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Defendant in "Mississippi Burning" Case Hospitalized; Tabloid Reporter Exploits Breach in Royal Security; Four Brothers Serving in Iraq
Aired June 16, 2005 - 15:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, HOST: Fear and panic outside this school in Cambodia, four gunmen killed a little boy before police killed two of them and captured the other two.
Turn them off. The company with the most cell phone users in the country doesn't want anybody using them on a plane. Executives with Cingular call that inconsiderate and suggest a more silent method of communication, like text messaging.
High drama in a Mississippi courtroom as the defendant in a decades old murder case is taken from the courtroom on a stretcher. CNN's Ed Lavandera is in Philadelphia, Mississippi, with the details.
Hi, Ed.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
Well, court was supposed to have resumed here just a little while ago, but we've now learned that Edgar Ray Killen is still in the hospital and will remain there overnight.
Testimony has come to a complete halt, cannot move forward until Mr. Killen can return back to the courtroom.
We just spoke with his defense attorney a little while ago, and he said that doctors have told him that they're worried about a possible blood clot in his leg and he is undergoing a battery of tests and will continue to do so and be observed overnight. So he'll remain in the hospital.
Meanwhile, court is scheduled to reconvene at 8:30 in the morning, where they'll talk to doctors again and figure out just when and if Mr. Killen can make it back to the courtroom.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did he say when you realized something was wrong?
JAMES MCINTYRE, KILLEN'S ATTORNEY: He had a smothering sensation. That's when he first went into -- with his nurse, for observation and treatment. And then they called in some oxygen for him, and then they called a paramedic. And the paramedic suggested they take him to the emergency room. And then it's my understanding that the doctors want to admit him. (END VIDEO CLIP)
LAVANDERA: Now, just a little while ago when one of the victims' family members was leaving the courthouse, the family of James Chaney, one of the three civil rights workers that was murdered here back in 1964, when asked if they'd believed that Mr. Killen was -- his health was in serious condition, his -- James Chaney's mother saying that he thought -- she thought he might be playing it up.
Prosecutors not going that far, however, and they say that they will wait and see just when they can continue with putting on their case.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MARK DUNCAN, PROSECUTOR: The judge and everybody else wants to proceed so maybe we can.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You can't proceed without him can you?
DUNCAN: Well, we can if he waives his presence.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you think he will?
DUNCAN: I don't know. That would be up to him and his lawyers.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LAVANDERA: And of course, as this trial was starting, Edgar Ray Killen's attorneys had been arguing all along that Mr. Killen was in -- had serious health problems, and that going through a trial like this would be very tough for him.
The court responded by putting together a list of and a series of situations here where Mr. Killen's health could be addressed. There's a room just off the court where there's a hospital bed and a nurse and a physical therapist, people who can tend to the physical needs that he has and the physical concerns that his family members have for him.
But what happened here today, as his attorneys say his blood pressure shot up, and he had to be -- had to be rushed out of the courthouse here earlier this morning.
Kyra, back to you.
PHILLIPS: All right. Ed Lavandera, thank you so much.
Well, we're awaiting a judge's ruling in Aruba. He'll decide whether defense attorneys for two of the three suspects in Natalee Holloway's disappearance can view more documents in the case and whether one suspect's father should be allowed to see his son.
Holloway vanished May 30 while on a graduation trip with several classmates. Yesterday police spent nearly two hours searching the home of a judge, seizing two cars and removing bagfuls of evidence. The judge's son is one of three young men being detained. A spokeswoman for prosecutors said the search was to gain more clues.
An artist's interpretation of the 9/11 tragedy tops our news across America now. In Chicago, this performance artist, wearing a harness, repeatedly jumped from a museum roof. He reenacted scenes of people jumping during the World Trade Center attack. One onlooker called it fabulous. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called it nauseatingly offensive.
In the Tampa, Florida, area, no sex offenders allowed. Commissioners in Hillsborough County voted to ban sexual predators and offenders from public hurricane shelters. Officials say offenders will be arrested if they go near public shelters.
Here in Georgia the runaway bride finally commits. Jennifer Wilbanks has made a deal with the media company that is now pitching a movie to the networks. Officials in her home county say they've annoyed -- they're annoyed, rather, that Wilbanks is willing to profit from her fake kidnapping after thousands of dollars were spent searching for her.
