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Tracking Hurricane Emily; Iraqi Special Tribunal Brings Formal Charges Against Saddam Hussein

Aired July 17, 2005 - 07:00   ET

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TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: The lines are long as thousands of vacations are cut short. Residents and tourists flee Mexico ahead of the powerful and dangerous Hurricane Emily. Look at that radar picture.
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It is July 17th. And good morning, everyone. I'm Tony Harris.

BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Betty Nguyen. It is 7:00 a.m. here in the East, 6:00 a.m. in Cancun. And we want to thank you for being with us, though we will have an update on Hurricane Emily in just a moment.

But first, let's get to those headlines overnight.

Breaking news out of Baghdad. The Iraqi special tribunal has brought its first formal charges against Saddam Hussein. Officials say court proceedings against the former dictator could start within days. Saddam is charged, along with several former members of his regime. And we will go live to Baghdad in just a few minutes.

Also new this morning, more deadly attacks in and around Baghdad. Four suicide car bombings have killed at least nine people and wounded more than 20. Meanwhile, the death toll is rising from yesterday's massive suicide bombing south of Baghdad. Sources say more than 70 people are dead. And that is one of the biggest death tolls from any Iraqi insurgent attack.

Well, London is beefing up security in the wake of the July 7th terrorist bombings. Barriers are being set up around the British Parliament building this morning.

Meanwhile, police have confirmed the identities of all four suspected bombers. And they've released new video images of them as well. We will have those details in just a few minutes.

HARRIS: Bonnie Schneider is in for Rob Marciano this morning in the CNN Weather Center. And she is following the progress, where Emily is going, where she's been, and what kind of destruction and devastation she's left behind.

NGUYEN: Yes, how powerful Emily is, because she's a doozy, Bonnie.

HARRIS: Yes. Good morning, Bonnie. BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: That's right. Good morning. Absolutely. We're looking at a very powerful Category 4 hurricane. Yesterday, the winds got up to 155 miles per hour. A slight bit of weakening, but not much at all. Right now, maximum winds are at 150 miles per hour, with this powerful storm.

It's already passed to the south of Jamaica, which is right through here. And you can see already skirting the Cayman Islands, starting to get those strong winds where we're getting tropical storm force winds outward of about 150 miles from the center of circulation. So already starting to get the wind and the rain. And we can even see some rain bands working their way into southern Cuba right now.

This storm right now is 105 miles south, southwest of Grand Cayman, 365 miles to the east, east southeast of Cozumel, where landfall is expected some time late tonight into early tomorrow, somewhere along the Yucatan Peninsula.

Let's take a look at that track now, and we'll show you the latest coordinates for Emily, and where the storm is headed next.

We're looking for landfall, not once, but twice with this storm. So it's really going to cause quite a bit of commotion once it gets into the Gulf of Mexico.

Currently, the storm is a Category 4. And you can see landfall is expected around 2:00 a.m. That's a flexible time. It could happen a little bit later on tonight into the early hours of tomorrow.

But what's interesting to note is earlier, earlier advisories had posted this storm downgraded a little bit in intensity when it makes landfall. At this point, according to the Air Force Reconnaissance aircraft, we're not expecting any weakening. So this storm is likely to slam into the Yucatan as a Category 4 with maximum winds at 145 miles per hour. So a very powerful hurricane that'll be really pounding the Yucatan Peninsula later on tonight or early tomorrow.

The next big question is landfall in the U.S. Is it possible? Absolutely. We have our cone of uncertainty that stretches all the way from the central Texas coast down through Mexico. The latest trajectory puts the center of circulation passing to the south of Texas, south of Brownsville, somewhere in the vicinity of early Wednesday morning.

And after the storm interacts with the Yucatan, we're likely to see it weaken just a bit to a Category 3 hurricane, which is still very powerful indeed. 115 miles per hour.

So that's the latest advisory as of 5:00 this morning. But we will be getting more frequent advisories throughout the morning. And don't forget CNN, of course, is your hurricane headquarters. So we will keep you up to date as soon as we get new information, you will have it. Betty, Tony?

HARRIS: She hasn't even had time to talk about the typhoon that's heading to Taiwan. NGUYEN: I was about to ask about that.

HARRIS: There's weather all over the place.

NGUYEN: All over the map.

HARRIS: OK, Bonnie, we appreciate it. Thank you.

NGUYEN: And as mentioned, CNN is your hurricane headquarters. We are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Emily. And you can bet people in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are doing the same.

And some are packing their bags. CNN's Karl Penhaul is there.

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KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These are ancient ruins of Mexico's Mayan civilizations. This stone fortress at Tullum has withstood the ravages of sand and sea, war, and wind.

Now there's a fresh menace on the horizon.

(on camera): In the next few hours, Hurricane Emily is expected to sweep in and hit this coast line. Experts forecast the winds could be so strong, they may put much more modern buildings to the test.

(voice-over): A few miles away, here in the tourist resort of Playa Bel Carmen, some residents are following the time honored hurricane ritual of boarding up.

This workman says he's not afraid. He says he was only six when the devastating hurricane Gilbert pounded this area, Mexico's so- called Mayan Riviera. It's part of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Homeowner Maru Manjarrez seems confident.

MARU MANJARREZ, RESIDENT: It looks like it's coming. So I rather, you know, spend few dollars here than having damages.

PENHAUL: According to local government officials, an estimated 130,000 tourists are on vacation this weekend on the Mayan Riviera. More than half are international visitors. And many of those from the U.S.

Hurricane protection and relief operations are being coordinated from Cancun. Civil Protection director Roberto Vargas says about 3,000 volunteers, officials and soldiers are involved in the effort.

And just hours before Emily is due to strike, they're trying to stop the flood of sun seekers to their hurricane threatened coast.

"We've begun a prevention program and we're inviting many of the tourists to go home. And we're asking others to change hotels," he says.

When the hurricane does strike, possibly late Sunday or early Monday, Mexicans and tourists alike will be keeping their fingers crossed that homes and hotels are as rock solid as these ancient remains.

Karl Penhaul, CNN, Tullum, Mexico.

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NGUYEN: And for the latest on these forecasts, you want to keep it tuned to CNN, your hurricane headquarters.

HARRIS: And back to our breaking news out of Iraq now. A tribunal files its first charges against Saddam Hussein less than 30 minutes ago, Saddam's trial could come as early as this fall.

With the very latest, our Aneesh Raman is live in Baghdad. Aneesh, good morning.

ANEESH RAMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Tony, good morning to you. A new phase, that is what the chief investigative judge is calling what the tribunal is now entering.

Saddam Hussein today referred to trial, along with five other men specifically for an incident in 1982 in the Shia village north of Baghdad called Dujayl. At that time, Saddam Hussein, while traveling through to his hometown of Tikrit, survived an assassination attempt. Iraqi security forces at that time immediately descended upon the village. In the ensuring weeks, about 150 people were executed in connection with that.

