Return to Transcripts main page

Live From...

Raging Fire in Baltimore; Abu Ghraib Court Martial On; Riverside County Residents, California Advised to Evacuate

Aired January 14, 2005 - 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.


BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Our top stories, first, we want to show you this raging fire taking place in Baltimore. This is taking place at the Drew and Hill Avenue and Retreat Street intersection. It is about a four-block area, encompassing one big warehouse. We believe it is the warehouse of the life-like products. Firefighters are the scene there trying to contain the blaze which may have been underway now for about an hour.
Meantime, the Abu Ghraib court-martial is under way. The case against Army reservist Charles Graner is in the hands of the jury now. In today's closing arguments, military prosecutors told the jury there is no justification for plain abuse. Defense arguments followed. Graner himself did not take the stand.

And this is not pretty. Riverside County, California. Residents of more than 800 homes are heading for high ground, advised to evacuate when the Prado Dam showed signs of weakness. Enormous rainfall has swollen the Santa Ana River and the Prado Dam began leaking overnight, apparently. A flood watch remains for Riverside and Orange Counties.

And lawyers for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel want his murder conviction overturned, arguing today that Skakel was brought to trial too long after the crime. Skakel is serving 20 years for the 1975 death of his teenaged neighbor. He was tried and convicted back in 2002. Prosecutors say there was never a time limit for prosecution.

And Britain's Prince Harry is still getting it from all sides, one day after his choice of costume party get-up was made public. Harry apologized to largely deaf ears for donning the Nazi uniform. The papers in Europe today spared no harsh words for the incident and, apparently, faces at Buckingham Palace are still very red.

Iraqi national guardsmen are targeted today in an apparent insurgent ambush. The Associated Press reporting that attackers fired on a bus carrying guard members headed to a local U.S. military headquarters about 90 miles west of Baghdad. Witnesses reported the attackers open fire, apparently with rocket propelled grenades leaving the bus in flames. A guard official says that 15 guardsmen were kidnapped.

Meanwhile, a mass escape has left 28 Iraqi prisoners on the lam and raised suspicions about who may have aided in that get-away. It happened aboard a bus taking 38 detainees from Abu Ghraib for to another prison in Baghdad. Some prisoners bound with robes freed themselves and overpowered guards. One grabbed an assault rifle and shot a guard, critically wounding him. Four other guards, including a bus driver, were severely beaten. Now all 38 prisoners escaped but Iraqi police have recaptured ten of the men. Authorities are now questioning why the group was traveling late at night with little security and suspect two police officers may be involved. The escapees are accused of crimes against Iraqi citizens ranging from theft to murder.

Two U.S. marines are among the latest casualties in Iraq. The marines assigned to the 1st marine expeditionary force were killed while conducting security and stability operations in the vast al Anbar province. For security reasons, no other details have been released. Also, one 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed near Mosul. The non-combat related incident is still under investigation.

Earlier this week, President Bush told the "Washington Times" he wants to stick with current pentagon policy. No women will be sent into ground combat. Still, more American women have died in the Iraq War since any conflict since World War II. CNN's Kelly Wallace looks at some of the reasons why more female soldiers are winding up in the danger zone.

(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)

KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Angelo Cruz says he has no reason to live. His wife dies in 2002, then tragedy struck again last year. His beloved daughter, 39 year-old Linda Jimenez, died in Iraq.

ANGELO CRUZ, DAUGHTER DIED IN IRAQ: As it stands now, I'm taking up space. I feel like I'm sitting around. We're all on death row. It is a matter of timing.

WALLACE: Jimenez was fatally injured when she fell into a bomb crater three weeks before she was to return home. She was born in Brooklyn, twice divorced, a doting mother of a 3 1/2 year-old son. In Iraq, Cruz says his daughter was first assigned secretarial duties, part of a combat support unit, and was then reassigned to what he calls more dangerous jobs, including helping with house-to-house searches. Now, a critic of the war, Cruz says poor planning, including not enough troops, forced his daughter more into harm's way.