Another breech of British royal security. This time it happened at the military school where Prince Harry is training. And the defense minister is on the war path.
More now from ITN's Tom Braddon.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TOM BRADDON, ITN REPORTER (voice-over): For the security forces it is becoming an alarmingly familiar tabloid stunt. This time the target was Sandhurst. An undercover reporter posing as a warfare student arranged access to the college's library but was amazed by how freely he was allowed to roam.
He claims he made it as easy as possible for his ruse to be uncovered.
At the entrance he failed to produce proper identification. He shared a credit card instead of photo I.D. and gave a false address which didn't match his appointment letter. He was allowed through unescorted to the library, where someone should have been waiting to meet him. Instead he flipped through a few books and left again.
He took a tour of New College, a residential block, and mingled with recruits in a lounge.
He entered Old College, Harry's residential block, through an unlocked side door. He strolled freely through the building before finally being challenged.
But even then he was just sent back to the car park on his own, where an MOD policeman was waiting. His passes were checked, and the officer appeared to be suspicious, but he was still allowed to return to the library.
STEVEN PARK, FORMER ROYAL PROTECTION OFFICER: It's a very, very serious breech of security. And it's one that's completely unacceptable. I don't know how the Ministry of Defense have found themselves in this position.
BRADDON: It is embarrassing, but there's a question mark over what's been achieved, save for a lot of publicity for the son. Harry has his protection officers here, and as these pictures showed, is surrounded by other recruits.
And there is another question: do we want to spend a lot of taxpayer's money turning places like this into Fort Knox?
COL. BOB STEWART, FORMER SANDHURST TEACHER: The vast numbers are members of the public who go to the Sandhurst and perhaps walk around, have done so as a right, will be denied it. People like myself who used to teach there, it will be very difficult for us to go back and visit.
BRADDON: If the royals are concerned today, it's more likely to be because it shows how easily the tabloids can get access to Harry. But there's no doubt there will be red faces at the Ministry of Defense.
Tom Braddon, the ITV News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: Sharing a common bond that extends far beyond the battlefield. Up next, the story of a band of brothers fighting for a better life in Iraq.
Also, Heathcliff Huxtable, one of America's most beloved TV dads. Coming up, we're going to find out how much Heath and other fictional fathers would be earning today.
And the moose is on the loose. We'll check out the moose that brought traffic to a standstill.
ANNOUNCER: You're watching LIVE FROM on CNN.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This week in history, the first African- American, Thurgood Marshall, was nominated to the U.S. Supreme court.
In a slow speed chase on June 17, 1994, L.A. police followed O.J. Simpson in a white Ford Bronco, driven by his friend and former teammate, Al Cowlings.
And in Montana an 81-day standoff between the FBI and the anti- government Freeman Group came to a peaceful end.
That is this week in history.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN.COM: The U.S. Open is swinging into action. Inside dot com examines whether Tiger Woods can catch Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships. Set a tee time at SI.com/Golf.
Tiger heads to the U.S. Open, ranks No. 1 in the world. And with a master's title already on his 2005 resume, he's hoping to win his tenth major this weekend. If he does, he'll do so at age 29, three years younger than Nicklaus was when he won his tenth.
But majors aside, see how the two stack up on the lighter side. For example, both have graced "Sports Illustrated" covers on one foot. And both players have zoo related nicknames. Nicklaus is known as the golden bear, while the public knows woods as Tiger.
SI.com's golf gurus break down how they think things will play out at Pinehurst. You can also tour the course the players will face in this interactive gallery.
Finally, check the leader board to get tee times or scores on your favorite players. You can find the action on the U.S. Open at SI.com/golf.
From the dot come news desk, I'm Veronica De La Cruz.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
PHILLIPS: Turning now to the fight for Iraq. American forces announced the arrest of a major insurgent leader in Mosul. They say the man, who has gone by the name of Abu Talha, is the al Qaeda leader in that city and he's a trusted agent of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. U.S. officials add Talha gave up without a fight.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
COL. ROBERT BROWN, U.S. ARMY: This is a very evil individual that was taken off the streets, and I will tell you that people in northern Iraq are extremely happy. The Iraqis are celebrating right now.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: Well, we continue our journey now with the brothers in arms. We've seen the dangerous work that the four Pruett brothers are doing every day while deployed in Iraq at separate locations. Well, now the brothers have come together. CNN's Alex Quade was there for the reunion.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
ALEX QUADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the first time Eric, Jeff, Evan and Greg Pruett have seen each other in four months.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) You can't interfere.
