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Democrats Attempt to Block Alito Confirmation; ABC Newsmen Moved to Germany for Medical Care; Al-Zawahiri Releases Videotape

Aired January 30, 2006 - 14:00   ET

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TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: And to more now on a developing story we're following. Al-Jazerea is airing what's apparently a new videotape from al Qaeda's number two man.
On it, Ayman al-Zawahiri calls President Bush a butcher, and that is not all. Remember that U.S. air strike at Pakistan that was aimed at killing al-Zawahiri? He mentions it on the tape and says the attack ended up killing innocents.

CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson is here with us in Atlanta today to give us some more insights on this tape.

And Nic, you've said the same thing and mentioned it, and David Ensor mentioned it, that is not a big surprise that we're receiving this tape.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: No. There was expected to be a proof of life from Zawahiri to show that he was alive. Seventeen days ago, this attack happened. What is very interesting here is that he makes a reference to Osama bin Laden's audio message, saying that he's offers a truce to the United States. Zawahiri says that truce wasn't accepted.

He said that his message to the mothers of soldiers fighting for the United States, that if your sons come home dead, then just remember President Bush. There's a clear reference to something 11 days ago. Amazing that they've turned around a tape so quickly. Not only have they turned it around, but it has English subtitles underneath.

HARRIS: English subtitles underneath. You know, he makes mention of this air strike on him in Pakistan. We've actually been able to pull this together. We've cleared this for air. Let's listen to this from Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, AL-QAEDA LEADER (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): The American airplanes, in collaboration with their agent of the Jews and crusaders Musharraf, launched an air strike on Damadola (ph) near Pashalwar (ph) around the Eed (ph) holiday, during which 18 Muslims, men, women, and children, were killed in this fight against Islam, which they call terrorism.

Their claim was to target this poor man and four of my brothers. The whole world discovered the lies as the Americans fight Islam and the Muslims.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HARRIS: And you know, Nic, this is a tape that ran about four to five minutes long on al-Jazeera. There's probably more material on that tape. But in that four to five minutes, there was also some pretty direct language to President Bush.

ROBERTSON: It has a very, very political flavor to all of it, trying to divide the nation against President Bush. But at one point, something very, very poignant. Of course the question is, where is Zawahiri, where are bin Laden hiding?

He says pointedly, a taunt almost, to President Bush, "Do you know where I am?" To which he answers the question himself, "I am among the Muslim masses." It is a very, very political message, trying to divide the people of the United States by trying to tell them, "President Bush is lying to you. Don't believe what he's saying. You are losing in the battle against terrorism."

HARRIS: And how to strike the balance here. We know that after the CIA attack, there was loud and long protests in the streets of Pakistan. We know that several of the officials in Pakistan registered their complaints with this government. And yet you get a taunt like that, and I know the instinct is to continue to hunt him down and to take him out if you can.

ROBERTSON: That's certainly the position that's being taken by the leadership in Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf supports the war on terrorism, continues to support the U.S. efforts to hunt down bin Laden and Zawahiri. Obviously, there's a political price for them.

And this message just reaffirms, it appears that Zawahiri appears to be back wherever he was hiding. Is it Pakistan or Afghanistan, we don't know. Able to put out messages like this very quickly.

HARRIS: And he obviously is with friendlies, folks who are sympathetic to his cause.

ROBERTSON: And that's what he says in his message, essentially, "The Muslim people are supporting me. That's why I can hide among them. That's why you can't find me."

HARRIS: OK. Nic, you are back again next hour to talk about another story out of Baghdad that has all of our attention on this day as we continue to hope for the best for Bob Woodruff and his photographer who were injured yesterday in Baghdad in Taji, just north of Baghdad. Thanks, Nic.

ROBERTSON: Thank you.

BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Tony, we want to take you now live to Washington and the Senate floor, where Senator Harry Reid is speaking right now. This is the prebuttal to tomorrow's State of the Union address. Let's take a listen. SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV), SENATE MINORITY LEADER: Now, after the year we just had, a year of trying to privatize social security, Katrina, failures in Iraq, Terri Schiavo -- and a heavy heart I have, Mr. President, as a result of how a good woman was -- I won't say destroyed, because she wasn't. She's stronger than that.