Now Tony, this is the first of some 12 cases we expect to be brought forward to the Iraqi special tribunal. The latest video of Saddam that we saw just last month was him being interrogated about this, the first of the cases.

But we should remind our viewers that Saddam could face any number or all of these 12 charges and 12 trials, could be found guilty any number of times or all 12 times, and could face multiple death penalty judgments.

So this is the first. The huge news today, though, that for a country aggravated and anxious to see their former dictator see justice, Saddam Hussein has now been referred to trial, a trial that could begin as early as September -- Tony?

HARRIS: Aneesh, a quick question. This special tribunal was set up essentially when Paul Bremer was running the country. Any voices in Iraq suggesting that perhaps they should wait for trials until there is Iraqi law to try Saddam and these other characters on?

RAMAN: Well, there's essentially been two voices. One much louder than the other. The louder one are the Shia and the Kurds, who lead this transitional government, who were subjugated to the worst crimes of Saddam Hussein. They speak really for the majority of the people who want to see this trial go forward.

The notion of whether it's under an American based law or next year under an Iraqi explicit law to them is semantical. In the end, it's about Saddam seeing justice.

This is a government that is dealing with enormous issues, a labyrinth of problems, whether it be security. Just yesterday, a massive suicide attack. At least 70 people killed, 160 people wounded in a town south of Baghdad.

Among the complaints that the Iraqis have, the issue of Saddam consistently comes up. So for this government, they have publicly pressured the tribunal to move forward.

There are, though, as you say, some quieter voices who say symbolically, Saddam should be tried next year under an Iraqi constitution explicitly under Iraqi law. But if a trial went forward, which Dujayl is going to do without Saddam as a defendant, it would have aggravated a great number of people here to not see him in the first case of the Iraqi special tribunal -- Tony.

HARRIS: CNN's Aneesh Raman live from Baghdad. Aneesh, thank you.

NGUYEN: Now to stories across America. A pastor said God was throwing a party for him on what would have been his 10th birthday. Some 700 people attended a memorial service in Idaho for Dylan Groene on Saturday. He is the kidnapped slaying victim who's body was found in Montana.

His eight-year old sister Shasta was rescued from convicted sex offender Joseph Duncan when the two were spotted at a restaurant.

In California now, signs and shouts of anger. Saturday, about 30 civilian volunteers started a campaign to stop human and drug smugglers crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. The California Border Watch says it'll keep an eye on a 26 mile stretch south of San Diego, and will call border patrol if volunteers spot illegal crossings. But some protesters call the patrols racist.

And some are calling her a beautiful wide eyed wonder. Look at this little girl. Seven-month old Abby Lorensky is back in her parents arms after being released from a New York hospital yesterday. She was hospitalized for about two days after being pulled from under concrete, steel, and rubble in Thursday's collapse of a building in Manhattan. She seemed to look just fine, although she nearly died in that. But doctors say she is all healthy now.

HARRIS: And here is another healthy baby. Oh, wow.

NGUYEN: Wow.

HARRIS: Really healthy, huh?

NGUYEN: That's a big one.

HARRIS: Take a look at that newborn.

NGUYEN: Goodness. Newborn? No way.

HARRIS: Yes, yes.

NGUYEN: Wow.

HARRIS: Ready to get a job. We'll tell you exactly how big she is later this hour.

NGUYEN: That is a big girl. Hey, a big guy at the big event. Will Tiger walk away from St. Andrews with the big prize? We'll go beyond the game and live to Scotland. That's ahead on CNN SUNDAY MORNING.

HARRIS: But first, who said what and when in the CIA identity leak? Our e-mail question this morning, in light of presidential adviser Karl Rove's alleged involvement, will he keep his White House job? That's the question. Let us know what you think at weekends@cnn.com. We'll be right back.

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NGUYEN: And in case you just are joining us this morning, let's run down the top stories for you. Hurricane Emily could become a Category 5 storm today. It's headed for Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and could arrive as early as tonight. Now thousands of tourists and residents are packing up and leaving the area.

Well, there's some beefed up security in London this morning, a direct result of the July 7th terror bombings. Barriers are going up around the British parliament building. And police have confirmed the identities of all four suspected bombers.

And finally, breaking news out of Iraq this morning. The Iraqi special tribunal has brought its first charges against former dictator Saddam Hussein. Officials say court proceedings against Saddam and other former regime members could start within days.

Now later this hour, it is a delivery some Iraqis will wait in lie an entire night for. And now, something that put them directly in harm's way during a massive attack. We have a live report from Baghdad coming up.

HARRIS: This week's hero story is about an Army medic in Iraq who ended up treating the man who shot him. Reporter Jessica Weinstein from affiliate WHEC in Rochester, New York says that act of kindness doesn't surprise the people who know this soldier.

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DEBBIE TSCHIDERER, TSCHIDERER'S MOTHER: Chased the van, shot out the tires. That sounds kind of like a Bonnie and Clyde type...

JESSICA WEINSTEIN, WHEC NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Debbie Tschiderer doesn't often get long e-mails from her son. 20-year old Steven Tschiderer is just too busy. He's an Army medic stationed in Baghdad.

TSCHIDERER: For years, he talked about wanting to be a doctor. And he's very level headed.

WEINSTEIN: And the proof is not only in his e-mail accounts, but on a tape the Army obtained from insurgents. The sniper's bullet knocks him down, but doesn't keep him there.

TSCHIDERER: And you see him flagging to his unit, where the insurgents were.

WEINSTEIN: And once his unit captures the insurgents, Steven does something that still stuns his mother, he helps the man who tried to take his life.

TSCHIDERER: He actually handcuffed the guy who tried to kill him. And then, he administered medical attention to him. He had a broken leg and three gunshot wounds.

WEINSTEIN: Steven's girlfriend says this is the man she admires.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's not a surprise. It's all -- it's part of who he is.

TSCHIDERER: And to me, that shows incredible strength of character that we're very proud of.

WEINSTEIN: Only later did Debbie and Jackie discover that the whole attack was supposed to be training for other terrorists. Now it's evidence of how an American soldier used goodwill to combat the enemy.

And in his e-mail, Steven tells his mother he was just doing his duty.

TSCHIDERER: He ends it with "treating the man who shot me didn't really sink in 'til after. At the time, I just did my job and didn't really think about it too much."

WEINSTEIN: It's an act Steven now hopes will be just as significant in the battle for hearts and minds than anything else he does.

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HARRIS: That report was from WHEC reporter Jessica Weinstein from Rochester, New York. And we bring you heroes stories every week here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING.

NGUYEN: Well, CNN is your hurricane headquarters. And we are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Emily. It is now stronger and potentially more dangerous than Dennis. CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider will have an update in about 10 minutes.

