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Walton County Beaches Reopen One Day After Fatal Shark Attack; Interview With Anne Graham Lotz
Aired June 26, 2005 - 07:00 ET
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: The beaches in Walton County, Florida reopened this morning just one day after a shark killed a 14-year old girl.
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It is June 26. Good morning, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen.
TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Tony Harris. That story in just a moment. First, headlines now in the news.
In northern Iraq, three suicide bombings in Mosul in the last 12 hours. We're gathering details of this latest explosion, which killed at least 15 Iraqis outside an Army base.
Earlier this morning, a bomb hidden in a truck load of watermelons exploded outside a police station, killing four officers and one civilian. The four officers were killed last night in the suicide bomb attack on the police convoy.
Police in Arizona are searching for this man seen leaving a neighborhood where six people were later found shot to death in a home in Yuma. The victims include a man, a woman, and four children. It's not clear if all the victims were related. The children were between six and 12 years old.
There was another court hearing scheduled today in the case of an Alabama teenager missing in Aruba. A judge will decide whether the five suspects held in Natalee Holloway's disappearance will remain in jail. Meanwhile, all 27 members of a Texas search team are now on the Caribbean island and plan to search the coastal waters today.
History in the unmaking in Charlotte, North Carolina. The city's old convention center is due to come crashing down at the bottom of the hour. Crews had been preparing for the implosion and setting charges the last several days. We'll show it to you live when it happens at the bottom of the hour.
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NGUYEN: But right ahead here on CNN in the next 60 minutes, don't go to that Internet. Stay right here, because we have a breakthrough in the Middle East. This woman represents a major step forward in Kuwait's political system. And perhaps the entire Mideast region. In Maryland on watch every day, people taking the law into their own hands. Drunk driver, you better watch out. Randi Kaye takes us along for a ride with Operation Extra Eyes.
And once he was the best at what he did. Today, Hall of Fame football player Gale Sayers is still a winner. We'll tell you why.
HARRIS: Sunrise over the Florida panhandle and concerns as close as the shoreline. This morning, officials in and around Walton County have reopened 20 miles of beach on this morning after a deadly shark attack.
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HARRIS (voice-over): The teenage girl and a friend were riding their boogie boards just before lunchtime. At least 200 yards off the shore of the busy San Destin Resort in Walton County, Florida. According to authorities, the shark attacked the 14-year old, biting off her leg.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A local surfer saw the attack, went to the girl's aid, was able to get her on his surf board and transport her back into shore.
HARRIS: You only have to imagine the horror of that long swim to shore. The girl was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Sharks are often seen in the turquoise waters of Fort Walton County, but they have never, never attacked at this location.
The sheriff's office tells CNN the girl was so far from shore, it might have made her a prime target for a shark attack.
CAPT. DANNY GLIDEWELL, WALTON CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE: Any time you go past right up close to the shore, you increase your chances. When you get out around the -- what we call the first sand bar, where the first drop-off is, then you will experience more sightings of sharks.
HARRIS: But there was nothing to tell the girl or her family there was any potential danger. Green flags signaling calm surf were posted on the beach. The beaches were closed immediately after the attack, but are open this morning.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely staying away from the water. It was kind of nerve wracking. I was actually going into the water when they were telling me to come out. And we saw everybody just rushing out. They left their boogie boards and whatever else is out there.
HARRIS: Authorities speculate the shark was chasing bait fish in the water. And only because the shark's not been seen since the attack, Walton Sheriffs say it is has probably left the area.
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HARRIS: Here are some quick statistics on shark attacks. Worldwide, there was 61 unprovoked shark attacks last year. Nearly half happened in the United States. There were fewer unprovoked attacks worldwide than the previous two years.
NGUYEN: Other stories making news across America this morning. More hot and dry weather will bring little relief for hundreds of firefighters in southwestern Utah. Lightning apparently ignited the string of fires on Wednesday. The largest has burned nearly 60,000 acres and forced some evacuations from the town of Gunlock.
A tragedy narrowly averted in Ohio. This helicopter, right there, crashed landed on an airport runway only about a quarter mile from the Grand Prix of Cleveland. Moments earlier, that chopper had flown over the crowded grandstands on the airport grounds. The pilot was the only person aboard and walked away from that crash.
And in West Virginia, here is a highway from heaven or at least an answer to a pilot's prayers. He spotted Interstate 77 just after his newly purchased plane lost power. He managed to land safely and escaped any injury. Emergency crews then escorted the plane and the pilot to safety.
HARRIS: More than a half century of Billy Graham's revivals come to a close tonight in New York. The evangelist will deliver what's expected to be his last crusade sermon in the U.S. Former President Bill Clinton joined Graham on stage last night, calling him a person who had always lived according to his fate.
The 86-year old ailing pastor then gave a short sermon hinting he at peace and preparing for the end.
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BILLY GRAHAM, EVANGELIST: "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. And you will find rest in me." You come to Jesus tonight and let him control your life and forgive your sins and give your assurance of you'd die, you'd go to heaven. It'll change your life.
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HARRIS: Those who have gathered for Reverend Graham's likely last crusade here in America are reflecting on the 86-year old's impact on their own faith and the millions more that have heard him preach.
Alina Cho has the story.
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ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He calls himself a born-again Christian, but Kevin Griffiths (ph) has never seen Reverend Graham in person until now.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he's a great preacher and I think that God really moves through him.
CHO: Griffiths, who is 20, says he admires Graham for what he calls his simple message. So does Regina Jones (ph). UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am just overwhelmed right now.
CHO: Jones, who is here with her son, said she learned about Graham through her mother. She is so dedicated she's a volunteer counselor.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, after he preaches, he gives an invitation to persons to receive, you know, Jesus Christ as their personal savior. And once they do that, I would follow them up and speak to them about receiving Christ.
CHO: It's called the altar call. Over the years more than 3 million people have pledged their life to Christ at Billy Graham crusades. Cliff Barrows is a friend of the preacher and has worked with him for 60 years.
