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Thousands of Iraqi Troops Fill Streets of Baghdad; Bush Bounce Ahead?

Aired June 14, 2006 - 15:00   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Jacqui Jeras, what do you have with regard to this tornado warning?
JACQUI JERAS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, they added a new one, the same county, Dare County, under a tornado warning again. So, they have reissued -- reissued it.

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JERAS: There we go.

We have got all these little cells coming in off of these feeder bands. So, you are going to continue to get, potentially, one after another. Again, this is a Doppler-radar-indicated tornado, but we can get F-0, F-1 tornadoes out of tropical systems like this. And, so, this threat will be ongoing.

There is a tornado watch in effect across much of the region. And that is going to be ongoing throughout the rest of the afternoon. And we will be especially concerned about the Outer Banks and some of these coastal areas. And we will watch them ride on in.

This storm is pushing up to the northeast. It's up around 40 miles per hour. And the location is about 11 miles north of the town of Buxton, if you know where that is.

Flooding is still a good possibility. We have been seeing those pictures coming in out of Raleigh-Durham area, also Crabtree Valley Mall, where that flooding has been taking place, where Crabtree Creek has gone out of its banks -- moderate flooding across the area, the water not in the mall yet, but you can see surrounding the mall and all throughout the parking area.

Doppler radar has been indicating more than five inches of rain has fallen here. There you can see Raleigh. It's these dark red areas. So, it's really in isolated areas, just one big swathe within that path of Alberto, which, by the way, now is a tropical depression and becoming extra tropical, widespread amounts with this storm, on the range of two to three inches. A couple of spots just got an inch or two.

Now, where is this thing going next, and where can we be concerned about more flooding, potentially, in the next 24 to 48 hours? Pay attention mostly to this big white area. That's where we are expecting three or more inches of rainfall. And it is north of Raleigh now, extending on up towards Norfolk, into Virginia Beach, possibly clipping the southern tip of Delmarva.

And, then, we think this thing is going to be offshore probably by tomorrow morning. And, then, you are not going to have to worry about the flooding any longer. But it will be a very strong wind- maker, and marine interests need to be paying very close attention with that storm as well -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, Jacqui, thanks so much.

When U.S. forces tracked, targeted and killed Abu Musab al- Zarqawi last week, nobody was naive enough to think he wouldn't be replaced. Sure enough, he has been. But there's something of an identity -- identity crisis. Despite a different name posted on militant Web sites, U.S. generals are convinced the new al Qaeda leader in Iraq is a man named Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

And the link to his late predecessor is clear.

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MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM CALDWELL, U.S. ARMY: Ayyub al-Masri is an Egyptian-born person, who we know that in some time in early 2000 was in Afghanistan. He met Zarqawi there. They trained together at the Al Farouq training camp. Some time in about 2002, we think, is when he made his way here to Iraq, and probably stood up one of the first al Qaeda Iraq cells around the area of Baghdad in about early 2003.

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PHILLIPS: Well, General Caldwell spoke with CNN's Wolf Blitzer just a short time ago. Hear much more of that conversation on "THE SITUATION ROOM" at the top of the hour.

And the fight for Iraq is nothing new, but the scope of the government's latest offensive is. Or maybe it's defensive, Iraqi troops, Iraqi cops, by tens of the thousands, on Baghdad streets, in the largest show of force in more than two years. They have already been tested.

CNN's John Vause is in Baghdad.

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JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The security sweep began just after dawn. But, within hours, a car bomb exploded in the northern part of Baghdad, killing at least two civilians.

Police say it was detonated by remote control. Iraqi police also came under attack from a roadside bomb. And Iraqi soldiers were involved in a 30-minute-long gun battle with insurgents in a Sunni neighborhood. In both occasions, no casualties were reported there. Six bodies were also found in the capital. According to police, all of them had been shot, all of them showing signs of torture.

