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Urgent Response; Aruba Search
Aired July 06, 2005 - 13:32 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: A look at hour top stories now, throwing down the political gauntlet. Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is out with a new book, titled, "It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good." The book compares abortion to slavery, blames radical feminism for encouraging women to work outside the home, and directly criticizes possible Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton. Santorum has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate for the GOP.
The current president hasn't named any names in the search to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, but George Bush has asked former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson to bring a little law and order to the process. The well-known actor will help the yet-to-be- named nominee through the confirmation process, which, by all accounts, is likely to be bruising.
And in Denmark, it's happy birthday Mr. President, as George Bush's royal hosts pull out all the stops to help him mark the occasion. And no, those are not trick candles. It just took some doing blowing them all out. He's 59 after all this year, but hey, who's counting?
And finally, a member of Norway's parliament is holding a candle for Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof. Jan Simonsen has nominated the musically and charitably minded Geldof for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Simonsen says Geldof deserves the prize for forcing the upcoming G8 Summit to focus on aid to Africa.
Suspected insurgents in Iraq confessing their violent acts on a television program? It's a bizarre reality show on a state-run channel where the reality is real-life cruelty, killing and bloodshed. Iraqi officials support the show, calling it a deterrent to violence and a boost to the Iraqi people, but it has its critics.
One woman who appeared on the program says she was forced to confess to being part of the insurgency, which she isn't. And the show has raised the suspicion of world human rights activists.
In Baghdad, so many civil services are sorely lacking, many of which can mean the difference between life and death. For example, the city's ambulance service is in such high demand and at the same time, almost ineffective.
Aneesh Raman is in Baghdad with the latest.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ANEESH RAMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When bombs go off in Baghdad, ambulances are meant to arrive first. But often, the sirens sound too late, the result of the unnervingly primitive state of Iraq's emergency services, ravaged by war, suffocating from government neglect.
(on camera): This is the epicenter.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, this is the center of...
RAMAN (voice-over): This dark, claustrophobic room is the nerve center of Baghdad's emergency dispatch. You'll find no radios to call drivers, no police scanners alerting of incidents. Just two employees using land line phones which often don't work, and one TV where the news is the main source of accident incident.
(on camera): This seems really small.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Not really small. Very, very, very, very small.
RAMAN (voice-over): Dr. Saba Jabar (ph) heads Iraq's emergency responders. His is a life of frustration, confronting nonsensical realities.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What you have, it is decreased. But (INAUDIBLE) increases, some things are present.
RAMAN: He has 40 ambulances, but says he needs 120. Worse yet, none have radios.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Show me one ambulance with wireless radio, it is equal ten ambulances without wireless radio.
RAMAN: Over $1 billion U.S. have been allocated to the Ministry of Health, but little has trickled down to the frontlines.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The work is difficult all the time. The people who work with them, they have many problems.
RAMAN (on camera): Given the situation on the ground these days in Iraq, even the ambulances they have are in constant need of repair. This one, for example, arrived on the scene of a suicide bombing only to be bombed itself. It is now completely unuseable.
(voice-over): This is no job for glory seekers. Ali Shakir is a medic making $115 U.S. a month. Sometime he and his driver pay for their own fuel, their own repairs. Each ride is risky. They are a target to everyone, insurgents and suspicious soldiers. Fake ambulances are sometimes used to transport weapons.
ALI SHAKIR, MEDICAL WORKER (through translator): We are in the middle of two fires. The Americans and the security forces from one side, and the terrorists from the other.
RAMAN: Untold threats, but an obvious choice. Theirs is the most noble of tasks.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We deal with human beings. This is very important. Our work is something very important. If you don't support the life or reserve the life of the human, or the patient, or the accident -- or the victim, what the hospital do?
RAMAN: There is no giving up in this line of work. It is, in the end, about life and death. For Dr. Saba and his staff, the mindset is not regret of lives they could be saving, but focusing on those capable of rescue. With what little they have, they will continue to do whatever they can.
Aneesh Raman, CNN, Baghdad.
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WHITFIELD: Meantime in Washington D.C., a court hearing that may possibly force two well-known journalists to either reveal their sources or face jail time is about to begin at the top of the hour. Well, just moments ago, one of those reporters, "New York Times" reporter Judith Miller, was entering the courtroom. You can see the crush of photographers there as she heads to that district court where she is being asked to reveal her sources involving the revealing of a CIA agent, operative, and she, along with a "Time" magazine reporter, Matthew Cooper, are going to be before the grand jury testifying. And Matthew Cooper, as "Time" magazine has already handed over to the special prosecutor in this case, Patrick Fitzgerald, his notes. However, that was against Matthew Cooper's wishes. And Matthew Cooper, along with Judith Miller, say they don't want to testify in the form of revealing their sources.
