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Aired February 07, 2005 - 13:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CO-HOST: The big budget. It fills four volumes. It's worth more than $2 trillion. But what's not in the president's budget for you? We're detailing the deep cuts.
TONY HARRIS, CO-HOST: Deep Throat, the whistle blower who brought down the Nixon White House. Is his secret identity go about to be revealed?
PHILLIPS: Confessions caught on tape. Insurgents become the newest reality TV show in Iraq.
HARRIS: Super security behind the scenes with a team keeping an eye out for terror attacks at the Super Bowl.
From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Tony Harris in for Miles O'Brien.
PHILLIPS: And I'm Kyra Phillips. CNN's LIVE FROM starts right now.
It will be debated, dissected, defended, upended and endlessly amended. It's jumping off the shelves at Washington, even though it's the size of an unabridged dictionary. And though it's a must-read for lawmakers, few will ever claim to lay eyes on every page.
It's the White House budget plan for fiscal 2006: $2.2 trillion in, $2.6 trillion out. All right, you do the math.
CNN's Dana Bash tells us how all that money is or, in many cases, isn't being divvied up.
DANA BASH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
Well, you know, the president during the campaign you remember and actually just last week in his State of the Union said that he is going to reduce the federal deficit, which is now $427 billion. He'll do that in half in the next five years. That is the driving force behind this budget.
This is just one book. As you said, it's $2.57 trillion. There are three more that go with this, but I will take it easy and just hold up part of it for this -- for these purposes.
There are some increases, and we'll go over some of those. First of all, homeland security and defense. There will be a about a five percent increase in those -- in spending across the board there.
Also a few things we will see some boosts in, things that the president campaigned on like, community health centers, more money there; an increase in funding for the college loan program, the Pell Grants.
That is the easy part. The hard part, the thing that everybody in Washington is talking about today, is the fact that there will be 150 programs either completely eliminated or reduced if the president has his way.
Just take a look at some: reduction in subsidies for farmers, about $500 million there; a reduction in food stamps for the poor, about $1 billion there; a reduction in some prescription drug benefits for veterans. The White House says at least the wealthiest veterans would likely pay more for their drugs.
And an elimination of some literacy and anti-drug programs. Now, that could perhaps fall into the category that the president talked about today, a category he says that will be a program that perhaps sounds good but is important to cut, because he said today some of these programs simply are not worth it, aren't doing what they are set out to do.
And he also conceded that there will be legitimate questions about what he's proposing.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The important question that needs to be asked for all constituencies is whether or not the programs achieve a certain result. Have we set goals and are those goals being met?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BASH: Now this budget did go to Capitol Hill this morning. Democrats are already calling it a hoax, the whole idea that the White House says that they will be able to cut the deficit in half in five years, because they say that it doesn't include some major ticket items that the president -- really lead the president's priority list this term, things like funding the war. There is $80 billion that they are going to send up to Congress to fund Afghanistan and Iraq. Seven hundred and fifty-four billion dollars for his plan for private accounts for Social Security, just to name a few.
Republicans, though, insist that they will be able to do it. We just heard a briefing here at the White House. They say again that they will reach this goal.
The other -- the issue not only, I should say, Kyra, is to make some Republicans happy, those who have said that the president should reduce the deficit because they are fiscal conservatives, but also perhaps to make some world leaders breathe a sigh of relief. The president has said that he hears -- he gets an earful from world leaders about the size of the U.S. deficit, because they say that affects the U.S. dollar and that affects world markets -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Dana Bash live from the White House, thanks -- Tony.
HARRIS: Under fire in the air. CNN has learned Iraqi insurgents have tried at least twice since Friday to shoot down U.S. aircraft. We get the details from CNN's Barbara Starr at the Pentagon.
Hi, Barbara.
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Tony.
Well, both cases were unsuccessful attempts. The planes were not struck. They went on their way. But nonetheless, this has military officials taking a very hard look at the insurgents, of course.
