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Southeast Cleans Up After Tornadoes; More Violence in Iraq
Aired April 09, 2006 - 07:00 ET
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: This will be no day of rest across the Southeast today. Homeowners, emergency workers and electrical crews are scrambling to clean up and make repairs. Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the region this weekend beginning with Friday's twisters that killed at least a dozen people in Tennessee.
TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: In California, as the rain comes down, the concerns inch up. A flood watch blankets parts of central California where several more inches of rain are expected through the week. Officials say water levels are so high and levees so saturated that something is likely to give.
NGUYEN: In Iraq now more gruesome discoveries to tell you about. The bodies of five men have been found in three separate Baghdad neighborhoods. All showed signs of torture. And three bomb blasts around the capital killed three civilians. The homemade bombs also wounded at least five Iraqi policemen.
HARRIS: Remember this image from the fall of Baghdad? It was three years ago today that overjoyed Iraqis pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein in the capital. Across the country, this is Iraqi freedom day. CNN's Aneesh Raman joins us from Baghdad at the bottom of the hour.
NGUYEN: In Vatican City, Pope Benedict XVI opens holy week with Palm Sunday mass. It commemorates Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem. Palm fronds and olive branches lined the Pope's procession through St. Peter's Square. He told the faithful that they are symbols of peace and martyrdom.
HARRIS: U.S. and Russian crewmembers have returned from six- month stay aboard the international space station. They landed safely in Kazakhstan, and with them on the Soyuz spacecraft, Brazil's first man in space. He delivered a new crew to the station a week ago. Keeping you informed, CNN, the most trusted name in news.
HARRIS: Look, don't start anything. Look, I don't know how this happened. Don't -- don't -- What am I thinking now? What am I thinking now?
NGUYEN: Let me say this. You know you've been working together way too long when you start dressing alike.
HARRIS: Insane.
NGUYEN: Oh, my, but you look nice today, by the way. HARRIS: Lovely Betty, lovely Betty.
NGUYEN: Lovely color.
HARRIS: Good morning.
NGUYEN: Good morning.
HARRIS: From the CNN center. This is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. Seven a.m. here in Atlanta, 3:00 p.m. in Baghdad. Good morning everyone. I'm Tony Harris.
NGUYEN: And I'm Betty Nguyen, his twin. Thank you for being with us today.
Ahead on CNN this morning, dire consequences in Michigan for the 5-year-old who called 911 and the police dispatcher who didn't take the boy's two urgent calls seriously.
Well, awaken you with the gospel music female vocalist of the year. Natalie Grant joins us live from "FACES OF FAITH." That's in about 40 minutes from now. And we're going to talk with a world-class swimmer who is just 16 years old. Katie Hoff is chosen as one of America's teenagers who will change the world.
HARRIS: But at the top this morning, picking through the rubble trying to salvage what they can. That's what a lot of folks across the South are doing today after deadly tornadoes and severe storms pummeled the region. Alabama's governor got an aerial view of the damage to his state. Some homes and other buildings were destroyed, and there were several injuries.
The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Kentucky yesterday. Dozens of mobile homes were damaged, and four people were hurt. Bulldozers cleared away debris and power crews repaired damaged lines in Georgia after four twisters hit the state. Storms knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of customers. And in South Carolina, three tornadoes touched down in the Charleston area. One person was injured.
NGUYEN: Tennessee is still reeling from tornadoes that killed a dozen people. Now, in some areas, there's a dust-to-dawn curfew in effect. National Guard troops are on patrol, and stunned survivors are trying to pick up the pieces. CNN's Jonathan Freed reports now from Gallatin, Tennessee.
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JONATHAN FREED, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For the second time in less than a week, tornadoes took lives in Tennessee. Three of the dead from this subdivision in Gallatin, about a half-hour north of Nashville. Twisters plowed parallel tracks north and south of Nashville on Friday afternoon, destroying dozens of homes, and injuring dozens more people. A block of auto dealerships reduced to a junkyard in just minutes. CHARLES RUSSELL, AUTO DEALER EMPLOYEE: So we came out and watched it. And it hit an old house that was over here. And when it hit that house, it just got wider. And before we knew it, it was on top of us here.
FREED: Charles Russell works in a dealership garage. He says he and his colleagues had only seconds to try and save their own lives.
(on camera): So you saw it coming from over here, and then you ran back inside to one of the dealership buildings here.
