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JonBenet Ramsey Suspect Knows Details of Murder; Iran Contains Moderates as Well as Hardliners; Civil Rights Leader Accused of Racism; New Study Shows T.V. Comforting to Children

Aired August 18, 2006 - 13:00   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN HOST: Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips with CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.
Graphic, gruesome physical details, key information only the killer would know. Is the cold case cracked? The latest on John Mark Karr and the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.

Murders in Mexico. Hundreds of women missing, raped, killed. Cases unsolved for years. Now an arrest in the U.S. hailed as a major break.

Offensive remarks. Civil rights leader Andrew Young vents on Jews, Arabs, Koreans and the corner store. Debating the damage control.

LIVE FROM starts right now.

Graphic, gruesome details about the body of JonBenet Ramsey. A U.S. law enforcement source tells CNN that John Mark Karr knows things only the medical examiner, other investigators and JonBenet's killer could know.

CNN's Susan Candiotti broke the story just a little while ago. She joins me now from Miami with more -- Susan.

SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, you know that so far CNN has been reporting that John Mark Karr knew certain things about the investigation that had not been made public. Now we have more details.

A U.S. law enforcement official tells us that Karr had graphic, gruesome details about the physical condition of JonBenet Ramsey's body that had not been made public. Information known only to investigators and to the medical examiner. Information that has been kept secret for these 10 years since the murder took place.

Now, law enforcement officials tell us they cannot explain how it is that Karr had access to this information, could have known it. Remember what we've known so far.

We do know that something that he said to a college professor in Colorado led that professor to contact authorities, and they in turn, began a search and located, pinpointed Karr's location in Thailand. We don't know if this is that information. Certainly, we do know that it is not uncommon for homicide investigators to keep certain information out of the public's hands. This information, apparently, is not contained in the autopsy that everyone has seen.

At the same time, many questions have been raised about Karr's confession. For example, remember his claim, according to authorities, that he drugged JonBenet Ramsey? There's no mention of drugs being found in her body in the autopsy report.

Questions have also been raised about his whereabouts in December 1996 because his ex-wife says to the best of her recollection, he was with her and the children during that time frame. And those are just some of the questions that have been raised.

Now, it is possible that we might learn more once Karr makes it back to the United States and appears in the U.S. court. At that time, it is not uncommon for the arrest warrant affidavit to be made public, filed in open court. So perhaps we'll learn more at that time -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. Susan Candiotti, thanks so much.

And regardless of Karr's role in the Ramsey case, his emerging portrait is unnerving, even in Bangkok, Thailand, notorious for its child sex trade. Karr worked as a teacher there in at least two elementary schools. CNN's Stan Grant has the latest -- Stan.

STAN GRANT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Kyra, before we get to his background here as a teacher in Thailand, I can bring you up to detail -- bring you up to speed on some of the details surrounding what's going to happen with John Karr.

Now, just behind me you can see this police cell where he's being held. Well, the homeland security official Ann Hertz was in there for a couple hours. She just left only a few moments ago. And she said that she had seen Karr and that she described him as doing fine.

She was questioned about the holes that are apparently appearing in his case now, some of the skepticism surrounding the case against Karr. She said she would not speculate on that.

She was asked when he would be returned to the United States. She said within the week. They're still working on some of the details surrounding that with the Thai officials. And wouldn't be drawn on whether in fact he'll be taking a commercial flight or not. Some of those details still to be worked out but to be sent home before the end of the week.

In the meantime, of course, more detail emerging about John Mark Karr and what he's been doing for the past few years, traveling throughout Asia, working as a teacher.

And I have in my hand here now, his application for employment at a Bangkok Christian school that basically lists his credentials and also some referees (ph), some awards that he's won and so on. Now he was described as being clean cut and polite, according to his employers, but they found him unsuitable. They said that he had a temper; he was prone to outbursts and they had to let him go.

Now in the meantime, of course, he was then arrested on Wednesday night, charged with first degree murder and, as I say, behind me being kept until he can be sent home, according to the homeland security officials, within the week -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Just a question about his health, Stan. Do you know anything about that? Just looking back at previous pictures and how he looked just a few years ago, he seems to look a lot thinner and I guess really not as healthy as he did in the past. Do you know anything about his physical condition?