But Harriet Miers, how she was treated. I mean, unbelievable. A good woman was treated so poorly. And the people that destroyed her, tried to destroy her, are the ones being rewarded now with the Alito nomination. And then, of course, this past year we've had the Medicare coming into being, which is a puzzle that no one can figure out.

So the American people, after this year we've had, Mr. President, simply will no longer be willing to blindly accept the president's promises and give him the benefit of the doubt. Americans will be looking past his rhetoric tomorrow night and taking a hard look at the results he intends to deliver.

The president's State of the Union message is really a credibility test. Will he acknowledge the real state of our union and offer to take our country down a path that unites us and makes us stronger? Or will he give us more of the same empty promises and partisanship that have weakened our country and divided Americans for the last five years?

If he takes the first approach, together, Democrats and Republicans can build a stronger America. If he gives us more of the same empty promises and Orwellian double speak, we'll know he intends to spend 2006 putting his political fortunes ahead of America's fortunes. We need a fresh start. And I hope President Bush realizes that tomorrow night.

NGUYEN: And you've been listening to Democratic Minority Leader Harry Reid speak on the Senate floor and what he hopes to hear from tomorrow night's State of the Union address. Now, you can continue watching this on CNN. All you have to do is go on the web, CNN.com/pipeline. You can watch it in its entirety.

And of course, CNN plans extensive coverage of the State of the Union tomorrow. It starts with a special edition of THE SITUATION ROOM at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. We'll air the speech live at 9:00. That will be followed by Anderson Cooper with reaction, and a special edition of LARRY KING LIVE. So you don't want to miss it.

In other news, they are seriously hurt, heavy sedated, and face a battery of tests, but there is encouraging news about two ABC journalists wounded in Iraq. Doctors say anchor Bob Woodruff and photographer Doug Vogt are showing signs of improvement.

They're now at a U.S. military hospital in Germany, along with their families. Here's a statement from ABC, which says, "Doctors will continue to monitor their condition closely. They may be brought to the United States for further treatment as soon as tomorrow. Both Bob and Doug continue to need our thoughts and prayers. We have a long way to go, but it appears that we may have also come some distance from yesterday."

As you recall, a roadside bomb struck the Iraqi military vehicle the two journalists were riding in north of Baghdad. And an Iraqi soldier was also hurt in that attack. No U.S. soldiers were hurt.

The Iraq war zone, few places on earth are more dangerous for journalists. They've been directly targeted, caught in the crossfire, or even subject to revenge attacks simply because of the work they do. Since the war began almost three years ago, 61 journalists have been killed. Two of those were Americans. Most, more than 40, were Iraqis.

Well, the two wounded newsmen were initially rushed to the U.S. military's combat hospital in Balad, which is 50 miles north of Baghdad. Doctors there often find their own lives in danger as they fight to save the lives of others. Work is rough. It's bloody, emotionally draining, but as CNN Alex Quade found out, if you're wounded in Iraq, Balad is the place to be.

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ALEX QUADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: At the Air Force theater hospital, Balad Air Base, Marine Corporal Chris Fezmeyer is taken off the medevac. A mine took both his legs. He's rushed into E.R. He's conscious. This will be his second operation since wounded just five hours ago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Believe it or not, he's quite fortunate to be here with us.

QUADE: In the O.R., alarm red, incoming. We're under attack by mortars or rockets. And this is the most frequently attacked base in Iraq. Despite that, surgeons continue working on Chris.

LT. DON JENKINS, SURGEON: We've built up as best we can around those operating theaters with big concrete barriers and sandbags and that sort of thing. So it's still an alarm red. Those folks that are scrubbed in sterile gear do have an opportunity, if they can get to here safely, put on a helmet or flak vest. We don't stop what we're doing just because this attack is going on.

QUADE: Chris is then taken to ICU, where we meet Lieutenant Colonel Tim Maxwell (ph), who took shrapnel to his head from a mortar attack. He's in critical condition, in and out of consciousness. Alarm red again. Maxwell's nurse stays by his side.

CAPT. DEBRA NICHOLS, INTENSIVE CARE UNIT NURSE: You can't leave them because they're critical patients. So you have to stay at the bedside and go ahead and perform your duties just like, you know, if you were not in a code red.