HARRIS: And on the links of St. Andrews in the U.K., we find this guy. Take a look at that, will you please? (INAUDIBLE) over at St. Andrews, trying to improve his lackluster golf skills. Is there a putt-putt golf course anywhere in the house?

Rick Horrow takes us beyond the game live from Scotland when we return.

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HARRIS: In Europe, it's simply called the open. It's the one major golf tournament that draws a huge international audience with or without Tiger Woods. And this year, the British Open has another living legend capturing headlines at St. Andrews.

The Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus chose the greens at the old course in Scotland to end his impressive 46 year career. We head live to the British Open this morning, as we take you beyond the game.

The retirement of Jack Nicklaus is just one of the major story lines at the British Open. And the recent bombings in London also have a spotlight on security at the big event.

Joining us live from the old course at St. Andrews, Scotland -- I am so jealous -- it is the home of golf, is CNN business sports analyst Rick Horrow.

Rick, good to see you, my friend. You know, I want to hate on you this morning, but it -- I'm just so jealous and envious. It looks great over there.

RICK HORROW, CNN SPORTS BUSINESS ANALYST: I would love you to be here. The leader board is packed, as you know. We've got Tiger. We've got Jose Maria Olazabal. We've got Retief Goosen. And we've Colin Montgomerie, the Scots' favorite, all within three or four shots.

It is wonderful. I almost kind of wish you were here.

HARRIS: Boy, I've got to ask you, that's a great looking leader board, by the way. We said good bye to Jack Nicklaus this week. And he didn't make the cut in the event.

Set that scene for us. And what did it feel like being there first hand when he walked across -- there he is on the Skolken (ph) Bridge?

HORROW: Well, first of all, let me tell you something. There's 600 courses in Scotland. I played a fair share of them last couple of days, including a course called North Barrack, where before we even started, they looked at the swing and they made me take out five million pounds of personal liability insurance -- that's occurred right here -- to cover the homes on the right against my slice, by the way.

Then as you said, I got here. It was an emotional experience, by the way. Jack retiring off the Skolken (ph) Bridge on Friday. And he's an icon. 19 runner-up majors, 18 major championships.

And by the way, there are 40,000 worldwide golf courses. He can claim credit to be responsible for a lot of them cause of the movement.

This is, by the way, the week of the international come back icon. Colin Montgomerie...

HARRIS: Yes.

HORROW: ...Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Tom Watson all started the tournament today under par. These are household names in the U.S., but they're international celebrities right here.

HARRIS: Yes, that's true. Security, we mentioned it at the top here, has been a big concern at this year's British Open. Has it in any noticeable way impacted the event?

HORROW: Well, it's always impactful, especially -- and there are people that are nervous about it -- especially since Glen Eagle's, about 45 miles away, where the G-8 Summit was held. But you've got to understand that they talked about canceling this like the Ryder Cup, they did not. Light searches, no metal detectors, you feel like there's security, but you're not burdened by it.

And the British, the resolve, is tremendous. They want to make sure that their trophy world class sporting event isn't ruined by terrorists. And they've done a bang up magnificent job.

HARRIS: Hey, got to ask you. This is one of the rare golf events where the success of the event isn't necessarily dependent on how well Tiger Woods does. Why is that?

HORROW: Darn straight, my friend. Because this is an international showcase event. Triple growth, 30 percent increased growth per annum per Europe -- per European golf, by the way. And you also have a $38 billion industry. International sponsorship. Gray Goose Vodka, Rolex, Jaguar, Toyota.

It is important to understand that going into today, the top 10 players only Brad Paxon and Tiger Woods are from the U.S. It is truly an international leader board and an international event.

HARRIS: What do you want to start with, your fair ball or your foul ball?

HORROW: Well, it's both kind of same thing. Here's a fair ball.

HARRIS: OK.

HORROW: Fair ball is this note. It's a five pound note. I have one of the two million that is issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Who's on the cover? Jack Nicklaus, by the way.

They've been issuing these notes since 1727. It's an official currency of the country. And it's the first time that a living icon is on it since the queen and the late queen mother. That is a major testament to Scottish golf.

Here's a foul ball. These are hard to get. You're going to get one of these when we get home, by the way, for a very, very steep price point. HARRIS: Yes, I know that's correct. Hey, let's -- Eddie, let's put that leader board up one more time. We've got Tiger Woods at 12 under par, Jose Maria Olazabal, if we can put that up, at 10 under par, Colin Montgomerie at 9, Retief Goosen at 9.

It's blowing a little bit out there. What do you think? It looks like it's Tiger's to lose, but if you had to pick someone else who could make a run at Tiger today, who do you like on that leader board?

HORROW: Well, here's the deal. It's blowing this way. Tiger's hitting it that way. The holes are this way. Tiger's going to be OK. He's going to win by three strokes going away, taking the trophy and a good time's going to be had by all, pal. You better watch because you can learn a few things.

HARRIS: Yes, that's for sure.

HORROW: For your miserable game as we...

HARRIS: You know what? I can't wait to see you...

HORROW: What happens with you, pal...

HARRIS: Yes.

HORROW: (INAUDIBLE).

HARRIS: Bring a room full of those things over with you.

HORROW: Thank you.

HARRIS: OK, have a good time, Rick.

HORROW: Good luck next week.

NGUYEN: Throwing insults and trying to make money off each other, that is basically your relationship with him. All right, Tony, you're a mess.

Well, hospitals, they are supposed to help you heal when you're sick, right? Well, just ahead, we will tell you the story of an Indiana family whose experience was just the opposite with devastating results. Experts say it is far from isolated case.

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NGUYEN: Police in London have released new pictures of the four suspects in those terror bombings. I want to welcome you back today. I'm Betty Nguyen.

HARRIS: And I'm Tony Harris. The latest on the London investigation in a minute, first a look at some other headlines now in the news.

With winds nearly 155 miles per hour, hurricane Emily is barreling its way toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and could soon become a category five storm. Emily whipped past Jamaica causing no major damage. Forecasters say the storm could hit the Texas Gulf coast by late on Tuesday.

Breaking news now out of Iraq this morning, within the last hour the Iraqi special tribunal has brought its first formal charges against Saddam Hussein. Officials say court proceedings against the former dictator could start within days. Saddam is being charged along with several former members of his regime.

NGUYEN: Today a 53-year-old mother of two will be remembered in a private memorial service in north London. The funeral will be the only the second held so far for victims from the July 7th bombings and meanwhile, police have released a chilling picture showing the first suspects heading to London together. CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson has more.

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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Each with a backpack, each on his way to die. Eighteen-year-old Hasib Hussain in the lead. His bomb would kill more than 12 on a bus 2 1/2 hours later. Next, a 19-year-old, British-Jamaican convert to Islam. Police have now identified him as Germaine Lindsay. More than 22 people died when his explosives detonated at 8:50 a.m. Behind him on the security camera video at Luton Station, 22-year-old Shahzad Tanweer, and 30-year-old Mohammed Sidique Khan. Their bombs would go off within a minute of Lindsay's, killing more than 14 people. Lindsay's sister still struggling to stomach the news.

