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President Bush Calls for Expansion of Reading, Math Tests for High Schoolers; Closer Look at Michael Chertoff; Interview with Laurence Fishburne

Aired January 12, 2005 - 10:32   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.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Let's catch you up on what's happening now in the news. The U.S. Supreme Court handing down a ruling this hour that could cast new doubts on long-time rules and sentencing. In a 5-4 vote the court ruled that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminal sentences.
President Bush, right before you, is in suburban Washington at a high school today to promote his education policies. Mr. Bush wants to extend to secondary school, to high schools the testing that is essential to his No Child Left Behind Act. We'll go live to Falls Church, Virginia to listen in to the president a bit.

At Texas' Ft. Hood, defense attorneys will open their case in the military trial of Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. He is the accused ringleader of the inmate abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison. Yesterday, one of those detainees testified via recording for the prosecution.

The federal government is addressing grows concerns over laser beams aimed at aircraft cockpits during takeoff or landing. There have been a dozen such reports in recent weeks, and it's feared that such an incident could eventually cause a crash. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta will brief reporters today, and the FAA will demonstrate how pilots and law enforcement can take action against lasers.

NASA believes it might be on a collision course with some solar system's oldest secrets. It will steer its Deep Impact probe into a comet 82 million miles from Earth. Scientists believe the July 4th impact will reveal clues to the origins of the solar system.

RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: If you've seen the pictures out of California, you probably got a pretty good idea of what those folks are going through. They're literally measuring the misery, and mud, muck and mire. The death toll for Monday's mudslide in L.A. in La Conchita is now at 10, this after crews pulled three more bodies from the debris just earlier today before we went on the air. Teams are searching for 13 others who are still missing. Later today, officials will decide if tomorrow's operation should focus on recovering bodies, instead of looking for survivors.

We should tell you that floods, mudslides, blizzards. It's really been a season of just dangerous weather across the U.S. What's going on and why? CNN's Aaron Brown Is going to explore those questions in "EXTREME WEATHER." It's a "NEWSNIGHT" special edition, and that's tonight at 10:00 Eastern.

(WEATHER REPORT)

KAGAN: We are calling it a no child -- no high school student left behind. You might want to call it that. President Bush today calling for an expansion of reading and math tests for high schoolers.

Our Elaine Quijano at the White House for more on that -- Elaine.

ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Daryn, today's appearance is part of the Bush administration's larger effort to lay out the president's domestic agenda. Yesterday, of course, it was Social Security. Today it is education. And the choice of the location significant, Jeb Stewart high school in Falls Church in northern Virginia, chosen because officials say in 1997 it was the lowest performing school in the county, in Fairfax County. But that last school year, that school met its academic goals and the administration points to the No Child Left Behind law passed under the president's first term, passed in his first term, as the reason for its success.

Now, the No Child Left Behind law, among other things, requires national math and reading progress tests in grades 4 and 8. President Bush is proposing giving states $250 million annually for two more years of tests in high school. Now, this law was intended to raise achievement among poor and minority children. It also penalizes schools that don't make adequate a quite progress.

But President Bush, again, proposing more testing, proposing $250 million for states to do that. Also, the president proposing an increase in funding for advanced-placement programs, up to nearly $52 million a year.

Now critics have argued that while this measure passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, that the administration, the government, has not fully funded the No Child Left Behind Act, and so they are watching very closely to see how, in fact, President Bush intends to pay for some of the proposals he is laying out.

Back to you.

KAGAN: Elaine Quijano at the White House, thank you.

SANCHEZ: Turning to a story that concerns your security. Most agree homeland security nominee Michael Chertoff has an impressive record, but is he up to the challenge of running an 18,000-member department, and serving as a public face of America's security?

CNN's Aaron Brown takes a closer look at Michael Chertoff.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Michael Chertoff's resume is long and not without controversy. He helped put mob boss Anthony "Fat" Tony Salerno behind bars and Arthur Andersen, Enron's accounting firm, out of business. He directed the Justice Department's Criminal Division in the aftermath of 9/11 and helped craft the Patriot Act strengthening the government's ability to watch and detain potential terrorists. The key to his nomination, however, may well have been his success in battles outside the courtroom.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He's been confirmed by the Senate three times.