GRANT: No, we really can't speculate on that. When asked about -- Ann Hurst was asked about that and she described him, in her words, as doing fine.

But you are right. One of the things that really struck me looking at those pictures the other day, that how bewildered he looked in the middle of that pack, and that's not surprising. But this is a very gaunt looking figure. And if you do contrast to pictures that we've seen earlier, it does appear to be a marked difference. Forty- one years old, fairly gaunt, his hairline receding. So as to his physical condition, though, we really can't speculate at this point, Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Stan Grant out of Bangkok, thanks very much.

More twists on some twisted e-mails. But did John Mark Karr really kill JonBenet Ramsey? For investigators in Boulder, Colorado, Karr's confession compounds confusion in a case that's stymied cops for almost 10 years. Ed Lavandera is in Boulder -- Ed.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that question of whether or not it's truth or fiction is the prevailing question right now. You know, one of the people thrust to the center of this investigation was a journalism professor just down the road here from where the Ramseys used to live here in Boulder.

And it's a journalism professor by the name of Michael Tracey, who had been working on documentaries about the JonBenet Ramsey mystery over the last few years.

And we learned yesterday that he had actually been corresponding with John Karr via e-mail for several years. And perhaps it was those e-mails and the strange twist the e-mails took, according to him, that prompted him to turn those e-mails over to authorities, according to this professor.

What we did get yesterday, though, was some of the content of those e-mails, a few of them appearing this morning in the "Rocky Mountain News". Imagine this, John Karr e-mailing this professor, Michael Tracey, and asking him to read this poem that he had written for JonBenet Ramsey, to come here to this house on the even -- on the anniversary of her death 10 years ago last -- or nine years ago last Christmas and to read this.

"JonBenet, my love, my life. I love you and shall forever love you. I pray that you can hear my voice calling out to you from my darkness, this darkness that now separates us."

So almost a bizarre picture painted by this reporter in this paper. John Karr asking this professor to come here to this very spot and read that.

In another e-mail, separate, Karr continues to write to this professor, "I will tell you that I can understand people like Michael Jackson and feel sympathy when he suffers as he has."

Then he goes on to say, "I am trapped in a world that I do not understand."

So again, another element to this story that's been changing so quickly over the last 24 hours. And quite frankly, left a lot of the investigators here trying to piece all of this together. And you can get a real sense of perhaps why they were so cautious in what they had to say here yesterday -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: And Ed will keep asking those questions. Thanks so much. Ed Lavandera.

Well, countless hours of official manpower have gone into the Ramsey case these past 10 years, but there are a couple of guys who have invested a lot of their own time and shoe leather. Coming up next hour, we're going to talk with two private investigators hired by the Ramsey family, their take on John Mark Karr and their long quest to find justice for JonBenet, still ahead on LIVE FROM.

Let's get to the news room. Fredricka Whitfield with the details on a developing story.

Fred, what do you have?

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Kyra.

Well, some frightening moments for people on board an Alaskan Airline jet earlier today. Apparently, it was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Seattle, Washington, because of a loss of cabin pressure.

And about 14 people on board, including three crew members, had complained of pain as a result of the decompression. So upon landing of that aircraft those people were treated immediately by medics at the airport.

Still unclear, however, why -- why there was a loss of cabin pressure in this Alaska Airlines jet. Flight 690, landing safely earlier this morning in Seattle, Washington -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. We'll follow it. Thanks, Fred.

Well, in our "CNN Security Watch", another scare in the sky. An airliner en route from London to Egypt landed in Italy today amid fears there might be a bomb on board. It seems a bomb threat was written on an air sick bag. It turned up in the passenger cabin of an Excel Airways 767.

That plane landed safely in Brindisi. And explosives were found -- no explosives, actually, were found, and authorities signaled the all clear.

Well, an invasion of privacy or a vital tool in the war on terror? A federal judge moves to pull the plug on wiretaps without warrants. The president defends it again and vows to fight on.

Standing by with more on that, our White House correspondent, Elaine Quijano -- Elaine.