CLIFF BARROWS, GRAHAM ASSOCIATE: He stands up in the pulpit, so weak physically, but he holds the Bible and he begins to share his heart and God speaks through him and to him and people listen and they respond. And as long as they do that, he wants to keep preaching until he has his last breath.
CHO: But Graham, who is sick with Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer, said recently this New York crusade will be his last in America and so it is here that evangelical Christians of all colors and all sizes all have come to see him. Griffiths calls it a bittersweet moment.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think God has called him to do a certain thing for a certain time, and he's done that, he's been obedient. And it's awesome what he's been able to accomplish. So it's exciting, you know, as well as kind of sad.
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HARRIS: Next hour, we'll talk with Graham's daughter Anne Lotz, who is also the author of "Heaven: My Father's House." And tonight at 7:00 Eastern, CNN's "PEOPLE IN THE NEWS" will take an hour long look at the world renowned evangelist's remarkable life and the impact of his ministry.
NGUYEN: Time now for a look ahead at some of the stories that you will see on CNN this week. On Tuesday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, President Bush will deliver a prime-time televised address to the nation in which he will continue to rally support for a continued military presence in Iraq.
Also Tuesday, one week after reaching an agreement between players and owners, the NBA will hold its annual draft. And as part of that contract, there are new penalties for players who test positive for steroids. The top draft pick is a toss up between Chris Paul and Ron Williams.
And Saturday, Live 8 will take the stage in eight cities all around the world. The concerts are being held to help raise awareness for poverty in Africa. MTV and VH-1 will air eight hours of the shows, which will feature top acts like U2, Coldplay, and Madonna, just to name a few.
HARRIS: Well, it is a first of a its kind operation in the country -- citizens turned crime fighters cruising the streets at nights.
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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Just to give you an idea of how big this Operation Extra Eyes is, we not only have our ladies in the van, but we have undercover officers keeping an eye on the bus stop, keeping an eye on the liquor store surrounding the area. There are also sheriff's deputies all part of Operation Extra Eyes.
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NGUYEN: A CNN investigation Operation Extra Eyes. That is next on CNN SUNDAY MORNING. And we want you to take a look at this. Take a good look at this. It is the old convention center in uptown Charlotte.
HARRIS: Now where is it?
NGUYEN: Well...
HARRIS: I'm looking, but I don't see it. Is it...
NGUYEN: ...it's about to come down.
HARRIS: We'll see it then.
NGUYEN: Yes, we will in just a few minutes. It's a square building right there.
HARRIS: Oh, OK, OK.
NGUYEN: You can watch that implosion right here on CNN. So don't miss it. Bonnie?
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NGUYEN: If you're just joining us this morning, let's get you caught up on the top stories today. Beaches reopened on Florida's Gulf Coast after a deadly shark attack. An autopsy is set for tomorrow for the 14-year old girl killed Saturday morning. Specialists will look at her wounds in hopes of telling what type of shark attacked her.
New Jersey authorities say an investigation is underway into how police failed to search a nearby car, where three missing boys were found on Friday. The boys had suffocated. Police concede the oversight may have cost the children's lives.
Now to Iraq. Three separate suicide bomb attacks in Mosul killed 15 people. Eight were Iraqi police officers. One blast came from a bomb apparently hidden in a watermelon truck. Then in Baghdad, one U.S. soldier was killed, two others injured by a roadside bomb.
HARRIS: Ordinary people have enlisted in the fight against drunken driving. They are armed with police radios and a keen set of extra eyes on today's investigative unit spotlight, CNN's Randi Kaye takes us on patrol in Montgomery County, Maryland for a first of its kind program you will see only on CNN.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the car that the (INAUDIBLE) people called out with.
RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's Friday night in Montgomery County, Maryland and there are extra eyes on the street. Those extra eyes don't belong to police.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Can I give you the license plate and you can run it to see who this car belongs to, if he's old enough?
KAYE: The extra eyes that local police depend on to help catch underage drinkers and drunken drivers are citizen volunteers. Armed with walkie talkies, they're part of a late night sting.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anyone over there?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, it's quiet.
KAYE: We can't identify them and blow their cover, but they are all average suburbanites with a keen interest in keeping drunks off the roads in their community. They include moms, who get their nails done, grandmas who sport reading glasses. Every couple of months, they leave their families at home and put their eyes to work, a hobby so unusual, even close friends are surprised.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They were totally aghast and just couldn't believe that I would spend the night sitting in a car watching a garage or watching a retail store or watching a hotel. So I guess, no, I don't fit in whatever the mold would be.
KAYE: Operation Extra Eyes is the first program of its kind in the country. Volunteers are trained to spot people who may be involved in alcohol related crimes. Some nights they work surveillance until 2:00 a.m.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Go ahead and come out because a really young looking kid...
KAYE: Sitting outside the beer and wine store in Wheaton this Friday night, the team thinks they've spotted what they call a Mr. Wouldya? That's someone's underage who asks an adult to go in and buy alcohol for them. The police check out the citizen's lead.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Where's your ID at? You had?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I lost it, it was in the club, you know?
KAYE: It turns out this man had just lost his ID. He's free to go, but the night is young.
(on camera): It's about 9:15 here on this Friday night. We've been in this parking lot here in Wheaton, Maryland now for about three hours.
Just to give you an idea of how big this Operation Extra Eyes is, we not only have our ladies in the van, but we have undercover officers keeping an eye on the bus stop, keeping an eye on the liquor store surrounding the area. There are also sheriff's deputies all part of Operation Extra Eyes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When he walked into the store, he wasn't very steady.
KAYE: The volunteers had police tail this man. We watched him buy a case of beer, then so unsteady, struggle to get it into his trunk.
OFC. BILL MORRISON, MONTGOMERY CO., MARYLAND: You heard his alphabet. That was really...
KAYE: The driver also failed the balance test and the breathalyzer.
MORRISON: The gentleman that -- this high had had way too much to drink. He was a .21.
KAYE: .21. In Maryland, that's three times the legal limit. Imagine what might have happened if those extra eyes hadn't been watching.
Well, how do you feel now knowing that you got him off the road?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm happy about that. That's one less person that's on the road tonight.