DANA REID, HALF-SISTER OF GERMAINE LINDSAY: I'm not proud to say that it was him (INAUDIBLE) something that has actually happened to say it was him, because I don't think it is.

ROBERTSON: Where Lindsay grew up, within 50 miles or 80 kilometers of his three companions, former friends remember his sudden conversion to Islam several years ago.

KYLE WATER, FRIEND OF GERMAINE LINDSAY: He took lessons, and he was passionate about his religion, passionate, more than I've ever seen in anyone's (INAUDIBLE). He followed it to his heart and that was his life. His religion was his life.

ROBERTSON: Lindsay got married, moved and moved again, began to use the name Abdullah Shaheed Jamal (ph), finally settling here in Aylesgreen (ph) near his English wife's relatives just north of London. Police are still searching his house and others. This Islamic bookstore is one of the latest places to be searched by the police. So far they say they've executed 10 warrants here in the Leeds area.

Increasingly, their forensic teams focusing on places the suspected bombers are believed to have met, the vast majority of the 10 addresses within a few streets of Tanweer's and Hussain's houses. And the shock still resonating through this community, too. Noticeably, many students stepping forward to defend Egyptian biochemist Magdi al Nasher, currently being questioned in Egypt about his ties to a house in Leeds where police found explosives.

ABDULLAH AL ANBOORI, FRIEND OF MAGDI AL NASHER: He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, maybe, and I think he's -- I think he's an innocent person.

ROBERTSON: In London, at least one phase of the investigation did seem to close. After more than a week, the number 30 bus where Hussain's bomb exploded was removed from the crime scene. Nic Robertson, CNN, Leeds.

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NGUYEN: Now the shaken families of the suspected bombers continue to speak out in disbelief about the roles their loved ones may have played in the attacks. The grandfather of Germaine Lindsay lives outside of Boston. He told the "Boston Globe" newspaper that quote, if it was him, it wasn't because of the way his parents brought him up. He also added, if his grandson did it, he wants to see the proof.

HARRIS: And time now to check out some of the other big international stories making news this morning.

NGUYEN: There has been another escalation in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, this coming only weeks before Israel's planned pullout from Gaza. For those details, let's go to Anand Naidoo at the CNN international desk. Good morning.

ANAND NAIDOO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thanks Betty and good morning. Here's what's happening in Middle East. A new cycle of violence and tensions are rising by the hour. Thousands of Israeli soldiers and tanks are poised along the Gaza border. They're threatening a new offensive after a barrage of missile attacks by Palestinian militants. Israel says the army will be given carte blanche to put a halt to the attacks. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due in the region this week for talks with both sides.

Moving now to Afghanistan, 17 al Qaeda members have been killed and five others arrested in a border clash with the Pakistani military. Intelligent sources tell CNN Pakistani troops were checking vehicles at a border post when they came under fire.

Now a story of a rescue that went somewhat wrong but it all ended happily. Severe floods in south China forced this panda up a tree. Rescue workers hoped to evacuate her by injecting the bear with an anesthetic and letting her fall onto a mattress. That's when things went a little off plan. Instead of falling onto the mattress, the bear fell in a deep sleep high above the river. So on to plan B. That took about five hours. Workers using a rope managed to get her down safely. And last I heard, she was none the worse for wear, if not just a little bit out of it. As you know Tony, it's not bad to be a little out of it on a Sunday morning.

NGUYEN: Are you saying Tony's always out of it?

HARRIS: Well, it takes half a beat longer on Sunday morning. NGUYEN: That's true.

TONY: Just a half a beat and then we get to it. Anand, good to see you. Thank you.

NGUYEN: All right. Thanks Anand.

HARRIS: Well, Betty, I've got the maps here trying to figure out the path of this storm and (INAUDIBLE) maps and I guess the line of this storm, this cone of uncertainty.

NGUYEN: Between Mexico and south Texas, yeah.

HARRIS: Bonnie, let's go to your maps. They're better than the ones I've been able to pull up.

SCHNEIDER: And the reason that cone of uncertainty is so wide and looking at days ahead is because, as we project into the future, it's more difficult to pinpoint it, but you'll see that cone get more narrow as time goes on. Well, the latest with our hurricane Emily, a powerful category four storm right now that's just skirting out to the south of the Cayman Islands. We have the actual coordinates about 105 miles to the south-southwest of Grand Cayman. That's the center of circulation and storm surges expected eight to 12 feel above normal at the time of high tide along the Cayman coast.

Well, here's the first landfall for Emily in the Yucatan Peninsula. We're looking at Cozumel just getting hit hard. This will be a category four, a powerful hurricane when it makes landfall at 145 miles per hour. And incidentally, around the same time that this hurricane will make landfall in Mexico, another hurricane, but it's called a typhoon on the other side of the world named Haitang, will make landfall in the island of Taiwan just around the same time as Emily will make landfall. That typhoon is just as powerful, if not more powerful, by the time it makes landfall. So interesting to note the kind of same thing is happening on both sides of the world.

But Emily's not done in the Yucatan. The potential for U.S. landfall certainly exists, that cone of uncertainty occurring 2:00 a.m. Wednesday. So any time late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. Luckily as the storm interacts with the land mass over the Yucatan, we're likely to see it weaken just a bit, but this is still going to be a powerful category 3 storm, 115 miles per hour winds and remember, those hurricane force winds, meaning winds over 74 miles per hour, extend outward over 60 miles. So even if the storm passes to the south of Brownsville, certainly south Texas will feel the effects of Emily late Tuesday, into Wednesday.

Well, some good news for folks in the upper Midwest. It's been just oppressively hot. We have a cold front that will bring about some thunderstorms here on the U.S. mainland going back. We're looking at Minneapolis, high temperatures today climbing back up into the 90s. But here's the good news. Eventually those highs will drop down into 80s for today. So we're getting a high earlier achieved and eventually by tomorrow we'll get up to 81. So relief from the heat is in sight in the center of the country. And down to the south, certainly it's still going to be hot, but at least some relief from the heat is on the way.

Well, stay tuned. We're expecting another advisory on hurricane Emily in just a few minutes. We'll keep you up to date here on hurricane headquarters. We'll let you know the latest information on hurricane Emily.

NGUYEN: And you don't want to forget our e-mail question this morning. Do you think Karl Rove will keep his White House job? Write to us at weekends@cnn.com. We'll read them on the air.

HARRIS: And don't miss "Time" magazine's Matt Cooper on the special edition of "Reliable Sources" at 11:00 a.m. Eastern. This will be Cooper's first cable news interview since his grand jury testimony. And we will be right back.

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HARRIS: Our top stories, hurricane Emily is aiming for Mexico, packing winds of 115 miles an hour. The storm is forecast to reach the Yucatan as early as tonight. Tens of thousands of tourists are scrambling to evacuate.