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

That's right. The president made his comments after huddling with his economic advisers at Camp David for his annual August meeting with them. Afterwards came out, talked to reporters and was asked about the federal judge in Detroit yesterday who ruled that the administration's warrantless wiretap program was unconstitutional.

Today the president staunchly defended the program. That program, you'll recall, is carried out by the National Security Agency meant to monitor communication into and out of the United States when one of the parties is believed to have terrorist ties.

Well, the president, in making his argument, pointed to the recently foiled terror plot as an example why the administration feels such tools are necessary.

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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This country of ours is at war. And we must give those who are -- whose responsibility it is to protect the United States, the tools necessary to protect this country in a time of war.

The judge's decision was a -- I strongly disagree with that decision, strongly disagree. That's why I instructed the Justice Department to appeal immediately. And I believe our appeals will be upheld.

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QUIJANO: and in fact, those wiretaps set to continue pending an appellate hearing scheduled for next month.

Now, without naming names, President Bush today also took a swipe at Democrats, saying that those who herald the court's decision, quote, "simply do not understand the nature of the world in which we live," end quote.

Since the judge's ruling came out yesterday, Democrats have pounced on it, saying that it serves as an example demonstrating how the Bush administration, they argue, has mismanaged the war on terrorism. All of this, Kyra, happening against a backdrop, of course, of congressional midterm elections just some 80 or so days away from now -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Elaine Quijano at the White House. Thanks, Elaine.

He's a former Atlanta mayor, U.N. ambassador, civil rights icon. And he was supposed to win friends for Wal-Mart. That's not exactly how things turned out. Coming up, what Andrew Young said and why it's caused such a controversy.

Plus Iran has P.R. issues in newspapers and on television. Death to America, claims and threats, nuclear defiance. There's also the moderate open-minded Iran that does not make headlines. We'll visit there when LIVE FROM continues.

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PHILLIPS: Music, dancing, flags and pride (ph) filling the streets of towns in Southern Lebanon surrounding the arrival of Lebanese soldiers. It's historic. And there's been no regular army presence in that part of Lebanon in decades. That's Hezbollah country.

U.N. peacekeepers will join them but when, how many and from where? Those details still a little fuzzy.

Several nations are stepping up, promising that troops and military equipment will be given. Among them, those with long histories of peacekeeping duty: Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. Nepal offers a mechanized battalion. Denmark will send two ships to the Lebanese coast. France says it will increase an observer force already in place.

Iran, as the world sees it today, fiery, furious threatening axis of evil. But there's another Iran one -- well, in the west we don't often have the privilege to see. CNN's Aneesh Raman is there.

Aneesh, set the scene.

ANEESH RAMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, good afternoon.

Throughout the war between Hezbollah and Israel, the face of Iran, as you say, has been one of unbridled anger, especially among the protesters. Well, today we found out really that's only half the story.

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RAMAN (voice-over): Tucked amid the northern mountains is a Tehran that is rarely seen. Here, along this hiking trail, there are no flags of Hezbollah, no posters of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Instead, just some kebabs on the grill and couples using the crowds to show affection discreetly.

These are Iran's moderates, like 41-year-old Fariba (ph). "To say the recent war," she tells me, "overshadowed all aspects of people's life here would not be accurate."

And she says that "in the west they think Iranians are close minded and short sighted." That, she says, is incorrect, as well.

(on camera) Moderates in Tehran make up a quiet majority, but on this issue, as with virtually every other, they are overshadowed by a much more vocal and conservative minority.

Throughout the war in Lebanon, these were defining images of anger in Iran. Demonstrations often punctuated by chants of "death to America, death to Israel." And an eagerness to join the fight that is still in evidence after Friday prayers at this conservative mosque.

"Did the Israelis prove their power by attacking innocent children?" asks this woman. "If they are men, they she should come and fight us."

"As soon as a supreme leader gives the go ahead, I and my three sons would go and join Hezbollah," says this former general.

They are perhaps the two faces of Iran, hard line protesters and moderate hikers (ph). But both sides know they matter little compared to this face, that of Iran's president, who seems intent on confronting the United States over Iran's nuclear program.

