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Laguna Landslide; Gridiron Gaffe; Operation Lightning

Aired June 02, 2005 - 14:00   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.


(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We went on the front side of the mountain, and we could hear this house collapsing behind us.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: A massive landslide forces a thousand people to evacuate. The big question for them, when can they get home?

And it's supposed to make airlines safer, but what happens when the wrong names end up on the no-fly list?

Final arguments in the Jackson trial. We're live from the courthouse as lawyers make their final pitch to the jury.

Video out of bounds. A training video for an NFL team featuring topless women and racial stereotypes raises some eyebrows.

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Carol Lin. Miles and Kyra are off today. This hour of CNN's LIVE FROM starts right now.

Well, the mountain is stable, we think, and injuries are few, but the damage is done in Bluebird Canyon, south of Los Angeles. And insurance probably will not cover it. Today, that major -- that's a major source of concern for the Laguna Beach homeowners, whose homes are a lot closer to the beach than they used to be.

CNN's Chris Lawrence has the latest on the fallout from yesterday's devastating landslide.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Laguna Beach has now been declared a local disaster area. And a lot of residents have been coming up to the police asking, "When can we get back in? Or at the very least, can firefighters go in and check on my pets that were trapped inside?"

When the landslide hit, some homes literally cracked in half and just collapsed. Others seemed to remain intact as they slid all the way down the hill, sometimes with their residents actually running out ahead of them.

On Wednesday, scientists placed measurement devices all around this area. They will now be going back to check those devices to see how much, if any, the ground has continued to move.

CAPT. DANELL ADAMS, LAGUNA BEACH POLICE: We currently have 18 homes that are red-tagged. It's not likely that those homes will be able to be inhabited again. We have another 11 that are yellow- tagged. Those are tenuous, at best, until they can determine what's going on in the ground underneath.

LAWRENCE: So why would anyone risk living here? Well, take a look at this picture of this hillside before the landslide: breathtaking mountain views, literally just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean, one of the most valuable pieces of property in this country.

Now take a look at that same hillside after the landslide. You can see homes that started at the top of the hill literally have slid all the way down to the bottom.

One of the misconceptions here is that everybody who lives here in Laguna Beach and lives in these homes are millionaires. That's not necessarily the case.

Some of these homes were built 40 or 50 years ago, they're smaller homes. The land here in southern California has increased so dramatically and so quickly that the homes are worth a lot of money. But if a homeowner's equity is all tied up in their home, and their investments are tie up in their home, if a geologist says the home can't be lived in and you cannot build on this land anymore, insurance companies do not insure against landslides. So a lot of families could face financial hardship if they're not able to go back into their homes.

Chris Lawrence, CNN, Laguna Beach, California.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: Now a lock at court cases across America.

Jurors in the Michael Jackson case, well, they'll hear closing arguments. The prosecution began making its closing arguments this morning in the child molestation trial. Jurors could get the case as soon as tomorrow.

And in other cases, the runaway bride goes to court.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you guys holding up?

JENNIFER WILBANKS, RUNAWAY BRIDE: OK.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LIN: Well, Jennifer Wilbanks, with her once ditched fiance by her side, went before a judge today. Wilbanks pleaded no contest to a felony charge in a courtroom outside Atlanta. She was sentenced to probation and 120 hours of community service. She was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and continue mental health treatment.

And in Florida this hour, a judge holds a hearing on whether Lionel Tate violated probation. Tate is accused of robbing a pizza deliveryman. He's on probation for the 1999 murder of a 6-year-old girl. Lionel Tate was once the youngest American ever to receive a life sentence.

Now to a gridiron gaffe involving the San Francisco 49ers. The team's owners are apologizing for a training video that featured inappropriate humor about gays, the Chinese and the homeless. Reporter Vick Lee from affiliate KRON in San Francisco has the story.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KIRK REYNOLDS, 49ERS P.R. DIRECTOR: I'm mayor of San Francisco. It's a beautiful, diverse, tremendous city.

VICK LEE, REPORTER, KRON (voice-over): The opening shot was filmed in the mayor's office. 49ers' P.R. director Kirk Reynolds plays, who else but Mayor Gavin Newsom, who says he didn't know his office was used for this type of video.

MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Obviously, it goes without saying that I'm going to hold myself a little more accountable to checking off the boxes of who actually uses the office for any purposes.

LEE: The off-color racial jokes come when Mayor Reynolds goes to Chinatown and meets a resident played by former 49er trainer George Chung, complete with buck teeth and an accent.

REYNOLDS: Thank you very much.

GEORGE CHUNG, FMR. 49ERS TRAINER: My name is Asak (ph).

BRIAN CHEU, CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: If they want to make fun of themselves, please.

LEE: Brian Cheu heads the civil rights group Chinese for Affirmative Action.

CHEU: Don't make fun of me. Don't make fun of my family. That's not what I signed up for. That's not why I buy my 49ers tickets, to have my heritage mocked.

LEE: Also mocked, gay marriages and lesbians. This scene taken at the Othero Theater (ph) with Mayor Reynolds officiating.

JENNIFER RAKOWSKI, ANTI-VIOLENCE ADVOCATE: The sexism, the homophobia just described in this video is appalling.

LEE: Jennifer Rakowski is with CUAV, the gay and lesbian civil rights group Community United Against Violence.

RAKOWSKI: Yes, I'm offended by the video. LEE: The 15-minute video also includes a spoof against the homeless. This panhandler played by star linebacker Julian Peterson. The irony is that video shown to players as a follow-up to a diversity workshop for the '9ers.

CHEU: And what's even more disturbing is that not one player, not one person, stepped forward in the past five months to say this was wrong. And to me, I think that's equally intolerable.

RAKOWSKI: The locker room should be a place for supporting your teammates and learning sportsmanship. Homophobia and racism are not sportsmen behavior.

LEE: And this final world from the real mayor.

NEWSOM: Forget exploiting the mayor and the mayor's office. That's par for the course. I'm used to it. But exploiting the gay community, the Chinese community, it was just -- it was an ugly tape.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: Thanks to Vick Lee, reporter for KRON, for that story.

49ers P.R. director Kirk Reynolds has resigned. However, some players are publicly defending Reynolds, saying the tape was not meant to deliver a negative message.

Well, Iraq's contagion of suicide bombings continues unabated today. Three suicide car bombs exploded in a stretch of cities north of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people.

In Kirkuk, the apparent target was a contractor convoy. The contractors all escaped unharmed, but four Iraqi civilians were killed and at least 11 were wounded.

The random nature of insurgent attacks is proving painfully effective. And in Baghdad, the budding Iraqi security force clearly has its hand full as it attempts to tame the city under American guidance.

CNN's Jane Arraf reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): American- trained, this is a distinctly Iraqi army. Heading into the biggest Iraqi security operation yet in Baghdad, Operation Lightning, the soldiers are getting pumped up before the mission.

Inside, Brigadier General Jamil Shweel (ph) speaks to the officers. "These missions that you're going out on will be part of the history of Iraq," he tell them.

Battalion commander Colonel Mohammed Faad al-Samaraii (ph), tells them that insurgents could be warned by now and could be expected to react. "Watch for roadside bombs," he tells them. "And pay attention to the rooftops. There could be gunmen waiting."

Camp Liberty in Baghdad, the 256th Mechanized Infantry Regiment prepares to go out with them.

CAPT. HERB WILSON, U.S. ARMY: Bravo Company's going to conduct the outer cordon and we'll provide some assistance for the search element for the Iraqi army.

ARRAF: One of the U.S. Army's biggest jobs now is training the Iraqi soldiers who will replace them. The Iraqis are in the lead, but 20 minutes after the mission was set to kick off, no one has moved. Frustration among the Americans is palpable.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Walk out! OK? Just go!

ARRAF: When they finally get to the location, Captain Herb Wilson explains to his Iraqi counterpart.

WILSON: We will supply the outer cordon. You guys supply the search element.

ARRAF: This overnight mission is to cordon and search entire neighborhoods, looking for unusual amounts of cache weapons or suspects on their target list.

(on camera): They cordoned off this entire neighborhood. It's 3:00 in the morning as they're pounding down doors. For people in this neighborhood, it couldn't be a more abrupt awakening.