Two U.S. military cargo planes were the victim, if you will, of attempted shoot-downs over the weekend, the first one on Friday about 70 kilometers west of Baghdad at Taqaddum. A C-130 was taking off. It was believed to have been targeted by a shoulder-fired surface to air missile. That C-130, we are told, deployed flares, was able to avoid the missile, and it went on its way.
Then on Sunday, a C-17 taking off from Baghdad International Airport came under fire from what is believed to be high-caliber small arms.
Now these types of incidents, of course, have happened in Iraq many, many times. But this comes just a few days after that insurgent video was shown that claimed responsibility for the crash, as you see here, this insurgent video, of a C-130, a British C-130.
The British government not yet finding -- or making public its finding about what brought that C-130 down, but insurgents claiming that they shot it down.
Baghdad International, as you may remember, Tony, had very severe air traffic restrictions over the election period. This is exactly what they were concerned about. So officials not making too much of it but very concerned that the insurgents appear to be trying to make continued attempts to bring down military aircraft -- Tony.
HARRIS: I see. Very good. Barbara Starr at the Pentagon for us. Barbara, thank you.
PHILLIPS: Car bomb in Baqubah, suicide bombing in Mosul. Once again, police and would-be police are the targets and the great majority of the victims.
CNN's Nic Robertson has the latest now from Baghdad -- Nic.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, both of those attacks coming within an hour of each other, the first one about 10:30 a.m. in the morning in the northern town of Mosul at a police recruitment center. A suicide bomber walked in, detonated his explosive vest, we're told, killing at least 12 people, wounding at least four others. And also in the town of Mosul, there was an attack on the governor (ph) building. Three mortars fired at the building, at least one of those mortars landing near a cafe, killing one person and wounding three others.
The coalition forces in Mosul say they have had some successes over the past 24 hours in at least two cases. People living in Mosul, Iraqis living in the city of Mosul, have told coalition forces about roadside bombs planted by the side of the road. Explosive teams have been sent out, defused those bombs before they could explode and hit -- and hit military convoys or hit civilian traffic on the road.
But in the town of Baqubah just north of Baghdad, about 45 miles north of Baghdad, northeast, at about 11 a.m. in the morning, that's when the other attack took place.
Again, police recruits gathered outside a police station waiting to go into the police station. As they were waiting, a taxi pulled up, a large taxi, we're told, packed full of explosives. That detonated. Fourteen people killed, at least 16 wounded.
We've also been told that at that time there are about 200 police recruits inside the police station. They escaped relatively unharmed. It is, we're told, one of the largest bombs for some time in Baqubah. It blew chunks off neighboring buildings.
And this as both President Bush and the Iraqi government have said that they need to build the security forces in Iraq. It appears that insurgents -- it appears as if insurgents are trying to intimidate people from turning up to recruit for their police by targeting police in this way, Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Well, Nic, I know we're going to hear from you later about Iraqi police using new tactics to intimidate insurgents. So we'll hear from you then. Thanks, Nic -- Tony.
HARRIS: Not just a lull. More than a truce. The Middle East is buzzing with news that Israeli and Palestinian leaders will announce a full-fledged cessation of violence after four-plus years of bloodshed.
The leaders are due to meet tomorrow in Egypt, having just met separately with the new U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. In two days of talks, Rice invited Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon to meet separately with President Bush. Both accepted. And she named a U.S. point man for security issues with Palestinians.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE: This is a time of hope, a time when we can hope for a better day for the Palestinian and the Israeli people both. As we move forward, I would like to underscore to everyone what I know what President Bush's commitment is, and that is to pursuing and achieving the vision of a two-state solution to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HARRIS: Well, that point man I just mentioned is U.S. Army Lieutenant General William "Kip" Ward. His mission is to help Palestinians train and equip their security forces and to keep an eye on both sides' compliance with their own agreements.
Ward currently is the deputy commander of U.S. soldiers in Europe. He's a veteran of diplomat service in Egypt, as well as a former commander of the multinational stabilization force in Bosnia. A top official tells CNN the Bosnian duty was especially relevant in his new appointment.