Iraqi forces manned hundreds of checkpoints in and out of the Iraqi capital today, searching cars, seizing weapons. They say they also found three Katyusha rockets and defused a couple of roadside bombs.

For now, it seems, there will be no all-out offensive in the more violent-prone neighborhoods here controlled by the militants and the insurgents. But the Iraqi prime minister says this is an open-ended operation, and it will be escalated in coming days.

John Vause, CNN, Baghdad.

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PHILLIPS: Officially, it has a name, Operation Together Forward. Unofficially, it's a major crackdown on lawlessness, on terrorism, on insurgent attacks in Baghdad. President Bush met with reporters today in the White House Rose Garden.

He laid out the size of the mission, who is in charge, and said it deals with Baghdad first, the rest of Iraq later.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The prime minister has taken immediate action to implement a plan -- plan to improve security, and his top priority is around Baghdad.

Operation Together Forward started this morning. This operation is a joint effort to restore security and rule of law to high-risk areas in the capital city.

It will be carried out by some 26,000 Iraqi soldiers, some 23,000 Iraqi police, backed up by over 7,200 coalition forces.

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PHILLIPS: Mr. Bush spoke just hours after his ultra-top-secret trip to Iraq.

CNN White House correspondent Elaine Quijano was at the news conference.

Elaine, what did you find out?

ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Kyra.

Well, just a few minutes ago, first of all, the president wrapped up a meeting with the Iraq Study Group. This is a bipartisan group led by former Secretary of State James Baker, as well as former Congressman Lee Hamilton.

And, really, this is part of the White House's efforts to demonstrate that it is, in fact, reaching out to others on this issue of Iraq about the way forward, looking for a variety of opinions.

Now, earlier today, in the Rose Garden, the president summed up his view of the situation in Iraq, saying that, at the end of this news conference in the Rose Garden, saying that -- quote -- "It is worth it. It is necessary. And we will succeed." The president said he had a positive view of Iraq's leadership that's in place, that officials there are taking steps to address the security concerns. He did, however, acknowledge that he does not expect the violence in Iraq to disappear completely.

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BUSH: Yes, I said that if -- if people say, well, there's got to be no violence in order for this to be a successful experience, then, it's not going to happen. All that does is give the power of, you know, a handful of murderers to determine success.

Obviously, we would violence to go down, and that's what the operation in Baghdad is intending to do -- starting in the capital -- is to reduce violence.

And the reason why it's important for violence to be reduced, obviously, is one, save lives; but, two, give confidence to the Iraqi people that their government will be able to sustain itself and govern itself and meet the needs of the people.

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QUIJANO: Now, the president made his comments fresh off that face-to-face visit with Iraq's new prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. Mr. Bush said he's impressed with Mr. Maliki and his cabinet.

He made clear the U.S. will keep troops in place for as long as is necessary to bolster Iraqi forces and the new Iraqi government. But the president, of course, is also trying to shift responsibilities to the Iraqi leaders. The White House wants Iraq's leaders to seize this moment of opportunity, in their words, in their view.

In the meantime, U.S. forces, of course, will remain. And for that, the president is appealing to the American people, Kyra, for more patience.

PHILLIPS: Well, construction is another priority for the president. What did the president say about the international community?

QUIJANO: Well, reconstruction certainly is a priority.

And the president today noted that, of the $13 billion that's been pledged by the international community, only about $3 billion has actually been put forward. So, the president is going to be dispatching some top U.S. officials from the Departments of Treasury, Department of State as well, to go around the world and essentially secure financial support, to ensure that the reconstruction and rebuilding process in Iraq can go forward.

PHILLIPS: Elaine Quijano, from the White House, thanks so much.

QUIJANO: Mmm-hmm.

PHILLIPS: In Tennessee, a not-guilty plea from a preacher's widow.

Mary Winkler is accused of murdering her husband, Matthew, three months ago at the church parsonage in the town of Selmer. Winkler said very little in her arraignment this morning, and her lawyers want her released on bond. And the judge will hear their motion June 30. The trial has been set for the end of October.