BROWN: A confirmation that appeared impossible for the president's first choice for Homeland Security, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who withdrew his name after he admitted to hiring an illegal alien.

BERNARD KERIK, FMR. NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSIONER: I want to apologize to my family, my friends, the president.

BROWN: Chertoff wasn't on the administration's short list and there are rumors that several other candidates, perhaps more prominent candidates, turned down the job.

SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN (D), CONNECTICUT: It was surprising in the most literal sense that nobody mentioned Judge Chertoff as a possibility, so I was surprised. I know him somewhat. I respect him. He's very widely respected as a lawyer, law enforcer and now for a short time as a judge.

BROWN: Most of those who reacted to Chertoff's nomination agreed that his legal credentials are impressive. What some find worrisome is his lack of experience as a manager and a politician.

MICHAEL GREEBERGER, CTR. FOR HEALTH AND HOMELAND SECURITY: Chertoff does not have the resume of somebody who can run a large bureaucracy.

BROWN: After all, he's faced with taming what some have termed dysfunction and chaos in the Department of Homeland Security, 18,000 people dealing with everything from emergency response to transportation security.

In addition, Chertoff will have to report to dozens of congressional committees, negotiate with governors, mayors, police chiefs and perhaps most important be able to communicate with a nervous public.

RICHARD FALKENRATH, CNN SECURITY ANALYST: He's not a public figure. He's never run for office to my knowledge and so we'll have to see what sort of public persona he establishes now that he's in this incredibly high profile position.

BROWN: A position where Senate confirmation could well turn out to be the easiest part.

Aaron Brown, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE) SANCHEZ: Now just a reminder that CNN is the place to be. We keep you up-to-date on any developments as they come in concerning your security.

KAGAN: Still to come on CNN LIVE TODAY, a crash landing caught on videotape. We're going to take a closer look at how an attempted emergency landing took place and the deadly result.

SANCHEZ: Also later, you know him from "The Matrix," among his many movies. Laurence Fishburne, back on the big screen, sits down with my partner.

KAGAN: That's me.

SANCHEZ: She's excited about it.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

KAGAN: How about we take a look at stories making news coast to coast?

SANCHEZ: Yes, and we're going to start with a video of small plane. Look carefully, here. The plane is coming down. The golf course is on the right. See that SUV and that road on the left? He just misses the SUV that drives right by it. The pilot was struggling to make an emergency landing on Orlando golf course. The plane ended up, as you can see, hitting a utility pole. One man aboard the plane was killed. Could have been much worse. A second man was hospitalized.

KAGAN: Democrat Christine Gregoire will be sworn in today as Washington's governor, but Republicans are not giving up their challenges yet. A court hearing is set for Friday. Republicans say that election results should be thrown out because of problems with the ballots. State lawmakers yesterday rejected a GOP motion to delay the vote's certification.

SANCHEZ: Also, San Francisco dogs have new protections under the law. A new ordinance requires dog owners to provide humane treatment. Among the rules, the dog's water needs to be changed at least once a day. A doghouse must have a top, bottom and three sides and chaining dogs to a fence is highly discouraged.

KAGAN: And talk about fate. Ann McDonald was pregnant and her time had come. The Missouri woman tried to drive to a hospital but it was too far away. So Ann McDonald pulled over and delivered a baby boy outside, of course, a McDonald's restaurant. Everyone asked Ann if she would name the boy Ronald. She did not. We are thankful for that. The baby's father is serving in Iraq and is expected home in April.

SANCHEZ: Some stories are just too perfect.

KAGAN: Yes, she super sized the baby. SANCHEZ: Movie fans, don't you go anywhere.

KAGAN: We're about to hear from Emmy award winner Laurence Fishburne. He has a new film "Assault on Precinct 13." Up next, he talks with me about the film, plus he also reveals one of his true passions.

