makes his first statement about his role in the oil for food scandal. You'll hear it only on CNN.
O'BRIEN: And his inspiring life story is about to get the Hollywood treatment.
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: "Now in the News."
A Chilean judge indicted, former dictator, Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges today. Pinochet faces nine counts of kidnapping and one count of homicide. That indictment comes after Chile's Supreme Court ruled the elderly, former leader does not have immunity from prosecution. An order was issued to place the 89-year-old Pinochet under house arrest.
In the UK, the department of health isn't taking any chances amid fears of over a possible bird flu pandemic. Authorities confirmed their pudding plans in place to handle an outbreak if it comes. Components of the plan include emergency closings of public facilities like schools, quarantines of victims families and antiviral drugs for key health workers.
Twenty-five years to life, that is the possible sentence for an electrician convicted of murdering a Manhattan investment banker. Daniel Pelosi was convicted today of second-degree murder in the death of Theodore Ammon.
The banker was savagely beaten three years ago as he slept in the bedroom of his $10 million mansion in the Hamptons. At the time of the slaying, Pelosi was having an affair with Ammon's wife.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: It's now the third day of deliberations, still no verdict in the Scott Peterson trial. The case against Peterson highly circumstantial, a fact that could be weighing heavily on jurors, who must decide now between life and death.
CNN's senior legal analyst, Jeffrey Toobin, joining us to talk about that.
Of course, if they were concerned about a circumstantial case, that might have hung them up on the verdict as well. In this case, Jeff, the deliberations over this, the sentence, have exceeded the time spent on reaching a verdict.
I'm not a rocket scientist, not a lawyer, but to me that tells me this jury is hung up.
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN SR. LEGAL ANALYST: I think they are, obviously, having some degree of trouble. Whether it will be enough to hang the jury altogether on the issue of the penalty, I don't know.
But they are now just about have -- they've deliberated about twice as long on the penalty phase as they did on the guilt. And that's exactly the opposite of how it usually works. Usually, penalty phase deliberations are much shorter than guilt deliberations.
O'BRIEN: And this goes back to, you know, the earliest parts of a trial, when a jury is selected, defense and prosecution, trying to, you know, figure out how these people might react, you know, how they might play into their hands.
It's obviously -- you can't predict the future -- but in looking for people that might go one way or another, you're also trying to consider whether they could actually make a decision to go for an execution or not. That's a hard thing to predict.
TOOBIN: It's a very hard thing to predict. It's very, also, tough on jurors. Jurors are very emotional about imposing death. They take it very seriously, as well they should. And that seems to be what's going on here.
O'BRIEN: Now, you have uncovered a little bit of data that in recent years indicates juries are less likely to make a vote to execute people. Why is that?
TOOBIN: Well, you know, it's a very interesting sea change in American public attitudes. It hasn't gotten a lot of notice. But basically from the '60s where about two-thirds of people, according to polls, opposed the death penalty, we moved to the early '90s when almost three-quarters supported the death penalty.
That number has been steadily dropping. In juries, which consist only of people who will consider the possibility of the death penalty, juries are consistently less likely to impose the death penalty over the past five years. And that's a big change.
O'BRIEN: Yes, and that's important point to bring out because the people who end up in that jury box are not the people who say, I'm against capital punishment. They're disqualified from these cases early on, right?
TOOBIN: That...
O'BRIEN: So these people are the people -- now, do you think it has something to do with all these very celebrated reversals based on DNA evidence, for example?
TOOBIN: There are two explanations that most people believe. And I think I share in them both. One is the fact that DNA evidence has demonstrated conclusively that there were substantial numbers of innocent people on death row.
No one has ever been executed that's been proved innocent since the death penalty came back in 1976, but there have been a lot of exonerations from death row. And I think that has made jurors somewhat more reluctant to impose the death penalty.
The other is just that there's a lot less crime than there used to be. Jurors live in the world. That's why they're picked. There's a lot -- the murderer has gone down, especially in big cities. So jurors are a little less fearful, less angry, less willing to impose the death penalty. Those two explanations seem to be what most people believe.
O'BRIEN: Whatever direction this jury goes, we are now approaching the second anniversary of Laci Peterson's death. When it is looked back on, if anybody writes about this as a legal analyst -- and it's not exactly legal precedent, here.
But there will -- this is it is a moment in legal history in the popular sense. What will be said about this?
TOOBIN: You know, I think people wonder why this case drew so much attention because, you know, as someone who covers high-profile trials, the usual rule had been there had to be some sort of celebrity involved, whether it was O.J. Simpson or Michael Skakel or some really horrendous, national tragedy like the Oklahoma City bombing.
Here you have a situation where was undeniably a tragedy but just private people. No one had heard of Scott or Laci Peterson before this crime. And the fact that it sort of emerged into a big, public case, I think that's what people will find -- will find curious.
