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Barney Cam 2004; 'Daily Dose'

Aired December 15, 2004 - 11:30   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: We are now 30 minutes into the hour. We welcome you back. I'm Rick Sanchez.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning once again. I'm Daryn Kagan. Let's take a look at what's happening now in the news.

President Bush is playing host to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Bersculoni today. Italy is a key ally on Iraq and has the third largest contingent of troops in that country. The two leaders are also likely to talk about trade and the falling dollar.

Gunmen holding hostages aboard a bus in suburban Athens have released a total of 12 hostages today. Police say another dozen or so people could still be held captive. The bus driver escaped with the keys, the abductors are demanding a new driver take them to the airport for a flight to Russia.

A bomb exploded outside one of Islam's holiest sites in Iraq within the last hour. The blast, near the Imam Hussein Mosque in Karbala has killed at least seven people according to police sources. Another 32 are said to be wounded.

And in Baseball, in Washington, it might not be a done deal. The city council wants half the cost of a new stadium to come from private sources. That could change and prompt Major League Baseball to find a new city to host the team.

Keeping you informed, CNN is the most trusted name in news.

SANCHEZ: Quick, what is the difference between orange and yellow? It's the terror alert scale that we're talking about, and we know it can be somewhat confusing. Even outgoing homeland security director Tom Ridge concedes that the color-code system could use some fine tuning. He said that the system is probably here to stay, though. He agrees, though, that the present definitions are a little short on specifics. Mr. Ridge says the government should look into ways to keep Americans better informed about their security threats.

A missile with a dummy warhead got off the ground in Alaska without a hitch earlier today, but the missile in the Pacific intended to bring it down never even got off the pad. The defense agency in charge of the missile-defense system says that the interceptor simply shut itself down for what is being described now as an undisclosed reason.

An abundance of caution, not a specific threat, is said to be behind antimissile security at Los Angeles Airport. Those steps include increased police patrols, better training, greater surveillance, and new fencing in and around the airport as well. Authorities say the precautions are prudent, because shoulder-fired missiles are easy to obtain and smuggled into the United States.

Well, tonight, CNN is going to take a closer look at security on the East Coast. Tune in at 8:00 p.m. Eastern for "Security Watch," New York versus New Jersey on the "PAULA ZAHN NOW" show. Stayed tuned to CNN day and night for the most reliable news about your security.

The White House has a holiday gift for you. It's the annual Barney cam video starring Barney, who else, the Bush's Scottish terrier. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's been a rough week for Barney. He was rumored to have been a top contender for secretary of state, attorney general and secretary of education, but Barney has yet to be tapped for any senior-level position.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Barney, I know you wanted to be in my cabinet. But I've already given you an important job. Your job is to take care of Ms. Beasley. Your job is to welcome her into our family. Make sure that Miss Beasley gets along with Willie. And I don't want you chasing Willie around the house anymore? You understand that? I'm counting on you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE; Barney, don't take it personally. You're not a lawyer.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Barney, you're a dog.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Besides, Barney, we just heard you got a very important job, taking care of the new puppy. You've got to show Miss Beasley the ropes.

Where is she, anyway?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Don't look at me, Barney; I'm trying to leave no child behind.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You better find her before Mrs. Bush finds out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, Barney, I haven't seen Miss Beasley. But is this your horseshoe?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Barney, I don't know where Miss Beasley is. I'm way too busy getting ready for Christmas.

SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECY.: And with that, I'll be glad to go to your questions.

Barney, I'm trying to have a press briefing up here. What's your question?

Miss Beasley? I don't know where Miss Beasley is. Miss Beasley's your responsibility.

Next question.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We interrupt our regularly scheduled program for the following special report: A major development today at the White House. Barney has apparently lost Miss Beasley, the new puppy. Barney refuses to confirm this report, saying only that when he has something to announce, he will announce it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Blue ornaments? Who decorated this tree with blue ornaments?

I haven't seen her, Barney. Why don't you go check Ohio. We went there a lot of times.