RUSSELL: Into our service area.
FREED (voice-over): The storm wrecked hundreds of cars, flipping them over, twisting metal. The wind, turning a two-by-four into a missile. And while that was happening outside, Charles Russell was inside, holding on for his life.
RUSSELL: I crouched down behind a big metal toolbox and I grabbed a-hold to the bottom of it. And it tore the roof off of where I was sitting at.
FREED: Were you scared?
RUSSELL: To death. It was worse than an earthquake.
FREED: You've been through an earthquake?
RUSSELL: Been through an earthquake, but when this stuff is happening there's nowhere that you can go.
FREED: The day after, time to clear away lost inventory and take stock of what matters most. Nobody was hurt?
RUSSELL: Nobody. The whole dealership, we're just thankful. We know that God is on our side.
FREED: You're a lucky man.
RUSSELL: We must be living right.
FREED: Lucky man.
Living right, but lives that will be far from normal for quite a while. Jonathan Freed, CNN, Gallatin, Tennessee.
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NGUYEN: So what can we expect weather-wise today? Well, meteorologist Reynolds Wolf is checking the forecast. He'll have an update for you just a little bit later.
HARRIS: A pro-immigration rally in Gauchen, Indiana grew so large, traffic had to be diverted. Police estimate a rally of about 2,000. A dozen or so anti-immigrant demonstrators also made their voices heard across the state -- the street. The immigration issue continues to flare. Monday is being called a national day of action for immigrant rights. Demonstrations are expected in 60 U.S. cities. Stay with CNN for complete coverage.
And something went terribly wrong in a parking garage in Spokane, Washington. A car went through a concrete wall on the fifth floor and plunged to the ground. The vehicle, as you can see here, landed upside down. The driver was rescued but later died at a hospital. Man.
And meet one of Hawaii's newest babies. And boy, does he have a story to tell. The parents were on the way to the hospital when he was supposed to be born, right there in the hospital. Morning traffic, congestion in Honolulu altered those plans. And with the mother having contractions, the father had no choice but to pull into a gas station.
NGUYEN: Oh, no.
HARRIS: Yes, yes. Aaron Mitchell, Jr. was already on his way. Whoa, baby.
NGUYEN: Can you just hold it there for a little bit longer?
HARRIS: When paramedics arrived. We're told mother and baby are in great health.
NGUYEN: Born at a gas station. Yes, that's a story to tell.
Now to Washington, where you often hear about leaks, they are part of our political DNA. Well CNN's senior political correspondent, Candy Crowley, explains the art of the leak in this report that first aired on "THE SITUATION ROOM."
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CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The White House spokesman parsed his way through most of the daily briefing.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Leaking classified information that could compromise our national security is something that is very serious.
CROWLEY: In the world of spin, there is an existential question. What is a leak?
MCCLELLAN: If it's in the public interest, it's another matter.
CROWLEY: The question comes up because of a court filing in the ongoing case of former White House aide Scooter Libby who says the President authorized the disclosure of intelligence information used as the basis for going to war. Nothing ties the President to the outing of a CIA agent. Nothing illegal about the President declassifying information or the White House giving it to the press. Notable, that the White House did not deny that's what happened. The problem is... GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES: If there's a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is.
CROWLEY: Which keeps Scott McClellan dancing on the head of a pin.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I mean there's a distinction here.
MCCLELLAN: No, if it's in the public interest it's important to be able to -- no, I didn't say that.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you leak something, he has no problems as long as it's not classified.
MCCLELLAN: That's not what I said, Martha. What I said is what I said. And you ought to listen to what I said.
CROWLEY: No dancing among democrats, just straight to the blunt instrument.
SEN. HARRY REID, (D-NV) MINORITY LEADER: So he, the President of the United States, must tell the American people whether the Bush's -- President Bush's oval office is the place where the buck stops or the leaks start.
CROWLEY: Leaking is an art form along the halls of power in your nation's capitol. Alexander Hamilton leaked treaty information to the British during 1794 negotiations. More recently, the Pentagon papers, Watergate, Iran Contra, Monica Lewinsky. Trivial leaks are usually inspired by ego or grudges in the "got-you" game. Serious leaks are usually about trying to drive the agenda. They are a part of governments. David Ensor gets his fair share covering intelligence matters for CNN.