The other thing, which is maybe just my pet peeve, it is simply outrageous that in the state of California a murder case takes this long to try. There's no reason this trial should've taken five months.
That is a real, I think, discredit on the system. And in most other states, it wouldn't take this long. And I think to give people the idea that a murder case takes five months, or now six months, is really wrong and just not how the system should work.
O'BRIEN: You've got to ask some questions about speedy justice, but I think in the past you have pointed the fingers pretty much at the prosecutor's office. Of course, and the end, Mark Geragos goes extended the sentencing phase dramatically.
So, really there's pretty of guilt, in this case, to go around.
TOOBIN: Well, I think you have to blame the prosecutors more, and they will respond quite appropriately, hey, we got a conviction, so we did our job.
Yes, that's true. But I think part of the job of the prosecutors is to limit your evidence to what's really necessary. I think there's a tremendous amount of wasted time here. And I also think you have to point the finger at the judge.
Judges who take control of their courtroom tell the prosecutors, look, you can have six weeks. You can't have six months. There's nothing wrong with doing that. And I think judges who do that do a service to the whole judicial system, not just the jurors in front of them.
O'BRIEN: I think we all need an editor or a producer most times, right?
Jeff Toobin, thanks.
TOOBIN: Except you and me, Miles.
O'BRIEN: That's right. Thank you very much. Don't tell the management control room. They'll get mad at me.
Thank you very much.
TOOBIN: OK, Miles, see you.
NGUYEN: All right, Miles.
As if migraines aren't bad enough, new evidence links the painful headaches to an increased risk of stroke. Elizabeth Cohen's up with the latest.
SIBILA VARGAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: I'm Sibila Vargas in Hollywood.
It's the entertainment industry's golden day. The nominations are out for the 62nd annual Golden Globe's. Did your favorites make the cut? I'll tell you in just a minute.
NGUYEN: And flaunting their man-made loveliness, meet the women strutting their stuff in a beauty contest that knows no age limit.
More LIVE FROM after this.
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JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hello, everyone. I'm meteorologist Jacqui Jeras.
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NGUYEN: What a show. The racy prime-time television series "Desperate Housewives" leads the pack for Golden Globe nominations in television.
And the nominees were announced just hours ago in Los Angeles, and our entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas is here to give us the lowdown. Hi, Sibila.
VARGAS: That's right. It's a big day for the world of entertainment. And, as you know, the Golden Globes honor both film and television. And the hot story from TV's side of things is "Desperate Housewives."
The Hollywood Foreign Press loved the wives giving them most nods, five in all, including best actress in a comedy for Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross.
Wrapping up that category are veteran, Sara Jessica Parker and Debra Messing.
Meanwhile, "Arrested Development" and entourage joined "Desperate Housewives," "Sex and the City," and "Will and Grace" in the best TV comedy category.
As for TV's funniest men, six nominees will battle it out. Jason Bateman from "Arrested Development," Zach Braff from "Scrubs", Larry David from "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Matt LeBlanc from "Joey," Tony Shaloub from "Monk," and Charlie Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" are all up for the best actor in a television comedy.
That's a lot to say, Betty.
NGUYEN: Sure is.
OK, we've got the comedies covered. What about the dramas? Who did the Hollywood Foreign Press like in that category?
VARGAS: Well, Betty, as they have in the past years, HBO leads the pack with two shows up for best drama. Now, "Sopranos" will compete with newcomer "Deadwood."
Also up in that category is Fox's "24," ABC's new ratings hit "Lost" and FX's "Nip Tuck." In its second season, the popular cable show about plastic surgery also served up two acting nominations, a best actor nod for Julian McMahon and a best actress nod for Joely Richardson.
McMahon will go head to head with Michael Chiklis from "The Shield" -- Michael Chiklis, that's right -- Dennis Leary from "Rescue Me," Ian McShane from "Deadwood" and James Spader from "Boston Legal."
Meanwhile, for best actress in a TV drama, Richardson will compete with Edie Falco, oh yes, from the "Sopranos," Jennifer Garner from "Alias," Mariska Hargitay from "Law & Order SVU," and Christine Lahti from "Jack and Bobby."
Now, some of the long running shows we didn't see from today include "The West Wing," "CSI" and "Six Feet Under. So, it looks like the Hollywood Foreign Press has decided to mix things up things up a little bit this year.
I'll be back for a full scoop on the motion picture category in a little while. So, back to you for now, Betty.
NGUYEN: Yes, we look forward to that. And from what we've seen, there was some tough competition out there this year.
All right.
VARGAS: There sure is and some surprises. I mean certainly those ladies from Wisteria Lane are going to be battling it out.