Yes, this is heavy, and it's hot. And I can't wait to get out of it because it hurts my back.

QUADE: Alarm red finally over, but their work here today has just begun. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Baghdad is bringing two helicopters full.

QUADE: Full of casualties from two bombs exploding in Baghdad's green zone.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just take a deep breath. You know what you have to do. Manpower, roll them into the E.R. as we need be, as we deem it, critical or not critical. Then we'll go from there, OK? Everybody ready?

QUADE: The medevacs arrive. Patient after patient. This is what's called a mass casualty. The medevacs bring more and more, and they race to the E.R. Air Force medic Sergeant Jacklyn Horton tries to ease them.

SGT. JACKLYN HORTON, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECH: When they come in off the chopper, especially, they're disoriented. And we tell them over and over again that we're going to stay with you, that you're not alone. Remind them that we're there with them, and ask them if they need more for the pain.

We tell them exactly what we're doing to them so there's no surprises because of the fear, the magnitude of the fear they're experiencing the unknown. That's the only comforting that those parents have is to think that somebody is over here talking to them.

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HARRIS: A last stand for Democrats on the Alito nomination unfolding on the Senate floor right now. Senators John Kerry and Edward Kennedy waging an eleventh hour fight to block Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court.

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SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), MASSACHUSETTS: This is the time for debate. This is the time when it counts, not after the Supreme Court has granted the executive the right to use torture or to eavesdrop without warrants, not after a woman's right to privacy has been taken away.

History is really not going to care what we say after the courthouse door is slammed in the faces of women and minorities, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor. History will wonder why we didn't do more when we knew what was coming.

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HARRIS: Republicans are expected to shut down debate on Alito with votes to spare later this afternoon. Alito is expected to be confirmed tomorrow.

Enron back in the spotlight with two key executives go on trial. The search is on for enough impartial people in Houston to seat a jury. LIVE FROM will take you there just ahead.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK) NGUYEN: Here's a question people are asking. Did Enron executives deliberately disguise the once mighty company's fragile finances? That is one of the big questions jurors are likely to wrestle with in the trial of two former Enron bosses. Founder Ken Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling are watching jury selection in Houston today, and so is our Ali Velshi.

Ali, has jury selection picked up? You said it started kind of slow this morning.

ALI VELSHI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, slow in my words, but improved. They've managed to get through 48 of the 96 jurors that they're trying to look through today. They just took a lunch break, got back in there, and they're motoring through the rest of them.

Part of the reason it may look slow but it's going quickly is the fact that the jurors were given 14-page questionnaire that was negotiated between the two sides with every question imaginable. And they are designed to get an answer out of those jurors who might not be giving the most honest answers.

The jurors take these questionnaires home, and it asks specific questions about whether they ever had anybody connected to Enron or Arthur Anderson, the audit company, or whether they've ever held a government office, or who they like and who they don't like, what they watch on TV, where they get their news.

And what happens is after they've gone through all 96 jurors today, all of whom have filled out these questionnaires and being interviewed by the judge with the lawyers present, they will then -- the judge will eliminate from that pool of 96 people in Houston those who are out for cause, those who have a legal statutory reason not to be on the jury.

Then both sides will have their ability to strike, make preemptive strikes, get rid of six jurors each who they don't want for any reason, and then dismiss others for cause. And whoever is left out of that pool will be chosen for the jury in order of the number they have. So they want 12 people who are jurors, four alternates.

And the judge says he wants that done by the end of the day, which means opening arguments start tomorrow, and the trial starts on Wednesday. They're watching this process very closely because in a complicated tricky trial like this, Betty, who is on the jury could make all the difference.

NGUYEN: Well, and the defendants are there. They've got to be wondering if they can really get a fair trial in Houston.

VELSHI: Well, in fact, there were some 400 people who initially got the jurors survey. And they've been sent in. And based on the responses, more than 100 of them were just dismissed right off the bat. They had comments like, "These guys are clearly guilty, and they should hang. And take everybody who lost money and have at them." So those people have already been dismissed. These questionnaires are now designed to try and get a truthful answer out of people about whether or not they can judge fairly. The defense has already said, in a city like Houston where so many people were affected by Enron, they can't get a fair trial. They asked the judge for a relocation of the trial. That was denied. Today on the way in, Ken Lay said, "As long as we get a fair jury, we know we've got a fair chance."