Well, while you were kicking back watching the big game on Sunday, another crew was flying the skies over the stadium in Jacksonville. Ahead on LIVE FROM, find out the potential danger they spotted.
And alleged Iraqi insurgents confessing their crimes on camera? You'll hear from them and also why authorities think it will help them restore peace.
And he may look like an ordinary teenager. But a lot of people are calling this young man a hero today. Find out why ahead on LIVE FROM.
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PHILLIPS: Boston's preparing for a Patriots parade tomorrow, celebrating the team's third Super Bowl victory in just four years.
Quarterback Tom Brady led the Patriots' aerial attack, completing 23 of 33 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns. That makes Brady, who is 27 years old -- he's a baby -- the youngest quarterback ever to win three Super Bowls.
Here's a look at some of the Patriots' play-making magic as Brady makes a touchdown pass.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Second year in a row and for the third time in the last four years, the Patriots celebrate winning the Lombardi trophy.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: All right, so we missed the play. We're just showing you a little fireworks and confetti. That's OK, you know? Yes, the celebration. That works just as well.
Well, this morning Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch and linebacker Tedy Bruschi talked about the team work that led to the Patriots' victory. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DEION BRANCH, SUPER BOWL MVP: The coaches and the rest of the guys did a great job of coming to the sideline and adjusting to a lot of things. And we got it corrected and started playing our type of football and started moving the ball and making the points.
TEDY BRUSCHI, PATRIOTS LINEBACKER: It feels great. You know? It's our third win in four years. And you don't get used to it. You don't get used to it because you cherish world championships whenever they happen.
BRANCH: Exactly.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: How about the ads last night? Tony has got an opinion.
HARRIS: Yes, yes, Kyra. We're going to play, right? You're going to play along?
PHILLIPS: Well, here's the deal.
HARRIS: OK.
PHILLIPS: We're going to talk with an industry types, right, about the ads, did they fumble or score?
HARRIS: OK.
PHILLIPS: But actually, you -- you've challenged me to some type of competition.
HARRIS: Yes. Yes.
PHILLIPS: OK.
HARRIS: Yes. What we're going to do is we're going to look at these ads.
PHILLIPS: OK.
HARRIS: A bunch ever them, selected ads.
PHILLIPS: Because I'll admit, I haven't seen any of them.
HARRIS: You didn't watch. Right?
PHILLIPS: Right.
HARRIS: OK, great. This is going to be so much fun! When are we going to do that? Next hour? Does that make sense?
PHILLIPS: Next hour.
HARRIS: OK. All right.
PHILLIPS: Stay tuned.
HARRIS: Our "Security Watch" segment focuses on a story you'll see only on CNN. We have an exclusive behind the scenes look at the massive multi-agency security operation at the Super Bowl.
Here's CNN's Susan Candiotti.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): While two teams were doing battle on the gridiron, a third team was in the middle of its own game plan, using everything from satellite images ever Jacksonville, down to schematics of the stadium club-level ceilings. Hundreds of agents from federal, state and local agencies stood by in case of trouble.
As it turns out, the biggest worry wasn't the game but at jam- packed activities nearby reminiscent of the park bombing at the summer Olympics in Atlanta.
ROBERT CROMWELL, FBI: If an individual, a lone wolf type character like Eric Rudolph were, say, were to show up, the most vulnerable area is, of course, the NFL venues that are not at the Super Bowl.
CANDIOTTI: A few hours before the game began, a possible problem. Radar aboard this homeland security aircraft picked up a small plane close to penetrating a 30-mile wide no-fly zone. The plane was ordered to put down.
RON GUIRRERI, HOMELAND SECURITY: It landed at an outlying field, and it was met by investigators.
CANDIOTTI: But no threat was found.
That information went straight to the man in charge of Super Bowl XXXIX security, Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford, at his command post.
Perhaps his biggest get of the night was this man, Dion Rich (ph), famous for faking his way into more than 30 Super Bowls, the Kentucky Derby and the Academy Awards. This time he was arrested with an alleged phony ticket.
SHERIFF JOHN RUTHERFORD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA: He's, I believe, trying to embarrass law enforcement, show that the security is not that good.