QUADE: I arranged with the U.S. Army to reunite the brothers in April.
(on camera) What is it like, actually, getting a chance to spend a little time together?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To have a familiar face around is just -- it's priceless, you know. It does so much for our morale.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The comfort of actually seeing each other and saying, "OK, I've seen him. I know he's OK."
QUADE: Does he look different?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think Eric is getting a little pudge belly, but...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No way, I'll still whip him.
QUADE (voice-over): Between the kidding they share what they've seen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know the kids and what poverty they live in, makes you think about what you have back home, makes you grow up, makes you more mature, more of a man.
QUADE (on camera): Evan, do you think that your little brother here has grown up and is more of a man?
EVAN PRUETT, U.S. ARMY: Yes, my little brother is more of a man, but I'm still more of a man than he is. I've got a baby now. So that's why I feel like more of a man. But you know, my little brother has grown up a lot since we've been deployed.
QUADE (voice-over): But none of them have outgrown surprises. We delivered care packages from their mom and dad.
(on camera) One for Evan. One for Eric. One for Greg, and I suppose we also have one for Jeff, so a little something from home.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Better than Christmas.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right. And I got a cute little Easter bunny.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sometimes the holidays get lost until you get a care package that reminds you just what's going on in the world around us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Purple bunny.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I got the orange bunny.
QUADE: Now, is this something you're going to be bringing out on patrols? Do you need to bring an orange bunny with you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know if it will go out on patrol, but it will -- it will stay near the -- near the bed somewhere.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is just the perfect stuff to take you back just a little bit on your down time.
QUADE (voice-over): Not only have they missed Easter, but also the wedding of Aaron, their other brother back home.
AARON PRUETT, BROTHER: I miss them a lot. I remember I just had a quick five minutes walking down the aisle, and I was looking and, you know, just -- none of my brothers were there.
QUADE: This is actually another family reunion, an electronic one in May.
LEON PRUETT, FATHER: I can't imagine what it was like in World War I. You know, soldiers would wait for months just to get a letter.
QUADE: Via web cam, Greg confides in his dad, Leon, another Iraq vet.
GREG PRUETT, U.S. ARMY: They were retaking the P.T. test. And a mortar came in while they were doing it.
L. PRUETT: Geez. During the day they're firing on you?
G. PRUETT: Yes. It usually happens in the mid afternoon.
L. PRUETT: Man, they're getting pretty gutsy.
QUADE: Back home only a year, Leon is keenly aware of the realities his sons face.
L. PRUETT: I've seen a lot of Army units and National Guard reserve units while I was there. Some took it real serious, some didn't.
QUADE (on camera): Is this something that you told them about before...
L. PRUETT: We had that talk a lot before they left, and I told them, I said, "Guys, look, it's going to be dangerous out there. And there could be a point where it's go to be you or them and you've got to decide what you're going to do. If you've got to take a shot, then you take the shot. Do what you need to do." And I think they're doing that.
QUADE (voice-over): I showed the family some of what the boys are doing with our video.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just last night we got rocketed. It flew over our head when we were outside.
EVAN PRUETT: I'm hoping I get to see my baby take her first step. It would be an exciting thing. You know, I missed the birth so seeing her take her first step might be a little replacement. But if not, then you know, I'll see her say her first "Daddy" or something.
QUADE: Eric, what do you think is important for your parents to know?
ERIC PRUETT, U.S. ARMY: I think that they need to know that we're all doing really well. Being together, we've all got jobs to do here and we're all doing them. And we're all happy that we can be here to serve our country, and we're proud of our parents for bringing up such fine young men.
L. PRUETT: It's hard seeing them and not being able to...
TAMMY PRUETT, MOTHER: That's what they said -- what they said at the end, that they're proud to be there, that's what they tell us every time we talk to them. They're proud to be there. They know that they're there for a purpose, and the sacrifice that they're making is worth it.
QUADE (voice-over): Their sister Emily.
EMILY PRUETT, SISTER: I think Jeff looks older. I think he seems more grown up. Our kids were the same age and I feel like all's I do is play and take it for granted. And he's there seeing things that are scary and being in situations that are scary, and that's -- that's kind of hard.