KAYE: Officer Bill Morrison started Extra Eyes three years ago. He'd knocked on too many doors, told too many people loved ones had been killed by a drunken driver. His award winning program helps Montgomery County lead the region in drunken driving arrests.
MORRISON: We're watching one establishment. They're actually watching some place totally different. And we can double our efforts.
KAYE (on camera): Right now, it's about 11:00. We've moved to Bethesda, Maryland. We're on top of a parking garage. And what they do here using their extra eyes, they peer right down there to that bar. And they're close enough to tell when anybody too intoxicated might be heading back into this garage to get inside their car. That's when they get them.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This guy in the white shirt, they're walking, but he was drinking out of a beer can and just dropped it in the -- threw it in the garage.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some troopers are going to head that way. KAYE: The troopers had the group identified and surrounded in minutes. Only one of the men owns up to drinking the beer. The citizens saw, too.
The volunteers pick up the evidence and identify the men for police. Two citations are given for public intoxication. The volunteers hope that's enough to make these guys think twice about getting behind the wheel.
Why do you spend your nights like this, driving around in your own car, using your own gas? And you don't get paid a penny for it?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: To make it a safer community. I mean, that's what it's for, to get the people like the one in the white cooper, the one with .21, off the street. Or to make sure that the kids don't buy alcohol and then get so intoxicated that they get alcohol poisoning.
KAYE: Their time, their eyes, determined to make a difference in their community.
Randi Kaye, CNN, Montgomery County, Maryland.
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HARRIS: Well, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has just approved a program to go nationwide. So Operation Extra Eyes may be coming to a neighborhood near you very soon.
NGUYEN: It could be a stormy Monday for some parts of the country, although I hear a heat wave is going all right now.
HARRIS: Right here, where we are.
NGUYEN: Yes, we'll be talking about that. Meteorologist Bonnie Snyder is next.
HARRIS: Plus, here's a sight you'll never see again after this morning. It's a live picture of Charlotte. Is it a live picture? I guess it is. Of Charlotte's old convention center right there -- yes, there it is. There it is. The lot should be reduced to rubble, having it live right here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING. We'll be right back.
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NGUYEN: Bonnie Schneider joins us now.
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HARRIS: Well, it's been a turbulent time following the tsunami disaster in southern Asia six months on. Rebuilding is slow and many survivors are struggling to hang onto hope.
This morning, we revisit the area as we go global.
NGUYEN: And history is being made in the Middle East, as women break down some barriers.
HARRIS: And this is uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, where in just a couple of minutes, a huge landmark will come crumbling down. Stay with CNN SUNDAY MORNING. We'll take you there live with the implosion.
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HARRIS: OK, Betty, they say these things pretty much go off right on time.
NGUYEN: ... schedule.
HARRIS: So any second now this building, it is the old convention center. There is Ericsson stadium. Just to the left of that, there we go is the old convention center.
NGUYEN: Big, square building that you see.
HARRIS: For three decades, we understand, this convention center has served the people in uptown Charlotte. Well, this morning, there, Charlotte, North Carolina, the city says good-bye to an old friend. You can watch the implosion in just seconds, we understand. Welcome back, everyone to CNN SUNDAY MORNING. You see I guess these are people just watching the implosion.
NGUYEN: They want to see it happen, of course. This thing was built in 1973. In fact, some of the people who are helping take it down was actually there to help put it up.
HARRIS: Take the camera back to the building because our luck is we'll be on the people as the building comes down.
NGUYEN: It is rigged with some 2,400 sticks of nitroglycerin that will blow it in a very precise pattern, I'm told Tony. As you can see from those people that we just looked at moments ago, streets have been blocked off but people are still coming out to see this come down. Several streets have been closed. This implosion is only supposed to take 14 seconds. The first 14 is going to have it start to crumble or the first seven seconds and the last seven it should be down by then.
HARRIS: And I guess the plan is that once they clear all of this out, they implode the building, it comes down, they clear it all out. You got to be careful with thing. They've got trucks all around to keep the rubble and the smoke and everything else from damaging other buildings and everything else in the area. But once the building comes down, they clean it all up and then developers get a hold of the land, Betty, and they're going to turn this whole space there, I don't know how many square acres that is, but they're going to sort of turn that all into retail space, restaurants, shops and that's the trend, you know, you just do what you do to improve the downtown area.
NGUYEN: Exactly. And I'm told once that once this does come down, you're going to see a lot of dust throughout the downtown area.
HARRIS: That's what you get.
NGUYEN: Depending on the wind, it can last for several hours. So the folks who are watching down there probably may want to put some goggles on, maybe a dust mask or something because that's going to be in the area for several hours. But it's not going to take long for it to come down. Actually, it should have come down by now.
HARRIS: So OK, here's the deal. They load this thing up during the course of the week with all these, what is it?
NGUYEN: Sticks of nitroglycerin.
HARRIS: Nitroglycerin, 2,400 sticks of nitroglycerin. And what they've also done is they've placed we understand 40 tractor trailers, I feel like I'm following a parade here, 40 tractor trailers are standing guard to sort of block the debris, as I mentioned just a minute ago, from doing any damage to the other buildings around the area. As you mentioned, there's going to be a lot -- are we going to hear (INAUDIBLE) sounds on this, guys, are we going to actually hear this? I know we're on a tower cam.
NGUYEN: I'm told we're not going to hear it.
HARRIS: Oh, we're not. Oh, the chopper shot. That's pretty (INAUDIBLE) the chopper shot. All right. So we won't actually hear the countdown and the crumbling down because if you're in that market locally, there's a whole production. All of the local stations of course are covering this live.
NGUYEN: It's always exciting to watch when these buildings...
HARRIS: We kind of like to see that don't we, we like to see big things get blown up and in this case, it should be happening in just moments, we understand.
NGUYEN: This convention center, once again, built in 1973. Loaded down, all the columns rigged with the sticks of nitroglycerin which will blow in a precise pattern. Why are you laughing?
HARRIS: Isn't this a nightmare? You're standing here, you're waiting for it to blow, it's supposed to go off right on time, everyone's making adjustments to the show.