Even among moderates, there is now a feeling of foreboding, and even among moderates, that the U.S. shoulders the blame. Fariba (ph) tells me that, because almost the entire Middle East one way or another is being assaulted by America, Iran will gradually be dragged into this war.

And so, even amid the serenity of these mountains, these are tense times in Iran.

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RAMAN: And Kyra, it is not the moderates who come to the streets who hold demonstrations. That, of course, is the conservatives, but when you go and talk to them, they say that there is a much more nuanced face to Iran -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: What about the nuclear issue? Is that divided as well?

RAMAN: Well, it's interesting. I was here some months ago, and there was near uniform support for the country's nuclear program, for what they see here is a peaceful civilian nuclear program. From the rich, to the poor, moderate to conservative, everyone backed the government.

This time around, though, the support remains, but it's tinged with a sense of unease. People are wondering how far the country should push for what is its right, in their mind, if it is going to lead to sanctions.

There's already talk among certain Iranians I spoke to into what kind of sanctions the country will face. They don't think the government is going to make a deal to suspend the uranium enrichment. So while support is there, there's now a little bit of doubt as to whether it should be pursued to the point of sanctions -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Aneesh Raman, live from Tehran. Thanks, Aneesh.

Well, he's a former Atlanta mayor, U.N. ambassador, civil rights icon. And he was supposed to win friends for Wal-Mart. That's not exactly how things turned out. Coming up, what Andrew Young said and why it's caused such a controversy.

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PHILLIPS: Well, he vented, repented, and now he's resigned. Former Atlanta mayor, U.N. ambassador and civil rights icon Andrew Young had agreed to do P.R. for Wal-Mart when he told an L.A. newspaper that Wal-Mart should be applauded for driving mom and pop stores out of business.

Well, here's what was so controversial. They said, quote, "They ran the mom and pop stores out of my neighborhood. But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews. Then it was Koreans, and now it's Arabs. Very few black people own these stores," unquote.

Young has since apologized, but the controversy hasn't gone away.

Niger Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality is in New York. Roland Martin is in Indianapolis. He's executive editor of the "Chicago Defender" and a syndicated columnist.

I guess, first, gentlemen, I just want to get your reaction to the quote. Niger, let's start with you.

NIGER INNIS, CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY: Well, you know, it's an old frustration that's been discussed in the black community about black-owned businesses.

But you know, a little quick insight. Back in 1960s when Roy Innis, my chairman, was chairman of Hadencorp (ph), he pulled together a lot of these non-black, mostly Jewish merchants in Harlem and he said, "Listen, gentlemen, it's untenable that you're serving the community and that you virtually have a monopoly on these black businesses -- on these businesses, rather."

And the Jewish merchants, actually most of the Jewish merchants said, "Hey, look, I'm looking to retire. We're going to give up these businesses and go and retire. My son and my daughter, they're doing other things. They're not taking over." And guess what? They left.

And what happened? You had economic blight in Harlem and in other black communities for many, many years until, guess what, Koreans and other immigrants, using their entrepreneurial spirit, jumped into the void. So not only was Andrew Young's statement insensitive, but quite frankly, it was not socially scientifically accurate.

PHILLIPS: So Roland, how did you take it?

ROLAND MARTIN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, "CHICAGO DEFENDER": Well, first and foremost, there have been many people who have made a similar comment.

I was -- I don't see it as this great controversy. I think part of the problem here is we don't necessarily want to examine exactly what he said.

Secondly, we also have to deal with this. Somebody makes a comment. It's not always anti-Semitic. It's not always anti-black. It's not always anti-women. And so I think -- I think too often we're so sensitive to comments that we take it to the extreme.

And so I went to some of the people saying he's anti-Semite. That's not true. He doesn't have a hatred for Jews. He is simply stating, as Niger said, that frustration among African-Americans as relates to who is controlling businesses in our communities.

PHILLIPS: So if you look at that quote, all right, and some are saying, gosh, this was so racist. It was so controversial. All right. Let's just lay it out this way. Let's look at what Mel Gibson said. All right. I got the quote here. And it created such a fuss.

"F-ing Jews. Jews are responsible for all the wars in world." Well, the media went crazy. It was all over the place. It was the lead story on so many networks.