QUADE: Evan's wife, Amber.
AMBER PRUETT, EVAN'S WIFE: I worry that something could happen to him and she could never know her dad, and it scares me.
QUADE: Then, a phone call from Iraq.
L. PRUETT: What's wrong?
QUADE: Jeff is in a field hospital.
L. PRUETT: He's sick.
T. PRUETT: He's sick?
L. PRUETT: So are you still doing IV's? Are they still shooting IV's into you then? Or are you done with that part?
QUADE: But luckily, nothing more serious than food poisoning.
T. PRUETT: Well, I love you. You take care when you go back out on patrol, OK? All right. I love you hon. Bye.
Jeff is sick in bed for the last four days, and Eric showed up, walked right up to his bed and got to take care of him. We're actually blessed to have four of them over there, because they do take care of each other.
QUADE: The phone call was a reminder: Jeff, Eric, Evan and Greg have been away from home an entire year already.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's important for people to know the sacrifices that we're all making here, and not only me and my brothers, but each and every person that's here, hopefully to make this place a more free society that they might be able to share in a little bit of what we have back home.
QUADE: The Pruetts of Pocatello, just one of nearly 140,000 American families with loved ones in Iraq.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: The four Pruett brothers have another six months to go in Iraq. At this point, their National Guard units are due home next January.
ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
PHILLIPS: High speed pursuit taking place in Los Angeles, California. This is on the 101 freeway. We're being told possibly a kidnap victim inside this truck. LAPD in pursuit of this vehicle.
It started in Van Nuys; headed toward Agora Hills right now. We're told the LAPD is in a high-speed chase, about 80, 90 miles per house, following a driver. Also in that car, possibly a kidnap victim.
We'll let you know as soon as we find out any more information about what happened in Van Nuys, how this pursuit began, and what the story is behind the kidnap suspect inside this truck.
We'll take a quick break. More LIVE FROM after this.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
PHILLIPS: And we're continuing to follow this high-speed pursuit in Los Angeles, California. Pictures coming to us via our affiliate, KTLA. This is what we can tell you right now.
LAPD believes there's a kidnap victim inside this truck, headed north on the 101 freeway. It started in Van Nuys, California, now headed or actually in the Thousand Oaks area. If indeed, this car keeps heading north, he'll eventually -- or she'll eventually hit Santa Barbara, California.
Don't know if this suspect is armed or not, but we are told that police believe there is a kidnap victim inside this truck along with the driver. Los Angeles police have been following this car now for probably about 25 minutes, 25 to 30 minutes, at speeds getting as high as between 80 and 90 miles per hour.
The freeways have thinned out. It doesn't look like this vehicle is going to endanger anybody at this point. It's not crowded at this time. There's not a lot of heavy traffic. But LAPD does have that car surrounded from behind as it continues to follow a driver and possibly a kidnap victim inside this vehicle, headed north on the 101 freeway.
We will follow it for you and bring you more information as we get it.
Now a quick check on the market. Susan Lisovicz has more from the New York Stock Exchange.
Hi, Susan.
(STOCK REPORT)
PHILLIPS: Thank you so much.
Well, that wraps up this Thursday edition of LIVE FROM. Now, here's Tom Foreman with a preview of what's ahead on "INSIDE POLITICS."
Good to see you, Tom.
TOM FOREMAN, HOST, "INSIDE POLITICS": Good to see you, Kyra.
The big question here in Washington today, is it time to set a date to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq? Some congressmen on both sides of the aisle say it is, and we will reaction from the White House to that volatile issue.
And is it possible for members of different religious faiths and different political parties to find common ground these days? Just ahead, I'll speak with two religious leaders who are trying to reach out and find a more moderate middle ground.
"INSIDE POLITICS" begins in just a moment -- Kyra.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
PHILLIPS: The high-speed pursuit continues in Los Angeles, California. Right now we're following the breaking news. These pictures are live pictures courtesy of our affiliate, KTLA.
A kidnap suspect believed to be inside this vehicle, headed north on the 101 freeway. It started in Van Nuys, California. LAPD says it just now reached Newberry Park. Of course, if this vehicle keeps heading north, if indeed he has enough gas, he could make it all the way to Santa Barbara.
LAPD on the high speed pursuit right now. You'll probably see some other authorities get involved as he continues to head north. No injuries so far. We're following it.
"INSIDE POLITICS" and Tom Foreman up next.