SANCHEZ: And this is what we're working on for you for the next hour.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: You can call it fighting fire with fire. A motley crue of cops and criminals team up to fend off a pack of cold-blooded killers. It's a new movie, "Assault on Precinct 13," actually a remake of John Carpenter's cult classic "1976." And perhaps the fiercest villain in the new movie is notorious crime lord Marion Bishop. That role belongs to award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne.

I spoke with him about "Assault on Precinct 13," and asked him that with a movie full of shady characters, how do the viewers tell the good guys from the bad guys.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LAURENCE FISHBURNE, ACTOR: It's not as simple as a bad guys, good guys. Everybody's kind of shades of gray in this movie. It's an update of the old John Carpenter movie, and it's pretty true to the story model. And it's a good fun movie, and I'm very happy that we got to make it.

KAGAN: When you get into remakes, sometimes it gets a little controversial, like did that movie have to be made again, why?

FISHBURNE: Yes, there are some movies you don't remake.

KAGAN: Why was this a good one to remake?

FISHBURNE: Well, this is a good one to remake because it's pretty obscure. It's kind of a cult movie. It wasn't wildly popular. There are some people that love this kind of shade. So -- and the way it was done back then, the technology wasn't anywhere near what it is now. So we've been able to kind of update it and bring some technology to it, and bring some different story elements to it. So I think it's -- it was a good candidate to be remade.

KAGAN: So that comes out later this month. You're also involved in some very serious projects that have nothing to do with the movie world. You're involved with UNICEF.

FISHBURNE: Yes, I'm an ambassador for UNICEF, and I'm actually here in Atlanta to do a fund-raiser to raise money for the AIDS crisis in South Africa, taking nothing away from the obvious tsunami crisis. Lots of people on the ground from UNICEF and other organizations trying to bring some relief to those people. But my focus has been to try and just make people aware of the crisis, the AIDS crisis in South Africa, and you know, make sure that we don't forget about those people. There are millions and millions of people being affected by this disease. They need help. They are in desperate need of any kind of help they can get, and UNICEF has been a part of that. So that's why I was here.

KAGAN: And it's interesting. I traveled to Africa, too. I've seen the AIDS crisis and I've see how it impacts children and the hundreds of thousands of orphans that are in Africa right now. And there's so much attention that's going to the orphans of the tsunami, and that's important.

FISHBURNE: Sure. And you know, attention should be paid to those children as well.

KAGAN: But you also have a burgeoning crisis on the continent of Africa of so many children growing up with parents -- without parents.

FISHBURNE: Millions of children. Like the number's somewhere, like, around 15 million.

KAGAN: So you get hit up, I'm sure, to be part of so many causes. Why when UNICEF called? Why did this particular cause speak to your heart?

FISHBURNE: Basically it's children. I mean, children are the only resources we really have, and they will inherit this planet, and all the countries in this planet, you know, we have to protect them. We have to do something to give them hope and to try to ensure that they have a quality of life that they deserve, you know.

KAGAN: Just doing your part.

FISHBURNE: Uh-huh.

KAGAN: Laurence Fishburne, thank you so much.

FISHBURNE: You're welcome.

KAGAN: Good luck, especially with the work in Africa and with the new movie. It's called "Assault on Precinct 13." Thanks for stopping by.

FISHBURNE: Yes, thank you.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SANCHEZ: Seems like a good guy, huh?

KAGAN: Good guy. Could of sat there and talked to him all day. He's a busy guy, so he had to move on.

SANCHEZ: I guess so, and he's doing some good deeds.

The Supreme Court is going to make a key ruling in a big case. In fact, we've been following it for you. It happened a short time ago, and we're going to talk to our legal eagle Jeff Toobin about what it all means for us.

KAGAN: Also, an amazing rescue from floodwaters in California. It wasn't easy. We're going to hear from the firefighter about how he felt when a mother and her baby were swept out of his arms.

SANCHEZ: Also, the government changes its dietary guidelines, for the first time in 10 years. Is it anything that can help you?

KAGAN: Are you going to listen?

SANCHEZ: Exactly. Yes, protein or carbs, fat.