Now you've got Andrew Young saying this, quote. "I want to point out that they both apologized, by the way, Andrew Young and Mel Gibson.

Now, not enough hype over young, a lot of hype over Gibson? Is it because Gibson is a white Hollywood star and Young is a black civil rights leader? Niger?

MARTIN: No.

PHILLIPS: Go ahead, Niger.

MARTIN: Niger, go ahead.

INNIS: First of all, I agree with Roland. Andrew Young has worked with Jewish organizations and Jewish individuals longer than the three of us have been alive. OK? So he's not anti-Semitic. He's not anti-Arab. It's kind of ironic. He lost his U.N. post in the Carter administration, because he came to the defense of Arabs in the Arab/Israeli conflict.

MARTIN: Yes.

INNIS: So he's not anti-Arab. But he did make a comment that was a little nasty. And certainly he should be held accountable for it. In the case of Mel Gibson, Mel Gibson's statement was an outrageous statement. And he also should be held accountable. And I think he has stepped up to the plate and been accountable.

But there's no question. I think Roland will agree with me here. There is a media frenzy when it comes to the anti-black or anti-woman or anti-Semitic or anti-Arab. And we have to, you know, get beyond the media feeding frenzy that occurs when these statements were made and scratch below the surface to look at the real substance of what that individual is saying if there is any "there" there.

PHILLIPS: OK. So what's the substance here? Because Mel Gibson, was there substance there or was he just drunk and said something ridiculous?

MARTIN: Right.

PHILLIPS: Andrew Young, you know, why did he say what he did? And what was the substance there? Still, there was a lot more -- there was a lot more hype over Mel Gibson than there was over Andrew Young.

MARTIN: Two words, pretext, context. The pretext for Mel Gibson was the fact that you had "The Passion of the Christ". You had a huge outcry across the world as it relates to whether or not the movie was anti-Semitic.

And so you had a number of people who were Jewish in Hollywood and other places who, frankly, were attacking Mel Gibson, were going after him. And so that -- that sort of scenario was still there.

When Niger talked about what took place with Andrew Young, that was in 1979. So you did not have a recent uproar as it relates to Andrew Young.

Again, the context is Mel Gibson, he was drunk. I mean, the guy was a drunk. It wasn't like he made this comment at an industry panel in Los Angeles.

And also, when you look at what Andrew Young had to say, if you break the statement down, as Niger talked about, were there Jews who own businesses in the black community in the '60s? Yes. As he said, Koreans owned businesses. Arabs have owned businesses. And so I think what you had there was you had Andrew Young talking to a black newspaper where you sort of had that relationship there...

PHILLIPS: Saying, hey, let's step up to the plate as black America. Let's be entrepreneurs. Let's make more of an effort.

MARTIN: That's precisely it.

INNIS: You said in terms of substance. That's the substance of this particular issue. Let's keep in mind, Andrew Young was speaking on behalf of Wal-Mart.

MARTIN: Right. INNIS: And giving an excuse or an apology for Wal-Mart going in and wiping out mom and pop businesses: black, Jew, Korean, didn't matter. The small businesses that Wal-Mart was wiping out by coming into a particular community. That's the substance.

And what we need to discuss is how Wal-Mart, when they go into these communities, need to not wipe out these small businesses but work in partnership to help develop these small businesses and create a symbiotic relationship between Wal-Mart and the small mom and pops, regardless of who owns them.

PHILLIPS: Great point. But you know what, though, guys? I think we've definitely hit on the substance and the economic reality and how everybody needs to work together and support each other, no matter what the race is. Everybody should be able to be an entrepreneur and own their own business and stand out.

MARIN: That's right.

PHILLIPS: But let me ask you a question. I just want to get -- the point of what can we say now and what we can't say.

All right. Spike Lee had this quote. He said, "Racism is when you have laws set up systematically put in the way to keep people from advancing, to stop the advancement of a people. Black people have never had the power to enforce racism, and so this is something that white America is going to have to work out themselves."

Now, he wasn't talking about the situation here. But he puts that quote out there.

So my question is, do blacks have more room to make these sort of statements than white people because of history, because of the lack of voice years and years ago? So should they be given a little more leeway in saying things like this?