CANDIOTTI: In section 119, a minor fan fight in the seats.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And this is the closest camera.
CANDIOTTI: A battery of more than 200 cameras allowed authorities to pinpoint where it happened. For the Coast Guard, no breaches to its 14-mile safety zone on the St. John's River.
Yet by game's end, the sheriff was not ready to call his security team's work a success.
RUTHERFORD: Once we help get all these fans moved out of Jacksonville and get back to where they -- where they reside, that will be our -- that's when we're going to start celebrating this -- the end of this game.
CANDIOTTI (on camera): Now the sheriff has his eye on Jacksonville International Airport, bracing for its busiest day yet as tens of thousands of Super Bowl fans head for home.
Susan Candiotti, CNN, Jacksonville, Florida.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
HARRIS: 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.
PHILLIPS: Other news across America now.
We're waiting for a verdict in the case of defrocked priest Paul Shanley, accused of sexually abusing a boy at a church in the '80s. A jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is in its third day of deliberations. If he's convicted, Shanley could get life in prison.
In Bethesda, Maryland, firefighters are calling 17-year-old Pablo Steneri a hero. The teen was out walking his dog when he heard a woman screaming inside her home. Investigating further, he found a woman trying to put out an oven fire by herself. Well, he persuaded her to leave and flagged down a driver, who called 911. The woman is fine, but the house is heavily damaged.
Chicago police are charging a public health worker with murder in the death of a cab driver who was run over repeatedly by his own cab. We have the latest now from reporter Phil Hayes of CNN affiliate WFLD.
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PHIL HAYES, WFLD REPORTER (voice-over): Chicago police announced the first-degree murder and vehicular hijacking charges late in the afternoon.
CMDR. MICHAEL CHASEN, CHICAGO POLICE: The subject arrested is Michael L. Jackson. Mr. Jackson is 37 years old. Mr. Jackson holds the position of director of communications and policy for HIV, STDs and AIDS programs for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
HAYES: Police say Jackson killed cab driver Haroon Paryani just after midnight Friday morning, following an all-out brawl on the street near North Broadway and Briar Place.
Listen to what this witness told FOX News that day at the scene.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I heard two men fighting and screaming obscenities. And they started fighting and punching and yelling things at each other. And one man grabbed the door and hit the other man with the door and then jumped in the cab.
CHASEN: Michael Jackson entered the cab, put the cab in drive, and proceeded to drive over Mr. Paryani. We believe he got the first two wheels over. He then put the car in reverse, backed over him, and then he put the car in drive again and this time completely drove him with both the front and rear wheels.
HAYES: Police say Jackson then fled in the cab at a high rate of speed, smashed into several cars before fleeing on foot to hail another cab. Fifteen hours later, at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, police say Jackson turned himself in.
MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER, JACKSON'S LAWYER: We brought our client, Michael Jackson, to the police station. We wanted to cooperate fully with their investigation, and it went from there.
HAYES: Police say Jackson did not confess. In fact, he made no statement at all, on the advice of his attorney.
OPPENHEIMER: We all look forward to the facts of this tragedy coming out. There's two sides to every story. And we certainly believe that, once all the facts are out, that Michael will be vindicated.
HAYES: The Chicago Department of Public Health issued this statement, which says in part, "With charges being filed, we will take steps to terminate Mr. Jackson's employment."
(END VIDEOTAPE)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS (voice-over): Next on LIVE FROM, he brought down a president. And for more than 30 years, we've wondered, who is Deep Throat? A new development could mean you'll soon find out.
Later on LIVE FROM...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Next to me again is Ali; we're preparing to kill this man.
PHILLIPS: ... insurgent confessions. Iraqi police fire their own Shots in the propaganda wars.
Tomorrow on LIVE FROM, a Hollywood filmmaker heads to Afghanistan in search of Osama bin Laden. Now you'll see the behind the scenes video the U.S. military sees. The director of "September Tapes" tomorrow.