CRUZ: Every day is horrible when you have the memory of a lost child, but the bad thing about this death, I can't stress enough is that it never should have happened.

WALLACE: More American military women have been killed in Iraq than in any conflict since World War II. 15 died in the Persian Gulf War. At least 7 in Vietnam. Part of the reason for the higher female death toll -- women make up a larger percentage of the military than they did a decade ago.

Another reason -- experts say in Iraq women are playing a more extensive role than ever before, commanding helicopters, patrolling streets armed with machine guns, going up against an unconventional enemy. NAVY CAPT. LORY MANNING (RET), RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INST.: What we're seeing now is an insurgency where it is the supply people being attacked or whoever happens to be in the wrong lace when the insurgency strikes so that could be anybody. There is no real front line.

WALLACE (on camera): There are fewer restrictions now on women in combat than there were ten years ago. The question, though, is whether what is happening in Iraq will lead to an increase or decrease in restrictions on the roles women can play in war zones.

(voice-over) But for one father, that's beside the point.

CRUZ: I'm just obsessed with my daughter, and I go to sleep with her on my mind. And it just never ends. It is a nightmare.

WALLACE: Kelly Wallace, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

Well, coming up -- it is hoops on high octane. After the break I'll speak with two stars from a new team that wants to change the way the world watches basketball.

And still to come being one of the "Desperate Housewives" has been very good to Teri Hatcher. Find out how the Golden Globe nominee relates to her character on the hit ABC show.

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: And as part of CNN's 25th anniversary, we're bringing you the sears then and now. Today we highlight the career of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

ANNOUNCER: He'll always be the man on a tank, facing down a coup in 1991. Boris Yeltsin remains a creature of contradiction. A communist who helped destroy communism. A democrat who opened fire on his own parliament. A man who seemed on the verge of dying so many times, who, now nowadays looks healthier than ever. In 1980, Yeltsin was a Communist Party boss in the Urals Mountains city of Svedlosk. Ten years later, he was a president of the Russian Republic. The Soviet Union was about to collapse. When it did, Yeltsin moved into the Kremlin. At the height of his powers he told CNN.

BORIS YELTSIN, FORMER RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (video clip) (through translator): I am not thinking about history at all. And I'm not planning on thinking about it. I am thinking about deeds.

ANNOUNCER: But in 1999, in the New Year's address, Boris Yeltsin shocked the world, announcing he was stepping down as Russian president, handing the reigns of power to Vladimir Putin. Years of heavy drinking and heart attacks took their toll. But in retirement, Yeltsin is following a healthier life style surprising the world with his resilience and unpredictability.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (video clip): In your face! NGUYEN: Oh, yeah. They've got the game, trash talk. These street ball players take basketball to the extreme, not to mention playground courts and arenas around the world. They are the And-1 basketball team formed by a clothing company of the same now and they're about to give the Harlem Globetrotters a run for their frequent flyer miles. And they are bringing their game here. Center Lonnie Harrell, better known as "Prime Objective" on the court and John "High Octane" Harvey. They both join us. Thanks for being with us today, guys. Well, Lonnie, let's start with you. Talk a bit about street ball. How does it differ from the NBA basketball that we're used to watching?

DELONTE HARRELL, STREET BALL PLAYER: Well, street ball is a more freestyle form of basketball. Everything starts from the street. Even in the NBA, they started out playing the street ball.

NGUYEN: That's where the game started, in the street.

HARRELL: Started in the street, definitely.

NGUYEN: But you don't have as many players?

HARRELL: No , it's the same. We have the same amount of players. It's five on five. We play the same rules, except some things are exciting. Some things are entertainment that we get away with.

NGUYEN: All right. John, you guys have been described as a mix between street ball players and the Harlem Globetrotters. Do you agree with that? Because you guys have some tricks.

JOHN HARVEY, STREET BALL PLAYER: Yeah. We have tricks. The Harlem Globetrotters, they started it. We're more like a street ball team than the Harlem Globetrotters. We have tricks, we mix the tricks in, but we have regular fundamentals.