For eight years, he was the prominent, charismatic and progressive mayor of Atlanta. Now Bill Campbell faces two-and-a-half years in prison. A federal judge sentenced Campbell yesterday on three counts of tax evasion and one count of defrauding his own reelection campaign. He was tried for, but cleared of racketeering and taking thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

Campbell says he will appeal the conviction and the sentence.

They're supposed to be a non-lethal option for police, but the feds want to know whether stun guns and other electroshock devices are closer to lethal than they should be. The Justice Department is revisiting 30 deaths connected to Tasers and other such weapons. Eventually, the probe could expand.

A prime minister pays homage to a king. Japan's number-one Elvis fan, he is in for quite a treat. A trip to Graceland is added to his upcoming U.S. itinerary -- a look at the King's political influence right here on LIVE FROM.

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PHILLIPS: A string of events, most of them unplanned, one painstakingly planned, have combined to give the Bush administration a boost lately. And that's got the president's aides and allies feeling better about the future.

Here is our senior national correspondent, John Roberts.

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JOHN ROBERTS, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was just the sort of bold political play Republican faithful had been wishing for and one they hope could be a game-changer in this election year.

ED ROGERS, REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT: Well, I don't want to overstate it. And, under normal times, maybe this wouldn't be that big a deal. But this is the closest thing this White House, this administration, has had to being on a roll in two years.

ROBERTS: The stroke of luck that a pre-planned trip would coincide with Zarqawi's death, and on the same day Karl Rove received his get-out-of-jail-free card, it was, according to some analysts, a set of headlines the White House itself couldn't have written better.

MICHAEL TACKETT, "THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE": Definitely a trifecta of good news for the president here. But that's the good news. The bad news is, it's early June. ROBERTS: Four-and-a-half more months until the election in a business where a week is forever. No Republican expects the bump from Zarqawi's demise to last, but they do see a White House more willing to take the initiative.

ROGERS: The president is out there more. He's more visible. A grand gesture, in going to Iraq, is a big deal. And, so, rather than just sit back and take the pounding, the -- the White House is controlling their own fate a little bit better, a little bit more aggressively.

ROBERTS: It's still too early, they say, to tell whether a White House mired in bad luck has really found its footing or if the president can get Republicans in Congress on the same page.

Don't forget, Brian Bilbray won the recent California special election by challenging the White House on immigration. But with Congress set to open debate on Iraq and troop deployments Thursday, the White House couldn't have handed Republican lawmakers a better gift.

TACKETT: This is very good news for Republicans who want to control that debate, because now they can go in there with a full head of steam, with very credible good news to tell about Iraq. That's something they couldn't have done even a week ago.

ROBERTS: Definitely a more cooperative environment. And with the so-called architect now free of distractions to focus on November, Republicans are actually feeling optimistic. But the White House, they add, may have to work at staying out of trouble.

ROGERS: This administration has been snake-bit for a while. You know, don't let Cheney go hunting. Again, be very sure-footed, no self-inflicted wounds.

ROBERTS (on camera): The thing to keep in mind, say partisans and analysts alike, is that Zarqawi's death was completely out of the White House's control. It just happened to coincide with the president's visit to Iraq. The political pendulum may have swung in favor of the White House, they say, but there's every expectation that it could swing back.

John Roberts, CNN, Washington.

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PHILLIPS: Well, the same day President Bush paid a surprise visit to Baghdad, journalist Bob Woodruff surprised and delighted his co-workers at ABC News. The former "World News Tonight" co-anchor strolled through his New York newsroom for the first time that he almost lost his life after a bomb blast in Iraq in January.

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BOB WOODRUFF, ABC NEWS: Woke up in this -- in this hospital, and I looked up. And I -- and I just thought about you guys. And I thought about everything that I wanted badly to come back to.