(voice-over): The people, though, are cooperative as soldiers search their homes for anything suspicious, including more than the single rifle allowed each house. The Americans, who help Iraqi forces will replace them, say residents seem to be more receptive when it's other Iraqis doing the searches.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They understand that the safety in the neighborhood, what we're doing, what we're looking for, and when it's a broad scale, when you're going through an entire neighborhood, you're not pinpointing one individual, one house.

ARRAF: Abusha Mehdi (ph) was home with her three children, including a teenaged son who's quit school. "I can't make him go to school," she says. "The children's spirit is gone. It's gone for all of us."

The Iraqi soldiers go down the block, banging on doors, more confident with every doorway. With the new army facing an unconventional enemy, building that confidence is perhaps a key part of the fight.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Baghdad.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: It became a focal point for the war on terror when a flight with a suspicious passenger on board gets diverted. We're going to show you why Bangor, Maine, is the destination of choice.

And just ahead, Deep Throat is no longer a secret, but what motivated him to spill the secrets that brought down a president? We're going to talk about it straight ahead.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(WEATHER REPORT)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LIN: It was one of journalism's best kept secrets. Now new details in "The Washington Post" on Deep Throat.

Woodward, who, with Carl Bernstein, initially broke the Watergate story, reveals details on how FBI agent Mark Felt became one of their key sources. Felt, number two at the FBI at the time, gave the reporters information that ultimately led to the Watergate hearings and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Now, in a lengthy article in "The Post" today, Woodward says he wondered at one stage what motivated Felt to reach out to the reporters. Well, he writes, "It was only later after Nixon resigned that I began to wonder why Felt had talked when doing so carried substantial risks for him and the FBI. Had he been exposed early on, Felt would have been no hero."

Now more details on Felt and Watergate on a two -- on a special two-hour edition of "LARRY KING LIVE" tonight. In the first hour, Woodward and Bernstein will be Larry's guests. That's followed by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather in the second hour. "LARRY KING LIVE" starts at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific.

Thirty years later, Mark Felt's role in Watergate still stirs intense emotions. There are those who hail him as a hero, but to others, he is an arch villain who betrayed the trust of a president.

Joining me now with his take, CNN contributor and former Congressman Bob Barr.

And not only a distinguished political career, but you happen to be -- I know you hate the word "junior," so we'll say young analyst at the CIA at the time with Porter Goos, who's now the CIA director. What was -- what was that time like?

BOB BARR, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, it's really hard for a lot of folks today. I mean, so many people, like yourself, weren't even born back then when all of this was happening. And it's hard for a lot of people to realize the turmoil that this whole Watergate -- the whole Watergate problem created for our intelligence agencies, for the Department of Justice, for the government generally.

And here I was, as you say, just sort of a junior analyst at the CIA, having to defend the agency constantly against charges that it, like the FBI, was being manipulated by Nixon. People had a tendency to think the very worst of the agency. And it was a very traumatic experience, even for a young analyst at the agency at the time.

LIN: So when you heard yesterday Mark Felt, the number two man at the FBI, not a sexy name compared to some floated over the years as to who Deep Throat might be, what was your reaction?

BARR: I was actually surprised, because having worked with the FBI, not directly then -- I was never with the FBI -- but having worked with them back then during the Hoover era, I had a great appreciation for the tremendous discipline that was instilled in the agents, particularly the senior agents, those in leadership like Felt. So it was very surprising to me that somebody that had grown up and participated in the FBI in that era, where personal loyalty, loyalty to the system and to the rule of law, would have been the person that basically violated those procedures.

LIN: So you're saying -- do you think he betrayed his president and his country?

BARR: I don't know that it was so much a betrayal of the president as it was of the laws and the procedures that he was sworn to uphold. That's what bothers me when somebody does this, because I never buy the argument...

LIN: Wait a second. But this was an environment where -- I mean there were -- the president's own men were maintaining a secret stash of funds...

BARR: Sure.

LIN: ... to pay for, you know, underground operations to undermine political operatives across the country. You had a conspiracy that ran to the highest levels of the White House.

BARR: Oh, what they did was absolutely wrong. And Nixon should have been held accountable. He would have been, should have been impeached, had he not resigned.

So saying that what Mark Felt did was wrong doesn't in any way condone or justify what the Nixon people did. And I still think, despite the problems that Mr. Felt would have had, had he tried to go up through the system, there still were people at the Department of Justice that would have provided an avenue for him within the law and within the procedures he was sworn to uphold to make his point.

