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President Bush Pledges Vigilance in Terror War; John McCain Speaks Out on Major League Baseball Steroid Decision
Aired January 13, 2005 - 15:00 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The next hour of LIVE FROM begins right now with a look at the top stories.
Rescue and recovery operations are on hold in La Conchita, California. Geologists warn the hillside above the coastal community could still be moving; 10 people were killed in a mudslide that devoured several homes on Monday. We'll have the latest coming up.
Violent storms, some spawning tornadoes, tear across the Southeast. Two people have been killed, more than a dozen injured in southern Arkansas. Thousands more without power in central Mississippi. And tornado warnings are issued for parts of Alabama.
A biological weapons arrest in Florida. The FBI says 22-year-old Steven Ekberg (ph) had ricin seeds in his home, as well as byproducts of the deadly poison. They say they don't know of any ties to terrorists or extremist organizations and they don't know what he was planning to do with the ricin.
Teaching evolution in school. A federal judge has ordered one suburban Atlanta school district to remove stickers from its biology textbooks. The stickers call evolution a -- quote -- "theory," not a fact. The judge ruled the stickers violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The rain is gone, but the danger to life and property remains in waterlogged Southern California.
Four days after that catastrophic mudslide in La Conchita, search teams have now backed off in light of some severe concerns the earth is still moving there. Work will not be resume until stability of the site can be analyzed. Officials say everybody listed as missing earlier this week has now been accounted for, however.
And as the storms move east, they bring tornadoes to this place. This is Arkansas. Two people were killed in Union City where an apparent twister cut a 20-mile swathe of destruction.
After several days in the dark, the power is back on in most places in town of Kaktovik, Alaska, but the trouble is not over there. Broken pipes and flooding now plaguing the town now that the heat is restored.
The storms that swamped California or buried it in snow depending on elevation claimed more than 50 homes in Utah, including this one. Damages are estimated in the tens of millions of dollars and FEMA is on the scene. The Utah floods are blamed for just one death and no serious injuries.
Postscript for you. We're expecting a news conference any minute now from the Sheriff's Department in Ventura County. A geologist will be on hand to talk about mudslide dangers. We'll bring it to you as soon as it begins.
WHITFIELD: In Colorado, as much as 18 inches of slushy, heavy snow has fallen across the state. Although you might expect residents how to cope with such weather, a number of drivers, well, they don't really know how to deal with it.
Reporter Kim Posey from CNN affiliate KDVR in Denver took up position with the camera and didn't have to wait long to see this story unfold.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KIM POSEY, KDVR REPORTER (voice-over): What starts with a few spins, slips and slides, soon turns to a downhill disaster zone.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See, there's another one coming.
POSEY: One after the other. 28 vehicles crashed in this same spot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just like a chain reaction.
POSEY: The hill on Florida between Parker and Corvette.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It must have been solid ice. I just started sliding and I just couldn't stop.
POSEY: Out of control, this woman jumps out of her car. As it slides, so does she.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Get out of the way, come on!
POSEY: And she almost gets hit. Minutes later, this woman jumps out the passenger side of the car and is dragged down the hill.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is crazy.
POSEY: As soon as one five-car pileup moves to safety around the corner...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're going to get hit from behind, you think?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
POSEY: ... another pile-up forms. Fox 31 photojournalist Josh White tries to help.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You all right?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I'm OK. POSEY: Stunned drivers try to stay out of the way.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heads up.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir, sir.
POSEY: And wait for police.
(on camera): Within half an hour, Denver Police had blocked off this entire hill.
(voice-over): Firefighters and the snowplows arrive.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did you hit?
POSEY (voice-over): As the group tries to figure out who hit who, many wonder why this area was such a problem.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The street maintenance, they get to it as quick as they can, as fast as they can. This has always been a bad hill.
POSEY: No one was hurt, but drivers want to be prepared the next time it storms.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will not come this way next time.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
POSEY: Kim Posey, Fox 31 News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WHITFIELD: Well, that's good advice. Reporter Kim Posey of KDVR in Denver with that story.