NGUYEN: And in the meantime, the race is on to get that jury seated by tomorrow morning. Ali Velshi in Houston, thank you.

It was numbers that got Enron executives in trouble in the first place. But it is another set of numbers that paint the real picture of the collapse. Here are the facts.

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HARRIS: Enron was once the nation's seventh largest company. In August of 2000, shares of Enron were trading at $90.75. In January of 2002, those same shares were only worth 67 cents. While it was riding high, Enron was taking good care of its top executives. The highest ranking 140 executives at the company were paid $680 million in 2001.

CEO Ken Lay himself received more than 67 million in compensation that year. But it didn't last. In an interview with CNN's Larry King, Lay said his net worth was more than $400 million in 2001, but most of it was in Enron stock. In 2004, he said his net worth was now about 20 million. But if you take out all of the money reserved for legal fees and settlements, he says it's less than a million in liquid assets.

When Enron filed for bankruptcy in December of 2001, at least 4,000 employees lost their jobs, as well as their life savings. For more on the Enron trial, including a list of the players and testimony from some of the former employees, check out the special section on CNNmoney.com.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HARRIS: Puzzling new question about the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. Why would FEMA ignore an offer of help from another federal agency? A Senate committee is trying to get answers as we speak.

Investigators say the Interior Department offered trucks, boats, and hundreds of officers for search-and-rescue missions, but FEMA didn't follow up. Homeland Security acknowledges that some federal assets went unused, but says the agency is reviewing the problem so it can do better next time.

The news keeps coming. We'll keep bringing it to you. More LIVE FROM after this.

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HARRIS: Hey, Betty. Well, this is a shocking story out of Pennsylvania. A man says he and his family were getting ready for supper when his wife discovered a needle in a can of Progresso authentic recipe Minestrone. The family says the food was purchased at a Giant Foods store in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania.

Giant Foods reacted by pulling cans from stores in four states. The can in question carried a November 7th, 2007, expiration date and the codes MVMS6 and 13.212 right there. There was also a report of a needle turning up in a loaf of bread in another Giant Foods store in Pennsylvania, but there's no indication that two incidents are related.

General Mills, which makes Progresso Soup, issued a statement. It said, and we quote, here it is, "We can assure consumers that this is the only of its kind in the country. We are cooperating with law enforcement in investigating this incident. We are working with the consumer and the retailer involved."

NGUYEN: What with the needles? That's kind of alarming there. All right, Tony. Thanks.

Here's a good reason to get your taxes done this year. Free money. Who doesn't want free money? Allan Chernoff is here to tell us how. He's standing by live from the New York Stock Exchange.

Alan, I want to know. Give me this free money.

ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Betty, they're not exactly handing out dollar bills.

NGUYEN: Of course.

CHERNOFF: But the makers of Turbo Tax are offering a gift card rewards program. The company's teaming up with more than 50 different retailers, including Lowe's, Starbucks, and Bed, Bath & Beyond, to offer bonus dollars if you use your refund to buy gift cards.

Here's how it works. You sign up on Turbotax.com, calculate your taxes, and then allocate a portion of your refunds to gift cards. Depending on the retailer, you'll get between 10 to 100 percent of the amount that you allocate added on to the card. However, you could have guessed, there is a bit of a catch. In this case, a $15 shipping charge. Not all that bad -- Betty?

NGUYEN: $15? That's kind of bad, I would say, for shipping on a gift card. All right, we'll move on.

Speaking of free money, that is, United Airlines executives could see some extra cash. What's the deal here?

CHERNOFF: Well in n this case, again, we're not talking about dollar bills, we're talking about stock. United Airlines executives could see their stock value double or even triple. A Chapter 11 exit plan from the carrier is giving the top 400 executives 8 percent in the new stock of the reorganized company.

Now in court, United consultants had estimated those shares would be worth about $15 each. But in advance trading between professional investors, the new shares of the company are reportedly changing hands at more than $40 a share. Public trading of the stock is set to begin on Thursday when United is scheduled to emerge from bankruptcy.

