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Iran to Pursue Nuclear Technology; Documentary Sheds Light on North Korea

Aired May 03, 2005 - 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.


DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Want to go live to Miami, Florida, now. These are pictures -- aerial pictures of Miami Edison Senior High School. The school has been evacuated because of a bomb threat, part of a bigger story that seems to be developing in the Miami area.
Reporters in our Miami bureau telling CNN five different bomb threats currently under investigation in the city of Miami, including this high school, Miami Senior High School and a bank, as well. We'll get more information on that and bring it to you as it is available.

Meanwhile, let's check and see what else is happening "Now in the News."

The man accused of the BTK serial killings entered not guilty pleas last hour in Wichita, Kansas. Dennis Rader is suspected in ten strangulation murders from 1974 and 1991. A June trial was set. That likely will be pushed back a year or more.

A military jury is hearing testimony today about Private First Class Lynndie England. It will determine her sentence after her guilty plea in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. CNN has learned that England will serve as little as two years under the plea, unless the military jury decides on a shorter sentence.

Testimony is about to get underway in the Michael Jackson molestation trial in Santa Maria, California. Prosecutors are said to complete their case today. They admit they might miss their self- imposed deadline, however. The final witness is expected to focus on Jackson's finances.

And the father-in-law to be says the wedding will go on. The groom's dad tells CNN no new date has been set for John Mason and runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks. Prosecutors are considering possible charges against Wilbanks, who lied about being kidnapped.

New report out today says the U.S. is not prepared to respond to the threat of nuclear terrorism. "The Washington Post" report cites nuclear experts and government reports. The paper says only a small number of first responders are trained in evacuation procedures that could save hundreds of thousands of lives. And it says, information given to the public is flawed and incomplete.

Iran told the United Nations today it will develop all types of nuclear technology, even the kind used for making weapons. But it vows its program is and will be peaceful.

Let's go to the U.N. and senior correspondent Richard Roth. Richard, hello.

RICHARD ROTH, CNN SR. CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Daryn.

Tough talk just a couple of minutes ago from Iran's foreign minister, here at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference. This after -- a day after the U.S. representative blasted Iran's motives and said Tehran's nuclear facilities should be shut down, whatever their motive. Today the Iranian foreign minister fired back, in effect saying Iran has the right to develop its nuclear program, and in effect saying, even if that leads to enrichment of nuclear materials.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KAMAL KHARRAZI, IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Iran, for its part, is determined to pursue all legal areas of nuclear technology, including enrichment, exclusively for peaceful purposes and has been eager to offer assurances and guarantees that they remain permanently peaceful.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ROTH: Currently Iran's nuclear program is in a state of suspension, a deal worked out with the Europeans. There's the Iranian foreign minister meeting the head of the international atomic energy agency yesterday. It is the IAEA that will be inspecting Iran. Two years ago, a secret nuclear program was discovered that the IAEA did not know about.

Iran is saying it can offer guarantees that it will use its nuclear enrichment for peaceful purposes, but it also gave many hints that it really has the right to do whatever it wants with this program, since the so-called exclusive club of nuclear powers, including the United States, has been operating since the start of this treaty. There's the Iranian foreign minister meeting with the German foreign minister. Germany, France and Britain, that have been handling the negotiations with Tehran while the United States watches eagerly from a distance -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Hey, Richard, how is it working there with no U.S. ambassador to the U.N.? Who represents the American interests?

ROTH: Stephen Radamaker (ph), a diplomat from Washington, is here. For many months, there's been no official U.S. ambassador. This has occurred before. The negotiations are certainly being monitored and controlled out of Washington. But John Bolton, if he gets here, will have a lot to do, especially if the Iran issue is referred to the Security Council eventually.

KAGAN: Richard Roth. Always a lot to do for you there at the U.N. Richard, thank you. Also on the question of nuclear weapons, a South Korean newspaper says the U.S. has detected signs that North Korea may be preparing for a underground nuclear test. But South Korea today downplayed that report. There has been increased concern in recent days about the North's nuclear program. The South Korean newspaper says that report says a movement of heavy equipment points to possible plans for an underground test. U.S. and South Korean have denied there are definitive signs that such a test is imminent.