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Aired June 16, 2005 - 15:00 ET
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KYRA PHILLIPS, HOST: Fear and panic outside this school in Cambodia, four gunmen killed a little boy before police killed two of them and captured the other two.
Turn them off. The company with the most cell phone users in the country doesn't want anybody using them on a plane. Executives with Cingular call that inconsiderate and suggest a more silent method of communication, like text messaging.
High drama in a Mississippi courtroom as the defendant in a decades old murder case is taken from the courtroom on a stretcher. CNN's Ed Lavandera is in Philadelphia, Mississippi, with the details.
Hi, Ed.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra.
Well, court was supposed to have resumed here just a little while ago, but we've now learned that Edgar Ray Killen is still in the hospital and will remain there overnight.
Testimony has come to a complete halt, cannot move forward until Mr. Killen can return back to the courtroom.
We just spoke with his defense attorney a little while ago, and he said that doctors have told him that they're worried about a possible blood clot in his leg and he is undergoing a battery of tests and will continue to do so and be observed overnight. So he'll remain in the hospital.
Meanwhile, court is scheduled to reconvene at 8:30 in the morning, where they'll talk to doctors again and figure out just when and if Mr. Killen can make it back to the courtroom.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did he say when you realized something was wrong?
JAMES MCINTYRE, KILLEN'S ATTORNEY: He had a smothering sensation. That's when he first went into -- with his nurse, for observation and treatment. And then they called in some oxygen for him, and then they called a paramedic. And the paramedic suggested they take him to the emergency room. And then it's my understanding that the doctors want to admit him. (END VIDEO CLIP)
LAVANDERA: Now, just a little while ago when one of the victims' family members was leaving the courthouse, the family of James Chaney, one of the three civil rights workers that was murdered here back in 1964, when asked if they'd believed that Mr. Killen was -- his health was in serious condition, his -- James Chaney's mother saying that he thought -- she thought he might be playing it up.
Prosecutors not going that far, however, and they say that they will wait and see just when they can continue with putting on their case.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MARK DUNCAN, PROSECUTOR: The judge and everybody else wants to proceed so maybe we can.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You can't proceed without him can you?
DUNCAN: Well, we can if he waives his presence.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you think he will?
DUNCAN: I don't know. That would be up to him and his lawyers.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
LAVANDERA: And of course, as this trial was starting, Edgar Ray Killen's attorneys had been arguing all along that Mr. Killen was in -- had serious health problems, and that going through a trial like this would be very tough for him.
The court responded by putting together a list of and a series of situations here where Mr. Killen's health could be addressed. There's a room just off the court where there's a hospital bed and a nurse and a physical therapist, people who can tend to the physical needs that he has and the physical concerns that his family members have for him.
But what happened here today, as his attorneys say his blood pressure shot up, and he had to be -- had to be rushed out of the courthouse here earlier this morning.
Kyra, back to you.
PHILLIPS: All right. Ed Lavandera, thank you so much.
Well, we're awaiting a judge's ruling in Aruba. He'll decide whether defense attorneys for two of the three suspects in Natalee Holloway's disappearance can view more documents in the case and whether one suspect's father should be allowed to see his son.
Holloway vanished May 30 while on a graduation trip with several classmates. Yesterday police spent nearly two hours searching the home of a judge, seizing two cars and removing bagfuls of evidence. The judge's son is one of three young men being detained. A spokeswoman for prosecutors said the search was to gain more clues.
An artist's interpretation of the 9/11 tragedy tops our news across America now. In Chicago, this performance artist, wearing a harness, repeatedly jumped from a museum roof. He reenacted scenes of people jumping during the World Trade Center attack. One onlooker called it fabulous. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called it nauseatingly offensive.
In the Tampa, Florida, area, no sex offenders allowed. Commissioners in Hillsborough County voted to ban sexual predators and offenders from public hurricane shelters. Officials say offenders will be arrested if they go near public shelters.
Here in Georgia the runaway bride finally commits. Jennifer Wilbanks has made a deal with the media company that is now pitching a movie to the networks. Officials in her home county say they've annoyed -- they're annoyed, rather, that Wilbanks is willing to profit from her fake kidnapping after thousands of dollars were spent searching for her.
Another breech of British royal security. This time it happened at the military school where Prince Harry is training. And the defense minister is on the war path.