NGUYEN: Poised and ready, yes.
HARRIS: We're making adjustments in the show all morning long so that we can get this when it happens at 7:30 sharp and what is it? It's 7:34 and still no implosion. But we understand it's just moments away so we're going to stay with it.
NGUYEN: Well, once it does happen, like we mentioned it's not going to take very long. We're told about 14 seconds is all it's going to take for this building to come down. The first seven seconds, the building will start to fall and then the second seven seconds it should be completely down, and then you will see the dust rise. HARRIS: Yeah. And I understand, now, locals in the area know this factually, but what I understand is this is uptown Charlotte, but it's actually downtown Charlotte. So for us, we would consider this downtown Charlotte, but for the locals, it is uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
NGUYEN: Just so that we're very clear on where this is.
HARRIS: So any second now we expect this building to come crumbling down.
NGUYEN: I wonder why it's take so long because usually this is very timed, well-organized, coordinated. As we mentioned, they have all of these sticks of nitroglycerin throughout the building, so it should have happened by now. I wonder if -- what is causing this delay out there today?
HARRIS: It would only be speculation on my part. Obviously, we thank our affiliate WCNC for the pictures of absolutely nothing happening at the moment.
NGUYEN: But what can you do but wait at this point. We don't want to miss it when it happens.
HARRIS: We are committed to it now. We are so committed.
NGUYEN: We are so sold on this one at this point.
HARRIS: There it is. Once it finally comes down, you know, as we mentioned, retail spaces, restaurants, shops, everything else in that uptown Charlotte area. One of the fastest growing cities in the nation is Charlotte, North Carolina, and this is just another sign of progress, down with the old and up with the new. They're celebrating a football team there that has done well over the years. It's a city that continues to grow. They lost their basketball team and have a new basketball team now, the Bobcats so it's a city on the move, probably experiencing this boom in housing as the rest of the nation is certainly, but --
NGUYEN: Something that's not moving right now is this building.
HARRIS: Yeah.
NGUYEN: But we also don't see anyone out and about there for good reason, because many streets have been closed off this morning to make sure that no one is in the line of fire when this building finally does come crumbling down. Built 36 years ago, 1973 this convention center went up and today, it is supposed to come down, at least that's what we are being told. We are all sitting here live, just waiting to watch it as the nitroglycerin explodes and brings it to the ground.
HARRIS: How about I log onto the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce here and see what else I can find out about...
NGUYEN: See what's going on. HARRIS: What else I can find out about Charlotte as we wait for this building to come down.
NGUYEN: No traffic. We did see a few people in a parking lot nearby, waiting and watching, just like the rest of us. Hopefully it will happen soon.
HARRIS: Normally what you get, you get actually more people than we've seen so far, who are just there to watch it come down but most are probably just watching it happen on local television this morning. My goodness, it is 7:37 in the morning. You do this kind of thing on a weekend morning.
NGUYEN: I saw one explosion. I saw something I thought there in the middle of the building there. If we watch just for a few seconds. Yep, there it goes. There is the explosion. This 1973 building has come crumbling down. And you see all the dust that has risen from that. Finally it's happened. This is supposed to remain in the area for several hours, depending on the winds there, so folks nearby will need to make sure that they are covered from that so they don't bring too much of that in. But this building has finally come to the ground Tony.
HARRIS: Charlotte, we had a problem, a problem no more. OK, let's wrap this thing up once again and show you the implosion. We've waited for it for so long. Ahh, there it is.
NGUYEN: It came down just like they said, very quickly, once it finally started. A very precision situation, a pattern that was placed within the building, these 2,400 sticks of nitroglycerin, they did the trick this morning.
HARRIS: Did anyone check the batteries?
NGUYEN: It was a little delayed, but it happened nonetheless. You're watching CNN SUNDAY MORNING. We'll be back with much more news.
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NGUYEN: Something remarkable has happened in the Middle East that may spark more remarkable events in the future. On May 16th, women in Kuwait finally gained the right to vote and last week, Massouma al-Mubarak, a U.S. educated political science teacher was named Kuwait's first female cabinet member. Nada al-Mutawa is a researcher at Kuwait University, political science department and she joins us from Washington to talk about this. Good morning to you.
PROF. NADA AL-MUTAWA, KUWAIT UNIVERSITY: Good morning.
NGUYEN: All right. So last month, really quite an historic month for the people of Kuwait. Women were given the right to vote. Talk to us about what a road that was to achieving that accomplishment.
AL-MUTAWA: Yes, of course, we are very happy to have the right to vote right now. As a teacher of politics, I've been going to the national assembly all these years to teach the students about politics and I haven't been able to vote all of these years until now. Since the '70s, the women started their suffrage and they were rejected by the Kuwaiti society as being a traditionally mind society. Women had to be kept away from politics. It's a man's world.
Then the change happened when the prime minister now (INAUDIBLE) tried to promote democracy, promote reform. He's been doing that for over three years now and also on national TV, Kuwait national TV to speak about democracy and woman's rights. So I think the reformist mind that he has of course, politics and economics at the same time, he's been pushing that so hard and then I don't tell you that the society has changed to be cheerleaders of women, but they have accepted the idea of a woman playing a different role, whether it is in politics, voting, or in any other kind of role in their jobs that they hold.
NGUYEN: So society as whole in Kuwait has accepted women in these roles?
AL-MUTAWA: Yes, they have, they have through this very strong reform. I mean the campaign is done by the government. We tried as women, as a non-government organization as well. But at the end it was like a bit of both. The government and the non-government organizations together working to promote democracy, and I think that's why it succeeded at last.
NGUYEN: And what does this mean for the rest of the region? Has this sparked the beginning of much change to come?
AL-MUTAWA: Well, we have hope. I mean, as far as Kuwait is concerned, yes. The rest of the region, we hope that it will have like a positive spillover, the neighboring countries. I hope that. I expect that, too.
NGUYEN: We'll watch and maybe it will happen. We appreciate your time and your insight on this achievement of women's rights there in Kuwait. Dr. Nada al-Mutawa, thank you so much.
AL-MUTAWA: You're welcome, thank you.