DAVID ENSOR, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: The most common leaks are leaks that are officially sanctioned from higher-ups and are leaked to reporters who can be trusted not to say where they got it from and are designed to affect the policy wars that go on in this town.
CROWLEY: Leaks fuel the sometimes symbiotic relationship between the people who want the news and the people who want to shape the news. Paul Begala worked for President Clinton.
PAUL BEGALA, FORMER CLINTON AIDE: Hypothetically speaking, he'd call me in and say you tell -- go tell Candy Crowley at CNN that if that bill comes with those Medicaid cuts, I'm going to veto it. We're going to have to start all over again. Well, you want that out in the bloodstream, but it's a little less ominous and a little less of a commitment than if the President says it himself.
CROWLEY: President Bush declassified the material in the summer after the invasion of Iraq, at a time debate was raging about whether he misused intelligence to go to war. The idea was the material would bolster his case. Now, it deepens his troubles.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. President, what's your reaction to Scooter Libby's testimony?
CROWLEY: Candy Crowley, CNN, Washington.
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NGUYEN: And you want to join Wolf Blitzer in "THE SITUATION ROOM" weekdays at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, and for the live prime time edition at 7:00 p.m. Eastern.
HARRIS: And still ahead, one little boy's call for help considered a prank by a 911 operator. We'll tell you what went wrong straight ahead.
NGUYEN: And finding the perfect dress. This is what all girls think about before their high school prom. But it takes on a whole new meaning for many Gulf Coast teenagers. Good morning, Reynolds.
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Good morning. And we've got a beautiful day across much of the nation. Although we still have a few scattered showers and storms drifting through parts of central and south Florida. Right now, though, a live image from Miami looks to the north, and things look, for the time being, pretty good. But later on in the day, Miami, you're expecting a few rain drops and possibly a few storms.
We'll have more coming up in just a few moments right here on CNN.
NGUYEN: Dump trucks and work crews in Tennessee will be back out today clearing debris left by tornadoes that tore through parts of the state. It's a similar clean-up in many parts of the Southeast that were on the back end of that storm that whipped through.
HARRIS: In south Florida though, fire crews hope today's forecast will bring some rain, much-need rain, to help them get a handle on brush fires. Hundreds of acres of trees and grassy areas are just ruined. This morning fires are pretty much under control. That's the good news, but there is concern that lightning from thunderstorms could ignite more fires.
NGUYEN: And no more soggy greens. Today in Augusta, Georgia, the Masters golf tournament will pick up where it left off. Yesterday, Chad Campbell finished four holes before play was suspended, and he'll be on the fifth tee when the third round resumes in about a half hour.
HARRIS: El Tigre...
NGUYEN: The tiger.
HARRIS: ... in the hunt in Augusta. We're going to check weather. And Reynolds, help us here. We are having a hard, difficult time up here this morning. This is really throwing us.
WOLF: Bring it on, man. Bring it on.
NGUYEN: The whole outfit combo.
HARRIS: You know, this whole -- this is really -- we're having -- Hi, good morning.
NGUYEN: It's a good thing you didn't wear tan.
HARRIS: Yes.
WOLF: Well, I almost did. I came really close to.
HARRIS: Did you really?
WOLF: Yeah. I mean, we would have been the trifecta. I mean how weird would that have been?
HARRIS: Well, good to see you this morning as the voice of reason here.
WOLF: I'm telling you, man. It would have been really uncomfortable silence hearing each other...
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HARRIS: I'm telling you.
WOLF: Like the, you know, the bobsy triplets or something.
HARRIS: What were you thinking?
NGUYEN: Apparently the same thing you were thinking.
WOLF: You know, see? I'm the awful one. I'm the one who's not styling. I'm the uncool kid.
NGUYEN: No, you're the only smart one in the bunch, apparently.
WOLF: As if. All right. Well, let's show you what we have right now weather-wise. If you're, you know, going to be in south Florida, maybe central Florida, the thing you need to wear is not necessarily tan or even this. You need to be wearing some rain gear. Here's the reason why. Some scattered showers now drifting just south of Tampa, south of Orlando, just north of Port St. Lucie. We are expecting this to possibly intensify later on in the day -- maybe some severe storms. We're going to watch that for you very carefully.
Meanwhile, it's not rain that is the issue in parts of the central plains but rather the lack thereof. We have a fire danger that is in effect for parts of western Oklahoma, northern Texas -- very, very dry conditions there. Not an issue though in central and northern California. In the San Joaquin valley, northern half of your Sacramento, the Russian River, they could get some heavy rainfall.