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Aired February 7, 2005 - 13:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CO-HOST: The big budget. It fills four volumes. It's worth more than $2 trillion. But what's not in the president's budget for you? We're detailing the deep cuts.
TONY HARRIS, CO-HOST: Deep Throat, the whistle blower who brought down the Nixon White House. Is his secret identity go about to be revealed?
PHILLIPS: Confessions caught on tape. Insurgents become the newest reality TV show in Iraq.
HARRIS: Super security behind the scenes with a team keeping an eye out for terror attacks at the Super Bowl.
From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Tony Harris in for Miles O'Brien.
PHILLIPS: And I'm Kyra Phillips. CNN's LIVE FROM starts right now.
It will be debated, dissected, defended, upended and endlessly amended. It's jumping off the shelves at Washington, even though it's the size of an unabridged dictionary. And though it's a must-read for lawmakers, few will ever claim to lay eyes on every page.
It's the White House budget plan for fiscal 2006: $2.2 trillion in, $2.6 trillion out. All right, you do the math.
CNN's Dana Bash tells us how all that money is or, in many cases, isn't being divvied up.
DANA BASH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
Well, you know, the president during the campaign you remember and actually just last week in his State of the Union said that he is going to reduce the federal deficit, which is now $427 billion. He'll do that in half in the next five years. That is the driving force behind this budget.
This is just one book. As you said, it's $2.57 trillion. There are three more that go with this, but I will take it easy and just hold up part of it for this -- for these purposes.
There are some increases, and we'll go over some of those. First of all, homeland security and defense. There will be a about a five percent increase in those -- in spending across the board there.
Also a few things we will see some boosts in, things that the president campaigned on like, community health centers, more money there; an increase in funding for the college loan program, the Pell Grants.
That is the easy part. The hard part, the thing that everybody in Washington is talking about today, is the fact that there will be 150 programs either completely eliminated or reduced if the president has his way.
Just take a look at some: reduction in subsidies for farmers, about $500 million there; a reduction in food stamps for the poor, about $1 billion there; a reduction in some prescription drug benefits for veterans. The White House says at least the wealthiest veterans would likely pay more for their drugs.
And an elimination of some literacy and anti-drug programs. Now, that could perhaps fall into the category that the president talked about today, a category he says that will be a program that perhaps sounds good but is important to cut, because he said today some of these programs simply are not worth it, aren't doing what they are set out to do.
And he also conceded that there will be legitimate questions about what he's proposing.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The important question that needs to be asked for all constituencies is whether or not the programs achieve a certain result. Have we set goals and are those goals being met?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BASH: Now this budget did go to Capitol Hill this morning. Democrats are already calling it a hoax, the whole idea that the White House says that they will be able to cut the deficit in half in five years, because they say that it doesn't include some major ticket items that the president -- really lead the president's priority list this term, things like funding the war. There is $80 billion that they are going to send up to Congress to fund Afghanistan and Iraq. Seven hundred and fifty-four billion dollars for his plan for private accounts for Social Security, just to name a few.
Republicans, though, insist that they will be able to do it. We just heard a briefing here at the White House. They say again that they will reach this goal.
The other -- the issue not only, I should say, Kyra, is to make some Republicans happy, those who have said that the president should reduce the deficit because they are fiscal conservatives, but also perhaps to make some world leaders breathe a sigh of relief. The president has said that he hears -- he gets an earful from world leaders about the size of the U.S. deficit, because they say that affects the U.S. dollar and that affects world markets -- Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Dana Bash live from the White House, thanks -- Tony.
HARRIS: Under fire in the air. CNN has learned Iraqi insurgents have tried at least twice since Friday to shoot down U.S. aircraft. We get the details from CNN's Barbara Starr at the Pentagon.
Hi, Barbara.
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Tony.
Well, both cases were unsuccessful attempts. The planes were not struck. They went on their way. But nonetheless, this has military officials taking a very hard look at the insurgents, of course.
Two U.S. military cargo planes were the victim, if you will, of attempted shoot-downs over the weekend, the first one on Friday about 70 kilometers west of Baghdad at Taqaddum. A C-130 was taking off. It was believed to have been targeted by a shoulder-fired surface to air missile. That C-130, we are told, deployed flares, was able to avoid the missile, and it went on its way.
