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American Morning
'Morning Buzz'
Aired January 30, 2002 - 07:24 ET
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JACK CAFFERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Time now for the Morning Buzz. And this Enron situation came home to roost big time on Wall Street. The stock market got a 200 plus point beating yesterday because they're scared. They're scared there are more Enrons out there. They're scared about pro forma earnings. They are afraid they're not being told the truth by these corporations about profits and about off the book expenses and a whole lot of uncertainty got, finally took over the stock market and knocked it down yesterday.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, also, the big story is today, I mean Enron acknowledged that shredding only stopped on like January 14.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, they had contracted out with companies...
COOPER: And they had contracted, right, with a commercial shredder. And I mean to be fair, Enron says the shredded items were basically payroll runs, personnel records, medical records. But, you know, you would think, just from a P.R. standpoint, these guys would know maybe we shouldn't be shredding everything right now.
ZAHN: The other Enron related story this morning is the top investigators in the energy, you know, arena are looking at whether Enron potentially manipulated long range energy prices in those Western states until the day before it declared bankruptcy.
COOPER: And it looks like the second time that they're looking at that.
CAFFERTY: California, where those prices were going up and down like a yoyo.
ZAHN: Remember that? That was our lead story for weeks.
CAFFERTY: Mike Tyson, I'm watching Court TV yesterday. Catherine Crier is hosting...
ZAHN: Oh, come on, don't pick on Mike Tyson.
CAFFERTY: Yes, that's her.
ZAHN: We covered it live on Wolf Blitzer, Jack.
CAFFERTY: We did?
ZAHN: Yes.
CAFFERTY: Well, I was watching Court TV.
ZAHN: The sentence, yes.
CAFFERTY: What do you want from me? Anyway, the state gaming, the Nevada State Athletic Commission video four to one against giving this guy a license and what's he do after he sits there and expresses all this contrition and about I went to therapy and I went to, I got my medica -- he walks out and the first thing he says in the street is if I see Lennox Lewis in the street, I'll fight him there.
COOPER: Yes.
CAFFERTY: I mean he just doesn't get it, does he?
COOPER: The great quote he had during the testimony was he said, "I'm not Mother Teresa. I'm not Charles Manson, either. I just want -- treat me equal. Just treat me equal."
CAFFERTY: Just treat me equal.
COOPER: Right.
CAFFERTY: He's an idiot.
ZAHN: Yes, right, Mike.
CAFFERTY: Goofball.
COOPER: Oh, the picture today -- have you seen this?
ZAHN: Oh, I have not but I heard it was very...
CAFFERTY: We found you a dog.
ZAHN: You did?
CAFFERTY: You're looking for a dog?
ZAHN: Good, I want to adopt a dog, a...
COOPER: This is...
CAFFERTY: Check this out.
ZAHN: ... a fully trained dog.
CAFFERTY: That's right...
COOPER: This dog is trained. This is out of Oregon or something?
CAFFERTY: Yes, this is for Paula. Here's Paula's, this is going to be Paula's new dog. This is a...
ZAHN: My new beagle.
CAFFERTY: Yes, this came...
ZAHN: What can he do, guys?
CAFFERTY: This came...
COOPER: Oh, just you wait.
CAFFERTY: ... from KPDX in Oregon. This part of the video is not particularly interesting. Ah, there we are.
COOPER: There you go.
ZAHN: Oh, that is great.
COOPER: Yes.
ZAHN: Well, no, he comes down the stairs like that.
COOPER: I want to know how they figured out he had this skill, you know?
ZAHN: A lot of long weekends.
CAFFERTY: And you know what? There's no risk of him going to the potty in the house because it would (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
Now, and what we should do...
ZAHN: All right...
CAFFERTY: ... in the control room, if they're listening, we should use this as a bumper in the morning, that thing going down every morning. Those are great pictures.
ZAHN: Welcome to the set to watch AMERICAN MORNING.
COOPER: My dog is not that skillful, sadly, you know. I'm going to help my dog...
ZAHN: I hope he's as well behaved, though.
COOPER: I'm going to play this video for my dog and make sure my dog gets it.
CAFFERTY: That's great stuff.
ZAHN: It could be mighty intimidating.
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