More carnage in Baghdad in four suicide car attacks just today. Two bombings targeted Iraqi police patrols. Another bomb detonated trying to enter an electoral commission compound. The fourth bomb targeted two Iraqi government vehicles. In all nine people were killed, more than 20 wounded.

And new this morning, the new Iraqi government has announced the first charges against Saddam Hussein. The deposed leader and three others will be tried for the deaths of Shiite Muslims back in 1982. The trial could begin within days.

And don't forget our e-mail question this morning. Do you think Karl Rove will keep his White House job? We're at weekends, weekends@cnn.com.

NGUYEN: All right Tony. You have to look at these pictures. It was definitely a big bundle of joy for this Kentucky woman. Look at that baby! Basically, a toddler.

HARRIS: Yeah.

NGUYEN: She gave birth Tuesday to a baby girl weighing 14 pounds, 3 ounces. Look at her. It's probably no surprise that the baby was born by cesarean section, yeah. A nurse at the hospital says the baby is healthy and went home yesterday. Now, this little one is definitely one in a million because here's why. Statistics show less than 1 percent of babies weigh more than 11 pounds at birth. I can't even imagine 11 pounds, but 14? That's a big baby. Better her than me. All right, let's move on, shall we?

HARRIS: There's nothing I can say that won't get me in all kinds of trouble...

NGUYEN: At that point, zip it.

HARRIS: Next, we'll tell you the story of a family's experience in a hospital left devastating results. Experts say it's not an isolated case. CNN investigates next.

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NGUYEN: Welcome back. Across the country, medical experts are sounding the alarm about the high rate of new infections patients are developing inside the hospital where they've gone for medical help. Of special concern, infections that are resistant to antibiotics. Now today's investigative spotlight, CNN's Randi Kaye tells us one Indiana's family story.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Marilyn Thomas was in great physical shape for her age, an avid golfer and grandmother of five.

MARGARET BARANOWSKI, MARILYN'S DAUGHTER: Mom was a healthy, active, 72-year-old woman who had a joy for living, full of energy, very -- always on the go.

KAYE: Last September, Mrs. Thomas chose elective surgery to reposition her bladder and a hysterectomy. Her husband, John, says she expected to be out within a couple of days. And when time for the surgery came, she was impatient.

JOHN THOMAS, MARILYN'S HUSBAND: She said, get that doctor out here and let's get this show on the road.

KAYE: The Thursday afternoon surgery at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis went fine, but by the weekend, Marilyn Thomas, still in the hospital, felt terrible.

BARANOWSKI: By Sunday she told my dad she had never felt so sick. What could be wrong?

KAYE: Short of breath, she needed oxygen.

BARANOWSKI: I knew that, you know, mom's a strong woman. She's healthy. She came in here healthy. What's going on?

KAYE: Her condition quickly deteriorated. She needed a blood transfusion. Fluid repeatedly had to be trained from around her lungs. She had trouble with her vision.

BARANOWSKI: We were in a state of shock. We couldn't believe this was happening to my mom.

KAYE: Doctors soon found the source of it all, a staph infection, but not just any staph infection, one resistant to antibiotics. And what was your reaction?

BARANOWSKI: What is it? You know, what does that mean? KAYE: What it meant was a nightmare. During the next seven weeks as the infection ravaged her body, Marilyn Thomas would need a procedure to remove infected fluid from her eyes, open heart surgery, even a pacemaker. St. Vincent declined to be interviewed by CNN about the case of Marilyn Thomas, but infections like hers happen in hospitals around the country. Experts say about two million people every year become infected in hospitals; 90,000 of them die. That's more than homicides and car accidents combined.

THOMAS: I never gave any thought to something like that happening to my wife, Marilyn. She truly was a very, very healthy, very strong country girl. She had never been sick. She came from a long line of people in her family that lived for a long, long time.

KAYE: John Thomas' wife was put in isolation. All visitors had to wear gloves, gowns, and masks. What was it like for you to see your mom go through this?

BARANOWSKI: It was terrible. She got very sad when she was in the hospital. She was so frustrated. She couldn't believe this ordeal was going on. She wanted her life back to how it was. She was very scared.

KAYE: For two months, Margaret's mother fought the infection.

BARANOWSKI: Then the big accomplishment was like the middle of November, when we were told, you're done with your IV therapy. You are free and clear of staph. Have a great life. And, unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

KAYE: Marilyn Thomas was sent home, but instead of getting stronger, her family says she remained weak. Then right before Christmas, Margaret Baranowski took her mom to the emergency room.

BARANOWSKI: I fully expected that when I kissed her good night and said goodbye, I would be seeing her the next morning, and she'd be doing much better and she'd come home.

KAYE: But the next day, December 22nd, Marilyn Thomas died. An autopsy showed her body was riddled with infection. According to her long-time doctor, Marilyn Thomas continued to have deep-seeded collections of staph nestled in her organs. Today the family believes she, like millions of Americans each year, acquired her deadly staph infection while in the hospital.

BARANOWSKI: Are you convinced she didn't have a staph infection before she went into the hospital?

BARANOWSKI: Definitely convinced. My mom was playing golf right up like a day or two before she went into the hospital. She was so healthy. She was clipping flowers from my dad's rose garden to give them to other people, other friends who were sick. And I remember her saying, oh, I'll be back in no time. You know, she had plans. My parents were going to be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this summer. I know that she got it there. I don't know how and at what point, but it was fairly early on. And, unfortunately, they didn't catch it.

KAYE: While St. Vincent Hospital declined to be interviewed for this story citing patient privacy, the hospital said it has a comprehensive patient safety program that places a high priority on safety of all of our patients. Today hospital acquired infections, especially those resistant to antibiotics, are widely recognized by experts as a serious problem. Dr. Benjamin Chu, a board member of the American Hospital Association, says hospitals are working on the problem, following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control.

DR. BENJAMIN CHU, AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSN: I have absolute confidence that we can cut it down. And I think that the hospital world is actually understanding that there's a lot that we can do and certainly I see a lot of progress being made.

DR. BARRY FARR, EPIDEMIOLOGIST: Most hospitals in this country do the minimum that they're required to do for infection control because there's all these pressures, health care's expensive, and there are all of these pressures to hold down the costs.

KAYE: Dr. Barry Farr is a epidemiologist at the University of Virginia and an expert on antibiotic-resistant infections. He says such infections have increased 25-fold in the last 25 years.

FARR: Antibiotic resistance is fostered in the hospital setting, especially because people go -- health care workers go from bed to bed to bed and they can move microbes and infections from patient to patient.

KAYE: Dr. Farr says patients should be routinely tested when admitted to the hospital and immediate isolation required for anyone with antibiotic-resistant infection as is already done in northern Europe. Margaret Baranowski says she would now think twice before having surgery, like her mother.