HARRIS: And updating the hour's top stories, northwest Florida beaches are open again after yesterday's fatal shark attack. An unidentified 14-year-old girl died after a shark bit off her leg. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, could provide details as to what type of shark attacked her and why.
Insurgents are targeting police officers in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with four separate suicide bombings within the last 18 hours. Nineteen people have all died in the blasts. Eight of the victims were police.
The five suspects being held in Natalee Holloway's disappearance should find out today if they'll remain in jail another week. Yesterday's detention hearings were rescheduled for today. Meanwhile a Texas team of search specialists has begun its second day of searching for the missing teen.
He picked up a nickname, the Kansas comet playing college football and then Gale Sayers went on to become a legend in the NFL, but there's life after football.
NGUYEN: Whatever happened to the Kansas comet? Did he find success after a knee injury cut his career short? You'll find out when we come back.
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HARRIS: Time to check out some of the other big stories making news around the world.
NGUYEN: It's been six months since those devastating Asian tsunamis. For an update on recovery efforts and the rest of the major stories worldwide, let's check in with Anand Naidoo. Hi, Anand.
ANAND NAIDOO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning and thank you. Six months to the day on that tsunami disaster and survivors are still struggling. Many are frustrated, still living in tents and without jobs in the country's most affected, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. Survivors complain that the reconstruction of homes, rebuilding of schools and job creation has barely begun. The world food program continues to distribute food to nearly 2 million people in the region. Almost 180,000 people died in that disaster, and just under 50,000 are still listed as missing, six months later.
Now on to the Iranian election, and one day after his stunning victory, Iran is warning western countries not to prejudge president- elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Political analysts are saying they don't expect any major changes.
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MAHMOUD ALINEJAD, POLITICAL ANALYST: I don't think that there will be immediate changes in the policy on the nuclear issue for example, and he has made it clear that he will not be taking a hostile position towards the international relations.
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NAIDOO: And finally, we brought you live pictures yesterday of that Irishman who covered himself in bees. Well, Philip McCabe tried to set -- it was a bid get into a Guinness book of world records. He wanted to attract half a million bees to his body at a weight of 100 pounds, but he estimates only 200,000 bees took up the invitation. So might just have to try again. The current record, by the way, was 350,000 bees. That was set in California in 1998.
NGUYEN: Oh, Anand, he did all of that and didn't even reach the record?
NAIDOO: He didn't get -- I don't know how -- well I suppose they weighed it. I don't know whether he counted.
NGUYEN: How do you count all of those bees anyway? All right. Anand Naidoo, thank you.
NAIDOO: Thank you.
HARRIS: And his plan is to try again.
Once the spotlight fades, athletes that ruled their sport often struggle with life after stardom. Last night a black tie awards dinner recognized those who showed new talents, an age-old perseverance in retirement. "OT" magazine which guides pro-athletes after their playing days, recognized some who excelled, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Billie Jean King, there's Franco Harris, Chris Evert. Also honored, Chicago Bears great Gale Sayers. Now non-sports fans may remember his story from the 1970s tear jerker starring Billie D. Williams and James Kahn, remember that one, "Brian's Song." Remember the line, Gale Sayers says planning for life after sports can never start too early.
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GALE SAYERS, OT AWARD WINNER: You must prepare to quit and they should start doing that from day one because the average life of a pro-football player is only three and a half years. It's not five. It's not seven. It's not 10. (INAUDIBLE) but the average life is 3 1/2 years. So you have to prepare to quit and this is what I did. I prepared to quit, so on the day that came when I had to walk away from the game, I walked away and didn't look back.
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HARRIS: When asked how he wants to be remembered, Sayers says he'd rather be known more as a successful businessman than as a superstar football player.
NGUYEN: We have your e-mails, speaking of superstars, talking about Tom Cruise this morning. We'll get to that in a moment.
And meteorologist Bonnie Schneider is here with the forecast. That will happen too.
HARRIS: Plus six months ago today, right here a tsunami takes the lives of more than 170,000 people in Asia. We were here that morning.
NGUYEN: Yes, we were.
HARRIS: We'll take you live to Asia's ground zero at the top of the hour.
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NGUYEN: This kid really knows how to skin the gerbil, walk the dog and even milk the cow, Tony and we're not talking about farm chores. They are yo-yo tricks, as you can see. Perry Taga is the top spinner in this year's yo-yo and spin-top championships held yesterday in Denver, Colorado. He's just 12 years old. He beat out about 30 others in this competition. The boy's parents are considering a trip to California for the national yo-yo championship in October. I never made it to the nationals when it came to yo-yo.
HARRIS: Dexterity, concentration, focus, discipline.
NGUYEN: Skill.
HARRIS: Don't sell them short. Bonnie, good to see you.
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good to see you as well. I liked the yo-yo that had the elastic that snapped right back.
NGUYEN: That's cheating.
SCHNEIDER: I know. That's the kind I used. All right. We're looking at some more heat today in the forecast. We avoided a tropical storm it looks like.
NGUYEN: That's good news.
SCHNEIDER: So some good news for sure, yeah, that's for sure. In fact, we take a look at our radar now, you'll see there's still rain coming into the Carolinas but this system did not turn out to be a tropical one which is really good news, because we were concerned yesterday it might turn into a depression. But it looks like at this point, we're not looking at that at all. We're looking at just a lot of rain coming in and wind as well.
Another concern especially in coastal sections of the Carolinas and Georgia is riptides. This is not a good time to head to the beach. Certainly the weather isn't really going to be great for it, but also we have some strong rip currents that we'll be watching definitely throughout the day today. On our surface feature map, you see that low as it works its way further inland into the Carolinas. It's also going to bring some heavy rain to the mountains as well into Georgia and North Carolina.
Hot conditions definitely persist in the center of the country. We're talking about some really warm weather. Let's show you a live picture of St. Louis this morning, of the arch, hazy, hot and humid. Good morning, another temperature day into the 90s there. So it's going to be really, really warm. The reason is, we can show you on our map, is high pressure is dominating and that's sweeping in all of that warm air from the southwest so it's still going to stay very, very hot. Hot as well in Phoenix, no relief in sight. Still temperatures are definitely on the way up and certainly for the northeast as well.