NGUYEN: You can slam. Look at this video here. That's what it's all about.

HARVEY: Definitely is. Definitely is. The highlights, the dunks, the cross-overs. That's mostly what the fans come to see.

NGUYEN: And the trash talking. Talk a little bit about that.

HARVEY: Oh, yeah. You got to talk trash. That's what it's all about. It makes him play harder, with the cross-overs and everything like that. You're going to want to talk trash.

NGUYEN: Now, is that part of the show or really part of the game, would you say, Lonnie?

HARRELL: Trash talking?

NGUYEN: Yeah.

HARRELL: Part of the game. I wouldn't play if I didn't talk trash. That's the way I keep myself hyped and motivated.

NGUYEN: It's part of the skills. We have the names. We've got High Octane, Prime Objective. How did you get your names? Let's start with you.

HARVEY: I got my name at Rucker Park. I jump high and I dunk like an explosion. So high octane, explosive gas.

NGUYEN: Now that is something your team mates give you? It's not something you take on yourself?

HARVEY: No. It was given to me - At Rucker Park we have announcers down there. And they give you your name. You come to the park as John Harvey, but I left as High Octane.

NGUYEN: I see. Prime Objective. What's that all about?

HARRELL: Prime Objective, I got the name at Rucker Park, too, from Hannibal, he gave me the name, one of the announcers at Rucker Park. That's what he said. He saw my scoring ability. He said my prime objective was to score. He so he just called me Prime Objective.

NGUYEN: Definitely professional players. I want to talk to you about that. You guys have contracts, go on tour. This is the real deal. How are you being received with crowds around the world?

HARRELL: Overseas is maybe as popular as it is here.

HARVEY: Selling out arenas.

NGUYEN: Why so popular overseas?

HARRELL: They don't the opportunity to see street ball players as frequent as -- like we do in the United States. We have street ballers in the United States. It is not part of the And 1 tour. But we are known because of the tapes and shows. So when we go over they are expecting it to come. We're like rock stars. In Japan we had 8,000 at the open run. And that's the game before the big game. That's like outdoors, watching other people play.

NGUYEN: Which is, no doubt, why your book and DVD are selling like hotcakes. Tell us what's in this book. Can I read this book and learn how to dunk, learn how to slam, learn how to do all these tricks. What's in the book, John?

HARVEY: In the book, we have how to shoot a jump shot, correct form and things like that. Crossovers. Some of the moves the guys have. They show and explain how to do it in the book. That's what you have in there. And you have the bios of each player that came through And 1.

NGUYEN: And you guys are on tour. Quickly, we're almost out of time. Tell us where you're playing next.

HARRELL: Here in at Atlanta at the Phillips Arena. Thanks for having us here. We're happy to be here.

And our sponsors are RCA, Mountain Dew.

NGUYEN: And who are you playing?

HARRELL: We're playing against each other. This time it's for pride. During the summertime, we're playing from people against that state. But during the winter tour, we're playing each other. 10 on 10.

NGUYEN: You know, my producers are telling me to get you guys to stand up to not only show your skills like we did on the video but just see how big you guys are. I'm 5'2" on a good day without heels. Check these guys out. I don't think I could take you. I have some skills. You guys have the height and moves.

HARRELLL: You're not supposed to make excuses. You're supposed to talk trash.

NGUYEN: That's right. I need to work on my trash talking.

HARRELL: You got to work on that.

NGUYEN: Maybe during a commercial break.

HARRELL: OK.

NGUYEN: I can come at you. Thank you, both, for speaking with us today. We appreciate it. And best of luck in the game.

HARRELL: Thank you very much.

HARVEY: Thank you.

NGUYEN: The countdown to the Golden Globes is under way. One of the women who could be walking away a winner is Teri Hatcher from "Desperate Housewives." find out how she says she's not letting the success go to her head.