O'BRIEN: Just 17 days before Iraqi elections, insurgents appear to be sending a clear message, two high-profile killings today in Baghdad. The director of a local election center gunned down. So was an aid to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric and a supporter of the elections.
In central Baghdad, gunmen opened fire on a minibus in front of a hotel that killed all six Iraqis and kidnapped a Turkish businessman.
WHITFIELD: In today's CNN "Security Watch," President Bush vows to keep up vigilance against terrorists. The president spoke after a briefing by the defense secretary.
CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux has more on Mr. Bush's trip to the Pentagon -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, earlier today, President Bush was at the Pentagon. That is where he met with his top military officials, as well as Secretary Rumsfeld to get an update on the war in terror. And it really comes at critical time for the president. Iraqi elections are just two weeks away. Many see this as a credibility test for the president.
The president said earlier today that the U.S. is constantly reviewing its strategy on how to defeat the enemy, the terrorists, that he fully recognizes that the war in terror is going to require a coordinated effort within the U.S. government. And, finally, he had acknowledged as well that other countries are involved, those who understand the stakes of the war, and that he appreciated that effort.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased with the response from around the world. I appreciate so many nations understanding that we must work together to defeat these killers. I'm mindful of the fact that we have constantly have got to review our plans and never lose our will.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: The president also congratulated troops for their robust military humanitarian effort for the tsunami, for their efforts in the region there.
Now, there has been some controversy over this. The Indonesian government recently saying that they would like the U.S., as well as the United Nations, those humanitarian relief workers, out of the area in about five weeks or so, by the end of March. But the White House, as well as the State Department, both them saying they did not believe that this was a snub by the Indonesian government. They still feel that there are good relations and a chance for more goodwill between the United States and Indonesia.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We have, I think, good relations with the government of Indonesia, and we are going to continue to do everything we can to help all the people in the affected region in all the countries as they rebuild their communities and rebuild their lives and reconstruct their regions. And we will be there to help them for the long haul in whatever way we can.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: Fred, as you know, it's a sensitive matter. And the U.S. is really not very popular in that part of the world, but Scott McClellan, as well as other U.S. officials said that, if the Indonesian government does not want the United States there, then they will simply leave.
WHITFIELD: All right, Suzanne Malveaux at the White House, thanks so much.
Well, CNN is committed to providing the most reliable coverage of news that affects your security. Stay tuned to CNN for the latest information day and night.
O'BRIEN: Let's go live now to Capitol Hill, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, who has been leading the charge in Congress on the Major League Baseball steroid issue, has some comments. He thinks, in essence, the announcement we just saw a few moments ago live here on CNN didn't go far enough.
(JOINED IN PROGRESS)
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: The message here is, though, to every high school athlete in America, you don't have to take steroids or performance-enhancing drugs in order to make it in the Major Leagues. That's what this agreement -- I think the message is sent and that is the importance of this agreement.
QUESTION: Were there any players that you admired? Can you name anybody who came forward and said they wanted a tougher stance?
MCCAIN: I talked to many players and they didn't want me to discuss their -- reveal their names, although I'm sure that my friend Curt Schilling, who I just saw last Saturday, who has been very forthright in the past about the need for enhanced testing, and he and I talked about it again on Saturday.
QUESTION: But the agreement is substantial enough that you don't see the need to...
MCCAIN: No.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: Senator John McCain talking to reporters on Capitol Hill in the wake of that Major League Baseball announcement. He said a little while ago, before we were able to take him live, that he wishes Major League Baseball and the Players Union had come up with a set of penalties that were more akin to what we see for Olympic athletes.
What we saw, of course, was a much more tepid program of penalties and so forth. Nevertheless, he applauds the measure, saying it is a positive step forward.
Let's shift gears now, look across the pond. Britain's Prince Harry has apologized, but some are saying it's not enough, to atone for a photograph of him wearing a Nazi uniform, not seen here. We'll show it to you in a moment. We'll talk it over with CNN London correspondent Richard Quest in just a moment.