More now from ITN's Tom Braddon.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TOM BRADDON, ITN REPORTER (voice-over): For the security forces it is becoming an alarmingly familiar tabloid stunt. This time the target was Sandhurst. An undercover reporter posing as a warfare student arranged access to the college's library but was amazed by how freely he was allowed to roam.
He claims he made it as easy as possible for his ruse to be uncovered.
At the entrance he failed to produce proper identification. He shared a credit card instead of photo I.D. and gave a false address which didn't match his appointment letter. He was allowed through unescorted to the library, where someone should have been waiting to meet him. Instead he flipped through a few books and left again.
He took a tour of New College, a residential block, and mingled with recruits in a lounge.
He entered Old College, Harry's residential block, through an unlocked side door. He strolled freely through the building before finally being challenged.
But even then he was just sent back to the car park on his own, where an MOD policeman was waiting. His passes were checked, and the officer appeared to be suspicious, but he was still allowed to return to the library.
STEVEN PARK, FORMER ROYAL PROTECTION OFFICER: It's a very, very serious breech of security. And it's one that's completely unacceptable. I don't know how the Ministry of Defense have found themselves in this position.
BRADDON: It is embarrassing, but there's a question mark over what's been achieved, save for a lot of publicity for the son. Harry has his protection officers here, and as these pictures showed, is surrounded by other recruits.
And there is another question: do we want to spend a lot of taxpayer's money turning places like this into Fort Knox?
COL. BOB STEWART, FORMER SANDHURST TEACHER: The vast numbers are members of the public who go to the Sandhurst and perhaps walk around, have done so as a right, will be denied it. People like myself who used to teach there, it will be very difficult for us to go back and visit.
BRADDON: If the royals are concerned today, it's more likely to be because it shows how easily the tabloids can get access to Harry. But there's no doubt there will be red faces at the Ministry of Defense.
Tom Braddon, the ITV News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
PHILLIPS: Sharing a common bond that extends far beyond the battlefield. Up next, the story of a band of brothers fighting for a better life in Iraq.
Also, Heathcliff Huxtable, one of America's most beloved TV dads. Coming up, we're going to find out how much Heath and other fictional fathers would be earning today.
And the moose is on the loose. We'll check out the moose that brought traffic to a standstill.
ANNOUNCER: You're watching LIVE FROM on CNN.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This week in history, the first African- American, Thurgood Marshall, was nominated to the U.S. Supreme court.
In a slow speed chase on June 17, 1994, L.A. police followed O.J. Simpson in a white Ford Bronco, driven by his friend and former teammate, Al Cowlings.
And in Montana an 81-day standoff between the FBI and the anti- government Freeman Group came to a peaceful end.
That is this week in history.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN.COM: The U.S. Open is swinging into action. Inside dot com examines whether Tiger Woods can catch Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships. Set a tee time at SI.com/Golf.
Tiger heads to the U.S. Open, ranks No. 1 in the world. And with a master's title already on his 2005 resume, he's hoping to win his tenth major this weekend. If he does, he'll do so at age 29, three years younger than Nicklaus was when he won his tenth.
But majors aside, see how the two stack up on the lighter side. For example, both have graced "Sports Illustrated" covers on one foot. And both players have zoo related nicknames. Nicklaus is known as the golden bear, while the public knows woods as Tiger.
SI.com's golf gurus break down how they think things will play out at Pinehurst. You can also tour the course the players will face in this interactive gallery.
Finally, check the leader board to get tee times or scores on your favorite players. You can find the action on the U.S. Open at SI.com/golf.
From the dot come news desk, I'm Veronica De La Cruz.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
PHILLIPS: Turning now to the fight for Iraq. American forces announced the arrest of a major insurgent leader in Mosul. They say the man, who has gone by the name of Abu Talha, is the al Qaeda leader in that city and he's a trusted agent of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. U.S. officials add Talha gave up without a fight.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
COL. ROBERT BROWN, U.S. ARMY: This is a very evil individual that was taken off the streets, and I will tell you that people in northern Iraq are extremely happy. The Iraqis are celebrating right now.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
PHILLIPS: Well, we continue our journey now with the brothers in arms. We've seen the dangerous work that the four Pruett brothers are doing every day while deployed in Iraq at separate locations. Well, now the brothers have come together. CNN's Alex Quade was there for the reunion.