Well, speaking of North Korea. Americans really do know very little about the day-to-day life inside that country, but that might change. There is a new, bold documentary coming out and the filmmakers give viewers a look at the reclusive society and its devotion to the state that plays out in masking one of communism's last showcase pageants.

Here now, CNN's Alina Cho.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The scene seems all too familiar.

It could be any Korean-American household in America, but it's not. It's North Korea, a secret world, a closed society, until now.

The documentary "A State of Mind" is the work of two British filmmakers, Dan Gordon and Nick Bonner, who filmed North Korea as it's never been seen by the Western world. It is February, 2003, the beginning of an eight-month project.

DANIEL GORDON, DIRECTOR "A STATE OF MIND": And we couldn't believe a thing when we were granted the access to go into homes, to go into schools, to go into workplaces, that kind of thing that they would actually follow through and do that for us. But there was an awful lot of trusting follow-up.

CHO: "A State of Mind" is about the mass games, and the people who participate in them. The concept is simple. No single person is more important than the whole.

It really seems to be the ultimate metaphor for communism.

GORDON: And really it was the, you know, metaphor for the country. Everything's about the team, and, trying to flip that, we took it from our own sort of Western perspective, that we wanted to find out about the individual within that team.

CHO: The filmmakers followed two North Korean schoolgirls, chosen by the government, as they train for the mass games: 13-year- old Pakian Yan Si (ph), and 11-year-old Kim Song Yon (ph). They are two of the country's best young gymnasts.

GORDON: At first, they were very stand-offish. I mean, we're the first Westerners they'd ever set eyes on.

CHO: Much of the day is spent training.

So much has been made in the film about the training. How demanding is it? How important is it.

GORDON: Have you ever tried to do a cartwheel on concrete? It is unbelievable.

CHO: At home, state radio is piped to every kitchen, every morning.

You can't turn the volume off.

GORDON: No, you can turn it right down and -- but we can't turn it off.

CHO: The TV is a gift from the government, a reward for Yan Si's performance in the 2002 mass games. There's only one channel, and only for five hours a day. You see, most nights here are spent without electricity.

GORDON: The power went and we carried on filming and ended up being quite funny moment within the film when the lights go back on.

CHO: But do they hate the United States or do they fear the United States?

NICK BONNER, ASSOC. PROD., "A STATE OF MIND": It's a bit of both I, think. They've got a reason to hate the Americans cause of the Korean War, this horrendous war. And they see, because the way their government interprets it, that it is due to U.S. policies that they've had these problems.

CHO: Yet, students learn English.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I go (INAUDIBLE) with my brother.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, wonderful.

CHO: But current events are taught from a North Korean point of view. Take the Iraq war.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through captions): Where are the US imperialist aggressors attacking at the moment?

CLASS (through captions): Iraq.

CHO: You get the sense at times, when you're watching this, that they're brainwashed.

GORDON: Brainwashed is a word that consistently comes out when you're dealing with that kind of conscience and our perceptions of that. Ultimately, the film remains nonjudgmental.

CHO: A parade on the eve of the Mass games. This is a massive display of organized devotion for their dear leader, Kim Jong Il.

GORDON: As they march past, they cry mansay (ph), which means "long live."

CHO: More than a million North Koreans take part in the festival. All the way, Jen-Sen (ph) and Soon-Yun (ph) and hundreds of thousands of little girls just like them are in their final rehearsals.

The goal is perfection. The general would accept nothing less. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (translated on screen): I'm wondering whether our father the General will actually turn up for our performance. If he can't make it, we will be really disappointed.

CHO: Millions of man-hours go into training for the Mass games, with the most intensive preparations in the final hours. Soon-Yun (ph) is selected to perform in the second row, a high honor for an 11- year-old.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (translated on screen): Now our moves have nearly been perfected. When the dear Generalissimus comes to watch the Mass games, I will definitely perform with perfect moves.

CHO: The older Jen-Sen (ph) is already a veteran. This is her fourth Mass games. She's 13.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (translated on screen): finally, when the day came and our act was about to start, I was extremely nervous.

CHO: Jen-Sen (ph) and Soon-Yun (ph) perform brilliantly. The results of endless hours, days and months of training is perfect execution.