Red ornaments, I need red ornaments for the tree!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Barney! Want to help me decorate the tree? No, I haven't seen Miss Beasley. You better go find her really, really fast.

Thanks for coming by.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seventy-nine cents for a box of tinsel. You bought three. That's almost $2.40. You know, money doesn't grow on trees, not even Christmas Trees.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sorry, josh.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Barney, this is the really good part of the movie. This is where Greg losses Mr. Jenks, but then he finds a replacement cat that can take Mr. Jenks' place until he can find the real one.

(SINGING)

LAURA BUSH, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: Barney, what are you doing? Barney, you're such a responsible dog, I know you've been practicing on how to take care of Miss Beasley, but don't worry, you've got plenty of time to practice. Miss Beasley won't be here until January.

Want to see some pictures of Miss Beasley? Barney, look at this picture of Miss Beasley. Look, Barney. There's your new little sister. Barney, look! You'll make a great big brother to Miss Beasley. Isn't she tiny and cute?

President Bush and I wish everyone a very happy holiday.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: The Bushes need to get one of those books about getting a new sibling.

SANCHEZ: That's nice, she has a real sense of humor. Barney was by far the best actor though. KAGAN: There's a review, just in from Rick Sanchez.

And while we're watching Barney, we got some news in. There's actually work taking place in Washington. The FCC getting together, voting indeed to allow high-speed wireless Internet access onboard commercial aircraft.

However...

SANCHEZ: Yes, good news for travelers on one side, but...

KAGAN: They have not gotten to the part about whether cell phones will be allowed on board. Daniel Sieberg was just here a few minutes ago talking about that. They will get to that vote at another time.

SANCHEZ: I think that might have something to do with which carrier is going to handle it, whether it's going to be Verizon, or perhaps somebody else. So it's gets into a business decision.

KAGAN: Well, they haven't even decided how many carriers will be allowed to bid on that. So the business side, the money side having still to be decided on that.

And speaking of business...

SANCHEZ: Business indeed is what we will do when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: What are the chances? Twin sisters giving birth to two sets of twin boys on the same day.

SANCHEZ: Oh, my goodness.

KAGAN: Happened right here in Atlanta, Georgia.

SANCHEZ: That's like lightning in the same place.

KAGAN: Babies were delivered by C-section just about in hour apart. Both moms had due dates of January 1st. The mothers are fraternal twins. One set of babies is identical, a full family, no matter what it looks like. Neither mother, by the way, used fertility drugs; they just have twins that run in the family.

SANCHEZ: You have been all over that story, since the moment she came to work this morning, which is about 3 a.m., by the way.

KAGAN: Yes, thank you for that.

SANCHEZ: She's that dedicated. This has been, oh, I love this story.

KAGAN: Twins having twins, beautiful babies, and healthy. Everyone is healthy.

What do you have?

SANCHEZ: Here's what I have. It has nothing to do with babies. I've had four of those, or my wife has. This fall, Americans lined up for hours for a scarce flu shot. But now that there's more vaccine out there, where's the lines? Fewer people lining up for them.

CNN's medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a look at this phenomenon.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Well, it seems hard to believe -- we've been talking for so long about flu shortages -- that some states might actually have some unused vaccines. It's really unbelievable.

Remember those long lines, people waited for a long time to try to get the flu shot -- one person even died while in line -- because of the restrictions on the flu shot. The restrictions were as such: The flu shot would be for those children, aged 6-23 months, adults 65 years and older, people with chronic medical conditions, and women who will become pregnant during the flu season.

But as the supply has increased, which it has, the demand has gone down, really remarkable. In fact, two states, at least two states, Colorado and California, have actually relaxed the restrictions on the flu shot. Really interesting stuff.

A couple of reasons for this probably. One is that after Thanksgiving, traditionally people are focused less on the flu. They're more worried about shopping. They're more worried about the holidays.