LIN: So why do you think that he chose to remain secret?

BARR: Well, I think part of it was out of fear out of retribution. I think he still maintained a certain pride in the FBI and didn't want to diminish that -- that image. But I think ultimately the fact is that he wanted to get this off of his chest.

I think some in his family might want to make some money off of it. But I think with him, that he wanted to get this off his chest before he died. I mean, he is very elderly and ill now.

LIN: You don't think he should face criminal charges? BARR: No, absolutely not. It's far too late for that.

LIN: All right. Bob Barr, always good to see you. Thank you very much.

BARR: Thank you.

LIN: Well, in the meantime, the no-fly list, it's supposed to keep suspected terrorists off flights, but sometimes innocent people end up on that list. So there is a new way to remedy the mistakes that might be made. We're going to show you how on LIVE FROM.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LIN: A 99-year-old grandmother gets a ride of her lifetime for her birthday. Pauline Mackie (ph) put on a helmet and took a ride on an ATV to celebrate her 99th birthday.

You go, girl.

Her granddaughter helped arrange the birthday wish in Spokane, Washington. So what's Mackie's (ph) secret to life? Well, she says she had no intentions of living so long, but she must have done something right. Living large.

Well, from the old to the young, there are more school-aged children than ever before. The Census Bureau found that almost 50 million children attend public and private school back in 2003. And that beats the record of almost 49 million set in 1970. The Census Bureau says the growth is due to the baby boom generation having kids, as well as rising immigration.

Now, here's something you might not know. Today is National Leave the Office Earlier Day. But that doesn't mean you can slack off and get less work done.

Allan Chernoff joins me live from the New York Stock Exchange to explain.

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LIN: Here's some stories making news right now.

The prosecution begins its closing arguments in the Michael Jackson trial. The judge is allowing each side four hours. The final summations are expected to last today and into tomorrow, and then the case goes to the jury. A live report from the courthouse is just a minute away.

And the public relations director of the San Francisco 49ers is on his way out. That's after a controversial video meant for internal use only, but it leaked out to the media. The tape featured racial jokes and nudity, and it was supposed to teach players how to deal with the media. 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 June 2, 2005 - 14:00   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We went on the front side of the mountain, and we could hear this house collapsing behind us.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: A massive landslide forces a thousand people to evacuate. The big question for them, when can they get home?

And it's supposed to make airlines safer, but what happens when the wrong names end up on the no-fly list?

Final arguments in the Jackson trial. We're live from the courthouse as lawyers make their final pitch to the jury.

Video out of bounds. A training video for an NFL team featuring topless women and racial stereotypes raises some eyebrows.

From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Carol Lin. Miles and Kyra are off today. This hour of CNN's LIVE FROM starts right now.

Well, the mountain is stable, we think, and injuries are few, but the damage is done in Bluebird Canyon, south of Los Angeles. And insurance probably will not cover it. Today, that major -- that's a major source of concern for the Laguna Beach homeowners, whose homes are a lot closer to the beach than they used to be.

CNN's Chris Lawrence has the latest on the fallout from yesterday's devastating landslide.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS LAWRENCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Laguna Beach has now been declared a local disaster area. And a lot of residents have been coming up to the police asking, "When can we get back in? Or at the very least, can firefighters go in and check on my pets that were trapped inside?"

When the landslide hit, some homes literally cracked in half and just collapsed. Others seemed to remain intact as they slid all the way down the hill, sometimes with their residents actually running out ahead of them.

On Wednesday, scientists placed measurement devices all around this area. They will now be going back to check those devices to see how much, if any, the ground has continued to move.

CAPT. DANELL ADAMS, LAGUNA BEACH POLICE: We currently have 18 homes that are red-tagged. It's not likely that those homes will be able to be inhabited again. We have another 11 that are yellow- tagged. Those are tenuous, at best, until they can determine what's going on in the ground underneath.

LAWRENCE: So why would anyone risk living here? Well, take a look at this picture of this hillside before the landslide: breathtaking mountain views, literally just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean, one of the most valuable pieces of property in this country.

Now take a look at that same hillside after the landslide. You can see homes that started at the top of the hill literally have slid all the way down to the bottom.