LEE WOODRUFF, WIFE OF BOB WOODRUFF: Bob is the luckiest guy in the world, as his surgeons have said. But I also think a large part of healing is about being surrounded by people who care about you and love you. And he's had that from everyone here.

B. WOODRUFF: Man, it's good to be here.

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PHILLIPS: Well, no word on when Woodruff will go back to work. Veteran newsman Charles Gibson now anchors the nightly program.

A president and a prime minister visiting the home of the King. They're not headed to a palace. They're going to Graceland. The White House says President Bush plans to take Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Memphis later this month. You see, Koizumi is a huge Elvis fan. They even share a birthday, January 8.

Our senior political analyst, Bill Schneider, joins me to talk about Koizumi's burning love for all things Elvis.

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PHILLIPS: So, of course, this caught our attention, Bill. What is it with Koizumi and Elvis?

WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, Koizumi has long been an Elvis fan. He has even released an album of his favorite Elvis songs, "Junichiro Koizumi Presents My Favorite Elvis Songs."

There you see it. That picture is obviously fake. I don't think he ever actually appeared with Elvis. But it' an album that was sold in Japan when I was there in 2001. Here's another picture of the two supposedly together. There's even a picture of Elvis reaching out to the crowd.

And, if you look carefully, way down at the bottom, that little guy waving between Elvis' legs, that's the prime minister of Japan.

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SCHNEIDER: Interestingly, when I visited Japan, they treated Koizumi like a rock star. Wherever he went, there were young girls screaming. There were people taking his picture.

(LAUGHTER)

SCHNEIDER: He was kind of the Elvis of Japanese politics.

PHILLIPS: Now, of course, we're hearing, you know, the real Elvis in the background. But have you ever heard him sing? Have you heard the C.D.? We tried to track it down.

(LAUGHTER) PHILLIPS: We -- we really wanted to know what it sounds like.

SCHNEIDER: Well, it was only -- he wasn't singing on the album. It was Elvis' songs, actually. And he picked his favorite Elvis' songs -- Elvis songs, though it is reported that he once sang some Elvis songs poolside in Crawford, Texas, when he visited with President Bush, though it doesn't appear that any media were there to record it.

He also regaled Secretary of State -- or now Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with some Elvis trivia when he visited with her at a G-8 Summit.

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SCHNEIDER: There you can see him.

And, by the way, one of the things that make him the Japanese Elvis is that wonderful hair, very uncharacteristic of the Japanese politicians.

PHILLIPS: I was just thinking, if he just let the sideburns grow a little longer, Bill...

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PHILLIPS: ... it would be perfect.

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SCHNEIDER: Yes.

PHILLIPS: Now -- now, there's a number of other White House- Elvis connections, right? We can't forget the famous picture with Nixon.

SCHNEIDER: That's right.

Elvis unexpectedly visited Richard Nixon -- here we see a picture of it -- in December 1970, and requested a badge, so that he -- he could become a federal agent at large. He said he had done a -- an in-depth study of drug abuse and communist brainwashing.

Well, the White House was taken by surprise by that request, but they did give him a specially prepared badge from the Bureau of Narcotics.

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PHILLIPS: Oh. Interesting twist to that one. That could lead us into a whole 'nother discussion.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: But, now, Bill Clinton...

SCHNEIDER: Yes.

PHILLIPS: Now, I just thought there was only one velvet Elvis...

SCHNEIDER: Yes.

PHILLIPS: ... but you're telling me there is another.

SCHNEIDER: Well, Bill -- Bill Clinton, of course, modeled himself on Elvis. This is a copy of Greil Marcus' book. He's a well- known rock critic who wrote a book called "Double Trouble" about the two bad boys, Elvis Presley and Bill Clinton.

Clinton used to talk about Elvis, sometimes sang Elvis songs, played "Heartbreak Hotel" on the saxophone. George Bush once referred to Clinton's plan as -- in 1992, as Elvis economics. And Clinton replied by saying, George Bush compares me to Elvis in unflattering ways. Well, I don't think Bush would have liked Elvis very much.