BARANOWSKI: Well, there's just days where I can't believe that she's not here. I expect the phone to ring or if I have a question or I want some advice, I can just pick up the phone or ride my bike over to the house and ask her what she would do, what does she think about a situation and then I realize that I can't do that.

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NGUYEN: Unfortunately, doctors say it is often very difficult to know exactly how or when patients like Marilyn Thomas got their infection. We will have another investigative unit spotlight for you next Sunday morning.

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HARRIS: To our e-mail question, if I can find -- oh, there it is. Good thing it's up there on the screen. Our e-mail question this morning, will Karl Rove keep his White House job? Its all tied to the CIA leak investigation and the leaking of the operative's name, Valerie Plame. We do know that he at least had moved the name along the food chain.

NGUYEN: Yes. We don't know if it came from a journalist first or Karl Rove.

HARRIS: So Timothy writes, the president must stand by what he said about anyone involved in the leak.

NGUYEN: And Pat from New York, basically laughs at the question saying, Karl Rove will lose his job when Ken Lay is brought to trial for ripping off his employees, which is never, exclamation point.

HARRIS: Ouch.

NGUYEN: So, of course, we invite you to keep those thoughts coming. We got so many yesterday, so we decided to extend it today. Here's the question, will Karl Rove keep his White House job? Send us your thoughts to weekends@cnn.com.

HARRIS: And the next hour of CNN SUNDAY MORNING begins right now.

NGUYEN: From CNN world headquarters, this is CNN Sunday morning. Good morning everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen.

HARRIS: And I'm Tony Harris. It is July 17th. Let's get you caught up with the overnight headlines. Now in the news, in Iraq, Reuters news agency reports the death toll from a suicide bombing over night south of Baghdad has risen to 98.

Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a fuel tanker at a gas station. Investigators suggest the tanker driver was in on the attack. The blast destroyed nearby apartments and damaged a nearby mosque.

In London police have moved the twisted wreckage of the double decker bus targeted by one of four bombers 10 days ago. One of the bombers and 13 other people died in that blast alone.

Meantime, police have released a surveillance photo of the four London bombing suspects. It shows them entering a train station north of London the morning of the attacks.

Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is in the cross hairs of Hurricane Emily. Upwards of 200,000 tourists are scrambling to evacuate. Now packing winds of 150 miles an hour. The storm is forecast to reach the Yucatan sometime today.

In Aruba a witness retraces his steps. Police have taken jailed Dutch teenager, Joran Van Der Sloot, back to the beach where he says he last saw Natalee Holloway. There has been no sign of the missing Alabama teen for seven weeks. Van Der Sloot is jailed without charges.

NGUYEN: Here's a look at what's coming up. The support terrorists are getting from Muslims worldwide is apparently on the decline. So says the author of "American Muslims the New Generation." We will tackle that topic in this morning's Faces of Faith.

And President Bush's senior aide, Karl Rove says he didn't take the bait. Does his e-mail prove it?

Also each year about 54 million people wind up acting as a caregiver for an elderly family member. This morning Doctor Sanjay Gupta lends them a hand in "HOUSE CALL."

HARRIS: Our top story this morning from your hurricane headquarters. Emily is now just shy of reaching category-5 status and is heading straight for a popular tourist destination.

NGUYEN: Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider is tracking Emily and joins us now with the latest. Cancun kind of in the way, right?

SCHNEIDER: And Cozumel, too, Betty and Tony. We've got the latest information for you from the 8 o'clock advisory. This is from the National Hurricane Center. Right now the center of circulation with Hurricane Emily is about 115 miles to the south southwest of Grand Cayman and about 305 east southeast of Cozumel. That's where we're going to see a real hard hit from the storm.

But what's interesting to note is since the storm is passing to the south of the Cayman Islands the government of the Cayman Islands has change the hurricane warning to a tropical storm warning for Grand Cayman Island and discontinued all warnings for the remainder of the Cayman Islands.

But hurricane warnings do continue for the Yucatan because that's where this storm is headed. In fact if we take a look at our track you'll see landfall is expected along the Yucatan 2 a.m. late hours of tonight, early tomorrow and as category-4, 145 miles an hour winds. This storm is going to slam into the Yucatan later tonight or early tomorrow.

It loses strength a bit as it comes through the Gulf of Mexico. We're expecting landfall somewhere between central coastal Texas down through Mexico. Landfall is expected around 2 a.m. on Wednesday but we will get a better idea of that as we get closer.

And please stay tuned. We're going to have the latest information for you as always here on CNN your hurricane headquarters.

Betty, Tony.

NGUYEN: All right. Staying busy. This hurricane season is just off the chart this year it seems. All right Bonnie, thank you.

SCHNEIDER: Sure.

NGUYEN: And remember you can get the very latest on Hurricane Emily by going to CNN.com/weather.

HARRIS: Four separate suicide car bomb attacks here struck Baghdad today following an unprecedented suicide bombing late yesterday. CNN's Aneesh Raman is live in Baghdad with the latest details.

Aneesh.

RAMAN: Tony, good morning, two big stories that we're following for you today. Both that incident from last night, the death toll rising today to at least 70 people killed, 160 others wounded. But first, in the past few hours a statement from Iraq's special tribunal, the headline that Saddam Hussein could now face trial as early as September.

What happened today was the tribunal's investigative judge referred Saddam to trial over a specific case involving a village north of Baghdad called Dujayl. Now there Saddam narrowly an assassination attempt in 1982. Following that some 150 members of that village were executed for that crime.

This is the first, Tony, of some 12 cases we understand that will be brought before this special tribunal. It is the first for Saddam, certainly not the last. He could be called as a defendant in any or all of these cases, found guilty in any or all of these cases and be given the death sentence multiple times. But this a critical step because it is the first time of the many that we'll see to come that Saddam has been referred to trial.

Now he will go to trial on this charge along with five other defendants. They had been referred to trial back at the end of February. Initially this case was upon American advice going to go forward without Saddam to be used as sort of a test balloon for this system. But the frustration has been brewing on the ground, Tony, among Iraqis to see their former tyrant, to see their former president face justice so he was added in just last month.

We saw a video of an interrogation of Saddam over this exact incident. So Iraqis now very eager, for them the specifics are secondary to the process. For them humanity itself is on trial. Evil, they now feel, will confront justice it seems in a matter of weeks.

Now secondly, as we mentioned at the top, a violent attack taking place in a town south of Baghdad. A suicide bomber there designating next to a fuel tank in the town center. It also was next to a gas station. That was destroyed. Apartment buildings as well as homes ravaged in that attack. The death toll now is at least 70 people killed. The report is much higher and around 160 people wounded. It is one of the largest attacks that we have seen here in Iraq since the end of the war.

The National Assembly has called for a day of remembrance, commemoration for those killed. And Iraq's president today, Tony, issuing a letter of condolences to the villagers there.