It is the second hour of CNN LIVE TODAY, and it begin in just a bit.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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 January 12, 2005 - 10:32   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Let's catch you up on what's happening now in the news. The U.S. Supreme Court handing down a ruling this hour that could cast new doubts on long-time rules and sentencing. In a 5-4 vote the court ruled that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminal sentences.
President Bush, right before you, is in suburban Washington at a high school today to promote his education policies. Mr. Bush wants to extend to secondary school, to high schools the testing that is essential to his No Child Left Behind Act. We'll go live to Falls Church, Virginia to listen in to the president a bit.

At Texas' Ft. Hood, defense attorneys will open their case in the military trial of Army Specialist Charles Graner Jr. He is the accused ringleader of the inmate abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison. Yesterday, one of those detainees testified via recording for the prosecution.

The federal government is addressing grows concerns over laser beams aimed at aircraft cockpits during takeoff or landing. There have been a dozen such reports in recent weeks, and it's feared that such an incident could eventually cause a crash. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta will brief reporters today, and the FAA will demonstrate how pilots and law enforcement can take action against lasers.

NASA believes it might be on a collision course with some solar system's oldest secrets. It will steer its Deep Impact probe into a comet 82 million miles from Earth. Scientists believe the July 4th impact will reveal clues to the origins of the solar system.

RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: If you've seen the pictures out of California, you probably got a pretty good idea of what those folks are going through. They're literally measuring the misery, and mud, muck and mire. The death toll for Monday's mudslide in L.A. in La Conchita is now at 10, this after crews pulled three more bodies from the debris just earlier today before we went on the air. Teams are searching for 13 others who are still missing. Later today, officials will decide if tomorrow's operation should focus on recovering bodies, instead of looking for survivors.

We should tell you that floods, mudslides, blizzards. It's really been a season of just dangerous weather across the U.S. What's going on and why? CNN's Aaron Brown Is going to explore those questions in "EXTREME WEATHER." It's a "NEWSNIGHT" special edition, and that's tonight at 10:00 Eastern.

(WEATHER REPORT)

KAGAN: We are calling it a no child -- no high school student left behind. You might want to call it that. President Bush today calling for an expansion of reading and math tests for high schoolers.

Our Elaine Quijano at the White House for more on that -- Elaine.

ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Daryn, today's appearance is part of the Bush administration's larger effort to lay out the president's domestic agenda. Yesterday, of course, it was Social Security. Today it is education. And the choice of the location significant, Jeb Stewart high school in Falls Church in northern Virginia, chosen because officials say in 1997 it was the lowest performing school in the county, in Fairfax County. But that last school year, that school met its academic goals and the administration points to the No Child Left Behind law passed under the president's first term, passed in his first term, as the reason for its success.

Now, the No Child Left Behind law, among other things, requires national math and reading progress tests in grades 4 and 8. President Bush is proposing giving states $250 million annually for two more years of tests in high school. Now, this law was intended to raise achievement among poor and minority children. It also penalizes schools that don't make adequate a quite progress.

But President Bush, again, proposing more testing, proposing $250 million for states to do that. Also, the president proposing an increase in funding for advanced-placement programs, up to nearly $52 million a year.

Now critics have argued that while this measure passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, that the administration, the government, has not fully funded the No Child Left Behind Act, and so they are watching very closely to see how, in fact, President Bush intends to pay for some of the proposals he is laying out.

Back to you.

KAGAN: Elaine Quijano at the White House, thank you.

SANCHEZ: Turning to a story that concerns your security. Most agree homeland security nominee Michael Chertoff has an impressive record, but is he up to the challenge of running an 18,000-member department, and serving as a public face of America's security?

CNN's Aaron Brown takes a closer look at Michael Chertoff.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Michael Chertoff's resume is long and not without controversy. He helped put mob boss Anthony "Fat" Tony Salerno behind bars and Arthur Andersen, Enron's accounting firm, out of business. He directed the Justice Department's Criminal Division in the aftermath of 9/11 and helped craft the Patriot Act strengthening the government's ability to watch and detain potential terrorists. The key to his nomination, however, may well have been his success in battles outside the courtroom.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He's been confirmed by the Senate three times.