Wal-Mart says it has been ripped off. Find out why the world's largest retailer is ready to fight back.
And we'll talk with actor/comedian Jamie Foxx about why he is ready to be a triple threat at this weekend's Golden Globe Awards. What a talented guy he is.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(WEATHER UPDATE)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
O'BRIEN: Well, Britain's naughty Prince Harry has apologized for wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party. A British tabloid printed this picture of Harry in a Nazi costume, complete, with as you can see, the swastika armband. What was the young lad thinking? The young prince of course no stranger to trouble. Is there a difference between being a black sheep and wearing a swastika on your sleeve? You bet.
And I asked this of CNN London correspondent Richard Quest.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is a completely different league.
In doing what he did in wearing a swastika, he not only showed supreme error of judgment, indiscretion, he offended a lot of people. He actually managed to -- his grandmother is head of the armed forces. His great grandmother stayed in London, the queen mother, so that she could be part of the British people during the Blitz. And then he goes and wears a swastika.
O'BRIEN: Well, you know, and you mention the Blitz. You mention the memories of World War II, in so many ways so poignant and in so many ways still fresh for people in Great Britain, for them to see that has got to be just abhorrent.
QUEST: Well, now this raises the question of whether or not the apology is sufficient. It was certainly necessary, but is it sufficient to put out a printed apology?
What of course the palace says is -- they have clearly got their act together. They got this apology out quickly. My gut feeling is they're now going to wait at Clarence House to see what happens.
O'BRIEN: All right, let's read it for folks just so they have it: "I'm very sorry if I caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize."
QUEST: Poor choice of costume. Poor choice of costume.
O'BRIEN: Yes, that's pretty cursory.
QUEST: A poor choice of costume is when you pull something aside and your left falls out at the Super Bowl. That is a poor chose of costume.
O'BRIEN: A wardrobe malfunction.
QUEST: A wardrobe malfunction.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
QUEST: This is almost as offensive in some ways, in some regards. O'BRIEN: All right, so that raises the question.
QUEST: Yes.
O'BRIEN: The royal family of all groups of people is sensitive to public relations in every way, has had to deal with all kinds of problems over the years. They still don't get it. They have a tin ear. Is that because they live in this bubble or is there something else?
QUEST: You're looking at the royal family as if it is either a soap opera or a company or some form of organization that is responsible and that responds.
They are not. They are people who are living a life the like of which you and I cannot even imagine. They go to places. They are constantly yes-sired, no-sired. They have people to push the toothpaste out of the tube. They have valets. They have butlers. They have maids. They have people who walk -- off corridors when they walk past.
Now, what question has to be asked, Miles, is why did not one of those people say to Prince Harry, this is a very bad idea? Why didn't William, who was at the same party -- he went as a lion. I mean, the party, even the party's theme, Miles, was natives and colonials. Natives and colonials in this day and age.
O'BRIEN: I think Harry needs to learn his history, if nothing else.
Let me ask you this. Prince Harry, you know, discretion is an important thing if you're going to be a royal. Discretion does not seem to be one of his strong suits. As a matter of fact, you could make a strong case, a little armchair psychology here, that he's looking for some attention, negative or otherwise.
QUEST: Well, because he's a spare. He's got no role in life. Princess Margaret was the same. She was virtually an alcoholic, chain-smoking, a philanderer who had an affair with a man half her age, the Prince Edwards in earlier times.
Yes, they've all had problems because they don't have roles. And Prince Harry is heading exactly the same way. And I don't know this, but I would guess that, today, Prince Charles, the prince of Wales, his father, is an extremely worried man.
O'BRIEN: All right, does this story, the term we use in our business, does this story have legs? Will it continue? Will this apology end it or will it continue?
QUEST: That is the question over the next 48 hours. Will the apology by sufficient? The palace is not going to shove Prince Harry before the cameras until they are absolutely damn certain that this -- that there is nothing else they can do. They put an apology out. Five years ago, they would never even have done that. The question of whether it has legs doesn't matter. Every time Harry's name comes up in the press in the future, out comes that picture with the swastika.