And, of course, Clinton won that election.

PHILLIPS: So, Bill, are you a fan? Have you been to a concert?

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PHILLIPS: Did you ever mix it up with the King?

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SCHNEIDER: I can't say I ever went to an Elvis concert.

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SCHNEIDER: But there are many of his songs that I think are terrific. And he, of course, is an icon in American culture and, apparently, all around the world.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: Bill Schneider, you always give us a little interesting twist on politics. Thank you.

SCHNEIDER: Sure.

PHILLIPS: Our own little hound dog, Bill Schneider.

SCHNEIDER: Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: Hey, we got it.

All right, for a politician who is out of office and who says he's not running for office, well, Al Gore seems to be everywhere. The former vice president has been traveling the globe to promote his new global warming film, "An Inconvenient Truth." And that has given rise to all sorts of speculation he's quietly planning another run for the presidency.

But, appearing last night on CNN's "LARRY KING LIVE," Gore says his only concern right now is the environment.

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AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I really don't expect to be a candidate again. I think that my -- the best use of my skills and experiences and energy is to try to change the minds of the American people, and, to the extent that I can, people elsewhere in the world. I really think that -- that this crisis has to be seen as the number-one challenge that we face.

LARRY KING, HOST: Let me...

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PHILLIPS: And you won't want to miss Larry King tonight. Actress Daryl Hannah talks about her arrest. It's coming up at 9:00 Eastern, only on CNN.

So, what would you say in a five-word acceptance speech?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Happiest moment of my evening.

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, "HUFFINGTON POST": Darlings, make blogs, not war.

PRINCE, MUSICIAN: Everything you think is true.

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PHILLIPS: It's an awards show where winners keep it short and sweet. That's ahead on CNN.

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PHILLIPS: Carol Lin with a story just in to CNN.

What is it, Carol?

CAROL LIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, there were four people stabbed in 12 hours in the New York metro area. Just a short time ago, we heard from Commissioner Ray Kelly, who says that they have a suspect in custody.

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RAYMOND KELLY, NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER: Kenny Alexis, whose last known address in New York was a men's shelter on Eighth Avenue, is also the suspect in three other incidents that transpired within a 12-hour period.

(END VIDEO CLIP) LIN: All right, four total, Kyra.

Two of them were tourists, two women who were walking at about 4:00 in the morning near the W Hotel in Midtown and were stabbed, all right. And, then, there was a guy on the subway who got lost. And he was, apparently, according to the suspect, blocking the doorway, and that is why he was stabbed in the back.

All four people are expected to survive, but a harrowing 12 hours in New York City, as everybody was wondering what was going on with these stabbing reports.

PHILLIPS: A big tourist...

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PHILLIPS: Well, a big tourist area, you know, especially...

LIN: Yes.

PHILLIPS: ... this time of the day.

LIN: Yes. Three of them were tourists overall. So, these were people who were just, you know, walking, trying to get back to their hotel, tried to take the subway to get home, and this is what happened.

But they do have a suspect. He does have a criminal history. He was wanted for shoplifting, as well as assault. But, according to the bio that the police gave, that's as serious as it got in his criminal record until now.

PHILLIPS: All right, Carol Lin, thanks so much.

LIN: Mmm-hmm.

PHILLIPS: She spent more than two years in jail, only to have prosecutors drop the case. Now former nanny Claudia Muro is suing the maker of the hidden camera that got her in trouble.

Remember this video? It was broadcast all over the country back in October of 2003. It is footage taken from a nanny-cam installed by Muro's South Florida employers. Well, they claim it showed Muro abusing their 5-month-old daughter. Muro was arrested in October 2003 and spent the next 29 months in jail.

But, in March, the Broward County state attorney dropped the case. Video experts said the footage was unreliable, because the shots were time-lapsed, meaning the movements might not have been as violent as they appeared. Muro is now seeking damages against Tyco Fire & Security.