But let's talk about the rest of the country. If you're looking for a cool spot on the west coast, high temperatures there in the 60s in Seattle. Wow! It's hard to imagine that but it's true, 70 in San Francisco, 70 for a high today in Los Angeles. And on the eastern seaboard, what's interesting is here in Atlanta, 81 for a high. Notice temperatures in the northeast all in the 90s once again. Yesterday in Boston was an absolute scorcher. The temperature yesterday in Boston got up to 95 degrees. It didn't shatter the record. The record was actually 97, but today no relief in sight. We've got a slow moving cold front that will eventually bring some relief. By Tuesday, you get to 75 degrees. But in the meantime, it's going to be pretty hot and uncomfortable in most locations. So not really the best weather to be out and about that's for sure, but some relief from humidity will be felt in other parts of the northeast and I'd say into the northern plains as well. So be watching for that.
NGUYEN: Heat wave is 93. When you come from Texas those 90s are typical. We're used to that. Wait until you get out to Arizona.
HARRIS: 100, 110.
NGUYEN: All the time it seems. (INAUDIBLE)
HARRIS: You know what, our e-mail question is not really a question this morning, Tom Cruise has been getting a lot of attention recently.
NGUYEN: A whole lot.
HARRIS: He's coming under fire for his recent remarks about psychiatry and drug use and taking on Matt Lauer on "The Today Show."
NGUYEN: People want to talk about this. We didn't even solicit this yesterday, but people sent in their responses so we wanted to read them on the air today.
HARRIS: So we just decided we'd let you take your turn having at Tom Cruise a bit. And this is from Karen from Jacksonville, Florida, who writes: Tom has that celebrity affliction. He is a legend in his own mind. As long as the media feed into it, this loose cannon will continue to fire.
NGUYEN: Robert says, these are his views and that should be remembered. Whether you agree with him or not, they are his beliefs and he should not be criticized for them. But what do you think? Send us your thoughts, wam, actually it's changed now. I keep thinking it's the old one. This is the new and improved e-mail site, weekends@cnn.com.
HARRIS: All right. The next hour of CNN SUNDAY MORNING begins right here, right now.
NGUYEN: A deadly day in Iraq as Mosul is rocked by four deadly suicide bombings in 18 hours, killing more than a dozen Iraqis.
From the CNN center, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It is June 26th, 8 a.m. at CNN headquarters in Atlanta, 7 a.m. in the heartland.
Good morning everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen.
HARRIS: And I'm Tony Harris. Thank you for being with us. Details coming up in a moment on those stories, but first a check on headlines now in the news this morning.
NGUYEN: Today a judge in Aruba will determine whether the five suspects being held in connection with the disappearance of Natalie Holloway will stay in jail. The hearing was postponed yesterday.
Meanwhile, a team of Texas searchers have begun a full scale hunt for Holloway using search dogs and sonar equipment.
Police in Arizona they are searching for this man seen leaving a neighborhood where six people were later found shot to death in a home in Yuma. The victims include a man, woman and four children. Now it's not clear if all of the victims were related. The children were between six and 12 years old.
And you saw it here live. About 20 minutes ago the old convention center in Charlotte, North Carolina is reduced to rubble after an implosion. New retail stores and restaurants will be built on that site. We watch it once again go down.
President Bush meets with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder tomorrow in Washington. The relationship between the two has not exactly been friendly given Germany's hard-line stance of resistance against the war in Iraq. The visit comes ahead the Group-8 meetings which takes place next month in Scotland.
And you can experience the power of CNN video on your computer. Log on to CNN.com, click on the video link and browse for the video you want to see whenever you want to see it.
HARRIS: Here are some of the other stories we're working on for you this morning. A tragic encounter as a teenage girls plays in the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. We'll have a live update coming up in just moments. We'll also get a check on medical news with Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
And in our "Faces of Faith" segment we'll meet the daughter of a man who has been called America's preacher who is following in her father's footsteps.
NGUYEN: Twenty miles of beaches are reopened this morning after a deadly shark attack, but those waters will be decidedly less inviting to the throngs of tourists gathered for this first official weekend of summer. CNN's Drew Griffin is in Destin, Florida where the 14 year old girl was killed.
Are people coming out this morning or are they staying away?
DREW GRIFFIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They certainly are. In fact, Betty, you'd never know there was any kind of danger here yesterday. But a lot of people are telling us as the fishermen are out here trying to get a first fish in this morning that they are a little nervous obviously although this is extremely rare that this event occurred, but a shark attack right here along the Emerald Coast, and not only an attack but a fatality, a 14 year girl.
People still trying to figure out what happened and piece together what went wrong, why the shark and this girl came together and part of the reason maybe where she was. She was from Louisiana, a 14 year old girl and her friend on a boogie board like this. The water here is very calm, easy to go out very far and according tot he sheriff that's where these two girls were, about 250 yards off shore well beyond that first sand bar. And that, according to the sheriff, may have contributed to what happened. CAPT. DANNY GLIDERWELL, WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: That's a lot further than generally is expected for a regular swimmer. That's generally what surfers -- that's the depth and that's how far out that surfers go. So for a regular swimmer she was pretty far out.
GRIFFIN: It happened at 11:15 right in the middle of the beach day, incredible. The girl apparently bit on the thigh. A surfer that we will talk to in the next hour tried to rescue her, bringing her back in. It must have been such a tremendous and dramatic moment, but the girl did pass away. On Monday there will be an autopsy in Pensacola to determine not only what type of shark this was but they'll be able to tell the exact size of the shark. They're saying it could have possibly have been an 11 foot long shark.
Now right after it happened in South Walton County, the Walton County Sheriff's Department realized what happened they began closing the beaches, and they've been closed for the last day. Here's what some people told us happened on that beach, not a moment of panic, Betty, but certainly of concern. Take a listen.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We had all this week spent time in the ocean and had children who had been in the ocean and it's still a little frightening to think about that and our hearts go out to the family.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They said it happens a lot. Fishing has started so they're chasing the fishes. But I don't think it will happen again.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm absolutely staying away from the water. It was kind of nerve-racking. I was actually going into the water when they were telling me to come out, and we saw everybody just rushing out. They left their boogie boards and whatever else was out there.