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HARRIS: And it is the top story that we are following this hour and throughout the afternoon here on CNN. A short time ago, Al Jazeera, the Arab television network, aired a tape from Al Qaeda's number two Ayman al-Zawahiri. On the tape, al-Zawahiri talks about the attack by U.S. forces to take him out, essentially, a few weeks ago in Pakistan, an attempt that was obviously unsuccessful.

And also on that tape, Zawahiri talks about the truce that was offered on another audiotape by Osama bin Laden. Here he is talking about the truce offered to the U.S. administration.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI, AL QAEDA'S 2ND IN COMMAND, (through translator): I tell you that Bush and his gang are shedding your blood and wasting your money in frustrated adventures. The lion of Islam, Sheikh Osama bin Laden, offered you a decent exit from your dilemma, but your leaders who are keen to accumulate wealth insist on throwing you in battles and killing your souls in Iraq and Afghanistan and, God willing, on your own land.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HARRIS: Also on this tape Zawahiri calls President Bush "The Butcher of Washington," and it goes on pretty much in that same vein. The latest tape from Ayman Zawahiri aired on Al-Jazeera just a short time ago. Betty.

NGUYEN: An international strategy session is taking place in London. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is huddled with officials of the European Union, the United Nations and Russia over how to deal with Hamas.

It came as a big shock when the militant group that wants to wipe out Israel won the Palestinian elections last week. It may come down to money, though. Rice is leading a charge to force Hamas to change its ways or surrender much of the outside aid the Palestinians desperately need.

Without making any promises, Hamas today is pleading to keep the aid coming.

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ISMAIL HANIYEH, HAMAS LEADER (through translator): We appeal to you to channel the aid money to the Palestinian Treasury Ministry in order to be spent on priorities to build and develop the Palestinian scene, and we assure you this money will be spent on employee salaries, day-to-day necessities and some of the much-needed infrastructure for the people.

You will be able to check all that through measures upon which we agree.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

NGUYEN: Now for its part, Israel says it will cut off taxes and customs fees it collects for Palestinians. That's tens of millions of dollars every single month. CNN's Ben Wedeman reports, while they may not like it, Palestinians need Israelis.

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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Palestinian farmers dump rotten produce, destined for market in Israel and beyond going nowhere. The main commercial crossing from Gaza to Israel is closed yet again for security reasons. The Palestinian economy is hostage to politics and war. When tensions rise, profits plummet.

AID RAMADHAN, GAZA FARMER: I am afraid that they will come, that I cannot absorb any more losses. This mean I will lose all my greenhouses, all my plants and all my employees will be in the street..

WEDEMAN: Trade between Israel and the Palestinian territories is regulated by agreements signed when the two sides were on much better terms. Hamas, now set to take over the Palestinian authority, wants to redefine those ties by cutting them.

MAHMOUD ZAHAR, HAMAS LEADER: Our intention is to open the gate between the Palestinian land and the Arabic and Islamic world.

WEDEMAN: Store owner Abdallah Joha stocks Israeli detergents and soaps and says it is a good idea.

Palestinians need a new economy, he says. Now Israel completely controls everything.

Hamas's proposal to cut economic ties between the Palestinian territories and Israel is a popular one here. The problem is, it's not necessarily very practical.

One need only stroll through the old market in Gaza to see how many products come from Israel. All business is done in Israeli Shekels. Palestinians, including these policemen filling up their armored personnel carrier, depend on Israel for fuel. Gaza and the West Bank are on the Israeli power grid, and when tensions ease, thousands of Palestinians go to Israel for work.

MUHAMMED QUDWAH, GAZA GOVERNOR: Everything now is joined with Israel. This is not easy to take a political decision to limit our relationship with Israel. I think without negotiation with Israel, the result will be so bad for the Palestinians.

WEDEMAN: So Hamas' goal of economic separation from Israel, like this rotten produce, may also end up being dumped. Ben Wedeman, CNN, Gaza.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HARRIS: Another fire, another mine disaster. More trapped miners but rescuers in Canada were able to do something today that wasn't possible weeks ago in West Virginia, get everybody out alive.

CTV's Sarah Galashan has the remarkable story.