O'BRIEN: Richard Quest, thanks for being with us.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WHITFIELD: Former presidential candidate John Kerry is set to make the French connection.
O'BRIEN: Ahead on "INSIDE" -- oh, I'm sorry. I was doing my Richard Quest.
Ahead on "INSIDE POLITICS," find out what he's doing that he would never have considered during the presidential campaign.
WHITFIELD: And actor Jamie Foxx, up for three Golden Globe Awards, he is hoping they will consider something, like handing him at least one. He's going to explain when we come right back.
O'BRIEN: But he should get three. That's my opinion.
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WHITFIELD: Well, right now, some of Hollywood's finest are anxiously waiting and they're crossing their fingers. They're up for awards the 62nd annual Golden Globes, which takes place on Sunday night.
Actor Jamie Foxx is one of the contenders. He has a record three nominations. And I agree with you, Miles, not just one out of three, but why couldn't he get three out of three?
O'BRIEN: Go for a sweep. Go for a sweep. Absolutely.
WHITFIELD: Go for the sweep.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
WHITFIELD: CNN's entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas joins us with more.
Sibila, you had an interesting chat with him, yes?
SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I sure did. You know, this is definitely the year for actor Jamie Foxx, three nominations. He starred in three pictures. All showed his range as an actor and catapulted him into another league.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "COLLATERAL")
JAMIE FOXX, ACTOR: My man, you all right?
VARGAS: "Collateral."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "RAY")
FOXX (singing): Georgia, Georgia.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VARGAS: "Ray."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "REDEMPTION: THE STAN TOOKIE WILLIAMS STORY")
FOXX: I told you from the get-go it was about survival. Survival is why we were here. That's just the way it's been throughout history.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VARGAS: And "Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story." What a year 2004 was for actor Jamie Fox, who got recognition for three performances.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jamie Foxx, "Collateral." Jamie Foxx, "Ray."
BRENDAN FRASER, ACTOR: Jamie Foxx, "Redemption."
VARGAS: He's the first person in Golden Globe history to earn three acting nominations in a single year. He's already won a bunch of critics' awards.
(on camera): So where are you at in your career?
FOXX: I'm in the best spot of my life.
VARGAS (voice-over): At 37, Foxx has come a long way from his comedic days on "In Living Color."
FOXX (singing): 'Cause you don't you remember you told me that you love me?
VARGAS: And movies like "Booty Call."
FOXX: Now, I still got time to make my booty call.
VARGAS: But while doing those movies and paying his dues, Foxx always had his eyes on the acting prize.
FOXX: It's a great thing. It's a great thing. I mean, you know, I've always thought, like, if you played basketball, you want to go to championship.
VARGAS: At the ceremony, Foxx hopes to hear his name after, And the Golden Globe goes to. But if it doesn't happen, he'll still walk away with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
FOXX: Whether it happens or not, you know, at least we're walking in the right direction.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALES (singing): Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more.
VARGAS: Sibila Vargas, CNN, Hollywood.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
VARGAS: Now, another interesting tidbit, those record-breaking three acting nominations came on December 13, which, Fred, just happen to be his 37th birthday. Could you imagine?
WHITFIELD: No. Oh, my gosh. Then, the luck is with him.
VARGAS: You know, when it's meant to be, it's meant to be.
WHITFIELD: And I think it is.
VARGAS: You know when it's your time.
WHITFIELD: Yes.
VARGAS: Yes.
WHITFIELD: We'll be watching. That's Sunday night. And we'll be watching for your special on Saturday first.
VARGAS: Oh. Excellent. Please do.
WHITFIELD: How about that? All right. Thanks a lot, Sibila.
VARGAS: All right. Thank you.
O'BRIEN: We'll nominate Sibila.
WHITFIELD: Yes.
O'BRIEN: Absolutely.
All right, that wraps up this edition of LIVE FROM.