MARTIN: Well, first of all, let's go over several different things here. You also have the matter in terms of control of organizations. When Niger talks about a CORE, there was a leader in CORE that made a comment as related to Jews that decimated the organization's fund-raising ability.

INNIS: Before my father took over.

MARTIN: No, no, no, I got you. But also Spike Lee has been criticized in "Do the Right Thing" and "Mo Better Blues" for his portrayal of Jews and Italians.

The question you asked, Kyra, the answer is yes. Certain groups, you have more leeway. Women have more leeway with some issues. Jews have more leeway with some issues. Italians have more leeway. Blacks do.

The problem I have is, do Jews believe they can't be criticized? Do black folks think they can't be criticized? Women can't be criticized? If you criticize Israel, a lot of people say you're anti- Semitic. No, I just disagree with a policy. And so I think people are so sensitive, we can't have a disagreement on issues because people want to say, we're anti-African-American. No, I'm not.

PHILLIPS: But, man, we are living in such a P.C. world. We are living in such a P.C. world right now.

MARTIN: Right. We don't want to have honest conversations.

INNIS: I couldn't agree more with what Roland just said -- with much of what he said. Although I must disagree a bit, certainly with what Spike Lee said. There is no monopoly on racism.

MARTIN: No.

INNIS: There is no monopoly on bigotry. White folks do not have a monopoly on bigotry. And certainly if there's a victim of a particularly biased crime, where the person is physically harmed, or murdered in some cases, the fact that the perpetrator is African- American, the fact that the person is Jewish, they don't get a bye, the fact that it's a woman beating up a man -- which does occasionally happen -- they do not get a bye. There is no monopoly on racism or abuse.

MARTIN: But I will say, Kyra, with Spike Lee's comments, though, when he's talking about this overall structure. The reality is this country had a history with the Supreme Court, the White House, Congress, state legislatures, city halls, systematically discriminated and basically put into law racism.

So I understand his point, but as Niger said, you can be black and be racist, but when you talk about lending institutions, when you talk about stores, when you talk about political officials, again, you have -- that is systematic racism, as opposed to individual and more localized racism.

INNIS: While much of what Roland just said is true, we have to be very, very careful when we talk about issues such as institutionalized racism, that we do not shackle our people, who have been victims of racism, shackle them with victimization.

Listen, the reason a lot of these immigrant groups jumped into the void and filled the spots that were left by a lot of Jewish merchants that were in the black community is because the void was there.

After integration occurred and the structure of segregation was broken, a lot of the best and the brightest of the African-American community took advantage of the new opportunities with integration. Guess what? It left a great void in the black community in terms of a lot of these businesses and economic development. And that void, entrepreneurship loves a void; they love to fill -- entrepreneurs love to fill a need. And that's what a lot of these immigrants did.

MARTIN: But it also does not escape the reality of redlining, of lack of access to capital as well.

INNIS: We could talk for an hour.

PHILLIPS: I know we could. I know we could. And it's a fabulous discussion. I knew it would get us talking. Niger Innis, Roland Martin, it was terrific. I can't thank you both enough.

INNIS: Thank you, Kyra.

MARTIN: Thanks, Kyra.

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PHILLIPS: Well, Straight ahead, a confession maybe, but still more unanswered questions in the Ramsey case.

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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Why did the killer use a broken paint brush from Patsy's hobby kit to twist a cord around JonBenet's neck? Why did no phone call ever come for the supposed ransom before the body was found?

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PHILLIPS: Tom Foreman examines the lingering mysteries.

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PHILLIPS: Let's get straight to the newsroom. Fredricka Whitfield working on a developing story for us -- Fred.

WHITFIELD: Well, Kyra, it is now the root of a serious investigation, and it was a close call. German authorities say that those suitcases that were left on two German trains back in July 31st were likely part of a failed terrorist attack.

Right now, you're looking at videotape the German authorities released today. They believe on this videotape are the suspects who may be responsible, or at least in part responsible, for those suitcase bombs that were left on board those two trains. And along with the suitcases, investigators found pieces of paper with Arabic letters and telephone numbers from Lebanon in clothes that were in the suitcase that they believe may have been designed to kind of insulate or wrap around the gas bottles that were fixated inside these suitcases.