KATHLEEN HAYS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Kathleen Hays at the New York Stock Exchange. Some cell phone users will be happy to know that plans for a national directory have hit another snag. Stay tuned. I'll have details after the break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WHITFIELD: The countdown is on. Just two more days until the golden globes. Will "Desperate Housewives" sweep the competition? The show is nominated for an award and so are four of the five main actresses. One of them, Teri Hatcher, talked to CNN entertainment correspondent Brooke Anderson about life on Wisteria Lane.

(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)

TERRI HATCHER, ACTRESS: I have a date right now with Mike. We kissed. FYI. I was really confident it was really good. And when we shot the pilot i knew it was really special.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How was your big date?

HATCHER: Mike had to reschedule.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Gosh, how devastating for you. FYI.

BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On the day this new series struck gold, I stopped by Teri Hatcher's wife to dish about being desperate.

HATCHER: I'm so happy for everybody. You look at it as the whole show really just being honored, and we're all so grateful to be in it and part of it. It is so rare to be able to combine kind of honest voices of motherhood and womanhood with humor and unpredictability and mystery and edginess. I love physical comedy. That whole episode when I got locked out naked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What you doing?

HATCHER: Locked myself out naked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh.

HATCHER: And then I fell. So how are you?

It's truly one of the best things I've ever had a chance to play, ever. I think, what are they going to put me through this week? That's sort of become the joke. Susan. What disaster is she walking into? The place where Susan and I relate is more like the quirky, klutzy, goofy insecure.

What is wrong with you? Lassie would have had a fire truck here by now.

Nothing has changing my lie except (unintelligible) my dining room. That didn't happen six months ago.

ANDERSON: Nor did catching the eye of top designers for award season.

HATCHER: I had a designer send me sketches, which is the first time I ever got sketches. Be Cinderella for the day.

Who knows how long it will last. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on my head kind of person. I'm taking it a day at a time and not really getting caught up in, you know, all the hoo-ha.

We just got off on the wrong foot. We're best buddies now.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

WHITFIELD: We'll hear more from the star Saturday night on the Golden Globes special, "Road to Gold," that's tomorrow at 8 Eastern, right here on CNN.

NGUYEN: His widow is in Ethiopia. His fans are headed to Ethiopia. His spiritual home may even be Ethiopia. But the remains of the late reggae star Bob Marley apparently will stay in Jamaica, at least for now. Well, according to the BBC, Marley's widow is denying reports she wanted to exhume Marley's body and have him reburied in Ethiopia following a festival in his honor which is next month. Ethiopia is considered a holy place by the Rastafarian religious group to which Marley belonged.

Now, I would not want my cell phone number out for all to see. And some cell phone users are breathing a sigh of relief. A plan for a national cell phone directory has yet hit another snag.

WHITFIELD: Maybe we should ring up Kathleen Hays.

NGUYEN: Let's do that.

WHITFIELD: She's got a little more detail on that. Kathleen?

HAYS: Well, you know, Fredricka, I think it's something we scratch our heads over. Would we? Wouldn't we? I don't know.

NGUYEN: No.

WHITFIELD: Nn-nn.

HAYS: I'm still thinking about it. Meanwhile, some cell phone carriers are thinking about this. Verizon withholding its support for a national cell phone directory. Now a pair of other carriers voicing their discontent like you two. The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that Sprint and All tell have quietly pulled out of the program.

Now the listing was supposed to be unveiled later this year. But it hit several snags along the way. Even though the creators of the list said they won't release numbers to telemarketers, customers are worried about privacy. Nextel, T-mobile, Cingular are among the providers still considering the service, however.

The stock market today, kind of quiet after a big sell-off yesterday. Ahead of the weekend now quiet. Dow Industrials adding, you can see, 34 points. The NASDAQ up half a percent. That's the latest from Wall Street.

Coming up, good news for college-bound kids. Financial aid may be coming your way. I'll have that story in the next hour of LIVE FROM. Fredricka and Betty, back to you.

WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks so much. Any break would help.

NGUYEN: Absolutely. Coming up in our second hour of LIVE FROM, never-before-seen pictures from Saturn's moon Titan.