Also, this year, it's been a particularly mild flu season. Take a look at this map here. As you can see, really only in New York and Alaska do you see any regional flu activity. There are some states that have had no flu activity at all so far. Just to put it in perspective, about this time last year, this was the peak of the flu season, so we haven't gotten there yet, which is why the department of HHS and the CDC are reminding people to continue to go ahead and get the flu shot. It's not too late, especially if you're at high risk. They put out an ad. Here's what it looks like.

ANNOUNCER: These people just got a shot.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.

ANNOUNCER: While you may not expect this reaction...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thanks.

ANNOUNCER: ... it makes perfect sense because it was a flu shot, and they're the people who need it most.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you. GUPTA: So the bottom line is this, if you called your doctor's office and tried to get a flu shot, even a couple of weeks ago, try again. There may be some more flu shots available now.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SANCHEZ: And for your "Daily Dose" of health news online, all you've got to do is log on to our Web site, and you'll find the latest medical stories, special reports and the health library. The address is CNN.com/health. There you go.

KAGAN: Probably not the first place you'd expect to find high fashion, but our Jeanne Moos discovered it anyway. We are back with that, after a quick break.

SANCHEZ: A Jeanne Moos story, that's great.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

SANCHEZ: We here at CNN have always believed that if you put perfume on a pig, you still have a pig.

KAGAN: But if you put au couture on an elephant, you have a story that's made for Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): These aren't Christmas balls, they're earrings for an elephant, Chanel earrings. Anyone who has tried to dress up a dog will tip their hat to elephants dressed head to toe in Chanel, or Isaac Mizrahi or Ballenciaga (ph), some of the world's top designers.

(on camera): This is sort of like chain mail.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These are chain -- mail -- oh, yeah.

MOOS (voice over): Plus size has never been this plus.

(On camera): And the elephants didn't mind?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, they had the best time.

MOOS (voice over): It was a shoot for a layout called Trunk Show in "W" magazine. Photographer and elephant lover Bruce Webber dreamed up the idea.

All the designers got was a set of measurements to work from.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Which was basically the circumference all around the elephant. MOOS: Dixie here, ended up squeezing into a Dolce and Gabbana corset. Women all know how those pesky straps slide off. But the Chanel hat stayed on even if Rosie dropped her parasol. Their behinds may not have the same appeal as say J Lo's, but Ti, here, knows how to shake it.

(on camera): None of the clothes were eaten?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: None of the clothes were eaten.

MOOS (voice over): Actually, Ti tried but ended up spitting out her Ballenciaga (ph) chains, opting instead to swing them.

Not since Dumbo donned hat and collar, have elephants looked so fashionable. Even their feet shod in Monolo Blanics (ph).

"W" created director called the shoot a nice break from humans.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because there's -- no one talked.

MOOS: Mark Jacobs even took the same dress a model wore for his spring collection and expanded it. For a sportier look there was Ralph Lauren.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was the wet T-shirt shot.

MOOS: A T-shirt featuring the couture clad elephants is for sale at elephantfamily.org. to raise money for elephant conservation, but one thing what wasn't conserved was this pink corset.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And when she took it off, it was a sort of strip tease.

MOOS: More strip, less tease -- Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: You know what the girl elephant said to the boy elephant when they put this stuff on?

SANCHEZ: No. What did they say to the boy elephants when they put that stuff on?

KAGAN: Does this make me look fat?

SANCHEZ: Oh, my goodness.

KAGAN: And you know what you're supposed to say?

SANCHEZ: No, honey, it doesn't.

KAGAN: No, no. Very good. OK. Just checking.

SANCHEZ: And look at her when you say it.

KAGAN: Yes. With love in your eyes. SANCHEZ: I've got that down.

(WEATHER REPORT)

SANCHEZ: No snow, that means it's a dry cold.

KAGAN: It is a dry cold. Described here, on CNN. And is a...

SANCHEZ: Exclusively.

KAGAN: It's the only place you'll hear that. Except not now, because we are done.

SANCHEZ: We are, indeed. And that means we have to toss things over to Wolf Blitzer and find out what's coming up next. Wolf, what you got on tap?