And more on that story as it begins. Again, the hearing is to begin at 2:00 eastern time.
Meantime, on to the Pentagon, where some new information is coming out on the ongoing search for one of the special-ops members who are still missing in the mountains of Afghanistan. Our Barbara Starr join us now with a little bit more on where that investigation is going -- Barbara.
BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fredricka, as you say, a week later, U.S. military forces are still searching the mountains of eastern Afghanistan looking for the fourth man, the U.S. Navy SEAL that has now been missing a week. The fourth man in that reconnaissance team that ran into trouble a week ago, called in for reinforcements. That's when that helicopter got shot down, killing 16 special operations forces on board.
But now, just within the last few minutes, the Pentagon has released the identities of two of the Navy SEALS of that four-man team that have now been recovered over the last several days, dead in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now for the first time, giving the public their identities. Those two young men are Petty Officer Second Class Danny Deet, 25 years old, of Littleton, Colorado, and Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29 years old, of Peta (ph), New York. So two of those men, now identified deceased to the public. The search goes on for the fourth. But we have one additional detail about the one member of that four-man ground team that did survive, that was recovered alive. What we are now learning is that he apparently was knocked off his feet by a weapons blast when the firefight was on. He slid down a mountain and that is how he stayed out of the eyes, ears and hands of the insurgents. He was basically out of sight until U.S. forces could recover him several days later. So a new detail there about how at least one man survived. But the search, Fredricka, still goes on for the fourth man.
WHITFIELD: All right, Barbara Starr from the Pentagon, thanks so much. The Pentagon revealing the identities of two of those special- ops member, Danny Deet and Michael Murphy, and the search continuing for that fourth still missing special-ops member in Afghanistan.
Ahead on LIVE FROM now, a CNN exclusive in the Natalee Holloway case. What searchers see as they scan below the surface of the waters, and a controversial step investigators take in looking for the girl. That's coming up next.
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WHITFIELD: Welcome back to LIVE FROM. We're in control room B.
And now back to Aruba, where a team of Texas divers think they may be getting close to solving the mystery of what happened to Alabama teen Natalee Holloway.
In this CNN exclusive, Alex Quade talked to some members of the team.
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ALEX QUADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tim Miller and his Texas search team say they have a lead about where Natalee Holloway might be.
TIM MILLER, TEXAS EQUUSEARCH: I think we're going to Alabama next week and we're going to have (INAUDIBLE).
QUADE (on camera): That sure?
MILLER: I'm optimistic. I'm not positive.
QUADE: Is this from a lead? Is this from intel?
MILLER: It's been a lot of work. You know, information.
QUADE (voice-over): The team eliminated other likely locations. Tides and currents and Mary Ann Morgan brought them here, to Aruba's north shore.
MARY ANN MORGAN, SPIRITUAL MEDIUM: Natalee three weeks ago, woke me up in the middle of the night... QUADE: Morgan is a medium who's worked with police on several high-profile cases. She's been secretly in Aruba, working with searchers. She says Holloway has been communicating with her.
MORGAN: So she went through and gave me like five to seven detailed pages of notes about the whole circumstance, and that was three weeks ago. I've never been to Aruba. She gave me names of boats. She gave me coordinates.
QUADE: Tim Miller says the information supports his team's findings so far.
(on camera): Where do you think that she is?
MILLER: I think we're going to find her right at this spot, half a mile offshore, (INAUDIBLE).
QUADE (voice-over): The area has high swells.
(on camera): What we're worried about now about the waves. The seas are five to six feet out there.
(voice-over): It's a place divers don't visit, and boats only rarely. But the volunteer searchers are going to risk it.
Gene Ralston is a sonar expert who worked on the Laci Peterson case. He shows what he's looking for.
GENE RALSTON, SONAR EXPERT: Sometimes the shadow will tell you as much about what the object is as the object itself, or as in this case...
QUADE (on camera): I mean, this is very obvious. It looks like a body...
RALSTON: Yes.
QUADE: Because you can see...
RALSTON: And you can see shadow coming from his toes right here, sticking up.
QUADE (voice-over): Ralston is also scanning for anything that looks like a box.
MILLER: I think that they also put her inside of something. They weighted her down.
QUADE (on camera): You think she might be in a box, weighted down in there?
MILLER: Pretty sure that she is.
QUADE (voice-over): Police have not said they should be looking for a container.
RALSTON: This is the area that has been identified as a distinct possibility for where she may have been placed.
QUADE (on camera): And right now, our problems are?
RALSTON: Well, the sea is (INAUDIBLE) sidescan images.
QUADE (voice-over): Anticipation is high, but so is the surf.
Next day, the conditions are still bad, but Ralston gets a sonar hit.