Then on Sunday, a C-17 taking off from Baghdad International Airport came under fire from what is believed to be high-caliber small arms.
Now these types of incidents, of course, have happened in Iraq many, many times. But this comes just a few days after that insurgent video was shown that claimed responsibility for the crash, as you see here, this insurgent video, of a C-130, a British C-130.
The British government not yet finding -- or making public its finding about what brought that C-130 down, but insurgents claiming that they shot it down.
Baghdad International, as you may remember, Tony, had very severe air traffic restrictions over the election period. This is exactly what they were concerned about. So officials not making too much of it but very concerned that the insurgents appear to be trying to make continued attempts to bring down military aircraft -- Tony.
HARRIS: I see. Very good. Barbara Starr at the Pentagon for us. Barbara, thank you.
PHILLIPS: Car bomb in Baqubah, suicide bombing in Mosul. Once again, police and would-be police are the targets and the great majority of the victims.
CNN's Nic Robertson has the latest now from Baghdad -- Nic.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kyra, both of those attacks coming within an hour of each other, the first one about 10:30 a.m. in the morning in the northern town of Mosul at a police recruitment center. A suicide bomber walked in, detonated his explosive vest, we're told, killing at least 12 people, wounding at least four others. And also in the town of Mosul, there was an attack on the governor (ph) building. Three mortars fired at the building, at least one of those mortars landing near a cafe, killing one person and wounding three others.
The coalition forces in Mosul say they have had some successes over the past 24 hours in at least two cases. People living in Mosul, Iraqis living in the city of Mosul, have told coalition forces about roadside bombs planted by the side of the road. Explosive teams have been sent out, defused those bombs before they could explode and hit -- and hit military convoys or hit civilian traffic on the road.
But in the town of Baqubah just north of Baghdad, about 45 miles north of Baghdad, northeast, at about 11 a.m. in the morning, that's when the other attack took place.
Again, police recruits gathered outside a police station waiting to go into the police station. As they were waiting, a taxi pulled up, a large taxi, we're told, packed full of explosives. That detonated. Fourteen people killed, at least 16 wounded.
We've also been told that at that time there are about 200 police recruits inside the police station. They escaped relatively unharmed. It is, we're told, one of the largest bombs for some time in Baqubah. It blew chunks off neighboring buildings.
And this as both President Bush and the Iraqi government have said that they need to build the security forces in Iraq. It appears that insurgents -- it appears as if insurgents are trying to intimidate people from turning up to recruit for their police by targeting police in this way, Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Well, Nic, I know we're going to hear from you later about Iraqi police using new tactics to intimidate insurgents. So we'll hear from you then. Thanks, Nic -- Tony.
HARRIS: Not just a lull. More than a truce. The Middle East is buzzing with news that Israeli and Palestinian leaders will announce a full-fledged cessation of violence after four-plus years of bloodshed.
The leaders are due to meet tomorrow in Egypt, having just met separately with the new U.S. secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice. In two days of talks, Rice invited Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon to meet separately with President Bush. Both accepted. And she named a U.S. point man for security issues with Palestinians.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE: This is a time of hope, a time when we can hope for a better day for the Palestinian and the Israeli people both. As we move forward, I would like to underscore to everyone what I know what President Bush's commitment is, and that is to pursuing and achieving the vision of a two-state solution to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HARRIS: Well, that point man I just mentioned is U.S. Army Lieutenant General William "Kip" Ward. His mission is to help Palestinians train and equip their security forces and to keep an eye on both sides' compliance with their own agreements.
Ward currently is the deputy commander of U.S. soldiers in Europe. He's a veteran of diplomat service in Egypt, as well as a former commander of the multinational stabilization force in Bosnia. A top official tells CNN the Bosnian duty was especially relevant in his new appointment.
Well, while you were kicking back watching the big game on Sunday, another crew was flying the skies over the stadium in Jacksonville. Ahead on LIVE FROM, find out the potential danger they spotted.