One of the misconceptions here is that everybody who lives here in Laguna Beach and lives in these homes are millionaires. That's not necessarily the case.

Some of these homes were built 40 or 50 years ago, they're smaller homes. The land here in southern California has increased so dramatically and so quickly that the homes are worth a lot of money. But if a homeowner's equity is all tied up in their home, and their investments are tie up in their home, if a geologist says the home can't be lived in and you cannot build on this land anymore, insurance companies do not insure against landslides. So a lot of families could face financial hardship if they're not able to go back into their homes.

Chris Lawrence, CNN, Laguna Beach, California.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: Now a lock at court cases across America.

Jurors in the Michael Jackson case, well, they'll hear closing arguments. The prosecution began making its closing arguments this morning in the child molestation trial. Jurors could get the case as soon as tomorrow.

And in other cases, the runaway bride goes to court.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you guys holding up?

JENNIFER WILBANKS, RUNAWAY BRIDE: OK.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LIN: Well, Jennifer Wilbanks, with her once ditched fiance by her side, went before a judge today. Wilbanks pleaded no contest to a felony charge in a courtroom outside Atlanta. She was sentenced to probation and 120 hours of community service. She was also ordered to pay a $2,500 fine and continue mental health treatment.

And in Florida this hour, a judge holds a hearing on whether Lionel Tate violated probation. Tate is accused of robbing a pizza deliveryman. He's on probation for the 1999 murder of a 6-year-old girl. Lionel Tate was once the youngest American ever to receive a life sentence.

Now to a gridiron gaffe involving the San Francisco 49ers. The team's owners are apologizing for a training video that featured inappropriate humor about gays, the Chinese and the homeless. Reporter Vick Lee from affiliate KRON in San Francisco has the story.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KIRK REYNOLDS, 49ERS P.R. DIRECTOR: I'm mayor of San Francisco. It's a beautiful, diverse, tremendous city.

VICK LEE, REPORTER, KRON (voice-over): The opening shot was filmed in the mayor's office. 49ers' P.R. director Kirk Reynolds plays, who else but Mayor Gavin Newsom, who says he didn't know his office was used for this type of video.

MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Obviously, it goes without saying that I'm going to hold myself a little more accountable to checking off the boxes of who actually uses the office for any purposes.

LEE: The off-color racial jokes come when Mayor Reynolds goes to Chinatown and meets a resident played by former 49er trainer George Chung, complete with buck teeth and an accent.

REYNOLDS: Thank you very much.

GEORGE CHUNG, FMR. 49ERS TRAINER: My name is Asak (ph).

BRIAN CHEU, CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: If they want to make fun of themselves, please.

LEE: Brian Cheu heads the civil rights group Chinese for Affirmative Action.

CHEU: Don't make fun of me. Don't make fun of my family. That's not what I signed up for. That's not why I buy my 49ers tickets, to have my heritage mocked.

LEE: Also mocked, gay marriages and lesbians. This scene taken at the Othero Theater (ph) with Mayor Reynolds officiating.

JENNIFER RAKOWSKI, ANTI-VIOLENCE ADVOCATE: The sexism, the homophobia just described in this video is appalling.

LEE: Jennifer Rakowski is with CUAV, the gay and lesbian civil rights group Community United Against Violence.

RAKOWSKI: Yes, I'm offended by the video. LEE: The 15-minute video also includes a spoof against the homeless. This panhandler played by star linebacker Julian Peterson. The irony is that video shown to players as a follow-up to a diversity workshop for the '9ers.

CHEU: And what's even more disturbing is that not one player, not one person, stepped forward in the past five months to say this was wrong. And to me, I think that's equally intolerable.

RAKOWSKI: The locker room should be a place for supporting your teammates and learning sportsmanship. Homophobia and racism are not sportsmen behavior.

LEE: And this final world from the real mayor.

NEWSOM: Forget exploiting the mayor and the mayor's office. That's par for the course. I'm used to it. But exploiting the gay community, the Chinese community, it was just -- it was an ugly tape.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: Thanks to Vick Lee, reporter for KRON, for that story.

49ers P.R. director Kirk Reynolds has resigned. However, some players are publicly defending Reynolds, saying the tape was not meant to deliver a negative message.