RALSTON: We have something right there.
QUADE (on camera): Something? So you got something there, but you don't know what it is?
RALSTON: That's correct.
QUADE (voice-over): The divers go out. All they find are oddly shaped rocks.
It's exhausting work.
After a tropical depression passes on day three of this mission, the seas are calm. That's when Ralston picks up a sonar image that looks like a box. The divers mark the spot with a buoy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The (INAUDIBLE), I have to look at the charts, but around 20-some minutes, 25 minutes.
QUADE: They find nothing. But will try again.
(on camera): You're taking a risk, your divers are taking a risk.
MILLER: Everybody's taking a risk. We almost lost a boat out there yesterday.
QUADE (voice-over): Tim Miller and his team believe it's just a matter of time and resources before they find Natalee Holloway.
MILLER: We never came here to be in the criminal business. We've...
QUADE (on camera): But you're playing a pivotal role. If you find this body, I men, this is the key to the case.
MILLER: She's our girl. When we bring her up, you got an investigation. We're going to bring our girl up.
QUADE (voice-over): And they are prepared if they don't.
MILLER: The day may come where we've exhausted our resources, and we'll have to leave this island. We'll all have tears in our eyes, but we'll know that we made every single attempt.
Alex Quade, CNN, Aruba. (END VIDEOTAPE)
WHITFIELD: Now the CEO of computer giant Apple makes a personal gesture to the family members of a teenager who is believed to have been killed over his iPod. Steve Jobs reportedly phoned the father of the 15-year-old and offered his condolences. No official comment from Apple. Christopher Rose died Saturday after a street altercation. Witnesses say the fight started over his iPod music player. A 16- year-old is being held in connection with the killing.
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VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN.COM CORRESPONDENT: Get your resume ready. If you're searching for a job this summer, CNN.com has a few helpful tips. It's not a bad time to be looking for a job. According to careerbuilder.com, expectations for hiring in the coming months are encouraging. The U.S. has added nearly one million jobs so far this year and 75 percent of hiring managers say their organizations have increased their staff over the last six months to expand operations, support new launches, improve customer service and drive more revenue.
So where should you be looking to apply? Typically, summertime opportunities point in the direction of retail, hospitality, food service, landscaping or construction. Temp jobs are another way to go as employers manage gaps from vacationing employees.
Is the U.S. workforce happy? A Career Builder survey found one in five say they are not satisfied with their current positions and are concerned about compensation, work load, and the ability to balance work and personal life.
For more tips on career building, check the archives at CNN.com/us. There you will find tips on finding your dream job, earning what you're worth and rules for summer work wear.
Happy hunting from the dot-com news desk. I'm Veronica De La Cruz.
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WHITFIELD: Well, welcome back to LIVE FROM. We want to show you some pictures just now coming again just moments ago. "Time" magazine reporter Matthew Cooper arriving at the D.C. court. He's the second reporter arriving at that court now, just moments after "The New York Times" Judith Miller arrived at this U.S. District Court. Both being asked to reveal their sources, what government source gave them the information about a CIA operative. Neither one of them wants to speak, and so they're both facing jail time.
This hearing taking place today could determine whether, indeed, they go to jail. Already, "Time" magazine's editor-in-chief Norman Pearlman -- Pearlstine has handed over Matthew Cooper's notes. But Matthew Cooper says that took place against his will. Will he testify today? Will Judith Miller testify today? That's the question we'll find out as this hearing gets under way. More of LIVE FROM, right after this.
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UNIDENTIFIED CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines, is also known "the iron butterfly." An ex-beauty queen, Marcos brought glamour and song to the presidential palace in 1965.
By the end of her husband's 21-year dictatorship, Imelda's personal and public extravagance was causing an outrage. A popular uprising in 1986 forced the Marcoses into exile.
Imelda left behind closets stuffed with rows and rows of designers gowns and a now-legendary designer shoe collection, so many that if she changed pairs every day, even after three years, she still wouldn't have worn all of them. She now says it was her way of sharing her wealth.
IMELDA MARCOS, FMR. FIRST LADY OF THE PHILLIPINES: By giving it to the people, it is really flaunting it to the world. But if you were keeping it like a miser, nobody will see what you have accumulated.
CORRESPONDENT: Nowadays you could say that Imelda Marcos collects lawsuits, 900 civil cases and pending prosecutions alleging everything from corruption to human rights abuses. She's 75 years old, lives in Manila and frequently meets with her team of lawyers. She hasn't been convicted of any crime so far, and is unrepentant about alleged excesses.
MARCOS: I'm not only extravagant, I'm not only excessive. I give it all.
CORRESPONDENT: By the way, Imelda now keeps active as a spokeswoman for the Philippine shoe industry.
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