But plenty of sunshine through the Great Lakes; a nice cool breeze coming off Lake Michigan; beautiful times in Chicago where temperatures today in Chicago will rise up into the 50s -- nice and brisk there -- 57 degrees. Sixty-one in Minneapolis; 54 for New York; 59 degrees in Washington, D.C.; Boston with 52; Atlanta, 68 degree; 77 in Dallas; Phoenix just two degrees shy from 90, 88 the expected high. That's a look at your forecast. Let's send it right back to you, twins -- tan twins.
HARRIS: It's just -- it's just disconcerting is what it is.
WOLF: It's good.
NGUYEN: Do you want me to say what I told you earlier?
HARRIS: What, what?
NGUYEN: He's like the older sister I never had Reynolds.
HARRIS: That's exactly what you wanted --
WOLF: I'm leaving. Wait, I don't want to hear any more of this.
HARRIS: That's exactly what you wanted to hear.
WOLF: This is just...
HARRIS: That's exactly what you want to hear from a great looking woman, isn't it?
NGUYEN: Look, you know what? You've just got to make fun of the situation. That's all you can do at this point. Right?
WOLF: Yeah.
HARRIS: That's exactly what I...
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WOLF: ... you can do. That's what you are doing. Absolutely.
HARRIS: Exactly what you want to hear.
WOLF: I guess.
NGUYEN: No more true sauce (ph) please, really. I mean come on.
HARRIS: Reynolds, thank you. Betty, Thank you.
WOLF: All right, man.
NGUYEN: Bye Reynolds.
HARRIS: I'm done.
NGUYEN: Talk to you soon.
HARRIS: To other news now. Listen to this story. The boy called 911 for help -- did the right thing. The dispatcher gave him a scolding. By the time the crews did arrive his mother was dead. This case is now headed to court. We get details from reporter Derrick Dennis of CNN's Detroit affiliate WDIV.
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ROBERT TURNER, SIX YEARS OLD: I just want my momma back is all. Is -- I'm not so happy.
DERRICK DENNIS, WDIV CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Six-year-old Robert Turner can at least talk about it now. His mother, 46-year-old Cheryl Turner died February 20th. Robert said she was passed out on the kitchen floor waiting for a 911 operator to help.
911 DISPATCHER: Emergency 911. What's the problem?
ROBERT TURNER: My mom had passed out.
DENNIS: That's Robert on the phone asking Detroit police to send somebody, anybody. But instead of getting officers and an ambulance on the way, the operator had questions.
911 DISPATCHER: Where's the grownups at?
ROBERT TURNER: (Inaudible)
911 DISPATCHER: Let me speak to her. Let me speak to her before I send the police over there.
ROBERT TURNER: I tried to tell them, she wouldn't talk.
DENNIS: Confused, traumatized, scared the operator would get him into trouble, Robert hung up and started playing around the house, thinking about his mom, hoping she'd wake up, not knowing she was dead.
ROBERT TURNER: You know, I thought she was passed out. But she was.
DENNIS: Robert was his mother's only hope. He knew how to dial 911, knew she needed help. He even called a second time and again was accused of playing around. His older sister Delana (ph) said the system failed them all.
DELANA (ph) TURNER: The dispatcher assumed that this was a prank call. And maybe they do get prank calls, I don't know. However, this was a child calling. There was no laughter, and he repeated what he was saying.
ROBERT TURNER: (inaudible).
911 DISPATCHER: I don't care. You shouldn't be playing on the phone. Now put her on the phone before I send the police out there to knock on the door, and you gonna be in trouble.
ROBERT TURNER: Ugh!!!
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HARRIS: Oh, man. It's tough to watch, isn't it?
NGUYEN: It's just...
HARRIS: Detroit's police chief issued this statement. The citizens of Detroit can be assured that our department is meticulously examining every aspect of what occurred. And if disciplinary action is recommended following the completion of the investigation, that is the course that will be taken.
Well we want to hear what you think about all of this. Should there be any disciplinary action for the 911 dispatcher? E-mail us your thoughts -- weekends@cnn.com.
NGUYEN: Well, it was a moment of hope for some Iraqis, but three years after Saddam Hussein's statue came crashing down, many wonder about the future of Iraq. Plus...