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Aired January 13, 2005 - 15:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The next hour of LIVE FROM begins right now with a look at the top stories.
Rescue and recovery operations are on hold in La Conchita, California. Geologists warn the hillside above the coastal community could still be moving; 10 people were killed in a mudslide that devoured several homes on Monday. We'll have the latest coming up.
Violent storms, some spawning tornadoes, tear across the Southeast. Two people have been killed, more than a dozen injured in southern Arkansas. Thousands more without power in central Mississippi. And tornado warnings are issued for parts of Alabama.
A biological weapons arrest in Florida. The FBI says 22-year-old Steven Ekberg (ph) had ricin seeds in his home, as well as byproducts of the deadly poison. They say they don't know of any ties to terrorists or extremist organizations and they don't know what he was planning to do with the ricin.
Teaching evolution in school. A federal judge has ordered one suburban Atlanta school district to remove stickers from its biology textbooks. The stickers call evolution a -- quote -- "theory," not a fact. The judge ruled the stickers violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: The rain is gone, but the danger to life and property remains in waterlogged Southern California.
Four days after that catastrophic mudslide in La Conchita, search teams have now backed off in light of some severe concerns the earth is still moving there. Work will not be resume until stability of the site can be analyzed. Officials say everybody listed as missing earlier this week has now been accounted for, however.
And as the storms move east, they bring tornadoes to this place. This is Arkansas. Two people were killed in Union City where an apparent twister cut a 20-mile swathe of destruction.
After several days in the dark, the power is back on in most places in town of Kaktovik, Alaska, but the trouble is not over there. Broken pipes and flooding now plaguing the town now that the heat is restored.
The storms that swamped California or buried it in snow depending on elevation claimed more than 50 homes in Utah, including this one. Damages are estimated in the tens of millions of dollars and FEMA is on the scene. The Utah floods are blamed for just one death and no serious injuries.
Postscript for you. We're expecting a news conference any minute now from the Sheriff's Department in Ventura County. A geologist will be on hand to talk about mudslide dangers. We'll bring it to you as soon as it begins.
WHITFIELD: In Colorado, as much as 18 inches of slushy, heavy snow has fallen across the state. Although you might expect residents how to cope with such weather, a number of drivers, well, they don't really know how to deal with it.
Reporter Kim Posey from CNN affiliate KDVR in Denver took up position with the camera and didn't have to wait long to see this story unfold.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KIM POSEY, KDVR REPORTER (voice-over): What starts with a few spins, slips and slides, soon turns to a downhill disaster zone.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See, there's another one coming.
POSEY: One after the other. 28 vehicles crashed in this same spot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just like a chain reaction.
POSEY: The hill on Florida between Parker and Corvette.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It must have been solid ice. I just started sliding and I just couldn't stop.
POSEY: Out of control, this woman jumps out of her car. As it slides, so does she.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Get out of the way, come on!
POSEY: And she almost gets hit. Minutes later, this woman jumps out the passenger side of the car and is dragged down the hill.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is crazy.
POSEY: As soon as one five-car pileup moves to safety around the corner...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're going to get hit from behind, you think?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
POSEY: ... another pile-up forms. Fox 31 photojournalist Josh White tries to help.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You all right?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, I'm OK. POSEY: Stunned drivers try to stay out of the way.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Heads up.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sir, sir.
POSEY: And wait for police.
(on camera): Within half an hour, Denver Police had blocked off this entire hill.
(voice-over): Firefighters and the snowplows arrive.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did you hit?
POSEY (voice-over): As the group tries to figure out who hit who, many wonder why this area was such a problem.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The street maintenance, they get to it as quick as they can, as fast as they can. This has always been a bad hill.
POSEY: No one was hurt, but drivers want to be prepared the next time it storms.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will not come this way next time.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
POSEY: Kim Posey, Fox 31 News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
WHITFIELD: Well, that's good advice. Reporter Kim Posey of KDVR in Denver with that story.