BROWN: A confirmation that appeared impossible for the president's first choice for Homeland Security, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who withdrew his name after he admitted to hiring an illegal alien.

BERNARD KERIK, FMR. NEW YORK POLICE COMMISSIONER: I want to apologize to my family, my friends, the president.

BROWN: Chertoff wasn't on the administration's short list and there are rumors that several other candidates, perhaps more prominent candidates, turned down the job.

SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN (D), CONNECTICUT: It was surprising in the most literal sense that nobody mentioned Judge Chertoff as a possibility, so I was surprised. I know him somewhat. I respect him. He's very widely respected as a lawyer, law enforcer and now for a short time as a judge.

BROWN: Most of those who reacted to Chertoff's nomination agreed that his legal credentials are impressive. What some find worrisome is his lack of experience as a manager and a politician.

MICHAEL GREEBERGER, CTR. FOR HEALTH AND HOMELAND SECURITY: Chertoff does not have the resume of somebody who can run a large bureaucracy.

BROWN: After all, he's faced with taming what some have termed dysfunction and chaos in the Department of Homeland Security, 18,000 people dealing with everything from emergency response to transportation security.

In addition, Chertoff will have to report to dozens of congressional committees, negotiate with governors, mayors, police chiefs and perhaps most important be able to communicate with a nervous public.

RICHARD FALKENRATH, CNN SECURITY ANALYST: He's not a public figure. He's never run for office to my knowledge and so we'll have to see what sort of public persona he establishes now that he's in this incredibly high profile position.

BROWN: A position where Senate confirmation could well turn out to be the easiest part.

Aaron Brown, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE) SANCHEZ: Now just a reminder that CNN is the place to be. We keep you up-to-date on any developments as they come in concerning your security.

KAGAN: Still to come on CNN LIVE TODAY, a crash landing caught on videotape. We're going to take a closer look at how an attempted emergency landing took place and the deadly result.

SANCHEZ: Also later, you know him from "The Matrix," among his many movies. Laurence Fishburne, back on the big screen, sits down with my partner.

KAGAN: That's me.

SANCHEZ: She's excited about it.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

KAGAN: How about we take a look at stories making news coast to coast?

SANCHEZ: Yes, and we're going to start with a video of small plane. Look carefully, here. The plane is coming down. The golf course is on the right. See that SUV and that road on the left? He just misses the SUV that drives right by it. The pilot was struggling to make an emergency landing on Orlando golf course. The plane ended up, as you can see, hitting a utility pole. One man aboard the plane was killed. Could have been much worse. A second man was hospitalized.

KAGAN: Democrat Christine Gregoire will be sworn in today as Washington's governor, but Republicans are not giving up their challenges yet. A court hearing is set for Friday. Republicans say that election results should be thrown out because of problems with the ballots. State lawmakers yesterday rejected a GOP motion to delay the vote's certification.

SANCHEZ: Also, San Francisco dogs have new protections under the law. A new ordinance requires dog owners to provide humane treatment. Among the rules, the dog's water needs to be changed at least once a day. A doghouse must have a top, bottom and three sides and chaining dogs to a fence is highly discouraged.

KAGAN: And talk about fate. Ann McDonald was pregnant and her time had come. The Missouri woman tried to drive to a hospital but it was too far away. So Ann McDonald pulled over and delivered a baby boy outside, of course, a McDonald's restaurant. Everyone asked Ann if she would name the boy Ronald. She did not. We are thankful for that. The baby's father is serving in Iraq and is expected home in April.

SANCHEZ: Some stories are just too perfect.

KAGAN: Yes, she super sized the baby. SANCHEZ: Movie fans, don't you go anywhere.

KAGAN: We're about to hear from Emmy award winner Laurence Fishburne. He has a new film "Assault on Precinct 13." Up next, he talks with me about the film, plus he also reveals one of his true passions.