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MARISA WEST, PROM DRESS DONOR: Every girl deserves a prom. And I can't imagine not having a prom myself. So I figured out, you know, we're all the same no matter where we live. We are all 17, 18-year- old girls who are going through similar things and I wanted to help.
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NGUYEN: Yes, she did. One Maryland teenager makes a huge impact in the lives of girls along the Gulf Coast. We're going to explain how. That's ahead right here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
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HARRIS: Yeah, good morning everyone. The future of New Orleans reaches well beyond the city limits. Just ask the seven candidates seeking the mayor's post. They took part in a forum yesterday televised to Katrina evacuees in a half-dozen other cities. Rebuilding was of course a main topic, and potential voters were reminded that the April 22nd primary comes just weeks before the start of the next hurricane season.
NGUYEN: Well, all dressed up and somewhere to go. New Orleans -- this shipment of relief supplies is unlike any before. The cargo? Sequins, chiffon, and a bit of teenage normalcy. CNN Gulf Coast correspondent, Susan Roesgen, has more on the prom dress express.
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SUSAN ROESGEN, CNN GULF COAST CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In all the truck loads of relief supplies shipped down to the Gulf Coast after the hurricane, that cargo in this truck is not the first thing you might think a hurricane victim would need, unless you are a teenage girl. This is the prom dress express.
WEST: Every girl deserves a prom. And I can't imagine not having a prom myself. So I figured out, you know, we are all the same, no matter where we live. We are all 17, 18-year-old girls who are going through similar things. And I wanted to help.
ROESGEN: In Beltsville, Maryland, Marisa West got her friends and family together and started collecting dresses, shoes, handbags, you name it. When word got out, shipments came in from all across the country. Their goal was a hundred dresses. They wound up with ten times that many. So many the girls from New Orleans formed a human chain to get them all inside Cabrini High School.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Find anything you want sweetie.
ROESGEN: The school has 400 students. Most lost something, and some lost everything in the hurricane.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I know. Look how pretty.
ROESGEN: For Shannon Salmon, a pretty pink prom dress seemed almost too frivolous to wish for. But sometimes wishes come true.
SHANNON SALMON, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT: I have goose pumps. It's so touching, just because it's going to be so rememorable (ph) at prom. And just unbelievable. Words can't describe.
ROESGEN: The prom is May 12th. And Marisa West plans to come down from Maryland to meet the girls who will glow in her generosity.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want it. I want it. Ahh.
ROESGEN: Susan Roesgen, CNN, New Orleans.
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NGUYEN: Oh it's so nice to see those smiles. And be sure to watch CNN at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, 3:00 Central. Fredricka Whitfield will be speaking with the young lady you just saw in that piece, Marisa West, who organized the prom dress express.
HARRIS: CNN is proud to announce we just won our tenth Peabody Award for our Hurricane Katrina coverage. The judges wrote: No other national 24-hour news service provided more essential up-to-the-minute information for viewers, listeners and online users. CNN's continuous live coverage became a go-to channel for the most current news about Katrina and its effects. But our commitment and dedication to those affected by Hurricane Katrina does not stop there. We will continue to provide essential reporting on the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.
And just ahead, this towering figure came tumbling down three years ago today. But did the fall of the Saddam Hussein's statue crumble the hopes of Iraqi citizens?
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HARRIS: I really like her.
NGUYEN: Um-hum.
HARRIS: She is not just another crooner. We like her a lot. She is a lady on a mission. We'll hear about her spiritual awakening in our "FACES OF FAITH," the next hour.
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NGUYEN: Now in the news, bulldozers will be busy across the South today. The region is cleaning up from the latest round of tornadoes and storms. They left a path of destruction from Alabama to South Carolina. Tennessee was hit the hardest. Twelve people died, dozens more were injured.
HARRIS: Crews battling brush fires in south Florida could get some help from the weather today. The forecast calls for rain. Fires have burned hundreds of acres of trees and grassland. A fire near Yancey, Texas is under control and crews expect two other fires near Austin to be fully contained today. Calmer winds should keep the fires from spreading.
We should learn more today about a grisly mystery in Canada. The bodies of eight men were found in four cars in a remote farm in Ontario. There are reports the men were shot to death. Police haven't said much so far, but they're expected to hold a news conference later this morning.
A car plows through a concrete wall and plunges from a parking garage in Spokane, Washington. Police say the woman behind the wheel later died. Witnesses say they heard tires squealing just before the car landed upside down as you can see here on the street below.