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks very much, Rick, Daryn, we have a lot on tap, thanks to our viewers. So if you're joining us, here's the news from CNN.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com


Aired December 15, 2004 - 11:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: We are now 30 minutes into the hour. We welcome you back. I'm Rick Sanchez.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: And good morning once again. I'm Daryn Kagan. Let's take a look at what's happening now in the news.

President Bush is playing host to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Bersculoni today. Italy is a key ally on Iraq and has the third largest contingent of troops in that country. The two leaders are also likely to talk about trade and the falling dollar.

Gunmen holding hostages aboard a bus in suburban Athens have released a total of 12 hostages today. Police say another dozen or so people could still be held captive. The bus driver escaped with the keys, the abductors are demanding a new driver take them to the airport for a flight to Russia.

A bomb exploded outside one of Islam's holiest sites in Iraq within the last hour. The blast, near the Imam Hussein Mosque in Karbala has killed at least seven people according to police sources. Another 32 are said to be wounded.

And in Baseball, in Washington, it might not be a done deal. The city council wants half the cost of a new stadium to come from private sources. That could change and prompt Major League Baseball to find a new city to host the team.

Keeping you informed, CNN is the most trusted name in news.

SANCHEZ: Quick, what is the difference between orange and yellow? It's the terror alert scale that we're talking about, and we know it can be somewhat confusing. Even outgoing homeland security director Tom Ridge concedes that the color-code system could use some fine tuning. He said that the system is probably here to stay, though. He agrees, though, that the present definitions are a little short on specifics. Mr. Ridge says the government should look into ways to keep Americans better informed about their security threats.

A missile with a dummy warhead got off the ground in Alaska without a hitch earlier today, but the missile in the Pacific intended to bring it down never even got off the pad. The defense agency in charge of the missile-defense system says that the interceptor simply shut itself down for what is being described now as an undisclosed reason.

An abundance of caution, not a specific threat, is said to be behind antimissile security at Los Angeles Airport. Those steps include increased police patrols, better training, greater surveillance, and new fencing in and around the airport as well. Authorities say the precautions are prudent, because shoulder-fired missiles are easy to obtain and smuggled into the United States.

Well, tonight, CNN is going to take a closer look at security on the East Coast. Tune in at 8:00 p.m. Eastern for "Security Watch," New York versus New Jersey on the "PAULA ZAHN NOW" show. Stayed tuned to CNN day and night for the most reliable news about your security.

The White House has a holiday gift for you. It's the annual Barney cam video starring Barney, who else, the Bush's Scottish terrier. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's been a rough week for Barney. He was rumored to have been a top contender for secretary of state, attorney general and secretary of education, but Barney has yet to be tapped for any senior-level position.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Barney, I know you wanted to be in my cabinet. But I've already given you an important job. Your job is to take care of Ms. Beasley. Your job is to welcome her into our family. Make sure that Miss Beasley gets along with Willie. And I don't want you chasing Willie around the house anymore? You understand that? I'm counting on you.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE; Barney, don't take it personally. You're not a lawyer.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Barney, you're a dog.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Besides, Barney, we just heard you got a very important job, taking care of the new puppy. You've got to show Miss Beasley the ropes.

Where is she, anyway?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Don't look at me, Barney; I'm trying to leave no child behind.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You better find her before Mrs. Bush finds out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, Barney, I haven't seen Miss Beasley. But is this your horseshoe?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Barney, I don't know where Miss Beasley is. I'm way too busy getting ready for Christmas.

SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECY.: And with that, I'll be glad to go to your questions.

Barney, I'm trying to have a press briefing up here. What's your question?

Miss Beasley? I don't know where Miss Beasley is. Miss Beasley's your responsibility.

Next question.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We interrupt our regularly scheduled program for the following special report: A major development today at the White House. Barney has apparently lost Miss Beasley, the new puppy. Barney refuses to confirm this report, saying only that when he has something to announce, he will announce it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Blue ornaments? Who decorated this tree with blue ornaments?

I haven't seen her, Barney. Why don't you go check Ohio. We went there a lot of times.

Red ornaments, I need red ornaments for the tree!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Barney! Want to help me decorate the tree? No, I haven't seen Miss Beasley. You better go find her really, really fast.