SANCHEZ: And this is what we're working on for you for the next hour.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: You can call it fighting fire with fire. A motley crue of cops and criminals team up to fend off a pack of cold-blooded killers. It's a new movie, "Assault on Precinct 13," actually a remake of John Carpenter's cult classic "1976." And perhaps the fiercest villain in the new movie is notorious crime lord Marion Bishop. That role belongs to award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne.

I spoke with him about "Assault on Precinct 13," and asked him that with a movie full of shady characters, how do the viewers tell the good guys from the bad guys.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LAURENCE FISHBURNE, ACTOR: It's not as simple as a bad guys, good guys. Everybody's kind of shades of gray in this movie. It's an update of the old John Carpenter movie, and it's pretty true to the story model. And it's a good fun movie, and I'm very happy that we got to make it.

KAGAN: When you get into remakes, sometimes it gets a little controversial, like did that movie have to be made again, why?

FISHBURNE: Yes, there are some movies you don't remake.

KAGAN: Why was this a good one to remake?

FISHBURNE: Well, this is a good one to remake because it's pretty obscure. It's kind of a cult movie. It wasn't wildly popular. There are some people that love this kind of shade. So -- and the way it was done back then, the technology wasn't anywhere near what it is now. So we've been able to kind of update it and bring some technology to it, and bring some different story elements to it. So I think it's -- it was a good candidate to be remade.

KAGAN: So that comes out later this month. You're also involved in some very serious projects that have nothing to do with the movie world. You're involved with UNICEF.

FISHBURNE: Yes, I'm an ambassador for UNICEF, and I'm actually here in Atlanta to do a fund-raiser to raise money for the AIDS crisis in South Africa, taking nothing away from the obvious tsunami crisis. Lots of people on the ground from UNICEF and other organizations trying to bring some relief to those people. But my focus has been to try and just make people aware of the crisis, the AIDS crisis in South Africa, and you know, make sure that we don't forget about those people. There are millions and millions of people being affected by this disease. They need help. They are in desperate need of any kind of help they can get, and UNICEF has been a part of that. So that's why I was here.

KAGAN: And it's interesting. I traveled to Africa, too. I've seen the AIDS crisis and I've see how it impacts children and the hundreds of thousands of orphans that are in Africa right now. And there's so much attention that's going to the orphans of the tsunami, and that's important.

FISHBURNE: Sure. And you know, attention should be paid to those children as well.

KAGAN: But you also have a burgeoning crisis on the continent of Africa of so many children growing up with parents -- without parents.

FISHBURNE: Millions of children. Like the number's somewhere, like, around 15 million.

KAGAN: So you get hit up, I'm sure, to be part of so many causes. Why when UNICEF called? Why did this particular cause speak to your heart?

FISHBURNE: Basically it's children. I mean, children are the only resources we really have, and they will inherit this planet, and all the countries in this planet, you know, we have to protect them. We have to do something to give them hope and to try to ensure that they have a quality of life that they deserve, you know.

KAGAN: Just doing your part.

FISHBURNE: Uh-huh.

KAGAN: Laurence Fishburne, thank you so much.

FISHBURNE: You're welcome.

KAGAN: Good luck, especially with the work in Africa and with the new movie. It's called "Assault on Precinct 13." Thanks for stopping by.

FISHBURNE: Yes, thank you.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

SANCHEZ: Seems like a good guy, huh?

KAGAN: Good guy. Could of sat there and talked to him all day. He's a busy guy, so he had to move on.

SANCHEZ: I guess so, and he's doing some good deeds.

The Supreme Court is going to make a key ruling in a big case. In fact, we've been following it for you. It happened a short time ago, and we're going to talk to our legal eagle Jeff Toobin about what it all means for us.

KAGAN: Also, an amazing rescue from floodwaters in California. It wasn't easy. We're going to hear from the firefighter about how he felt when a mother and her baby were swept out of his arms.

SANCHEZ: Also, the government changes its dietary guidelines, for the first time in 10 years. Is it anything that can help you?

KAGAN: Are you going to listen?

SANCHEZ: Exactly. Yes, protein or carbs, fat.

It is the second hour of CNN LIVE TODAY, and it begin in just a bit.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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