NGUYEN: A triumphant moment in Iraq's history happened three years ago today with the toppling of a statue of Saddam Hussein. It wasn't just a public demonstration of defiance against the deposed leader, but also a symbol of the country's first giant step toward a democracy. CNN's Aneesh Raman has more.
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ANEESH RAMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As U.S. tanks rolled into Baghdad three years ago, the world watched with an unflinching gaze as newly liberated Iraqis proved a dictatorship had ended, Iraqis like Salman Ali doing what weeks before had been unthinkable.
SALMAN ALI, IRAQI (through translator): After the tanks came, one person said let's go and pull down the statue. People started chanting, running towards the statue. I saw that they tried to pull it down with a rope and then started asking for help from the U.S. military.
RAMAN: With that help down came the towering edifice of a tyrant no longer in power. And out came decades worth of pent-up anger among the people he had ruled by fear. It was to all a moment of new found hope.
ALI: When the statue was down, it was a decisive moment to me between the two eras, the era of the dictator and the era of a new Iraq. RAMAN: A prospect solidified months later when Saddam was captured, a disheveled shadow of his former self. Three years after Saddam Hussein's statue was torn off that pedestal after his regime fell, Saddam is now a defendant, facing charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. The trial has been chaotic at times, somber at others, meant as a way for Iraqis to come to terms with a brutal past that for Salman is now securely tucked away in these photographs and memories. But Salman also says the new Iraq is desperately struggling to stay together with Shias still coming under near daily attack, and the bodies of executed Sunnis being discovered at the same rate.
ALI: We are living in an unannounced civil war, but not all people are involved in this civil war. I'm still living next to my Sunni neighbor and we are trying our best to keep this away from our children but it's getting difficult.
RAMAN: Walking with Salman and his three sons in Ferdos Square, his face lights up. Sitting where he sat three years ago, then a moment of hope that the worst was behind Iraq. These days he fears that may not be the case.
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NGUYEN: Whether you were right there in Baghdad or in front of a television, the moment that statue came down is something most of us will not soon forget. Let's talk about what changed though since that time. Aneesh Raman joins us now live from Baghdad. Aneesh, let's go back to three years ago. There was a sense of hope when that statue came toppling down. Today has that hope turned into fear with all the insurgent and sectarian violence?
RAMAN: Betty, it has. When you talk to Iraqis out in the streets, they recall with fervor those moments after Saddam's regime fell, after the liberation. You'll recall it took some months for the insurgency here to really to take hold. The biggest issue back then was the looting, was the lack of sort of military police or Iraqi police out on the streets. But now Iraq really is at a cross roads in terms of where the country will go, how it will look three years from now. After the bombing of that Shia mosque in February, the dynamic has shifted. It's not just a Sunni dominated insurgency trying to battle against a Shia population. It is now a low-level in many respects civil strife where you have Shia revenge attacks against Sunnis. You have the Sunni insurgency against a Shia and you have a government that is still not yet to form. So Iraqis finding it difficult and more so every day to find hope -- Betty.
NGUYEN: In the midst of all of this, Aneesh, Saddam Hussein is still on trial. And what a roller coaster of a trial it has been. How are Iraqis viewing that? Are they taking it seriously or at this point, are they kind of writing it off?
RAMAN: The vast majority of Iraqis have already decided upon Saddam's guilt. They would like him executed sooner rather than later. At the start of the trial they were enraptured by it. They watched as the first witness testified in front of Saddam, vicariously living through that man. And then the chaos that soon came about in that courtroom really led many Iraqis to think it was more a spectacle rather than a legal proceeding. That has since settled down. The court seems to have found its stride. Documents have been presented. But a lot of Iraqis are still unclear as to how this process is unfolding, whether or not Saddam will face trial for all of the alleged atrocities, not simply just this first one, for what took place in July 1982. And many of them do feel that the trial has now come under as much control as it should and again, many of them feel Saddam should be executed as soon as humanly possible Betty.
NGUYEN: Keep watching the trial, Aneesh Raman in Baghdad, thanks for joining us today -- Tony.
HARRIS: Betty, let's stay overseas now. Polls are open across Italy today. About 47 million voters are eligible to choose a new government. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is fighting for his political life. And for the first time, Italians living in the U.S. and elsewhere overseas voted Thursday to select representatives to the Italian parliament. Expatriates are also voting in Peru's presidential election. U.S. relations with Peru are at sake. An anti-American former Army commander held a slight lead going into the balloting.