Well, Iraq's contagion of suicide bombings continues unabated today. Three suicide car bombs exploded in a stretch of cities north of Baghdad, killing at least 17 people.

In Kirkuk, the apparent target was a contractor convoy. The contractors all escaped unharmed, but four Iraqi civilians were killed and at least 11 were wounded.

The random nature of insurgent attacks is proving painfully effective. And in Baghdad, the budding Iraqi security force clearly has its hand full as it attempts to tame the city under American guidance.

CNN's Jane Arraf reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JANE ARRAF, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): American- trained, this is a distinctly Iraqi army. Heading into the biggest Iraqi security operation yet in Baghdad, Operation Lightning, the soldiers are getting pumped up before the mission.

Inside, Brigadier General Jamil Shweel (ph) speaks to the officers. "These missions that you're going out on will be part of the history of Iraq," he tell them.

Battalion commander Colonel Mohammed Faad al-Samaraii (ph), tells them that insurgents could be warned by now and could be expected to react. "Watch for roadside bombs," he tells them. "And pay attention to the rooftops. There could be gunmen waiting."

Camp Liberty in Baghdad, the 256th Mechanized Infantry Regiment prepares to go out with them.

CAPT. HERB WILSON, U.S. ARMY: Bravo Company's going to conduct the outer cordon and we'll provide some assistance for the search element for the Iraqi army.

ARRAF: One of the U.S. Army's biggest jobs now is training the Iraqi soldiers who will replace them. The Iraqis are in the lead, but 20 minutes after the mission was set to kick off, no one has moved. Frustration among the Americans is palpable.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Walk out! OK? Just go!

ARRAF: When they finally get to the location, Captain Herb Wilson explains to his Iraqi counterpart.

WILSON: We will supply the outer cordon. You guys supply the search element.

ARRAF: This overnight mission is to cordon and search entire neighborhoods, looking for unusual amounts of cache weapons or suspects on their target list.

(on camera): They cordoned off this entire neighborhood. It's 3:00 in the morning as they're pounding down doors. For people in this neighborhood, it couldn't be a more abrupt awakening.

(voice-over): The people, though, are cooperative as soldiers search their homes for anything suspicious, including more than the single rifle allowed each house. The Americans, who help Iraqi forces will replace them, say residents seem to be more receptive when it's other Iraqis doing the searches.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They understand that the safety in the neighborhood, what we're doing, what we're looking for, and when it's a broad scale, when you're going through an entire neighborhood, you're not pinpointing one individual, one house.

ARRAF: Abusha Mehdi (ph) was home with her three children, including a teenaged son who's quit school. "I can't make him go to school," she says. "The children's spirit is gone. It's gone for all of us."

The Iraqi soldiers go down the block, banging on doors, more confident with every doorway. With the new army facing an unconventional enemy, building that confidence is perhaps a key part of the fight.

Jane Arraf, CNN, Baghdad.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LIN: It became a focal point for the war on terror when a flight with a suspicious passenger on board gets diverted. We're going to show you why Bangor, Maine, is the destination of choice.

And just ahead, Deep Throat is no longer a secret, but what motivated him to spill the secrets that brought down a president? We're going to talk about it straight ahead.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(WEATHER REPORT)

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LIN: It was one of journalism's best kept secrets. Now new details in "The Washington Post" on Deep Throat.

Woodward, who, with Carl Bernstein, initially broke the Watergate story, reveals details on how FBI agent Mark Felt became one of their key sources. Felt, number two at the FBI at the time, gave the reporters information that ultimately led to the Watergate hearings and the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Now, in a lengthy article in "The Post" today, Woodward says he wondered at one stage what motivated Felt to reach out to the reporters. Well, he writes, "It was only later after Nixon resigned that I began to wonder why Felt had talked when doing so carried substantial risks for him and the FBI. Had he been exposed early on, Felt would have been no hero."

Now more details on Felt and Watergate on a two -- on a special two-hour edition of "LARRY KING LIVE" tonight. In the first hour, Woodward and Bernstein will be Larry's guests. That's followed by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather in the second hour. "LARRY KING LIVE" starts at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific.

Thirty years later, Mark Felt's role in Watergate still stirs intense emotions. There are those who hail him as a hero, but to others, he is an arch villain who betrayed the trust of a president.