The girls perform twice a day for 20 days. But their father, the general, never shows up.

When it's all over, both of the girls immediately begin training for the next Mass games, in the hopes they will next time perform for their leader.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: That was fascinating. That was our Alina Cho reporting. This extraordinary documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last week. It opens around the country in August. And to learn more about relations between North Korea and the U.S., log on to our Web site. For the most up-to-date news on your safety, click on to CNN.com/security watch.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Let's take a look at what's making news overseas this morning. Dozens of people may be trapped today after an apartment building collapsed in Pakistan. Twenty-five people are confirmed dead. Rescuers say gas stored in the basement exploded. Many of the victims were sleeping when the three-story building fell.

Taiwan's opposition leader, Leon Chen (ph), is back home today after his historic eight-day to China. That trip puts pressure on Taiwan's independence-minded president to soften his tone. As a goodwill gesture, China is offering Taiwan a pair of pandas.

On to the mule races in Mexico, of course. Villagers pay homage to the overworked and underappreciated animal during the annual Burrow Festival. Owners also dressed their mules in colloquial costumes. The festival dates back to the early '60s. Speaking of the '60s, the rock band Cream is back together. That's Eric Clapton, Ginger Back and Jack Ruth, they're all playing four shows at London's Royal Albert Hall this week. The venue hosted the trio's last concert back in 1968 before they split up.

Let's find out what's coming up at the top of the hour on CNN on "NEWS FROM CNN."

Wolf Blitzer has that. Hi, Wolf.

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, Daryn. Thanks very much.

We're working on a number of stories on NEWS FROM CNN.

Among them, a truly amazing story out of my hometown, Buffalo New York, a firefighter who hasn't talked in nearly a decade after suffering brain damage suddenly began speaking again this past weekend. You'll hear his incredible story from someone who's been following his recovery.

Also, the first lady like you've never seen her before in the spotlight. Our White House correspondent Dana Bash goes one on one with Laura Bush.

Watch for those stories, much more, coming up right at the top of the hour on NEWS FROM CNN. In the meantime, more Daryn -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Enough of me. We'll see you at the top of the hour. Thank you, Wolf.

BLITZER: Thank you.

KAGAN: Other news today, one U.S. automaker facing a federal investigation. That story just ahead on CNN LIVE TODAY.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

KAGAN: We're going to be checking in with Jacqui Jeras. Is there a warm up in sight? The latest on the forecast, just ahead.

Plus, a great catch or just a great effort? Watch this leap. Over the fence. It paid off. We'll find -- we'll play the rest of the tape when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Take a look at these pictures and duck. Keep your head down. Did you catch what was happening there? Let's kind of explain. The surfer ducking just in time to avoid plunging into the watercraft. It had carried him out the wave and then it couldn't pull free. No one was hurt, by the way. We can tell you that the jet ski, or the watercraft, was smashed to pieces by the wave.

Well, another unbelievable picture to show you. Looks like a surefire over-the-wall, no questions, into the seats home run, until someone broke the law of gravity. Watch this.

(BEHIND VIDEO CLIP)

ANNOUNCER: Well-hit, right field. Icharo (ph) going back to the -- track to the wall, leaps up and he makes the catch!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Is he a super hero? What is that, absolutely incredible, for everybody except of course, Garrett Anderson, who thought he had for sure a home run there. Robbery wasn't enough, though, to save the Mariners. They went on to lose to the Angels, 5-0.

OK. We're done with the baseball story. Now onto one that maybe you don't want to hear before lunch time. A story that might sound disgustingly familiar. A North Carolina man says he found a fingertip in his frozen custard. But before you say here we go again with that finger thing, the restaurant that sold the treat says an employee really had cut his finger off by the kitchen machine. The owner does want to get the fingertip back to the employee. The man who tasted it says, yes, he'll be talking to a lawyer very soon.

(WEATHER REPORT)

KAGAN: That's going to do it for me. I'm Daryn Kagan. I'll be right back with you here tomorrow morning. For now, up to my friend and colleague Wolf Blitzer, in Washington, D.C. Hi, Wolf.