We're less than an hour away of new images from the Titan probe. LIVE FROM'S hour of power begins after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com


Aired January 14, 2005 - 13:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Our top stories, first, we want to show you this raging fire taking place in Baltimore. This is taking place at the Drew and Hill Avenue and Retreat Street intersection. It is about a four-block area, encompassing one big warehouse. We believe it is the warehouse of the life-like products. Firefighters are the scene there trying to contain the blaze which may have been underway now for about an hour.
Meantime, the Abu Ghraib court-martial is under way. The case against Army reservist Charles Graner is in the hands of the jury now. In today's closing arguments, military prosecutors told the jury there is no justification for plain abuse. Defense arguments followed. Graner himself did not take the stand.

And this is not pretty. Riverside County, California. Residents of more than 800 homes are heading for high ground, advised to evacuate when the Prado Dam showed signs of weakness. Enormous rainfall has swollen the Santa Ana River and the Prado Dam began leaking overnight, apparently. A flood watch remains for Riverside and Orange Counties.

And lawyers for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel want his murder conviction overturned, arguing today that Skakel was brought to trial too long after the crime. Skakel is serving 20 years for the 1975 death of his teenaged neighbor. He was tried and convicted back in 2002. Prosecutors say there was never a time limit for prosecution.

And Britain's Prince Harry is still getting it from all sides, one day after his choice of costume party get-up was made public. Harry apologized to largely deaf ears for donning the Nazi uniform. The papers in Europe today spared no harsh words for the incident and, apparently, faces at Buckingham Palace are still very red.

Iraqi national guardsmen are targeted today in an apparent insurgent ambush. The Associated Press reporting that attackers fired on a bus carrying guard members headed to a local U.S. military headquarters about 90 miles west of Baghdad. Witnesses reported the attackers open fire, apparently with rocket propelled grenades leaving the bus in flames. A guard official says that 15 guardsmen were kidnapped.

Meanwhile, a mass escape has left 28 Iraqi prisoners on the lam and raised suspicions about who may have aided in that get-away. It happened aboard a bus taking 38 detainees from Abu Ghraib for to another prison in Baghdad. Some prisoners bound with robes freed themselves and overpowered guards. One grabbed an assault rifle and shot a guard, critically wounding him. Four other guards, including a bus driver, were severely beaten. Now all 38 prisoners escaped but Iraqi police have recaptured ten of the men. Authorities are now questioning why the group was traveling late at night with little security and suspect two police officers may be involved. The escapees are accused of crimes against Iraqi citizens ranging from theft to murder.

Two U.S. marines are among the latest casualties in Iraq. The marines assigned to the 1st marine expeditionary force were killed while conducting security and stability operations in the vast al Anbar province. For security reasons, no other details have been released. Also, one 1st Infantry Division soldier was killed near Mosul. The non-combat related incident is still under investigation.

Earlier this week, President Bush told the "Washington Times" he wants to stick with current pentagon policy. No women will be sent into ground combat. Still, more American women have died in the Iraq War since any conflict since World War II. CNN's Kelly Wallace looks at some of the reasons why more female soldiers are winding up in the danger zone.

(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)

KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Angelo Cruz says he has no reason to live. His wife dies in 2002, then tragedy struck again last year. His beloved daughter, 39 year-old Linda Jimenez, died in Iraq.

ANGELO CRUZ, DAUGHTER DIED IN IRAQ: As it stands now, I'm taking up space. I feel like I'm sitting around. We're all on death row. It is a matter of timing.

WALLACE: Jimenez was fatally injured when she fell into a bomb crater three weeks before she was to return home. She was born in Brooklyn, twice divorced, a doting mother of a 3 1/2 year-old son. In Iraq, Cruz says his daughter was first assigned secretarial duties, part of a combat support unit, and was then reassigned to what he calls more dangerous jobs, including helping with house-to-house searches. Now, a critic of the war, Cruz says poor planning, including not enough troops, forced his daughter more into harm's way.

CRUZ: Every day is horrible when you have the memory of a lost child, but the bad thing about this death, I can't stress enough is that it never should have happened.