NGUYEN: You know, I wasn't surprised about that. Everyone is watching that show these days.
All right, Sibila, thank you, see you later -- Miles?
O'BRIEN: She looks like that desperate housewife there. Did you notice that?
NGUYEN: Who Eva Longoria?
O'BRIEN: Yes, yes.
NGUYEN: Yes, a little bit.
O'BRIEN: Sibila...
NGUYEN: She's the only one that didn't get the nomination.
O'BRIEN: ... are you moonlighting on that thing? You look just like her. Want to put the gravy (ph) behind her ear, there?
VARGAS: Thank you. Thank you. I'll take that.
O'BRIEN: Yes, you should.
Thanks for dropping by.
All right. Now to medical news.
If you suffer from migraines, you could run a much greater risk of having a stroke. CNN medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, here to talk about how those two conditions might be linked.
Hello, Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Hello.
Well, doctors have suspected for a while that there was a link there. They thought maybe there was some link between folks who have migraines and folks who have strokes. And what they found was there actually was quite a big association.
Doctors looked at 14 different studies, pulled all the data and here is what they found.
What they found was that folks who suffer chronically from migraines were at a two times greater risk for having a stroke later in life. And, if it was a woman taking birth control pills, that risk went up to eight times greater.
So, the message here is if you have migraines, get help not just for the horrible pain you're in at the moment, but for your health in the future. And if you're a female migraine sufferer on birth control pills, you really should talk to your doctor about whether that's really the best choice for you.
O'BRIEN: And migraines, if you've had them, you certainly know what they are and what they're all about. They're nothing to mess around with. What should you do about them? You should see a doctor, or should you get on some of the prescriptions that out there? COHEN: Right, there are some prescription drugs out there that many people find very helpful. So, you should talk to your doctor about that. But we have a couple of things that you can do even without a doctor, things that you can think of -- think about.
Follow a sleep routine. Go to bed, get up at the same time. Exercise often. Progressive relaxation, which means start with your feet, work your way on up your body, relaxing your whole body. And also do deep breathing exercises.
Another thing you might want to think about, what are you eating? Some people find that cheese and chocolate can be triggers for migraines.
O'BRIEN: Yes, and MSG is also one, isn't it?
COHEN: Some people find that, too. That's right.
O'BRIEN: How do you know, though? You know, you can you have a really wicked, bad headache and then there's a migraine. How do you know the difference?
COHEN: That's right. Now if you just have headaches, and you're wondering, am I having a migraine. Here are a couple of things that you can look for.
First of all, is it a throbbing pain? In other words, do you feel like something is almost beating inside your head, sort of pulsating?
Another thing, is the pain often on one side and not the other? Do you have a certain sensitivity to light and sound -- another sign you might be having a migraine?
Also, nausea and vomiting are some other things to look for.
Now, migraine sufferers, they actually don't need this list. They know. Migraines are so specific. But a lot of times people don't have migraines and they think they are.
O'BRIEN: All right, can you put that graphic up one more time, Scott, real quick?
COHEN: Sure.
O'BRIEN: I just want to look at it real quick. Can you put it up there?
The graphic? No? Oh, yes.
If you look like that on the left, definitely go see a doctor. OK? That's definitely - you've got problems.
COHEN: That's your first sign.
O'BRIEN: OK. Your first sign of trouble. All right, Elizabeth. Thank you very much.
COHEN: OK. OK.
O'BRIEN: Appreciate it.
NGUYEN: Very efficient there. All right, Miles, just in case you didn't know, beauty pageants, they have become big business in China. I know you're interested.
And after one contestant was axed from a recent pageant for going under the knife, Beijing decided to hold its first pageant strictly for women who have gone to great lengths in pursuit of perfection.
CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva explains contestants are lining up to strut their stuff.
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RALITSA VASSILEVA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Along with the flawless makeup and the glittering gowns, more than a few nips and tucks, it's not your usual beauty pageant these Chinese women are taking part in.
The only requirement to enter is prove that they didn't come by their good looks naturally. Miss Plastic Surgery is the latest beauty pageant to be held in China.
WANG WUAN, CONTESTANT (through translator): I hope people will not misunderstand plastic surgery. They shouldn't think, why have these people under gone surgery even though they are not sick?
VASSILEVA: Organizers hope the pageant will show plastic surgery in a good light.
WANG WEI, PAGEANT ORGANIZER (through translator): I hope this pageant can reflect women's strong desire to beautify themselves and seek after their own unique style.
VASSILEVA: Banned until just last year in the communist nation, China has taken to beauty pageants. It's hosted Miss World again this year and even made a bid for Miss Universe in 2005.
Cosmetic surgery is also rapidly growing business in the country. The winner will be crowned next Saturday from one of 20 contestants age 17 to 62, including this one who is extreme makeover included a sex change.