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 May 3, 2005 - 11:30   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Want to go live to Miami, Florida, now. These are pictures -- aerial pictures of Miami Edison Senior High School. The school has been evacuated because of a bomb threat, part of a bigger story that seems to be developing in the Miami area.
Reporters in our Miami bureau telling CNN five different bomb threats currently under investigation in the city of Miami, including this high school, Miami Senior High School and a bank, as well. We'll get more information on that and bring it to you as it is available.

Meanwhile, let's check and see what else is happening "Now in the News."

The man accused of the BTK serial killings entered not guilty pleas last hour in Wichita, Kansas. Dennis Rader is suspected in ten strangulation murders from 1974 and 1991. A June trial was set. That likely will be pushed back a year or more.

A military jury is hearing testimony today about Private First Class Lynndie England. It will determine her sentence after her guilty plea in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. CNN has learned that England will serve as little as two years under the plea, unless the military jury decides on a shorter sentence.

Testimony is about to get underway in the Michael Jackson molestation trial in Santa Maria, California. Prosecutors are said to complete their case today. They admit they might miss their self- imposed deadline, however. The final witness is expected to focus on Jackson's finances.

And the father-in-law to be says the wedding will go on. The groom's dad tells CNN no new date has been set for John Mason and runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks. Prosecutors are considering possible charges against Wilbanks, who lied about being kidnapped.

New report out today says the U.S. is not prepared to respond to the threat of nuclear terrorism. "The Washington Post" report cites nuclear experts and government reports. The paper says only a small number of first responders are trained in evacuation procedures that could save hundreds of thousands of lives. And it says, information given to the public is flawed and incomplete.

Iran told the United Nations today it will develop all types of nuclear technology, even the kind used for making weapons. But it vows its program is and will be peaceful.

Let's go to the U.N. and senior correspondent Richard Roth. Richard, hello.

RICHARD ROTH, CNN SR. CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Daryn.

Tough talk just a couple of minutes ago from Iran's foreign minister, here at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference. This after -- a day after the U.S. representative blasted Iran's motives and said Tehran's nuclear facilities should be shut down, whatever their motive. Today the Iranian foreign minister fired back, in effect saying Iran has the right to develop its nuclear program, and in effect saying, even if that leads to enrichment of nuclear materials.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

KAMAL KHARRAZI, IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Iran, for its part, is determined to pursue all legal areas of nuclear technology, including enrichment, exclusively for peaceful purposes and has been eager to offer assurances and guarantees that they remain permanently peaceful.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ROTH: Currently Iran's nuclear program is in a state of suspension, a deal worked out with the Europeans. There's the Iranian foreign minister meeting the head of the international atomic energy agency yesterday. It is the IAEA that will be inspecting Iran. Two years ago, a secret nuclear program was discovered that the IAEA did not know about.

Iran is saying it can offer guarantees that it will use its nuclear enrichment for peaceful purposes, but it also gave many hints that it really has the right to do whatever it wants with this program, since the so-called exclusive club of nuclear powers, including the United States, has been operating since the start of this treaty. There's the Iranian foreign minister meeting with the German foreign minister. Germany, France and Britain, that have been handling the negotiations with Tehran while the United States watches eagerly from a distance -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Hey, Richard, how is it working there with no U.S. ambassador to the U.N.? Who represents the American interests?

ROTH: Stephen Radamaker (ph), a diplomat from Washington, is here. For many months, there's been no official U.S. ambassador. This has occurred before. The negotiations are certainly being monitored and controlled out of Washington. But John Bolton, if he gets here, will have a lot to do, especially if the Iran issue is referred to the Security Council eventually.

KAGAN: Richard Roth. Always a lot to do for you there at the U.N. Richard, thank you. Also on the question of nuclear weapons, a South Korean newspaper says the U.S. has detected signs that North Korea may be preparing for a underground nuclear test. But South Korea today downplayed that report. There has been increased concern in recent days about the North's nuclear program. The South Korean newspaper says that report says a movement of heavy equipment points to possible plans for an underground test. U.S. and South Korean have denied there are definitive signs that such a test is imminent.