WALLACE: More American military women have been killed in Iraq than in any conflict since World War II. 15 died in the Persian Gulf War. At least 7 in Vietnam. Part of the reason for the higher female death toll -- women make up a larger percentage of the military than they did a decade ago.

Another reason -- experts say in Iraq women are playing a more extensive role than ever before, commanding helicopters, patrolling streets armed with machine guns, going up against an unconventional enemy. NAVY CAPT. LORY MANNING (RET), RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INST.: What we're seeing now is an insurgency where it is the supply people being attacked or whoever happens to be in the wrong lace when the insurgency strikes so that could be anybody. There is no real front line.

WALLACE (on camera): There are fewer restrictions now on women in combat than there were ten years ago. The question, though, is whether what is happening in Iraq will lead to an increase or decrease in restrictions on the roles women can play in war zones.

(voice-over) But for one father, that's beside the point.

CRUZ: I'm just obsessed with my daughter, and I go to sleep with her on my mind. And it just never ends. It is a nightmare.

WALLACE: Kelly Wallace, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

Well, coming up -- it is hoops on high octane. After the break I'll speak with two stars from a new team that wants to change the way the world watches basketball.

And still to come being one of the "Desperate Housewives" has been very good to Teri Hatcher. Find out how the Golden Globe nominee relates to her character on the hit ABC show.

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: And as part of CNN's 25th anniversary, we're bringing you the sears then and now. Today we highlight the career of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

ANNOUNCER: He'll always be the man on a tank, facing down a coup in 1991. Boris Yeltsin remains a creature of contradiction. A communist who helped destroy communism. A democrat who opened fire on his own parliament. A man who seemed on the verge of dying so many times, who, now nowadays looks healthier than ever. In 1980, Yeltsin was a Communist Party boss in the Urals Mountains city of Svedlosk. Ten years later, he was a president of the Russian Republic. The Soviet Union was about to collapse. When it did, Yeltsin moved into the Kremlin. At the height of his powers he told CNN.

BORIS YELTSIN, FORMER RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (video clip) (through translator): I am not thinking about history at all. And I'm not planning on thinking about it. I am thinking about deeds.

ANNOUNCER: But in 1999, in the New Year's address, Boris Yeltsin shocked the world, announcing he was stepping down as Russian president, handing the reigns of power to Vladimir Putin. Years of heavy drinking and heart attacks took their toll. But in retirement, Yeltsin is following a healthier life style surprising the world with his resilience and unpredictability.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (video clip): In your face! NGUYEN: Oh, yeah. They've got the game, trash talk. These street ball players take basketball to the extreme, not to mention playground courts and arenas around the world. They are the And-1 basketball team formed by a clothing company of the same now and they're about to give the Harlem Globetrotters a run for their frequent flyer miles. And they are bringing their game here. Center Lonnie Harrell, better known as "Prime Objective" on the court and John "High Octane" Harvey. They both join us. Thanks for being with us today, guys. Well, Lonnie, let's start with you. Talk a bit about street ball. How does it differ from the NBA basketball that we're used to watching?

DELONTE HARRELL, STREET BALL PLAYER: Well, street ball is a more freestyle form of basketball. Everything starts from the street. Even in the NBA, they started out playing the street ball.

NGUYEN: That's where the game started, in the street.

HARRELL: Started in the street, definitely.

NGUYEN: But you don't have as many players?

HARRELL: No , it's the same. We have the same amount of players. It's five on five. We play the same rules, except some things are exciting. Some things are entertainment that we get away with.

NGUYEN: All right. John, you guys have been described as a mix between street ball players and the Harlem Globetrotters. Do you agree with that? Because you guys have some tricks.

JOHN HARVEY, STREET BALL PLAYER: Yeah. We have tricks. The Harlem Globetrotters, they started it. We're more like a street ball team than the Harlem Globetrotters. We have tricks, we mix the tricks in, but we have regular fundamentals.

NGUYEN: You can slam. Look at this video here. That's what it's all about.