O'BRIEN: Just 17 days before Iraqi elections, insurgents appear to be sending a clear message, two high-profile killings today in Baghdad. The director of a local election center gunned down. So was an aid to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric and a supporter of the elections.
In central Baghdad, gunmen opened fire on a minibus in front of a hotel that killed all six Iraqis and kidnapped a Turkish businessman.
WHITFIELD: In today's CNN "Security Watch," President Bush vows to keep up vigilance against terrorists. The president spoke after a briefing by the defense secretary.
CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux has more on Mr. Bush's trip to the Pentagon -- Suzanne.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fred, earlier today, President Bush was at the Pentagon. That is where he met with his top military officials, as well as Secretary Rumsfeld to get an update on the war in terror. And it really comes at critical time for the president. Iraqi elections are just two weeks away. Many see this as a credibility test for the president.
The president said earlier today that the U.S. is constantly reviewing its strategy on how to defeat the enemy, the terrorists, that he fully recognizes that the war in terror is going to require a coordinated effort within the U.S. government. And, finally, he had acknowledged as well that other countries are involved, those who understand the stakes of the war, and that he appreciated that effort.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I am pleased with the response from around the world. I appreciate so many nations understanding that we must work together to defeat these killers. I'm mindful of the fact that we have constantly have got to review our plans and never lose our will.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: The president also congratulated troops for their robust military humanitarian effort for the tsunami, for their efforts in the region there.
Now, there has been some controversy over this. The Indonesian government recently saying that they would like the U.S., as well as the United Nations, those humanitarian relief workers, out of the area in about five weeks or so, by the end of March. But the White House, as well as the State Department, both them saying they did not believe that this was a snub by the Indonesian government. They still feel that there are good relations and a chance for more goodwill between the United States and Indonesia.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: We have, I think, good relations with the government of Indonesia, and we are going to continue to do everything we can to help all the people in the affected region in all the countries as they rebuild their communities and rebuild their lives and reconstruct their regions. And we will be there to help them for the long haul in whatever way we can.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MALVEAUX: Fred, as you know, it's a sensitive matter. And the U.S. is really not very popular in that part of the world, but Scott McClellan, as well as other U.S. officials said that, if the Indonesian government does not want the United States there, then they will simply leave.
WHITFIELD: All right, Suzanne Malveaux at the White House, thanks so much.
Well, CNN is committed to providing the most reliable coverage of news that affects your security. Stay tuned to CNN for the latest information day and night.
O'BRIEN: Let's go live now to Capitol Hill, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, who has been leading the charge in Congress on the Major League Baseball steroid issue, has some comments. He thinks, in essence, the announcement we just saw a few moments ago live here on CNN didn't go far enough.
(JOINED IN PROGRESS)
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: The message here is, though, to every high school athlete in America, you don't have to take steroids or performance-enhancing drugs in order to make it in the Major Leagues. That's what this agreement -- I think the message is sent and that is the importance of this agreement.
QUESTION: Were there any players that you admired? Can you name anybody who came forward and said they wanted a tougher stance?
MCCAIN: I talked to many players and they didn't want me to discuss their -- reveal their names, although I'm sure that my friend Curt Schilling, who I just saw last Saturday, who has been very forthright in the past about the need for enhanced testing, and he and I talked about it again on Saturday.
QUESTION: But the agreement is substantial enough that you don't see the need to...
MCCAIN: No.
(CROSSTALK)
O'BRIEN: Senator John McCain talking to reporters on Capitol Hill in the wake of that Major League Baseball announcement. He said a little while ago, before we were able to take him live, that he wishes Major League Baseball and the Players Union had come up with a set of penalties that were more akin to what we see for Olympic athletes.
What we saw, of course, was a much more tepid program of penalties and so forth. Nevertheless, he applauds the measure, saying it is a positive step forward.
Let's shift gears now, look across the pond. Britain's Prince Harry has apologized, but some are saying it's not enough, to atone for a photograph of him wearing a Nazi uniform, not seen here. We'll show it to you in a moment. We'll talk it over with CNN London correspondent Richard Quest in just a moment.