Joining me now with his take, CNN contributor and former Congressman Bob Barr.

And not only a distinguished political career, but you happen to be -- I know you hate the word "junior," so we'll say young analyst at the CIA at the time with Porter Goos, who's now the CIA director. What was -- what was that time like?

BOB BARR, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, it's really hard for a lot of folks today. I mean, so many people, like yourself, weren't even born back then when all of this was happening. And it's hard for a lot of people to realize the turmoil that this whole Watergate -- the whole Watergate problem created for our intelligence agencies, for the Department of Justice, for the government generally.

And here I was, as you say, just sort of a junior analyst at the CIA, having to defend the agency constantly against charges that it, like the FBI, was being manipulated by Nixon. People had a tendency to think the very worst of the agency. And it was a very traumatic experience, even for a young analyst at the agency at the time.

LIN: So when you heard yesterday Mark Felt, the number two man at the FBI, not a sexy name compared to some floated over the years as to who Deep Throat might be, what was your reaction?

BARR: I was actually surprised, because having worked with the FBI, not directly then -- I was never with the FBI -- but having worked with them back then during the Hoover era, I had a great appreciation for the tremendous discipline that was instilled in the agents, particularly the senior agents, those in leadership like Felt. So it was very surprising to me that somebody that had grown up and participated in the FBI in that era, where personal loyalty, loyalty to the system and to the rule of law, would have been the person that basically violated those procedures.

LIN: So you're saying -- do you think he betrayed his president and his country?

BARR: I don't know that it was so much a betrayal of the president as it was of the laws and the procedures that he was sworn to uphold. That's what bothers me when somebody does this, because I never buy the argument...

LIN: Wait a second. But this was an environment where -- I mean there were -- the president's own men were maintaining a secret stash of funds...

BARR: Sure.

LIN: ... to pay for, you know, underground operations to undermine political operatives across the country. You had a conspiracy that ran to the highest levels of the White House.

BARR: Oh, what they did was absolutely wrong. And Nixon should have been held accountable. He would have been, should have been impeached, had he not resigned.

So saying that what Mark Felt did was wrong doesn't in any way condone or justify what the Nixon people did. And I still think, despite the problems that Mr. Felt would have had, had he tried to go up through the system, there still were people at the Department of Justice that would have provided an avenue for him within the law and within the procedures he was sworn to uphold to make his point.

LIN: So why do you think that he chose to remain secret?

BARR: Well, I think part of it was out of fear out of retribution. I think he still maintained a certain pride in the FBI and didn't want to diminish that -- that image. But I think ultimately the fact is that he wanted to get this off of his chest.

I think some in his family might want to make some money off of it. But I think with him, that he wanted to get this off his chest before he died. I mean, he is very elderly and ill now.

LIN: You don't think he should face criminal charges? BARR: No, absolutely not. It's far too late for that.

LIN: All right. Bob Barr, always good to see you. Thank you very much.

BARR: Thank you.

LIN: Well, in the meantime, the no-fly list, it's supposed to keep suspected terrorists off flights, but sometimes innocent people end up on that list. So there is a new way to remedy the mistakes that might be made. We're going to show you how on LIVE FROM.

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LIN: A 99-year-old grandmother gets a ride of her lifetime for her birthday. Pauline Mackie (ph) put on a helmet and took a ride on an ATV to celebrate her 99th birthday.

You go, girl.

Her granddaughter helped arrange the birthday wish in Spokane, Washington. So what's Mackie's (ph) secret to life? Well, she says she had no intentions of living so long, but she must have done something right. Living large.

Well, from the old to the young, there are more school-aged children than ever before. The Census Bureau found that almost 50 million children attend public and private school back in 2003. And that beats the record of almost 49 million set in 1970. The Census Bureau says the growth is due to the baby boom generation having kids, as well as rising immigration.

Now, here's something you might not know. Today is National Leave the Office Earlier Day. But that doesn't mean you can slack off and get less work done.

Allan Chernoff joins me live from the New York Stock Exchange to explain.

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LIN: Here's some stories making news right now.

The prosecution begins its closing arguments in the Michael Jackson trial. The judge is allowing each side four hours. The final summations are expected to last today and into tomorrow, and then the case goes to the jury. A live report from the courthouse is just a minute away.

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