Thanks for coming by.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Seventy-nine cents for a box of tinsel. You bought three. That's almost $2.40. You know, money doesn't grow on trees, not even Christmas Trees.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sorry, josh.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Barney, this is the really good part of the movie. This is where Greg losses Mr. Jenks, but then he finds a replacement cat that can take Mr. Jenks' place until he can find the real one.

(SINGING)

LAURA BUSH, FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: Barney, what are you doing? Barney, you're such a responsible dog, I know you've been practicing on how to take care of Miss Beasley, but don't worry, you've got plenty of time to practice. Miss Beasley won't be here until January.

Want to see some pictures of Miss Beasley? Barney, look at this picture of Miss Beasley. Look, Barney. There's your new little sister. Barney, look! You'll make a great big brother to Miss Beasley. Isn't she tiny and cute?

President Bush and I wish everyone a very happy holiday.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: The Bushes need to get one of those books about getting a new sibling.

SANCHEZ: That's nice, she has a real sense of humor. Barney was by far the best actor though. KAGAN: There's a review, just in from Rick Sanchez.

And while we're watching Barney, we got some news in. There's actually work taking place in Washington. The FCC getting together, voting indeed to allow high-speed wireless Internet access onboard commercial aircraft.

However...

SANCHEZ: Yes, good news for travelers on one side, but...

KAGAN: They have not gotten to the part about whether cell phones will be allowed on board. Daniel Sieberg was just here a few minutes ago talking about that. They will get to that vote at another time.

SANCHEZ: I think that might have something to do with which carrier is going to handle it, whether it's going to be Verizon, or perhaps somebody else. So it's gets into a business decision.

KAGAN: Well, they haven't even decided how many carriers will be allowed to bid on that. So the business side, the money side having still to be decided on that.

And speaking of business...

SANCHEZ: Business indeed is what we will do when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: What are the chances? Twin sisters giving birth to two sets of twin boys on the same day.

SANCHEZ: Oh, my goodness.

KAGAN: Happened right here in Atlanta, Georgia.

SANCHEZ: That's like lightning in the same place.

KAGAN: Babies were delivered by C-section just about in hour apart. Both moms had due dates of January 1st. The mothers are fraternal twins. One set of babies is identical, a full family, no matter what it looks like. Neither mother, by the way, used fertility drugs; they just have twins that run in the family.

SANCHEZ: You have been all over that story, since the moment she came to work this morning, which is about 3 a.m., by the way.

KAGAN: Yes, thank you for that.

SANCHEZ: She's that dedicated. This has been, oh, I love this story.

KAGAN: Twins having twins, beautiful babies, and healthy. Everyone is healthy.

What do you have?

SANCHEZ: Here's what I have. It has nothing to do with babies. I've had four of those, or my wife has. This fall, Americans lined up for hours for a scarce flu shot. But now that there's more vaccine out there, where's the lines? Fewer people lining up for them.

CNN's medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a look at this phenomenon.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Well, it seems hard to believe -- we've been talking for so long about flu shortages -- that some states might actually have some unused vaccines. It's really unbelievable.

Remember those long lines, people waited for a long time to try to get the flu shot -- one person even died while in line -- because of the restrictions on the flu shot. The restrictions were as such: The flu shot would be for those children, aged 6-23 months, adults 65 years and older, people with chronic medical conditions, and women who will become pregnant during the flu season.

But as the supply has increased, which it has, the demand has gone down, really remarkable. In fact, two states, at least two states, Colorado and California, have actually relaxed the restrictions on the flu shot. Really interesting stuff.

A couple of reasons for this probably. One is that after Thanksgiving, traditionally people are focused less on the flu. They're more worried about shopping. They're more worried about the holidays.

Also, this year, it's been a particularly mild flu season. Take a look at this map here. As you can see, really only in New York and Alaska do you see any regional flu activity. There are some states that have had no flu activity at all so far. Just to put it in perspective, about this time last year, this was the peak of the flu season, so we haven't gotten there yet, which is why the department of HHS and the CDC are reminding people to continue to go ahead and get the flu shot. It's not too late, especially if you're at high risk. They put out an ad. Here's what it looks like.

