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Hans Blix One of World's Most Recognizable Faces

Aired January 22, 2003 - 07:22   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.


PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, you've seen a lot of him lately, U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix in the limelight as one of the world's most recognizable faces. He has a lot of autograph seekers.
And our Richard Roth, who basically lives at the U.N., was sitting nearby as Hans Blix was returning from Iraq.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KATHY: I would like to ask you to have your autograph.

HANS BLIX, CHIEF U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: Of course.

KATHY: And I'm very proud to have you sitting next to me. I see you on the television every day.

BLIX: OK.

KATHY: So, I'll show that to my friends.

BLIX: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

KATHY: Thank you. My name is Kathy (ph).

BLIX: I thought it was a nice article, not one of the nasty ones.

KATHY: It's, whatever you do is nice. And my name is Kathy.

BLIX: My name is Hans.

KATHY: Thank you. All right.

RICHARD ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You wrote over your own body.

KATHY: What did you write?

BLIX: My name.

KATHY: Right here.

BLIX: Yes. With a white background.

KATHY: Oh, very nice. Thank you so much.

BLIX: You're welcome. KATHY: Thank you. Thank you. He write it right over there. He didn't write my name, though.

BLIX: Kathy?

KATHY: What is it?

BLIX: Do you want it, too?

KATHY: To Kathy.

BLIX: All right.

KATHY: Yes, of course.

ROTH: You're awfully demanding of the chief U.N. weapons inspector.

KATHY: He is a nice man. Whatever he writes, I know is a...

BLIX: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

KATHY: OK.

BLIX: OK.

KATHY: Whatever he writes is going to be true because he seems a very honest man and very down to earth. And whatever he says is going to be it. He's a very fair man.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ZAHN:. At the time Blix was on his way back to Europe after meetings in Baghdad with Iraqi officials.

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Aired January 22, 2003 - 07:22   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Well, you've seen a lot of him lately, U.N. chief weapons inspector Hans Blix in the limelight as one of the world's most recognizable faces. He has a lot of autograph seekers.
And our Richard Roth, who basically lives at the U.N., was sitting nearby as Hans Blix was returning from Iraq.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KATHY: I would like to ask you to have your autograph.

HANS BLIX, CHIEF U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR: Of course.

KATHY: And I'm very proud to have you sitting next to me. I see you on the television every day.

BLIX: OK.

KATHY: So, I'll show that to my friends.

BLIX: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

KATHY: Thank you. My name is Kathy (ph).

BLIX: I thought it was a nice article, not one of the nasty ones.

KATHY: It's, whatever you do is nice. And my name is Kathy.

BLIX: My name is Hans.

KATHY: Thank you. All right.

RICHARD ROTH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You wrote over your own body.

KATHY: What did you write?

BLIX: My name.

KATHY: Right here.

BLIX: Yes. With a white background.

KATHY: Oh, very nice. Thank you so much.

BLIX: You're welcome. KATHY: Thank you. Thank you. He write it right over there. He didn't write my name, though.

BLIX: Kathy?

KATHY: What is it?

BLIX: Do you want it, too?

KATHY: To Kathy.

BLIX: All right.

KATHY: Yes, of course.

ROTH: You're awfully demanding of the chief U.N. weapons inspector.

KATHY: He is a nice man. Whatever he writes, I know is a...

BLIX: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

KATHY: OK.

BLIX: OK.

KATHY: Whatever he writes is going to be true because he seems a very honest man and very down to earth. And whatever he says is going to be it. He's a very fair man.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ZAHN:. At the time Blix was on his way back to Europe after meetings in Baghdad with Iraqi officials.

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