If the judges find she's a valid contestant.
Ralitsa Vassileva, CNN, Atlanta.
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RHONDA SCHAFFLER, CNN SR. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: I'm Rhonda Schaffler in New York. I'm going to tell you why this week on Wall Street is a little reminiscent of the go-go '90s. Don't go away.
LIVE FROM continues right after this.
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O'BRIEN: Well, Japan is a country steeped in many years of tradition.
NGUYEN: Yes, it is. But the inability of Japan's imperial family to produce a male heir has led to an internal crisis of sorts about who will be the next person to inherit the throne.
CNN's Atika Shubert explains.
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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Once upon a time in the world's oldest aristocracy, Japan's crown prince, Naruhito married Masako Owada, a rising star in Japan's foreign service, who many hoped would breathe new life into Japan's staunchly traditional, imperial family.
Imperial tradition is changing but not in the way many had hoped. Today, Masako is 41 years old and has all by disappeared from the public eye suffering depression, triggered, palace watchers say, by pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum throne.
(on camera) Behind me is the imperial palace where the royal line has been passed down from father to son for generations unbroken. But, it is the women inside the palace that, willingly or not, are changing the future of the imperial family.
(voice-over) Crown princess, Aiko, is just three years old, the only child of Princess Masako and the Crown Prince Naruhito. There is a great debate swirling about her. Should she inherit the throne and defy hundreds of years of tradition?
The public seems to think so. On Aiko's her birthday, adoring crowds gathered, including Harumi Kobayashi, a self-described housewife who has made a career out of following Princess Masako and baby Iko taking thousands of amateur photos.
HARUMI KOBAYASHI (through translator): I think Masako is a woman of dignity who had a great career. When she quit her job to marry, I knew it would be hard, but I hoped for the best, she told us.
After Princess Iko was born, I think the Masako's popularity has only grown.
SHUBERT: Contrast Masako her with her sister-in-law, Princess Sayako, recently engaged. According to imperial custom, her marriage to a commoner will remove her from the royal family.
Both cases, sociologists say, reflect the dilemma of modern Japanese women.
RIKA KAYAM (PH), PSYCHIATRIST: Many Japanese women have these problems, highly educated with good jobs, but difficulty in marriage when they're forced to follow tradition, this psychiatrist told us. The feeling among the new generation is that an imperial family that deprives personal happiness should not exist.
That may be one reason allowing a woman to inherit the thrown is so important. Tradition may have to bend if the imperial family wants to live happily ever half.
Atika Shubert, CNN, Tokyo.
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NGUYEN: And you can join CNN's AMERICAN MORNING live from Tokyo. Bill Hemmer will be in the capital city through Wednesday.
O'BRIEN: Or as they call him there, Hemmer son.
NGUYEN: Hemmer son.
O'BRIEN: Hemmer son very happy up there.
All right. It's a blast from the past on Wall Street -- IPOs. IPOs.
Rhonda, what is this, some kind of time warp we're in? I thought we were kind of over that. Are we back?
SCHAFFLER: No, it's back. And just for a little refreshment here, IPOs mean initial public offerings. Haven't heard a lot about them lately.
But usually companies launch IPOs in what's perceived to be a strong market or strong economic times. So, it might be a good sign that 196 companies have gone public so far this year. That's about three times as many as last year.
And this week alone, research firm Renaissance Capital says about 17 companies could start selling their stock to the public. That is the most since 2000.
Part of the reason, a calendar crunch. It's the last full week before the holidays, really the last chance to go public this year. As for what's happening on Wall Street today, stocks are moving higher. Dow industrial average industrial average surging 79 points. NASDAQ up half a percent.
That's the latest from Wall Street.
Coming up on the next hour of LIVE FROM, I'll tell you why two big car making rivals are teaming up.
Betty, Miles? Back to you.
O'BRIEN: We know they don't like each other very much.
NGUYEN: No, I know.
O'BRIEN: No, they don't.
NGUYEN: We've got a lot more coming up as well.
O'BRIEN: Yes, we do.
The heart of the oil for food scandal. Those close to Kojo Annan, son of the secretary general of the UN, are talking. We're live with the latest on that.
LIVE FROM's "Hour of Power" begins after this. Don't go away.
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RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Rusty Dornin Redwood City, California, where the jury has asked for seven pieces of evidence from the guilt phase of the Scott Peterson murder trial.
More coming up.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: I'm Suzanne Malveaux at the White House about more of the cabinet shake up and President Bush's decision, his first pick for homeland security and the debacle behind it.
NGUYEN: Kofi Annan's son makes his first statement about his role in the oil for food scandal. You'll hear it only on CNN.
O'BRIEN: And his inspiring life story is about to get the Hollywood treatment.
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