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SARAH GALASHAN, CTV REPORTER (voice-over): With the sound of a siren, a wave and a smile they drove home. Potash miners who surfaced after more than 24 hours underground only to find themselves saddled with celebrity.

ROB DUICK, MINE RESCUER: Tired, really tired, been down there for a long time, happy to see our families.

GALASHAN: For a time their survival was uncertain.

HUGH, MINE RESCUER: I think, you know, these guys knew there was something wrong.

GALASHAN: What was wrong? A polyethanol pipe caught fire, and there was smoke, more than most had ever seen before

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We'd been in smoke before, probably nothing this complicated.

QUESTION: Was it scary?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

GALASHAN: Especially when the phone line connecting 32 of the 70 men to the surface cut off.

MARSHALL HAMILTON, SPOKESMAN, MOSAIC CO.: When you are in a community of this size and you have 70 some employees are underground, you know the majority of them. It affects your life accordingly. Your thoughts are with them and obviously with their families.

GALASHAN: And with the men who went down making more than ten attempts to bring the miners and contractors up with only their head lamps to guide them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Having all this smoke, it's very hard to explain to be so disoriented you spend so much of your time in.

GALASHAN: Then came word that all had gone as well as any manager with Mosaic mining could have hoped.

NORM BOYD, VICE PRES., MOSIAC CO.: I got late breaking news, all 72 of our miners are now safely on surface and are completely healthy.

GALASHAN: The drama, the reunions, the exhaustion, not forgotten, but lessened by the pride felt for a job well done.

BOYD: It is safer to work in a Potash mine in Saskatchewan than it is to work in an office job working for the government of Saskatchewan.

GALASHAN: When the fire alarm sounded at 3:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, all 72 men who were underground went into what are known as safe routes where there is clean oxygen to breathe. They were trained to sit there and wait for rescue. That's what they did, and today all are alive. Sarah Galashan, CTV News, Estehazy, Saskatchewan.

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NGUYEN: Up next, good-bye little birdie. Yes, we bid farewell to a bull who gave fight watchers more than they bargained for. It is our video of the day straight ahead. The news keeps coming. We're going to keep bringing it to you.

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VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN. COM: With victory declared over the nearly 40 year Fatah rule, The Palestinian legislative council. CNN.com takes a closer look at Hamas.

The group won 76 of the 132 seats in the legislative council, and the fundamentalist group does not recognize Israel as a nation-state and opposes a U.S.-backed two-state solution.

The word Hamas means zeal, but it is also an Arabic acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement. Click through this gallery to learn more about the militant group and its relationship with other Palestinian areas, Israel and the west.

The U.S. and European Union provide nearly half of the Palestinian Authority's annual budget, but the White House has suggested it might cut aid to a Hamas-led Palestinian authority.

This gallery has reaction to the victory from President Bush to the U.N. envoy to the Middle East.

You can read more on-line at CNN.com/world. I'm Veronica De la Cruz for the dot-com desk.

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NGUYEN: Well, a pleasant Sunday at the bullfight turns ugly, and we mean ugly. And it's all caught on tape. You have got to check this out. In Mexico a bull named Parajito, or Little Birdie, jumps into the stands and rampages through the crowd until he's stabbed and killed. At least two people were hospitalized. Bullfights are still popular in Mexico despite protests by animal rights groups. That's taking the bull by the horns, Tony.

HARRIS: Giving the expression hook' em horns a whole new...

NGUYEN: Oh, you had to go there, didn't you?

HARRIS: Well, Betty, in all things Texan, I had to do it.

NGUYEN: Don't do my Long Horns like that. That just wasn't right, Tony.

HARRIS: It wasn't right, but I enjoyed it.

Well, a new alarm about global warming. In a British government report, Tony Blair says climate change is advancing at a rate the world cannot allow. A British scientist warns the West Antarctic ice sheet may already be disintegrating which could eventually raise ocean levels 16 feet. That notwithstanding, Britain is failing to meet its own goal for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In this country, a NASA climate expert says the Bush administration wants to stifle information about the extent of global warming.

In an interview with CNN's Miles O'Brien, James Hansen says the administration is bent on enforcing a company line.