HARVEY: Definitely is. Definitely is. The highlights, the dunks, the cross-overs. That's mostly what the fans come to see.

NGUYEN: And the trash talking. Talk a little bit about that.

HARVEY: Oh, yeah. You got to talk trash. That's what it's all about. It makes him play harder, with the cross-overs and everything like that. You're going to want to talk trash.

NGUYEN: Now, is that part of the show or really part of the game, would you say, Lonnie?

HARRELL: Trash talking?

NGUYEN: Yeah.

HARRELL: Part of the game. I wouldn't play if I didn't talk trash. That's the way I keep myself hyped and motivated.

NGUYEN: It's part of the skills. We have the names. We've got High Octane, Prime Objective. How did you get your names? Let's start with you.

HARVEY: I got my name at Rucker Park. I jump high and I dunk like an explosion. So high octane, explosive gas.

NGUYEN: Now that is something your team mates give you? It's not something you take on yourself?

HARVEY: No. It was given to me - At Rucker Park we have announcers down there. And they give you your name. You come to the park as John Harvey, but I left as High Octane.

NGUYEN: I see. Prime Objective. What's that all about?

HARRELL: Prime Objective, I got the name at Rucker Park, too, from Hannibal, he gave me the name, one of the announcers at Rucker Park. That's what he said. He saw my scoring ability. He said my prime objective was to score. He so he just called me Prime Objective.

NGUYEN: Definitely professional players. I want to talk to you about that. You guys have contracts, go on tour. This is the real deal. How are you being received with crowds around the world?

HARRELL: Overseas is maybe as popular as it is here.

HARVEY: Selling out arenas.

NGUYEN: Why so popular overseas?

HARRELL: They don't the opportunity to see street ball players as frequent as -- like we do in the United States. We have street ballers in the United States. It is not part of the And 1 tour. But we are known because of the tapes and shows. So when we go over they are expecting it to come. We're like rock stars. In Japan we had 8,000 at the open run. And that's the game before the big game. That's like outdoors, watching other people play.

NGUYEN: Which is, no doubt, why your book and DVD are selling like hotcakes. Tell us what's in this book. Can I read this book and learn how to dunk, learn how to slam, learn how to do all these tricks. What's in the book, John?

HARVEY: In the book, we have how to shoot a jump shot, correct form and things like that. Crossovers. Some of the moves the guys have. They show and explain how to do it in the book. That's what you have in there. And you have the bios of each player that came through And 1.

NGUYEN: And you guys are on tour. Quickly, we're almost out of time. Tell us where you're playing next.

HARRELL: Here in at Atlanta at the Phillips Arena. Thanks for having us here. We're happy to be here.

And our sponsors are RCA, Mountain Dew.

NGUYEN: And who are you playing?

HARRELL: We're playing against each other. This time it's for pride. During the summertime, we're playing from people against that state. But during the winter tour, we're playing each other. 10 on 10.

NGUYEN: You know, my producers are telling me to get you guys to stand up to not only show your skills like we did on the video but just see how big you guys are. I'm 5'2" on a good day without heels. Check these guys out. I don't think I could take you. I have some skills. You guys have the height and moves.

HARRELLL: You're not supposed to make excuses. You're supposed to talk trash.

NGUYEN: That's right. I need to work on my trash talking.

HARRELL: You got to work on that.

NGUYEN: Maybe during a commercial break.

HARRELL: OK.

NGUYEN: I can come at you. Thank you, both, for speaking with us today. We appreciate it. And best of luck in the game.

HARRELL: Thank you very much.

HARVEY: Thank you.

NGUYEN: The countdown to the Golden Globes is under way. One of the women who could be walking away a winner is Teri Hatcher from "Desperate Housewives." find out how she says she's not letting the success go to her head.

KATHLEEN HAYS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Kathleen Hays at the New York Stock Exchange. Some cell phone users will be happy to know that plans for a national directory have hit another snag. Stay tuned. I'll have details after the break.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

WHITFIELD: The countdown is on. Just two more days until the golden globes. Will "Desperate Housewives" sweep the competition? The show is nominated for an award and so are four of the five main actresses. One of them, Teri Hatcher, talked to CNN entertainment correspondent Brooke Anderson about life on Wisteria Lane.