ANNOUNCER: These people just got a shot.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you.

ANNOUNCER: While you may not expect this reaction...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thanks.

ANNOUNCER: ... it makes perfect sense because it was a flu shot, and they're the people who need it most.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Thank you. GUPTA: So the bottom line is this, if you called your doctor's office and tried to get a flu shot, even a couple of weeks ago, try again. There may be some more flu shots available now.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SANCHEZ: And for your "Daily Dose" of health news online, all you've got to do is log on to our Web site, and you'll find the latest medical stories, special reports and the health library. The address is CNN.com/health. There you go.

KAGAN: Probably not the first place you'd expect to find high fashion, but our Jeanne Moos discovered it anyway. We are back with that, after a quick break.

SANCHEZ: A Jeanne Moos story, that's great.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

SANCHEZ: We here at CNN have always believed that if you put perfume on a pig, you still have a pig.

KAGAN: But if you put au couture on an elephant, you have a story that's made for Jeanne Moos.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): These aren't Christmas balls, they're earrings for an elephant, Chanel earrings. Anyone who has tried to dress up a dog will tip their hat to elephants dressed head to toe in Chanel, or Isaac Mizrahi or Ballenciaga (ph), some of the world's top designers.

(on camera): This is sort of like chain mail.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: These are chain -- mail -- oh, yeah.

MOOS (voice over): Plus size has never been this plus.

(On camera): And the elephants didn't mind?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, they had the best time.

MOOS (voice over): It was a shoot for a layout called Trunk Show in "W" magazine. Photographer and elephant lover Bruce Webber dreamed up the idea.

All the designers got was a set of measurements to work from.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Which was basically the circumference all around the elephant. MOOS: Dixie here, ended up squeezing into a Dolce and Gabbana corset. Women all know how those pesky straps slide off. But the Chanel hat stayed on even if Rosie dropped her parasol. Their behinds may not have the same appeal as say J Lo's, but Ti, here, knows how to shake it.

(on camera): None of the clothes were eaten?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: None of the clothes were eaten.

MOOS (voice over): Actually, Ti tried but ended up spitting out her Ballenciaga (ph) chains, opting instead to swing them.

Not since Dumbo donned hat and collar, have elephants looked so fashionable. Even their feet shod in Monolo Blanics (ph).

"W" created director called the shoot a nice break from humans.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because there's -- no one talked.

MOOS: Mark Jacobs even took the same dress a model wore for his spring collection and expanded it. For a sportier look there was Ralph Lauren.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was the wet T-shirt shot.

MOOS: A T-shirt featuring the couture clad elephants is for sale at elephantfamily.org. to raise money for elephant conservation, but one thing what wasn't conserved was this pink corset.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And when she took it off, it was a sort of strip tease.

MOOS: More strip, less tease -- Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: You know what the girl elephant said to the boy elephant when they put this stuff on?

SANCHEZ: No. What did they say to the boy elephants when they put that stuff on?

KAGAN: Does this make me look fat?

SANCHEZ: Oh, my goodness.

KAGAN: And you know what you're supposed to say?

SANCHEZ: No, honey, it doesn't.

KAGAN: No, no. Very good. OK. Just checking.

SANCHEZ: And look at her when you say it.

KAGAN: Yes. With love in your eyes. SANCHEZ: I've got that down.

(WEATHER REPORT)

SANCHEZ: No snow, that means it's a dry cold.

KAGAN: It is a dry cold. Described here, on CNN. And is a...

SANCHEZ: Exclusively.

KAGAN: It's the only place you'll hear that. Except not now, because we are done.

SANCHEZ: We are, indeed. And that means we have to toss things over to Wolf Blitzer and find out what's coming up next. Wolf, what you got on tap?

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Thanks very much, Rick, Daryn, we have a lot on tap, thanks to our viewers. So if you're joining us, here's the news from CNN.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com