Well, speaking of North Korea. Americans really do know very little about the day-to-day life inside that country, but that might change. There is a new, bold documentary coming out and the filmmakers give viewers a look at the reclusive society and its devotion to the state that plays out in masking one of communism's last showcase pageants.

Here now, CNN's Alina Cho.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The scene seems all too familiar.

It could be any Korean-American household in America, but it's not. It's North Korea, a secret world, a closed society, until now.

The documentary "A State of Mind" is the work of two British filmmakers, Dan Gordon and Nick Bonner, who filmed North Korea as it's never been seen by the Western world. It is February, 2003, the beginning of an eight-month project.

DANIEL GORDON, DIRECTOR "A STATE OF MIND": And we couldn't believe a thing when we were granted the access to go into homes, to go into schools, to go into workplaces, that kind of thing that they would actually follow through and do that for us. But there was an awful lot of trusting follow-up.

CHO: "A State of Mind" is about the mass games, and the people who participate in them. The concept is simple. No single person is more important than the whole.

It really seems to be the ultimate metaphor for communism.

GORDON: And really it was the, you know, metaphor for the country. Everything's about the team, and, trying to flip that, we took it from our own sort of Western perspective, that we wanted to find out about the individual within that team.

CHO: The filmmakers followed two North Korean schoolgirls, chosen by the government, as they train for the mass games: 13-year- old Pakian Yan Si (ph), and 11-year-old Kim Song Yon (ph). They are two of the country's best young gymnasts.

GORDON: At first, they were very stand-offish. I mean, we're the first Westerners they'd ever set eyes on.

CHO: Much of the day is spent training.

So much has been made in the film about the training. How demanding is it? How important is it.

GORDON: Have you ever tried to do a cartwheel on concrete? It is unbelievable.

CHO: At home, state radio is piped to every kitchen, every morning.

You can't turn the volume off.

GORDON: No, you can turn it right down and -- but we can't turn it off.

CHO: The TV is a gift from the government, a reward for Yan Si's performance in the 2002 mass games. There's only one channel, and only for five hours a day. You see, most nights here are spent without electricity.

GORDON: The power went and we carried on filming and ended up being quite funny moment within the film when the lights go back on.

CHO: But do they hate the United States or do they fear the United States?

NICK BONNER, ASSOC. PROD., "A STATE OF MIND": It's a bit of both I, think. They've got a reason to hate the Americans cause of the Korean War, this horrendous war. And they see, because the way their government interprets it, that it is due to U.S. policies that they've had these problems.

CHO: Yet, students learn English.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I go (INAUDIBLE) with my brother.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, wonderful.

CHO: But current events are taught from a North Korean point of view. Take the Iraq war.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through captions): Where are the US imperialist aggressors attacking at the moment?

CLASS (through captions): Iraq.

CHO: You get the sense at times, when you're watching this, that they're brainwashed.

GORDON: Brainwashed is a word that consistently comes out when you're dealing with that kind of conscience and our perceptions of that. Ultimately, the film remains nonjudgmental.

CHO: A parade on the eve of the Mass games. This is a massive display of organized devotion for their dear leader, Kim Jong Il.

GORDON: As they march past, they cry mansay (ph), which means "long live."

CHO: More than a million North Koreans take part in the festival. All the way, Jen-Sen (ph) and Soon-Yun (ph) and hundreds of thousands of little girls just like them are in their final rehearsals.

The goal is perfection. The general would accept nothing less. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (translated on screen): I'm wondering whether our father the General will actually turn up for our performance. If he can't make it, we will be really disappointed.

CHO: Millions of man-hours go into training for the Mass games, with the most intensive preparations in the final hours. Soon-Yun (ph) is selected to perform in the second row, a high honor for an 11- year-old.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (translated on screen): Now our moves have nearly been perfected. When the dear Generalissimus comes to watch the Mass games, I will definitely perform with perfect moves.

CHO: The older Jen-Sen (ph) is already a veteran. This is her fourth Mass games. She's 13.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (translated on screen): finally, when the day came and our act was about to start, I was extremely nervous.

CHO: Jen-Sen (ph) and Soon-Yun (ph) perform brilliantly. The results of endless hours, days and months of training is perfect execution.

The girls perform twice a day for 20 days. But their father, the general, never shows up.