Also inside, wires, alarm clocks, batteries, and as I said, those soft drink bottles with flammable liquid inside. An award is now being offered from the German authorities for anyone who may recognize what they believe to be the suspects in this surveillance video that is now being made public to try to find out who may be responsible for these suitcase bombs left on two German trains back in July -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right, Fred, thanks.

Well, so many questions, so little clarity from the sensational claims by John Mark Karr. The same questions that have stymied investigators in the JonBenet Ramsey case from day one are still unanswered, and now there are many more.

CNN's Tom Foreman is in Boulder, Colorado.

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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In this quiet town, nagging questions have always surrounded the theory that an unknown intruder killed JonBenet. And if Karr has given a confession and if it is true and if he is to be charged, authorities will want those questions answered.

QUESTION: What happened?

JOHN MARK KARR, SUSPECT: Her death was -- was an accident.

FOREMAN: How did a killer get into the house? Police sources said at the beginning there was no forced entry, no footprints in the snow -- those assertions have been challenged in the years since -- and a window was apparently left unlocked. But in the neighborhood, no witnesses reported a passing car, a vagrant, a barking dog, nothing of value for police.

How did the intruder navigate the darkened house to find his victim, brutally kill her, and hide the body without waking anyone? Investigators said from the outset the house was a sprawling maze of hallways, rooms, staircases and closets. The storage room where the body was found was even overlooked by police when they first searched the house for the missing girl. And, by the way, Karr lived in Alabama at the time of the murder.

Why did the killer leave a ransom note for a murder? The handwritten note contained details about John Ramsey's past and his personal finances which a casual acquaintance would not know.

PATSY RAMSEY, JONBENET'S MOTHER: Then I go down the spiral staircase, and there on one of the rungs of the stair is the three- page ransom note.

FOREMAN (on camera): And the questions just go on and on.

Why did the killer use a broken paint brush from Patsy's hobby kit to twist a cord around JonBenet's neck? Why did no phone call ever come for this supposed ransom before the body was found?

(voice over): Such questions have made the authorities highly cautious about reaching any conclusions.

(on camera): One of the arguments all along has been that the Boulder authorities have simply been too cautious and that's why there's never been an arrest. What do you think?

MARY LACY, BOULDER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: I'm not commenting further at this time.

FOREMAN: You can't even talk about that?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Excuse us, sir. Thank you very much.

FOREMAN (voice over): And for now, the questions are still outrunning the answers.

Tom Foreman, CNN, Boulder, Colorado.

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PHILLIPS: And Tom Foreman is part of the team covering the JonBenet Ramsey case for "ANDERSON COOPER 360." Watch "A.C. 360" weeknights, 10:00 Eastern, only on CNN.

An immigration bust in Denver, a major break in a murder spree in Mexico. Well, U.S. Customs agents picked up Edgar Alvarez Cruz on Tuesday, hundreds of miles from where he's suspected of taking parts in the rapes and murders of ten young women in Flores, Mexico. Almost 400 women have turned up dead or been reported missing there since the early 1990s. Human rights groups have long criticized Mexican authorities' failure to catch those killers.

Straight ahead, fingerprinting, background checks. Do your kids teachers go through that process? Some states may be giving a free pass. We'll investigate.

The news keep coming. We'll keep bringing to you. More LIVE FROM next.

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PHILLIPS: Plenty of bird sightings in the second round of the PGA Championship, and many of the bigger names have yet to tee off. CNN's Larry Smith at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago, with one young golfer's transatlantic quest.

Hey, Larry.

LARRY SMITH, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kyra, how are you today? That's right. You know, seven years ago, a bit of magic took place here at Medinah. Tiger Woods won his first PGA Championship, setting off an historic spree in which he won five of six majors.

But finishing one shot back on that Sunday was a young 19-year- old Spaniard named Sergio Garcia, the wunderkind, nicknamed "El Nino." Captured the hearts of golf fans everywhere, but has not stormed the golf world ever since. In fact, he is 0 for 29 in his career in majors, toying with the idea that he could be the best player to have never won the big one.