(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)

TERRI HATCHER, ACTRESS: I have a date right now with Mike. We kissed. FYI. I was really confident it was really good. And when we shot the pilot i knew it was really special.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How was your big date?

HATCHER: Mike had to reschedule.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Gosh, how devastating for you. FYI.

BROOKE ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On the day this new series struck gold, I stopped by Teri Hatcher's wife to dish about being desperate.

HATCHER: I'm so happy for everybody. You look at it as the whole show really just being honored, and we're all so grateful to be in it and part of it. It is so rare to be able to combine kind of honest voices of motherhood and womanhood with humor and unpredictability and mystery and edginess. I love physical comedy. That whole episode when I got locked out naked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What you doing?

HATCHER: Locked myself out naked.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh.

HATCHER: And then I fell. So how are you?

It's truly one of the best things I've ever had a chance to play, ever. I think, what are they going to put me through this week? That's sort of become the joke. Susan. What disaster is she walking into? The place where Susan and I relate is more like the quirky, klutzy, goofy insecure.

What is wrong with you? Lassie would have had a fire truck here by now.

Nothing has changing my lie except (unintelligible) my dining room. That didn't happen six months ago.

ANDERSON: Nor did catching the eye of top designers for award season.

HATCHER: I had a designer send me sketches, which is the first time I ever got sketches. Be Cinderella for the day.

Who knows how long it will last. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop on my head kind of person. I'm taking it a day at a time and not really getting caught up in, you know, all the hoo-ha.

We just got off on the wrong foot. We're best buddies now.

(END VIDEO TAPE)

WHITFIELD: We'll hear more from the star Saturday night on the Golden Globes special, "Road to Gold," that's tomorrow at 8 Eastern, right here on CNN.

NGUYEN: His widow is in Ethiopia. His fans are headed to Ethiopia. His spiritual home may even be Ethiopia. But the remains of the late reggae star Bob Marley apparently will stay in Jamaica, at least for now. Well, according to the BBC, Marley's widow is denying reports she wanted to exhume Marley's body and have him reburied in Ethiopia following a festival in his honor which is next month. Ethiopia is considered a holy place by the Rastafarian religious group to which Marley belonged.

Now, I would not want my cell phone number out for all to see. And some cell phone users are breathing a sigh of relief. A plan for a national cell phone directory has yet hit another snag.

WHITFIELD: Maybe we should ring up Kathleen Hays.

NGUYEN: Let's do that.

WHITFIELD: She's got a little more detail on that. Kathleen?

HAYS: Well, you know, Fredricka, I think it's something we scratch our heads over. Would we? Wouldn't we? I don't know.

NGUYEN: No.

WHITFIELD: Nn-nn.

HAYS: I'm still thinking about it. Meanwhile, some cell phone carriers are thinking about this. Verizon withholding its support for a national cell phone directory. Now a pair of other carriers voicing their discontent like you two. The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that Sprint and All tell have quietly pulled out of the program.

Now the listing was supposed to be unveiled later this year. But it hit several snags along the way. Even though the creators of the list said they won't release numbers to telemarketers, customers are worried about privacy. Nextel, T-mobile, Cingular are among the providers still considering the service, however.

The stock market today, kind of quiet after a big sell-off yesterday. Ahead of the weekend now quiet. Dow Industrials adding, you can see, 34 points. The NASDAQ up half a percent. That's the latest from Wall Street.

Coming up, good news for college-bound kids. Financial aid may be coming your way. I'll have that story in the next hour of LIVE FROM. Fredricka and Betty, back to you.

WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks so much. Any break would help.

NGUYEN: Absolutely. Coming up in our second hour of LIVE FROM, never-before-seen pictures from Saturn's moon Titan.

We're less than an hour away of new images from the Titan probe. LIVE FROM'S hour of power begins after this.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com