When it's all over, both of the girls immediately begin training for the next Mass games, in the hopes they will next time perform for their leader.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

KAGAN: That was fascinating. That was our Alina Cho reporting. This extraordinary documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last week. It opens around the country in August. And to learn more about relations between North Korea and the U.S., log on to our Web site. For the most up-to-date news on your safety, click on to CNN.com/security watch.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Let's take a look at what's making news overseas this morning. Dozens of people may be trapped today after an apartment building collapsed in Pakistan. Twenty-five people are confirmed dead. Rescuers say gas stored in the basement exploded. Many of the victims were sleeping when the three-story building fell.

Taiwan's opposition leader, Leon Chen (ph), is back home today after his historic eight-day to China. That trip puts pressure on Taiwan's independence-minded president to soften his tone. As a goodwill gesture, China is offering Taiwan a pair of pandas.

On to the mule races in Mexico, of course. Villagers pay homage to the overworked and underappreciated animal during the annual Burrow Festival. Owners also dressed their mules in colloquial costumes. The festival dates back to the early '60s. Speaking of the '60s, the rock band Cream is back together. That's Eric Clapton, Ginger Back and Jack Ruth, they're all playing four shows at London's Royal Albert Hall this week. The venue hosted the trio's last concert back in 1968 before they split up.

Let's find out what's coming up at the top of the hour on CNN on "NEWS FROM CNN."

Wolf Blitzer has that. Hi, Wolf.

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, Daryn. Thanks very much.

We're working on a number of stories on NEWS FROM CNN.

Among them, a truly amazing story out of my hometown, Buffalo New York, a firefighter who hasn't talked in nearly a decade after suffering brain damage suddenly began speaking again this past weekend. You'll hear his incredible story from someone who's been following his recovery.

Also, the first lady like you've never seen her before in the spotlight. Our White House correspondent Dana Bash goes one on one with Laura Bush.

Watch for those stories, much more, coming up right at the top of the hour on NEWS FROM CNN. In the meantime, more Daryn -- Daryn.

KAGAN: Enough of me. We'll see you at the top of the hour. Thank you, Wolf.

BLITZER: Thank you.

KAGAN: Other news today, one U.S. automaker facing a federal investigation. That story just ahead on CNN LIVE TODAY.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(STOCK MARKET REPORT)

KAGAN: We're going to be checking in with Jacqui Jeras. Is there a warm up in sight? The latest on the forecast, just ahead.

Plus, a great catch or just a great effort? Watch this leap. Over the fence. It paid off. We'll find -- we'll play the rest of the tape when we come back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

KAGAN: Take a look at these pictures and duck. Keep your head down. Did you catch what was happening there? Let's kind of explain. The surfer ducking just in time to avoid plunging into the watercraft. It had carried him out the wave and then it couldn't pull free. No one was hurt, by the way. We can tell you that the jet ski, or the watercraft, was smashed to pieces by the wave.

Well, another unbelievable picture to show you. Looks like a surefire over-the-wall, no questions, into the seats home run, until someone broke the law of gravity. Watch this.

(BEHIND VIDEO CLIP)

ANNOUNCER: Well-hit, right field. Icharo (ph) going back to the -- track to the wall, leaps up and he makes the catch!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KAGAN: Is he a super hero? What is that, absolutely incredible, for everybody except of course, Garrett Anderson, who thought he had for sure a home run there. Robbery wasn't enough, though, to save the Mariners. They went on to lose to the Angels, 5-0.

OK. We're done with the baseball story. Now onto one that maybe you don't want to hear before lunch time. A story that might sound disgustingly familiar. A North Carolina man says he found a fingertip in his frozen custard. But before you say here we go again with that finger thing, the restaurant that sold the treat says an employee really had cut his finger off by the kitchen machine. The owner does want to get the fingertip back to the employee. The man who tasted it says, yes, he'll be talking to a lawyer very soon.

(WEATHER REPORT)

KAGAN: That's going to do it for me. I'm Daryn Kagan. I'll be right back with you here tomorrow morning. For now, up to my friend and colleague Wolf Blitzer, in Washington, D.C. Hi, Wolf.

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