Tony.

HARRIS: A trial would certainly at the very least change the subject a bit in Iraq.

Aneesh Raman in Baghdad. Aneesh, thank you.

And tonight CNN presents two special reports at 7 p.m. in the east, 4 in the west, Winning the War on Terror. And at 8 eastern, 5 p.m. West Coast time a progress report on the war in Iraq.

NGUYEN: Police are releasing new images from the day of the deadly terrorist bombings in London. Meanwhile though they have confirmed the identities of all four suspected bombers. Now for more let's go straight to London and CNN's Mallika Kapur.

Good morning.

MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Betty. You're right. There have been significant developments in the investigation into the bomb attacks over the last day or so.

As you mentioned, Scotland Yard has released and confirmed the names of all four suspects. They confirmed two name yesterday. Of course they had confirmed two days earlier on and all four names had been widely reported in the media. But Scotland Yard has just confirmed two of those names yesterday.

They confirmed the names Mohammed Sidique Khan said to be 30 years of age of Pakistani origin. He's believed to be responsible for the attack on the Edgware Road station.

They've also confirmed the name of Germaine Lindsay, 19 years old. He's the person supposed to be responsible for the bombing on the train between King's Cross and Russell Square station. That bombing taking place on the secondary line.

Now police have also released a still photograph from CCTV footage of all of the four bombers all together in one place. That place is the Luton train station, which is north of London and this is where the four suspected bombers were said to have boarded a train, a 10-link (ph) train which brought them straight here to London to King's Cross station behind me.

And it's here at King's Cross station that they were again caught on CCTV cameras laughing, joking seen carrying very large nap sacks. They stopped off here and then went their separate ways.

And police have released this photograph in the hope that it will lead to the public calling in giving them more information. Police have made an appeal to the public, any information that they can give the police on the final movements of these four suspected bombers on the morning of the attack.

Betty.

NGUYEN: We've also been reporting that London has beefed up security. What kind of signs of this beefed up security have you seen so far?

KAPUR: Well, we have seen signs this morning of beefed up security especially around the houses of Parliament. This morning authorities have revealed a ring of steel around the houses of Parliament which is really for security measures. We've seen concrete slabs being placed around the houses of Parliament, lots of barricades and extra barriers. So that is one of the visible signs of beefed up security that we are seeing in central London this morning, Betty.

NGUYEN: CNN's Mallika Kapur in London, thank you.

Tony.

HARRIS: A newly revealed e-mail may help fill in the blanks about a conversation President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, had with a reporter in the days before a CIA operatives identity was revealed in the media. Rove said to then Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley that he spoke to "Time" magazine reporter, Matt Cooper and said, quote, "I didn't take the bait. When I said if I were him I wouldn't get "Time" far out in front on this."

Let's go to the White House now and CNN's Elaine Quijano.

OK, Elaine, how does this bit of information help put more of the pieces together? And good morning.

ELAINE QUIJANO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello to you, Tony. Well, we should back up a little bit because at the beginning of the e-mail, at least the portions that have been made public, Tony, we understand that in that e-mail to Steve Hadley what Rove was saying is that Matt Cooper had initially called him told him he wanted to give him a heads up on welfare reform and then you saw the rest of the quote there, which you didn't read, but basically said that he then launched into Niger.

Now this was coming at a time when the Bush administration was facing some intense criticism because you remember that critical op-ed piece that was written by the former ambassador Joe Wilson, and it was just about a week later after that op-ed in which Joe Wilson accused the Bush administration of twisting intelligence in the run up to the Iraq war that his wife's covert CIA operative status was made public in the media.

Now that e-mail basically we don't know how it fits into the investigation because of course only the special prosecutor in this case, Patrick Fitzgerald has had access to all of the information, all of the evidence, all of the grand jury testimony and they're remaining very tight lipped about this investigation.

Now what we do know is that this e-mail shows that Karl Rove, in fact, had a communication with another senior administration official in this case, as you mentioned, Stephen Hadley. He of course is now the national security adviser. He was then the number two at the National Security Counsel and it shows that in fact there was a communication about this conversation with Matt Cooper. But beyond that it's difficult to say exactly how it fits in, Tony, but this just another piece of this very complicated puzzled.

Tony.

HARRIS: Elaine, Elaine?

QUIJANO: Yes.

HARRIS: Did Karl Rove move the name along? Did he give the name to Cooper?

QUIJANO: Well, this is something certainly that the special prosecutor is looking at very closely. His lawyer insists that in these communications with reporters not just Matt Cooper, but we also have learned in recent days about communications with Bob Novak. He insists, the lawyer insists, that Karl Rove has not been the target of the investigation, that he did not leak her name.

Now there is of course in the parsing of words the idea of being -- revealing her identity versus revealing her name. But this calls into question, critics have said, the White House's credibility because back in 2003 when all of these questions were swirling about who in the administration may have leaked her name of course there were questions centering on Karl Rove at that time.

And Scott McClellan, the press secretary, came out and repeatedly told reporters in response tot hose questions that Karl was, quote, "not involved," that he had nothing to do with this. Emphatically telling reporters even at one point saying that this is ridiculous.

Now we've learned though of course in recent days about these communications that Karl Rove apparently had with others on this and in many peoples eyes that would seem to be a huge discrepancy. They say whatever the eventual legal outcome they believe that the White House is going to have a credibility issue from this point on.

Tony.

HARRIS: It can't be that complicated, but it sounds like it is. I know you're doing everything you can to flush it out for us.

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

But first our e-mail question. Let's get right to that right now. In light of presidential adviser Karl Rove's alleged involvement in the leak, will he keep his White House job? Let us know what you think, weekends@cnn.com.

"Time" magazine reporter, Matt Cooper talks to CNN today in his first interview since his grand jury testimony. Don't miss a special one hour edition of "RELIABLE SOURCES" at 11 eastern right here on CNN.

NGUYEN: And you don't want to forget that CNN is your hurricane headquarters. Hurricane Emily has moved past Jamaica and is headed toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula packing winds up to 150 miles per hour right now.

HARRIS: Officials in Mexico are trying to evacuate about 85,000 people. Now to CNN meteorologist Bonnie Schneider.

Good morning, Bonnie.

SCHNEIDER: Good morning. Hurricane Emily will slam into the Yucatan Peninsula later tonight or early tomorrow morning. But where is the storm headed next? I'll have a look at the projected path of Hurricane Emily as CNN's SUNDAY MORNING continues.

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HARRIS: In Iraq a rash of suicide bombings in and around Baghdad today kill at least nine people. Iraqi police say one attack just missed a U.S. convoy but struck two mini buses. Other attacks targeted a compound of one of the electoral commission's offices and Iraqi government vehicles.

Vice President Dick Cheney suffers from irritation of his esophagus. Doctors call it esophagitis, but TV commercials call it acid reflux. Cheney has his annual check up yesterday. Last week doctors said his heart pace maker is working fine.