And it is a toast for Prince Charles and the duchess of Cornwall. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla celebrate their first wedding anniversary today. Congratulations
NGUYEN: Can't believe it's already been a whole year since that. I remember when we were reporting on that.
Well, it is a spiritual awakening for many.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Music is something fun.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There have always been these songs, just been like, oh that is exactly what I'm feeling. I'm so glad somebody wrote that song.
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NGUYEN: Don't you like it when you hear a song that really speaks to you? Dove Award winner Natalie Grant is that someone. We'll talk with her in just a few minutes about her new album "Awaken" and the experience that made her do just that.
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NGUYEN: Taking a look at our top stories today. In Iraq the bodies of five men were discovered today in three Baghdad neighborhoods. All of them showed signs of torture.
And three separate explosions killed three Iraqis and wounded eight policemen.
Dump trucks and clean-up crews are the order of the day in Tennessee. The death toll there is up to 12. A preliminary count shows as many 1600 homes damaged or destroyed in two counties east of Nashville. National Guard troops are helping with the clean-up.
A flood watch is posted in central California. Reservoirs are at capacity and levees are saturated. A landslide collapsed part of an earthen canal that supplies fresh water to five towns. Forecasters predict wet weather through next week.
HARRIS: There comes a time in each of our personal journeys when we get a clear sense of our purpose. For gospel singer songwriter Natalie Grant her reality check came when she was watched a scripted TV drama. It was an hour that ultimately changed her life. The album is appropriately titled "Awaken." Natalie Grant and John Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association are with us this morning. It's great to see you both. Good morning.
NATALIE GRANT, GOSPEL MUSIC VOCALIST OF YEAR: Good morning.
JOHN STYLL, PRES, GOSPEL MUSIC ASSN: Good morning. It's great to be here.
HARRIS: And Ms. Natalie, congratulations are in order for you. You took home your first Dove award in the -- this is a prestigious category, female vocalist. Let's listen to a bit of your acceptance speech. This is good.
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GRANT: God did not call me to be famous. He did not call me to have great notoriety. He did not call me to have a big career or to have a huge ministry. But he called me to be faithful. And I pray that I will continue to do that with this platform and with my life. May you be glorified, Jesus. Thank you.
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HARRIS: Natalie, Natalie, what are your thoughts in that moment? Looking at it now. You get a little goosebumpy there?
GRANT: I did. I did say that? That was good.
HARRIS: Let me ask you, this is a big deal for you. Was the hair -- did you like the hair, was the makeup right? Was the dress right? Did it all work for you that night?
GRANT: You know what it did, but at that moment I wasn't thinking about any of that. I was just amazed that my name had been called. I wasn't expecting it. And I didn't really have anything prepared to say. And I think when you're under pressure, sometimes it's whatever spills out of the heart is always better than if you try to plan something anyway.
HARRIS: You said you weren't called to be famous, but you were called to be faithful. Hmm, for you explain that. What does it mean for you to be faithful? GRANT: You know what? I think it's really kind of an awakening in my life of realizing that this life is not about me. It's not about living my life so that I can achieve my dreams and my goals and have the big house in the burbs. Because what does that really mean at the end of your life? Living your life for somebody else, the easy command that God gave to us love our neighbor as ourselves.
HARRIS: John, I have to ask you and Natalie I have a ton of questions for you. But John, let me ask to you respond to this quote. You say gospel music isn't your grandfather's music anymore. It is music with a message. And you don't have to change your musical tastes to enjoy it. What you are saying to us here John?
STYLL: There's gospel music for every single taste. Gospel music is not so much a musical style as it is a message. And it's the content, the lyrics that define this gospel. We have everything from bluegrass to punk rock, something for everyone.
HARRIS: So John you don't have to conform to a traditional sense of gospel whether it's southern gospel, whether it's what we think of as black traditional gospel? You don't have to conform these days?
STYLL: Well, those are certainly forms of gospel music and they are time-honored revered forms. In fact they are their own musical style, southern and black gospel, but we have Christian rock and we have literally we have Christian punk music. We have bluegrass, country, just anything you like musically, we have something for you.