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SERGIO GARCIA, -3 AFTER FIRST ROUND: When you come out, you know, you think that you're going to hit the world, you're going to rip the world apart, and you don't think about anybody else. But as you keep playing, you realize how many good players are here and how many players actually can win a tournament that single week. So it's not easy. ERNIE ELS, -1 AFTER FIRST ROUND: The only thing he hasn't done, basically, is win a major. And he's obviously got the game to do that. You know, he's a contender in a lot of majors over weekends. And just hasn't quite happened for him yet. So it's probably just a matter of time for Sergio.

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SMITH: Well, Sergio Garcia has been in contention, and he's doing very well here in round two at 88th PGA Championship. He's at 5 under par, still on the course. He has 2 under par today, and that is including a triple bogey. If you don't know golf, that means he had one really bad hole, and yet, he is just three shots behind the leader, Henrik Stenson of Sweden.

Now, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Geoff Ogilvy all tee off 45 minutes from now, at about 2:35 Eastern time. I can tell you, Kyra, that the driving range has been pretty much barren, as far as the stands go. But right now, spectators about five deep. One guess on who is on the practice range right now, getting ready for his round.

PHILLIPS: Hmm, I wonder. It couldn't be the perfectionist himself, could it? Speaking of bogeys, you and I have had plenty of those when we were playing golf together. Hey, I've got a question for you though about Tiger Woods. And just talking about Sergio Garcia, he's always been a real solid golfer, but it seems like everybody's always comparing all the other younger golfers to Tiger, who is going to be the next Tiger. It is a lot of pressure on all these golfers.

SMITH: It really is. And to be honest, its unfair, because if you ask golf experts, golfers usually don't really reach their peak until they get in their 30s. Look at Phil Mickelson's, the success he's had in the past recent years. And now he's like 36-years-old. So it took him a long time to get there. What Tiger did in his 20s is very unusual. Right now there are only seven golfers in their 20s who are ranked in the top 50. So to compare Garcia or a Charles Howell III, or some young names like that to a Tiger Woods really is unfair. Let's see how their game develops as they mature as a golfer, as people, how they do in their 30s, and then let's write the book on how their career is going.

PHILLIPS: All right, we'll talk more Tiger and golf near hour. Thanks, Larry.

Well coming up, do your kids prefer cartoons to good old mom? Well you might be surprised at what the research has found out. The news keeps coming. We'll keep bringing it to you. More LIVE FROM coming up next.

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PHILLIPS: Well more proof that T.V. has a numbing effect on kids and parents are not flabbergasted. Researchers found children watching cartoons appear to feel less pain from needles than kids not watching T.V. Not only that, the T.V. proves more comforting than mom. The study's author calls it the excessive power of television.

Well he K.O'ed California kidnappers in "Rush Hour" and rumbled in "The Bronx," but plucky action star Jackie Chan had to master origami before shooting his latest project, a bird flu awareness ad for UNICEF.

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JACKIE CHAN, ACTOR: Birds from other places can mix with your chickens and ducks, even bird food. Some birds can pass on a horrible new disease called bird flu.

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PHILLIPS: Well Chan says the public service announcement isn't meant to scare kids but to help them be careful. It will be seen around the world.

Let's get straight to the newsroom, Fredricka Whitfield, details on another developing story -- Fred?

WHITFIELD: Well Kyra, Pakistani authorities have arrested six militants in connection to a suicide car bomb attack that ended up killing four people outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi. Among the four included a U.S. diplomat, David Foy who was killed. It happened March 2nd. You are looking at the file tape right now, near the gates of the U.S. consulate in Karachi. And it happened the day before President Bush happened to be visiting that country. No other details, however, are being released about the six people arrested, how they were arrested or when or where they are being held right now. But Pakistani officials feeling very proud and boasting the fact that they think they have all those who participated in that car bomb attack. Kyra?

PHILLIPS: All right Fred, thanks.

Countless hours of official manpower have gone into the JonBenet Ramsey murder case these past 10 years. But there are a couple guys who have invested their own time and shoe leather. Coming up in the next hour, we'll talk with two private investigators hired by the Ramsey family. Their take on John Mark Karr and their long quest to find justice for JonBenet, still ahead on LIVE FROM. We're back in a few minutes.

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