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ALEX QUADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is the first time Eric, Jeff, Evan and Greg Pruett have seen each other in four months.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) You can't interfere.
QUADE: I arranged with the U.S. Army to reunite the brothers in April.
(on camera) What is it like, actually, getting a chance to spend a little time together?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: To have a familiar face around is just -- it's priceless, you know. It does so much for our morale.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The comfort of actually seeing each other and saying, "OK, I've seen him. I know he's OK."
QUADE: Does he look different?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think Eric is getting a little pudge belly, but...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No way, I'll still whip him.
QUADE (voice-over): Between the kidding they share what they've seen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know the kids and what poverty they live in, makes you think about what you have back home, makes you grow up, makes you more mature, more of a man.
QUADE (on camera): Evan, do you think that your little brother here has grown up and is more of a man?
EVAN PRUETT, U.S. ARMY: Yes, my little brother is more of a man, but I'm still more of a man than he is. I've got a baby now. So that's why I feel like more of a man. But you know, my little brother has grown up a lot since we've been deployed.
QUADE (voice-over): But none of them have outgrown surprises. We delivered care packages from their mom and dad.
(on camera) One for Evan. One for Eric. One for Greg, and I suppose we also have one for Jeff, so a little something from home.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Better than Christmas.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right. And I got a cute little Easter bunny.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sometimes the holidays get lost until you get a care package that reminds you just what's going on in the world around us.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Purple bunny.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I got the orange bunny.
QUADE: Now, is this something you're going to be bringing out on patrols? Do you need to bring an orange bunny with you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know if it will go out on patrol, but it will -- it will stay near the -- near the bed somewhere.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is just the perfect stuff to take you back just a little bit on your down time.
QUADE (voice-over): Not only have they missed Easter, but also the wedding of Aaron, their other brother back home.
AARON PRUETT, BROTHER: I miss them a lot. I remember I just had a quick five minutes walking down the aisle, and I was looking and, you know, just -- none of my brothers were there.
QUADE: This is actually another family reunion, an electronic one in May.
LEON PRUETT, FATHER: I can't imagine what it was like in World War I. You know, soldiers would wait for months just to get a letter.
QUADE: Via web cam, Greg confides in his dad, Leon, another Iraq vet.
GREG PRUETT, U.S. ARMY: They were retaking the P.T. test. And a mortar came in while they were doing it.
L. PRUETT: Geez. During the day they're firing on you?
G. PRUETT: Yes. It usually happens in the mid afternoon.
L. PRUETT: Man, they're getting pretty gutsy.
QUADE: Back home only a year, Leon is keenly aware of the realities his sons face.
L. PRUETT: I've seen a lot of Army units and National Guard reserve units while I was there. Some took it real serious, some didn't.
QUADE (on camera): Is this something that you told them about before...
L. PRUETT: We had that talk a lot before they left, and I told them, I said, "Guys, look, it's going to be dangerous out there. And there could be a point where it's go to be you or them and you've got to decide what you're going to do. If you've got to take a shot, then you take the shot. Do what you need to do." And I think they're doing that.
QUADE (voice-over): I showed the family some of what the boys are doing with our video.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just last night we got rocketed. It flew over our head when we were outside.
EVAN PRUETT: I'm hoping I get to see my baby take her first step. It would be an exciting thing. You know, I missed the birth so seeing her take her first step might be a little replacement. But if not, then you know, I'll see her say her first "Daddy" or something.
QUADE: Eric, what do you think is important for your parents to know?
ERIC PRUETT, U.S. ARMY: I think that they need to know that we're all doing really well. Being together, we've all got jobs to do here and we're all doing them. And we're all happy that we can be here to serve our country, and we're proud of our parents for bringing up such fine young men.
L. PRUETT: It's hard seeing them and not being able to...
TAMMY PRUETT, MOTHER: That's what they said -- what they said at the end, that they're proud to be there, that's what they tell us every time we talk to them. They're proud to be there. They know that they're there for a purpose, and the sacrifice that they're making is worth it.
QUADE (voice-over): Their sister Emily.
EMILY PRUETT, SISTER: I think Jeff looks older. I think he seems more grown up. Our kids were the same age and I feel like all's I do is play and take it for granted. And he's there seeing things that are scary and being in situations that are scary, and that's -- that's kind of hard.
QUADE: Evan's wife, Amber.