GRIFFIN: Certainly a lot of concern right after it happened. We're seeing people taking steps now going back towards the water and we'll find out later today just how this shark attack will affect. We don't know the name of the girl yet. We know she's from Louisiana and we're waiting for the sheriff's officials to release more information -- Betty.
NGUYEN: Obviously very devastating for her family. Thank you for that, Drew. And as Drew just mentioned, coming up next hour we will hear from Tim Dykas (ph), the man who saw the attack and swam the girl to shore as he continued to fight off the shark. That will be at the top of the hour. So stick around for that.
HARRIS: Shark attacks, fatal or not, make headlines. But some perspective here shark attacks in Florida are fairly rare. Actually the number of unprovoked shark attacks in Florida dropped sharply last year, a dozen attacks compared to 37 in 2000. The experts say a busy hurricane season may have contributed to the lower number. However, seen of those 12 attacks in Florida were fatal while only 11 of the 37 attacks five years ago were fatal.
NGUYEN: In the northern city of Mosul in Iraq, four suicide bombs have erupted in just under 18 hours. The explosions have killed at least 19 people and wounded 27 others. Earlier this morning a bomb hidden in a truck load of watermelons exploded outside a police station killing four officers and one civilian. And four officers were killed last night in a suicide bomb attack on a police convoy We will have a live report from Baghdad. That happens next hour.
As the wave of bombing massacres in Iraq continues, the head of U.S. Central Command, General John Abizaid has admitted that coalition operations to break the insurgency got nowhere. General Abizaid is a guest on CNN's "LATE EDITION" with Wolf Blitzer. That's live noon eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific.
HARRIS: They went to Cuba to see for themselves. Sixteen members of the House Armed Services Committee made a one day tour of Guantanamo Bay prison. The delegation saw interrogations, toured cell blocks and ate the same lunch given detainees. The visit comes amid recent allegations of inmate abuse at Guantanamo and calls to close it down. After the tour lawmakers from both parties said conditions at the prison appear to have improved.
NGUYEN: In other news across America now a tragic accident. That is the finding of autopsies on those three boys from Camden, New Jersey. They were found dead in a car trunk on Friday. The report shows they suffocated. Now officials believe the boys climbed into the trunk, which then automatically locked them in.
In West Virginia an airplane hitches a ride. This after the planes pilot had to make an emergency landing on Interstate 77. The pilot was flying about 11,000 feet when the sole engine on his brand new plane went out.
And you may not know his face, but surely you have heard his voice, Paul Winchell. Who can forget that? The long voice of the Winnie the Pooh character Tiger has died. Winchell, also a ventriloquist and children's' TV host created many voices over 60 years. Winchell was 82.
HARRIS: It's now six months since that massive tsunami devastated south Asia. We'll go live for a survey of the building efforts in the region.
NGUYEN: And we are taking your e-mail comments on recent Tom Cruise shenanigans, weekends@cnn.com is the address. Tell us what you think about Tom Cruise.
And plus this. Good morning St. Louis. Look at that beautiful arch. Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider will have your forecast coming up.
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NGUYEN: Coming up next hour we will hear the eyewitness account of that shark attack off Florida's coast. Tim Dykas (ph), the man who fought off the shark as he tried to save that girl will join us live.
CNN SUNDAY MORNING returns in just a moment.
HARRIS: Well, all morning we've been talking about Tom Cruise. And as you know, Tom Cruise has been taking a little heat lately. He went after our friend, Matt Lauer on "The Today Show" pretty hard.
NGUYEN: Very interesting interview there, yes.
HARRIS: ...on the subject of drugs and...
NGUYEN: Ritalin...
HARRIS: ...prescriptions, prescription drugs, drugs prescribed for a particular condition. He even took on Brooke Shields. You might remember Tom Cruise did when she made an announcement that she sought some drug help in overcoming postpartum depression after the birth of her child.
So this from Steve this morning. "How funny that Tom's behavior is exactly the type people seek help for. Maybe Brooke Shields can recommend a good doctor for him."
NGUYEN: Well, Frank in Venice, Florida says, "I think Tom Cruise was way off base. I watched that interview." He's talking about the interview on NBC's "Today Show" with Matt Lauer, and he was astonished to hear such anger from Tom. "He has a right to his own opinion, but not that much on the air. Drugs have helped millions of people."
So we want to know what you think. Keep those e-mails coming to us this morning. The address is weekends@cnn.com.
HARRIS: And another check now of the weekend's weather with Bonnie Schneider.
Good morning, Bonnie.
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HARRIS: And checking headlines now. In the news, in Iraq at least 19 people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded in four separate suicide bombings in Mosul. It all happened in the past 18 hours. Police and security personnel seem to be the targets.
Call him a comeback winner that could set back democracy in Iran. Just about an hour and a half ago CNN learned that the final results of the presidential runoff in Iran, and Tehran's mayor is the hard- line conservative who will take over as president. He defeated the more moderate former president in a landslide victory.
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin says I'm sorry again. This time Durbin apologized to war veterans yesterday for comments he made comparing interrogators at Guantanamo prison to Nazis. Durbin apologized Tuesday on the Senate floor.
NGUYEN: Can you believe it? It's been exactly six months since the world awoke to news that a massive earthquake spurred a tsunami that would devastate southern Asia. In the countries most affected Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand survivors are struggling to move past the disaster amid loss and devastation. More than 176,000 people were killed. Another 50,000 are still listed as missing.
More than two million people are homeless or have been displaced by that disaster triggering the world's largest humanitarian mission ever.
HARRIS: No place suffered more than Indonesia's Aceh Province. Parts of its cost still look like the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. The rebuilding has barely begun. Atika Shubert joins us from Banda Aceh with more. Atika, good morning.