Were school administrators in Richmond taking a bite out of crime or did the middle school students get a crummy deal? The boys ate some cookies that belonged to a cafeteria worker. And now they're suspended under the school's theft code and kicked off the baseball team. Their parents say the punishment is unfair, but authorities seem to think that's the way the cookie crumble.

Places, please -- the five-man, two-woman crew of space shuttle Discovery hitting their marks at Kennedy Space Center, where, tomorrow, they will take part in a dress rehearsal for launch. NASA wants to be sure that all the fixes put in place since Discovery's last flight are working. If all goes well, NASA will set a launch date sometime between the 1st and the 19th of July.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Good thing I didn't just win a Webby Award, what some call the Oscars of the Internet, because I violated the limit on acceptance speeches, or should I say acceptance sentences? Acceptance phrases?

Jeanne Moos has the story.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): One thing you can count on at the Webbys, you can count on one hand the number of words in every acceptance speech.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Happiest moment of my evening.

MOOS: Five words, that's the limit, whether you're NationalGeographic.com...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: More than just bare breasts.

MOOS: ... or Arianna Huffington, winning best political blog for her "Huffington Post."

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, "HUFFINGTON POST": Darlings, make blogs, not war.

MOOS: But even five words is more than you usually get out of Prince.

PRINCE, SINGER: Everything you think is true.

MOOS: Prince won a lifetime achievement award for using his Web site to distribute his music. Another lifetime achievement award went to the Dr. Robert Kahn. The co-inventor of the Internet gave his speech in binary computer code. It was hard to compete with Al Gore's speech from last year.

AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT: Please don't recount this vote.

MOOS: The winners tend to agonize over choosing a pithy phrase. At "The Huffington Post," readers weighed in on suggestions.

"I'm not Zsa Zsa Gabor" had a nice ring to it.

HUFFINGTON: I liked, "I'm not Zsa Zsa Gabor." I liked that. It's all geek to me.

MOOS (on camera): That was a good one.

HUFFINGTON: You like that one?

MOOS: Especially -- you're Greek.

(voice-over): There was nothing Greek about this guy's marriage proposal. Dave Garr won a Webby for creating DaveLovesElizabeth.com to propose to the woman who is now his wife.

DAVE GARR, WWW.DAVELOVESELIZABETH.COM: So, I want her to go up and say:

ELIZABETH GARR, WWW.DAVELOVESELIZABETH.COM: You had me at W-W-W.

MOOS: Instead, he went up.

D. GARR: I proposed. Elizabeth said...

MOOS: ... Dave got booed for exceeding the five-word limit. A site called Cute Overload, featuring nothing but cute animal pictures, won a Webby.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not bad for posting kittens.

MOOS: "Cats 'n' Racks" is the most loved and hated part of the Web site. It features a combo of just that.

No one objected after Prince's five-word speech, when he sang a few more words.

PRINCE (singing): Don't blame me.

MOOS: But, whatever you do, don't try this with your P.C., or your Webby.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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PHILLIPS: And you can see more reports from Jeanne Moos on "THE SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER,' weekdays, 4:00 p.m. Eastern, and prime-time edition at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.

Well, you can run, but you can't hide from the Virginia Watchdog.

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B.J. OSTERGREN, THE VIRGINIA WATCHDOG: Would I have driven to Miami-Dade to get Jeb Bush's? No.

GOV. JEB BUSH (R), FLORIDA: This meeting was a very productive one.

DREW GRIFFIN, CNN INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT: Did she say Jeb Bush? Yes, the president's brother. To prove her point, she has gone on celebrity-style identity hunts, the governor of Florida's Social Security number, posted along with other Floridians.

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PHILLIPS: You will be slack-jawed at how simple it is for someone to steal your personal info. Drew Griffin spills the beans, like he always does -- coming up on LIVE FROM.

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