AMBER PRUETT, EVAN'S WIFE: I worry that something could happen to him and she could never know her dad, and it scares me.
QUADE: Then, a phone call from Iraq.
L. PRUETT: What's wrong?
QUADE: Jeff is in a field hospital.
L. PRUETT: He's sick.
T. PRUETT: He's sick?
L. PRUETT: So are you still doing IV's? Are they still shooting IV's into you then? Or are you done with that part?
QUADE: But luckily, nothing more serious than food poisoning.
T. PRUETT: Well, I love you. You take care when you go back out on patrol, OK? All right. I love you hon. Bye.
Jeff is sick in bed for the last four days, and Eric showed up, walked right up to his bed and got to take care of him. We're actually blessed to have four of them over there, because they do take care of each other.
QUADE: The phone call was a reminder: Jeff, Eric, Evan and Greg have been away from home an entire year already.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's important for people to know the sacrifices that we're all making here, and not only me and my brothers, but each and every person that's here, hopefully to make this place a more free society that they might be able to share in a little bit of what we have back home.
QUADE: The Pruetts of Pocatello, just one of nearly 140,000 American families with loved ones in Iraq.
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PHILLIPS: The four Pruett brothers have another six months to go in Iraq. At this point, their National Guard units are due home next January.
ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
PHILLIPS: High speed pursuit taking place in Los Angeles, California. This is on the 101 freeway. We're being told possibly a kidnap victim inside this truck. LAPD in pursuit of this vehicle.
It started in Van Nuys; headed toward Agora Hills right now. We're told the LAPD is in a high-speed chase, about 80, 90 miles per house, following a driver. Also in that car, possibly a kidnap victim.
We'll let you know as soon as we find out any more information about what happened in Van Nuys, how this pursuit began, and what the story is behind the kidnap suspect inside this truck.
We'll take a quick break. More LIVE FROM after this.
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ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
PHILLIPS: And we're continuing to follow this high-speed pursuit in Los Angeles, California. Pictures coming to us via our affiliate, KTLA. This is what we can tell you right now.
LAPD believes there's a kidnap victim inside this truck, headed north on the 101 freeway. It started in Van Nuys, California, now headed or actually in the Thousand Oaks area. If indeed, this car keeps heading north, he'll eventually -- or she'll eventually hit Santa Barbara, California.
Don't know if this suspect is armed or not, but we are told that police believe there is a kidnap victim inside this truck along with the driver. Los Angeles police have been following this car now for probably about 25 minutes, 25 to 30 minutes, at speeds getting as high as between 80 and 90 miles per hour.
The freeways have thinned out. It doesn't look like this vehicle is going to endanger anybody at this point. It's not crowded at this time. There's not a lot of heavy traffic. But LAPD does have that car surrounded from behind as it continues to follow a driver and possibly a kidnap victim inside this vehicle, headed north on the 101 freeway.
We will follow it for you and bring you more information as we get it.
Now a quick check on the market. Susan Lisovicz has more from the New York Stock Exchange.
Hi, Susan.
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PHILLIPS: Thank you so much.
Well, that wraps up this Thursday edition of LIVE FROM. Now, here's Tom Foreman with a preview of what's ahead on "INSIDE POLITICS."
Good to see you, Tom.
TOM FOREMAN, HOST, "INSIDE POLITICS": Good to see you, Kyra.
The big question here in Washington today, is it time to set a date to begin pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq? Some congressmen on both sides of the aisle say it is, and we will reaction from the White House to that volatile issue.
And is it possible for members of different religious faiths and different political parties to find common ground these days? Just ahead, I'll speak with two religious leaders who are trying to reach out and find a more moderate middle ground.
"INSIDE POLITICS" begins in just a moment -- Kyra.
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PHILLIPS: The high-speed pursuit continues in Los Angeles, California. Right now we're following the breaking news. These pictures are live pictures courtesy of our affiliate, KTLA.
A kidnap suspect believed to be inside this vehicle, headed north on the 101 freeway. It started in Van Nuys, California. LAPD says it just now reached Newberry Park. Of course, if this vehicle keeps heading north, if indeed he has enough gas, he could make it all the way to Santa Barbara.
LAPD on the high speed pursuit right now. You'll probably see some other authorities get involved as he continues to head north. No injuries so far. We're following it.
"INSIDE POLITICS" and Tom Foreman up next.
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