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JAMES HANSEN, NASA CLIMATE SCIENTIST: I think there's a big issue here, and that is the fact the agencies, the public affairs offices at the agencies, are staffed by political appointees. And that is affecting the ability to communicate with the public. So, for example -- and it's not just true in NASA. In NOAA, for example, the hurricanes last summer. There becomes an agency perspective, rather -- and you're not free to speak your own ideas. You have to follow that perspective.

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HARRIS: Washington has refused to join the Kyoto Climate Change Accord, saying it would harm the U.S. economy.

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HARRIS: Betty.

NGUYEN: Because there was plenty of glitz and glamour -- just like you like it, Tony. But who walked off with those little nifty statuettes? I'll look at who's adding another Hollywood accolade to their resume. LIVE FROM polishes up on the SAG Awards when we return.

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NGUYEN: Well, an Oscar favorite takes a backseat. Yes. Just one of several surprises last night at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Our Sibila Vargas recaps the winners. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MORGAN FREEMAN, ACTOR: "Crash."

SIBILA VARGAS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The ensemble cast of "Crash" was the big winner of the night for Best Performances in a Motion Picture.

DON CHEADLE, ACTOR, "CRASH": We believe that it really celebrates the definition of what an ensemble is all about. I mean there's 74 of us.

VARGAS: "Crash," a film about racial tension pulled off a surprise upset over the much hyped film "Brokeback Mountain."

Individual actors honored for their film roles including the recent Golden Globe winners Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Capote" and Reese Witherspoon for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line."

REESE WITHERSPOON, ACTRESS, "WALK THE LINE": I wanted to be a country western singer when I was little. And I went to a camp. I sang there and they told me no matter what I did please don't ever sing ever again.

VARGAS: In supporting film roles Rachel Weiss won top honors once again for her performance in "The Constant Gardner." And Paul Giamatti thanked his fellow actors for honoring his work in "Cinderella Man."

PAUL GIAMATTI, ACTOR, "CINDERELLA MAN": There are weird interesting people in our business. And I'm proud to be numbered among them.

VARGAS: Television ensembles receiving awards included ABC's "Lost" in a dramatic series and "Desperate Housewives" for best TV comedy case. "Housewives" star Felicity Huffman was also honored for her individual work on the show.

FELICITY HUFFMAN, ACTRESS, "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES": I'm such an old broad. I've had so many times where I haven't worked for a long time.

VARGAS: Sean Hayes, star of the sitcom "Will and Grace" received his third SAG award for Best Performance in a TV Comedy.

SEAN HAYES, ACTOR, "WILL & GRACE": I know everyone in Hollywood knows that it's such a risk to play a gay character.

VARGAS: Keifer Sutherland picked up the best dramatic award for "24." Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh, picked up another prize for acting in "Gray's Anatomy."

And the Emmy and Golden Globe Winner, S. Epatha Merkerson, picked up her third award for the TV movie "Lackawanna Blues." S. EPATHA MERKERSON, "LACKAWANA BLUES": I'm not 37. And I'm not a size two. You know what I'm saying? And a lot of women are like me.

VARGAS: Shirley Temple Black received a standing ovation when she was honored with her Lifetime Achievement Award.

SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK, HONORED AT SAG AWARDS: For those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Start early.

VARGAS: Sibila Vargas, CNN, Los Angeles.

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NGUYEN: That is some good advice. Well, for more on the SAG Awards and the day's top entertainment stories, tune in to "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT" with A.J. Hammer. Also tonight, how the attack in Iraq on "ABC News" anchor Bob Woodruff is the talk of Hollywood. That's at 7:00 p.m. Eastern on CNN Headline News.

HARRIS: Well, whether you're a pig or a monkey or a goat or a rabbit, it's the year of the dog. Find out whether it will be a good year or a rough, rough one just a little bit later on LIVE FROM.

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NGUYEN: Well this week, CNN begins a year-long look into the future, your future, amazing developments that are just around the corner and will change the way we live, the way we work, even the way we play.

We begin with a series of stories about your health, medicine on the cutting edge and our first story is one that could affect literally millions of working women. Welcome to the future of fertility.

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ANDREA MILLER, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, TANGO MEDIA: My name is Andrea Miller. I'm 34. And I'm the founder and President of Tango Media. I'm in a great career. But nevertheless, I really feel that ticking clock.