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. Well, it has been six months since the disaster struck. But many people here aren't marking it as any special occasion. They're simply waiting for the aid to reach them. The majority of the people displace, more than half a million left homeless, are still living in tents and temporary shelters waiting for the money that was donated to get to them.
Unfortunately there has been quite a delay, but in the last few days more than $2.8 billion has finally been disbursed for immediate use and hopes are high that they will finally begin to be building houses here -- Tony.
HARRIS: Well, Atika, what is the housing situation there now?
SHUBERT: At the moment it's very poor. Most people are living in either tents or what they call her barracks which are temporary houses made out of very thin plywood. What the government has done is has contracted the International Organization of Migration to build about 11,000 semi permanent homes that are made out of a kind of easy to build concrete. Unfortunately, however, there still need to be about 170,000 more homes to be built and that could take up to two years the U.N. estimates.
HARRIS: Wow! CNN's Atika Shubert in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Atika we appreciate it. Thank you.
NGUYEN: This morning in our Faces of Faith the incomparable Billie Graham in his final crusade in the city he once called the seat of Satan.
HARRIS: And in 10 minutes the best of "HOUSE CALL" with Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
But first a CNN extra. Most of the major opinion research firms find about 40 percent of people say they go to church on a regular basis. But one researcher recently found the number closer to 26 percent from the mid 1960s to the '90s. That same researcher found that if the trend continues the percentage of church goers in 45 years will be about half what it is today.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) HARRIS: More than half a century of Billy Graham's revivals come to a close tonight in New York. The Evangelist known as America's pastor will deliver what's expected to be his last crusade ceremony in the U.S.
Former President Bill Clinton joined Graham on stage last night calling him a person who has always lived according to his faith. The 86 year old ailing pastor then gave a short sermon and says, He's looking forward to seeing God face to face. Graham's preaching may be ending soon, but his mission is not. It will be carried on by his son Franklin, as well as his daughter Anne Graham Lotz, who joins us this morning for our Faces of Faith segment.
Anne, good to see you. Good morning.
ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ, BILLY GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER: Good morning, Tony.
HARRIS: Well, you have watched so much of your father's career unfold before your eyes. How does it feel to watch his career come to a close?
LOTZ: You know, Tony, I thought I would feel differently because the crusade ministry, these mass meetings, represents what took my father away from the family. All while I was growing up, for my whole life, I thought I'd be sort of glad. And instead, to tell you the truth, I'm grieving. And I think it will be hard for my father to never again face thousands of people to tell them that God loves them, that they can have their sins forgiven, they can go to heaven when they die. Never again to give an alter call and see people like we saw yesterday afternoon just streaming down to place their faith in Jesus.
I think that's going to be difficult. At the same time I know the message will go on Just as you just said people like myself, Franklin, preachers, teachers, Evangelists all over the world will be telling people the gospel of Jesus Christ.
HARRIS: Anne, let me follow up with why this sense of grieving for your personally. As you mentioned, he is a man who spent much of your formative years on the road and yet as this comes to a close you mention a sense of grieving.
LOTZ: Well I think that it's the meetings themselves. It's been a while since I've been to one. I've been here Friday night and then yesterday, plan on going this afternoon. And there's something wonderful about tens of thousands of people gathering seeking hope for the future, seeking peace in their hears, seeking the right relationship with God and coming together and finding God, finding Jesus in this particular place Flushing Meadows, right next to the LaGuardia Airport, and to have the message so clear, so simple and there's just something wonderful.
I wish that you could come. And to think that that won't be offered anymore, at least led by Billy Graham, I think is sort of for me anyway it's sad because it's been so much a part of my father. He is his message in a sense. He's all wrapped up in that. He has such a heart to preach.
This past year he broke his hip, he broke his pelvis and he had worked so hard with physical therapy to overcome it and I told him, I said, daddy, I said, I'm so proud of you because you worked so hard. And he just looked at me. He said Anne I want to preach again. And I...
HARRIS: Anne, can I ask you about growing up with Billy Graham? Did you know he was famous and what was it like for you as a child growing up for all of that time without your dad as kind of this constant presence in the home?
LOTZ: Well, you know, it's hard to answer that question, Tony. I've been asked it so often because I never knew anything different. And I was born just shortly before my father went to that meeting in Los Angeles where his international ministry really took off. He became a world figure at that point. And that was just about the time I was born. I was 18 months old then. And so all of my life I've known him in that capacity. So when I watch him on TV I don't think of Billy Graham this international Evangelist I just -- that's my daddy and he's answering God's call in his life seeking to faithful to represent to Gospel to the people that God puts in front of him.
I'm proud of him. I love him. He stayed focused. He stayed faithful. And as he's grown older, this is the precious thing because he's grown more gentle, sweeter, more confidant in the Gospel that he's preached all these years looking forward to going to heaven.
HARRIS: Yes.
LOTZ: And it's just a beautiful thing to see, to see his relationship with my mother. They've been married 61 years and she can't hear him -- he can't hear her now because he's very deaf. She has a hard time speaking. They just sit and hold hands, stare in each others eyes, mouth the words I love you and they have such a precious love relationship. And to watch -- really it's an investment in character that's covered a lifetime, and to see that investment and that character, that Christ like character you almost see Jesus coming out of my father. It's really, really precious and I know that's going to continue. Until his face becomes slight, until he actually goes to heaven we're going to see him continue to grow in his relationship with Christ.
But the mass meetings, he says, are coming to an end. And I'll tell you I'm praying that they won't. I'm praying that there will be another invitation that he'll want to accept and that he'll keep on going one more time.
HARRIS: Anne, we were just looking at pictures of your father where I'm reminded of how many people he had touched during his career and let's leave it there. What a wonderful testimony to your father's enduring legacy this morning.
We appreciate it.
LOTZ: Thank you, Tony. God bless you. HARRIS: Thank you.
And coming up at the top of the hour we'll head down to Florida and talk with the man who fought off a shark as he attempted to save that young girl in yesterday's fatal attack.
NGUYEN: But first "HOUSE CALL" has a new medical check up for you. Dr. Sanjay Gupta updates us on the flu pandemic and those fears as well as the future of some of our most popular pain killers.
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