And alleged Iraqi insurgents confessing their crimes on camera? You'll hear from them and also why authorities think it will help them restore peace.
And he may look like an ordinary teenager. But a lot of people are calling this young man a hero today. Find out why ahead on LIVE FROM.
ANNOUNCER: You're watching LIVE FROM on CNN, the most trusted name in news.
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PHILLIPS: Boston's preparing for a Patriots parade tomorrow, celebrating the team's third Super Bowl victory in just four years.
Quarterback Tom Brady led the Patriots' aerial attack, completing 23 of 33 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns. That makes Brady, who is 27 years old -- he's a baby -- the youngest quarterback ever to win three Super Bowls.
Here's a look at some of the Patriots' play-making magic as Brady makes a touchdown pass.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Second year in a row and for the third time in the last four years, the Patriots celebrate winning the Lombardi trophy.
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PHILLIPS: All right, so we missed the play. We're just showing you a little fireworks and confetti. That's OK, you know? Yes, the celebration. That works just as well.
Well, this morning Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch and linebacker Tedy Bruschi talked about the team work that led to the Patriots' victory. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DEION BRANCH, SUPER BOWL MVP: The coaches and the rest of the guys did a great job of coming to the sideline and adjusting to a lot of things. And we got it corrected and started playing our type of football and started moving the ball and making the points.
TEDY BRUSCHI, PATRIOTS LINEBACKER: It feels great. You know? It's our third win in four years. And you don't get used to it. You don't get used to it because you cherish world championships whenever they happen.
BRANCH: Exactly.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: How about the ads last night? Tony has got an opinion.
HARRIS: Yes, yes, Kyra. We're going to play, right? You're going to play along?
PHILLIPS: Well, here's the deal.
HARRIS: OK.
PHILLIPS: We're going to talk with an industry types, right, about the ads, did they fumble or score?
HARRIS: OK.
PHILLIPS: But actually, you -- you've challenged me to some type of competition.
HARRIS: Yes. Yes.
PHILLIPS: OK.
HARRIS: Yes. What we're going to do is we're going to look at these ads.
PHILLIPS: OK.
HARRIS: A bunch ever them, selected ads.
PHILLIPS: Because I'll admit, I haven't seen any of them.
HARRIS: You didn't watch. Right?
PHILLIPS: Right.
HARRIS: OK, great. This is going to be so much fun! When are we going to do that? Next hour? Does that make sense?
PHILLIPS: Next hour.
HARRIS: OK. All right.
PHILLIPS: Stay tuned.
HARRIS: Our "Security Watch" segment focuses on a story you'll see only on CNN. We have an exclusive behind the scenes look at the massive multi-agency security operation at the Super Bowl.
Here's CNN's Susan Candiotti.
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SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): While two teams were doing battle on the gridiron, a third team was in the middle of its own game plan, using everything from satellite images ever Jacksonville, down to schematics of the stadium club-level ceilings. Hundreds of agents from federal, state and local agencies stood by in case of trouble.
As it turns out, the biggest worry wasn't the game but at jam- packed activities nearby reminiscent of the park bombing at the summer Olympics in Atlanta.
ROBERT CROMWELL, FBI: If an individual, a lone wolf type character like Eric Rudolph were, say, were to show up, the most vulnerable area is, of course, the NFL venues that are not at the Super Bowl.
CANDIOTTI: A few hours before the game began, a possible problem. Radar aboard this homeland security aircraft picked up a small plane close to penetrating a 30-mile wide no-fly zone. The plane was ordered to put down.
RON GUIRRERI, HOMELAND SECURITY: It landed at an outlying field, and it was met by investigators.
CANDIOTTI: But no threat was found.
That information went straight to the man in charge of Super Bowl XXXIX security, Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford, at his command post.
Perhaps his biggest get of the night was this man, Dion Rich (ph), famous for faking his way into more than 30 Super Bowls, the Kentucky Derby and the Academy Awards. This time he was arrested with an alleged phony ticket.