Right now I probably average about 16-hour days. Like any entrepreneur will tell you, you live it and breathe it. Years go by and that's essentially all you do. When I thought about being a mom, it was one of these things that you just feel like, well, of course I'm going to be.

But I'm one of these people, I think, like a lot of women, who, frankly, hadn't planned. And suddenly you're 34 and you're trying to have a child and the doctors are saying, hey, guess what.

I think our lifestyle timeline has gotten out of sync with our fertility timeline. So my wish for the future would be for science to advance to the point where women had many more options and had more control of their fertility.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR (on camera): Andrea represents an entire generation of working women who want to further their careers and yet someday still have kids. How close are we to the day when they can have it all?

(voice-over): This man believes he has the answer. Dr. Alan Copperman is a fertility specialist at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center. Every day he sees patients just like Andrea whose careers may be rising but whose prospects for pregnancy are falling fast.

DR. ALAN COPPERMAN, MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: Most of that is really related to a decline in egg quality with aging. When you're 21, 90 percent of your eggs are chromosomally normal. And when you're 41, 90 percent of the eggs are chromosomally abnormal.

O'BRIEN: For a woman who wants to postpone pregnancy, in vitro fertilization is an option. And thousands of babies have been conceived from frozen embryos. But what if you don't have a partner and want to wait until you do to conceive? Copperman says this is the future, freezing a woman's actual eggs.

COPPERMAN: We can thaw them out, fertilizing them by taking a singular sperm and putting him right through this egg which has been frozen and thawed and then implanting them.

O'BRIEN: But does it work? Worldwide, fewer than 200 babies have been born from frozen eggs, though several recent clinical trials suggest the success rate is growing.

And it's not cheap. The procedure today costs $10,000 and up. But in the future...

COPPERMAN: The hope is that the cost is going to come down to make this more affordable and that the success rate is going to get better and better. Ten years from now it's my hope that I could sit there with a patient, like Andrea or anybody else, and say that it is safe and it's effective.

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HARRIS: You know, it's hard to tell after just one day, Betty. But according to the Chinese calendar, we are now experiencing the year of the dog. Yes. CNN's Eunice Yoon is in Hong Kong with the poop on what it might mean for you and your best pal.

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EUNICE YOON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Taking a stroll through Hong Kong's busy Times Square is just one way Bobo (ph) enjoys spending his lunar New Year holiday. Like many in Asia, this French bulldog is excited about the festivities. Somehow he's got a feeling this is going to be his year. And for good reason, it's the year of the dog. The start of the lunar New Year is often a time for Hong Kongers to get their fortunes told, though sometimes it's better not to know.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Your relationship is basically good, but this year Bobo will be lonely and have a small accident sometime in the summer.

YOON: It's also a time to visit the city's temple, to give thanks for the past year and pray for good luck in the new. Just how lucky you are, though, really depends on when you were born, according to celebrity fortune teller Peter So. So says lucky signs this year are the snake, pig and rabbit. Snakes will have the best year in love and in their careers.

PETER SO, GEOMANCY CONSULTANT (through translator): It's a good year for unmarried snakes to get married. Pigs will enjoy good luck in their careers. Probably getting that hard-earned promotion. Unmarried rabbit people will likely hook up with someone from their past, though the relationship might not last very long.

YOON: Unlucky signs this year according to Master So: the ox, goat, and dragon. Ox and goat people will be the target of vicious gossip and will be prone to digestive problems.

Dragons born in the spring and summer will experience changes for the worse in their careers and in love. But it's not that great for dogs either.

According to Chinese astrology, people tend to clash with their zodiac signs.

SO: Dog people will likely fall into a deep depression around the end of September, so they should take a holiday that month.

YOON: There is a way, though, to improve your luck.

SO: Through feng shui. To increase your luck with money, you can place a glass of water to the north. To ward off gossip, you should place a sheet of pink paper in the center of your home or office. To improve your health, you can place a music box or a plate of wet sand in the northeast or southwest.

YOON: And once you've taken all those precautions, put on your party clothes and hit the town. The start of the lunar New Year is traditionally a time to invest in a new wardrobe, be you man or man's best friends. Eunice Yoon, CNN, Hong Kong.

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