Wal-Mart says it has been ripped off. Find out why the world's largest retailer is ready to fight back.
And we'll talk with actor/comedian Jamie Foxx about why he is ready to be a triple threat at this weekend's Golden Globe Awards. What a talented guy he is.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(WEATHER UPDATE)
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O'BRIEN: Well, Britain's naughty Prince Harry has apologized for wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party. A British tabloid printed this picture of Harry in a Nazi costume, complete, with as you can see, the swastika armband. What was the young lad thinking? The young prince of course no stranger to trouble. Is there a difference between being a black sheep and wearing a swastika on your sleeve? You bet.
And I asked this of CNN London correspondent Richard Quest.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is a completely different league.
In doing what he did in wearing a swastika, he not only showed supreme error of judgment, indiscretion, he offended a lot of people. He actually managed to -- his grandmother is head of the armed forces. His great grandmother stayed in London, the queen mother, so that she could be part of the British people during the Blitz. And then he goes and wears a swastika.
O'BRIEN: Well, you know, and you mention the Blitz. You mention the memories of World War II, in so many ways so poignant and in so many ways still fresh for people in Great Britain, for them to see that has got to be just abhorrent.
QUEST: Well, now this raises the question of whether or not the apology is sufficient. It was certainly necessary, but is it sufficient to put out a printed apology?
What of course the palace says is -- they have clearly got their act together. They got this apology out quickly. My gut feeling is they're now going to wait at Clarence House to see what happens.
O'BRIEN: All right, let's read it for folks just so they have it: "I'm very sorry if I caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize."
QUEST: Poor choice of costume. Poor choice of costume.
O'BRIEN: Yes, that's pretty cursory.
QUEST: A poor choice of costume is when you pull something aside and your left falls out at the Super Bowl. That is a poor chose of costume.
O'BRIEN: A wardrobe malfunction.
QUEST: A wardrobe malfunction.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
QUEST: This is almost as offensive in some ways, in some regards. O'BRIEN: All right, so that raises the question.
QUEST: Yes.
O'BRIEN: The royal family of all groups of people is sensitive to public relations in every way, has had to deal with all kinds of problems over the years. They still don't get it. They have a tin ear. Is that because they live in this bubble or is there something else?
QUEST: You're looking at the royal family as if it is either a soap opera or a company or some form of organization that is responsible and that responds.
They are not. They are people who are living a life the like of which you and I cannot even imagine. They go to places. They are constantly yes-sired, no-sired. They have people to push the toothpaste out of the tube. They have valets. They have butlers. They have maids. They have people who walk -- off corridors when they walk past.
Now, what question has to be asked, Miles, is why did not one of those people say to Prince Harry, this is a very bad idea? Why didn't William, who was at the same party -- he went as a lion. I mean, the party, even the party's theme, Miles, was natives and colonials. Natives and colonials in this day and age.
O'BRIEN: I think Harry needs to learn his history, if nothing else.
Let me ask you this. Prince Harry, you know, discretion is an important thing if you're going to be a royal. Discretion does not seem to be one of his strong suits. As a matter of fact, you could make a strong case, a little armchair psychology here, that he's looking for some attention, negative or otherwise.
QUEST: Well, because he's a spare. He's got no role in life. Princess Margaret was the same. She was virtually an alcoholic, chain-smoking, a philanderer who had an affair with a man half her age, the Prince Edwards in earlier times.
Yes, they've all had problems because they don't have roles. And Prince Harry is heading exactly the same way. And I don't know this, but I would guess that, today, Prince Charles, the prince of Wales, his father, is an extremely worried man.
O'BRIEN: All right, does this story, the term we use in our business, does this story have legs? Will it continue? Will this apology end it or will it continue?
QUEST: That is the question over the next 48 hours. Will the apology by sufficient? The palace is not going to shove Prince Harry before the cameras until they are absolutely damn certain that this -- that there is nothing else they can do. They put an apology out. Five years ago, they would never even have done that. The question of whether it has legs doesn't matter. Every time Harry's name comes up in the press in the future, out comes that picture with the swastika.