SHERIFF JOHN RUTHERFORD, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA: He's, I believe, trying to embarrass law enforcement, show that the security is not that good.
CANDIOTTI: In section 119, a minor fan fight in the seats.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And this is the closest camera.
CANDIOTTI: A battery of more than 200 cameras allowed authorities to pinpoint where it happened. For the Coast Guard, no breaches to its 14-mile safety zone on the St. John's River.
Yet by game's end, the sheriff was not ready to call his security team's work a success.
RUTHERFORD: Once we help get all these fans moved out of Jacksonville and get back to where they -- where they reside, that will be our -- that's when we're going to start celebrating this -- the end of this game.
CANDIOTTI (on camera): Now the sheriff has his eye on Jacksonville International Airport, bracing for its busiest day yet as tens of thousands of Super Bowl fans head for home.
Susan Candiotti, CNN, Jacksonville, Florida.
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HARRIS: 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.
PHILLIPS: Other news across America now.
We're waiting for a verdict in the case of defrocked priest Paul Shanley, accused of sexually abusing a boy at a church in the '80s. A jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is in its third day of deliberations. If he's convicted, Shanley could get life in prison.
In Bethesda, Maryland, firefighters are calling 17-year-old Pablo Steneri a hero. The teen was out walking his dog when he heard a woman screaming inside her home. Investigating further, he found a woman trying to put out an oven fire by herself. Well, he persuaded her to leave and flagged down a driver, who called 911. The woman is fine, but the house is heavily damaged.
Chicago police are charging a public health worker with murder in the death of a cab driver who was run over repeatedly by his own cab. We have the latest now from reporter Phil Hayes of CNN affiliate WFLD.
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PHIL HAYES, WFLD REPORTER (voice-over): Chicago police announced the first-degree murder and vehicular hijacking charges late in the afternoon.
CMDR. MICHAEL CHASEN, CHICAGO POLICE: The subject arrested is Michael L. Jackson. Mr. Jackson is 37 years old. Mr. Jackson holds the position of director of communications and policy for HIV, STDs and AIDS programs for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
HAYES: Police say Jackson killed cab driver Haroon Paryani just after midnight Friday morning, following an all-out brawl on the street near North Broadway and Briar Place.
Listen to what this witness told FOX News that day at the scene.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I heard two men fighting and screaming obscenities. And they started fighting and punching and yelling things at each other. And one man grabbed the door and hit the other man with the door and then jumped in the cab.
CHASEN: Michael Jackson entered the cab, put the cab in drive, and proceeded to drive over Mr. Paryani. We believe he got the first two wheels over. He then put the car in reverse, backed over him, and then he put the car in drive again and this time completely drove him with both the front and rear wheels.
HAYES: Police say Jackson then fled in the cab at a high rate of speed, smashed into several cars before fleeing on foot to hail another cab. Fifteen hours later, at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, police say Jackson turned himself in.
MICHAEL OPPENHEIMER, JACKSON'S LAWYER: We brought our client, Michael Jackson, to the police station. We wanted to cooperate fully with their investigation, and it went from there.
HAYES: Police say Jackson did not confess. In fact, he made no statement at all, on the advice of his attorney.
OPPENHEIMER: We all look forward to the facts of this tragedy coming out. There's two sides to every story. And we certainly believe that, once all the facts are out, that Michael will be vindicated.
HAYES: The Chicago Department of Public Health issued this statement, which says in part, "With charges being filed, we will take steps to terminate Mr. Jackson's employment."
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PHILLIPS (voice-over): Next on LIVE FROM, he brought down a president. And for more than 30 years, we've wondered, who is Deep Throat? A new development could mean you'll soon find out.
Later on LIVE FROM...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Next to me again is Ali; we're preparing to kill this man.
PHILLIPS: ... insurgent confessions. Iraqi police fire their own Shots in the propaganda wars.
Tomorrow on LIVE FROM, a Hollywood filmmaker heads to Afghanistan in search of Osama bin Laden. Now you'll see the behind the scenes video the U.S. military sees. The director of "September Tapes" tomorrow.
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