Tiger Woods tees off next hour taking a two shot lead into the final round of the British Open. Woods is at 12 under par, but five other golfers are within four shots of the lead.

SCHNEIDER: Good morning everyone. I'm meteorologist Bonnie Schneider in the CNN weather center with the latest on Hurricane Emily.

Right now the center of circulation with Emily is about 115 miles to the southwest of Grand Cayman or 305 miles to the east southeast of Cozumel, Mexico. We still have maximum winds at 150 miles per hour, so it's still a very strong category-4 passing to the south of the Caymans, which is actually good news. Not making a direct hit now, so the government of the Cayman islands have discontinued the hurricane warning.

But something interesting to note from this latest report is an aircraft, recognizance aircraft is headed into Emily as we speak. So we're likely to have some more information for your continuously through the morning hours.

Let's take a look at the track of Emily. The next stop the Yucatan Peninsula. That's where hurricane warnings are in effect right now. We're looking for landfall late tonight into early tomorrow as a category-4. The storm will downgrade just a bit when it makes landfall for the second time sometime in the vicinity of early Wednesday morning. It could be from southern Texas all the way down through northern Mexico and this will come in likely as a category-3 storm.

When you talk about a category-3 storm it's still a strong hurricane. We could see storm surge up to nine to 12 feet with large trees and utility poles down. So this will come in as a powerful hurricane.

And elsewhere across the country, just to let you know, if you're in the upper mid west you'll get some relief from the heat. We do have some cooler conditions on the way. Elsewhere of course, hot, stick and humid.

Stay tune. Once again we will keep you up to date with the latest advisories when we get them from Hurricane Emily. We are your hurricane headquarters here on CNN.

NGUYEN: Well, terror attacks like the one earlier this month in London have many people blaming Muslims. The majority of Muslims in turn place the blame on radicals. Why they say it's crucial to draw the distinction, that topic this morning's Faces of Faith.

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NGUYEN: In our Faces of Faith this morning a look at how Muslims across the globe view terrorists attacks. The Pew Research polled people in mid eastern countries this spring before the London blast and according to those opinion polls some attitudes appear to be changing.

Now the number of people who believe suicide bombing is justified in defense of Islam if down in almost every country polled. Only in Jordan is the number higher. And when asked about Osama bin Laden confidence in the al Qaeda mastermind was mixed.

In Jordan and Pakistan public support for bin Laden has increased in the last two years, but confidence in bin Laden has significantly gone down in Indonesia and Morocco.

Now the Muslim community seems to be divided into two categories, the mainstream majority and the extremists who get a lot of attention but are really a small minority.

Asma Hassan is the author of the book, "American Muslims In the New Community" and she joins us now live from Denver to talk more about the mainstream Muslim community and the extremists.

So let's get right to it. Many in the Muslim community have expressed outrage and shock saying this is not what our religion teaches. It does not teach us to kill in the name of Islam, so set the record straight. How is this getting skewed?

ASMA GULL HASSAN, AUTHOR, "WHY I AM A MUSLIM": Well I think, Betty, the important thing to remember, as you mentioned, is that this does not represent Islam. American Muslims, Muslims all over the world maybe at one time they said, oh this is a good way to get attention for our issues. And even then that was a minority. But I think the Pugh Poll that you just talked about shows how the support for these terrorist acts is totally waning and falling.

What has the London bombings, what has that done for the Palestinian Muslim? What has it done for the Muslim in Kashmir who doesn't live in a free and independent country? What has it done for the Muslim Iraq? You know these -- terrorism does not work is what's coming out and what Muslims are finally realizing.

NGUYEN: Well, to fully understand how this religion is being distorted let's get the specifics now. What in the religion -- how does it tackle the issue of tolerance when it comes to people of different beliefs and people with different religions because that can get us closer to understanding how this is getting skewed, distorted?

HASSAN: Right. Well, the -- that's a very good question. In Islam we are taught to be very tolerant of other religions. It actually says in the Koran that there are for every person there is a different path to god. The Christians and Jews are called our brothers and sisters of the book because their holy books are very similar to our holy book. In fact, it's a lot of the same stories with Moses and Adam and Eve, Joseph. Jesus is a very beloved prophet in Islam.

The respect for other religion is very important and very high . In fact, it's also believed among Muslims that you could pray in a church, you can pray in a synagogue. Any quiet place where you can sit down and meditate is an appropriate place to pray.

Now what these terrorists were doing and what many of the terrorists do is they're not focusing on what the Koran really says. They're focusing on their own ego, their own ideas, their own thoughts. And if anything Islam is against the ego. Islam is against the egotistical view of the world.

I mean for goodness sakes in the Koran it even says that it's wrong to destroy a plant, that a plant is life too and you should not hurt any plants. Clearly these terrorists are acting outside Islam and are acting out on their own strange warped views.

NGUYEN: OK, so that being the case let me ask you this and if you could make the answer as quick as possible because we are running out of time. Are Muslim leaders doing enough to get the message out there to prevent these attacks, to prevent this distortion of the religion?

HASSAN: Yes, definitely Muslim leaders are doing very much. The thing we have to remember is the extremist, the radicals they are dead to us. They are lost. We are not going to reform them. They are going to keep getting recruited because there is something inside their head that likes violence. So we can't change the handful of extremist out there.

What we can do we need -- the U.S. needs to restart the PR effort with the Islamic world. Public relations with Islam is abysmal. We need to change that. We need to appoint somebody right away as the ambassador to the Islamic world. We need to reach out to those poor Muslims in the world. Most of the Muslims in the world are poor. They are illiterate. They don't have jobs. They live in developing countries. We have this stereotype that Muslims are these oil rich barons with multiple wives and sure of course there Muslims like that.

NGUYEN: Asma I'll have to let that be the last word. We would go on for days, but thank you so much for the insight today.

HASSAN: Well, keep the faith.

NGUYEN: You too. Take care. HARRIS: And to our e-mail question this morning, in light of presidential adviser Karl Rove's alleged involvement in the CIA link investigation will he keep his White House job? And our first e-mail comes from Bruce, tough guy, Bruce on a computer from Marietta this morning. "What idiots you are for this question."

NGUYEN: Us?

HARRIS: Yes, yes, tough guy. "As it was proved this week he did nothing wrong. Did you miss the story. The Democrats look like fools. Let's start discussing what a sleaze this Wilson is."

NGUYEN: All right. Well, Dewey in Oklahoma has a different take on it. He says, "Of course he's going to keep his job. If you are Republican and a Bush crony you have no worries about what you do or say even if it's unethical or illegal it is OK."

And of course we want to keep hearing from you this morning. Send us your thoughts. Will Karl Rove keep his White House job, weekends@cnn.com.

HARRIS: "HOUSE CALL" with Doctor Sanjay Gupta is next. We'll see you at the top of the hour.

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