O'BRIEN: Richard Quest, thanks for being with us.
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WHITFIELD: Former presidential candidate John Kerry is set to make the French connection.
O'BRIEN: Ahead on "INSIDE" -- oh, I'm sorry. I was doing my Richard Quest.
Ahead on "INSIDE POLITICS," find out what he's doing that he would never have considered during the presidential campaign.
WHITFIELD: And actor Jamie Foxx, up for three Golden Globe Awards, he is hoping they will consider something, like handing him at least one. He's going to explain when we come right back.
O'BRIEN: But he should get three. That's my opinion.
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WHITFIELD: Well, right now, some of Hollywood's finest are anxiously waiting and they're crossing their fingers. They're up for awards the 62nd annual Golden Globes, which takes place on Sunday night.
Actor Jamie Foxx is one of the contenders. He has a record three nominations. And I agree with you, Miles, not just one out of three, but why couldn't he get three out of three?
O'BRIEN: Go for a sweep. Go for a sweep. Absolutely.
WHITFIELD: Go for the sweep.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
WHITFIELD: CNN's entertainment correspondent Sibila Vargas joins us with more.
Sibila, you had an interesting chat with him, yes?
SIBILA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I sure did. You know, this is definitely the year for actor Jamie Foxx, three nominations. He starred in three pictures. All showed his range as an actor and catapulted him into another league.
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "COLLATERAL")
JAMIE FOXX, ACTOR: My man, you all right?
VARGAS: "Collateral."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "RAY")
FOXX (singing): Georgia, Georgia.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VARGAS: "Ray."
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "REDEMPTION: THE STAN TOOKIE WILLIAMS STORY")
FOXX: I told you from the get-go it was about survival. Survival is why we were here. That's just the way it's been throughout history.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VARGAS: And "Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story." What a year 2004 was for actor Jamie Fox, who got recognition for three performances.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jamie Foxx, "Collateral." Jamie Foxx, "Ray."
BRENDAN FRASER, ACTOR: Jamie Foxx, "Redemption."
VARGAS: He's the first person in Golden Globe history to earn three acting nominations in a single year. He's already won a bunch of critics' awards.
(on camera): So where are you at in your career?
FOXX: I'm in the best spot of my life.
VARGAS (voice-over): At 37, Foxx has come a long way from his comedic days on "In Living Color."
FOXX (singing): 'Cause you don't you remember you told me that you love me?
VARGAS: And movies like "Booty Call."
FOXX: Now, I still got time to make my booty call.
VARGAS: But while doing those movies and paying his dues, Foxx always had his eyes on the acting prize.
FOXX: It's a great thing. It's a great thing. I mean, you know, I've always thought, like, if you played basketball, you want to go to championship.
VARGAS: At the ceremony, Foxx hopes to hear his name after, And the Golden Globe goes to. But if it doesn't happen, he'll still walk away with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
FOXX: Whether it happens or not, you know, at least we're walking in the right direction.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALES (singing): Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more.
VARGAS: Sibila Vargas, CNN, Hollywood.
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VARGAS: Now, another interesting tidbit, those record-breaking three acting nominations came on December 13, which, Fred, just happen to be his 37th birthday. Could you imagine?
WHITFIELD: No. Oh, my gosh. Then, the luck is with him.
VARGAS: You know, when it's meant to be, it's meant to be.
WHITFIELD: And I think it is.
VARGAS: You know when it's your time.
WHITFIELD: Yes.
VARGAS: Yes.
WHITFIELD: We'll be watching. That's Sunday night. And we'll be watching for your special on Saturday first.
VARGAS: Oh. Excellent. Please do.
WHITFIELD: How about that? All right. Thanks a lot, Sibila.
VARGAS: All right. Thank you.
O'BRIEN: We'll nominate Sibila.
WHITFIELD: Yes.
O'BRIEN: Absolutely.
All right, that wraps up this edition of LIVE FROM.
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