HARRIS: Natalie, I have to ask you about the moment that sort of -- I don't know if you defines your course but it certainly perhaps redefines your course. Talk to us about this episode of "Law and Order" that you saw and the trip that sprang from it.
GRANT: I love that show but I definitely didn't think it would ever change my life. They did an episode on something called human trafficking. I'm ashamed to admit I never heard of it before. But I was watching this portrayal of children being brought to America in cages for the purposes of sexual exploitation. And something that happened inside of me. I began to research it and I found out that over 10 million children in the world have been sold into sexual slavery. If you have a heart beating on the inside of you, you can not turn away from the most innocent among us being ravaged in this way.
And to make a long story short, ended up going to India, where I saw some of these things firsthand, children as young as four and five years of age forced to prostitute themselves. And, you know, it was one of those defining moments in my life that was like this is kind of what I'm here for. It isn't so that I can make a name for myself. It isn't so that I can have a number one song on the chart. All of those things are great and wonderful and they enable me to do what I do on a daily basis, but it's to use that platform for something greater than myself and to walk out (ph) true religion, which is helping those that may not otherwise help themselves.
HARRIS: Let me ask you to explain this -- expand on this a little bit Natalie. This has really been a pivotal season for me in my artistic and creative journey.
GRANT: Well, I think that trip and realizing all that was kind of happening in the world and how do I fit into that? What is God's plan for me? How do I make an impact on the world? It was kind of a waking up to the fact that this is not about me. This life isn't about me. It's not about that selfish pursuit. But it's about, at the end of my life what do I want to be remembered for? I want to be remembered as somebody who gave their life away and didn't come to be served but came to serve.
HARRIS: And John, one last question for you. This woman sitting next to you, gospel vocalist of the year. What do you think?
STYLL: I think it's well-deserved and it's about time. I think she has been feeling like the Susan Lucci of Christian music and this was finally her year. And I think everyone, the audience reaction showed they were great approval of this choice.
HARRIS: John Styll, Natalie Grant, great to see you both, great to talk to you and the best moving forward. We appreciate it. Thanks for your time.
GRANT: Thank you so much.
NGUYEN: Love that she found that sense of purpose that we are all looking for.
The hits keep coming for the fab five this morning but it's not pop music, folks. Oh no, it is swing. We are talking about the masters, that kind of swing. We will take you live to Augusta next.
HARRIS: And as we go to break, more from Natalie Grant.
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HARRIS: It's going to be a long day at Augusta, GA thanks to the storm shortened third round of the masters golf tournament and the top five masters of the game. This is the leader board for you, are within striking distance of the leader, Chad Campbell. CNN's Larry Smith is live at Augusta national. Larry, good morning.
LARRY SMITH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning and wide awake this morning. It will be a long day today, a lot of waiting on Saturday. But we are happy to say though very slim chance of there being only a fifth Monday finish in the 70-year history of the masters. No rain in the forecast. Right now it's breezy, about 48 degrees here in Augusta. The winds are going to diminish and get about 70 degrees as it's the high about the time when the leaders tee off for the final round at about 3:00 this afternoon.
Well, let's talk about the leader though. Chad Campbell, he only was out on the course for less than an hour on Saturday thanks to that weather delay of more than four hours but he is still the leader, six under par. He went birdie birdie to get to eight under par and then went bogey bogey back down to six under. He has a one shot lead right now. He is trying to win his first major of his career. Just a couple years ago was named as the top up and rising star of the PGA tour, certainly he can solidify that with a victory here in his first career green jacket.
When you talk about green jackets, you have to talk about Tiger woods. He already has won four of them, defending champion last year. He had a feeling of deja vu. A year ago Tiger made a great run on a weather-delayed third round on Sunday morning. He played 27 holes on Sunday and went from almost nowhere up to the victory beating Chris DiMarco in a play off and yet again, Tiger, here he is now three shots off the lead. He gained a couple of shots on Saturday in his brief moment out there and now 27 holes to go as he tries to get a green jacket. If he can get a win, fifth green jacket, one shy of Jack Nicklaus, 11th career major. He'll be seven shy of Nicklaus, the man he idolized as a boy.
Let's check the leader board very quickly. Campbell, as I mentioned before, he is at 6 under par. Vijay Singh is right there. In fact I think Tony mentioned a moment ago the top five ranked players in the world are all in the top -- within inside the 10 players -- included in the 10 players who are within four shots of the lead. Phil Mickelson also the 2004 champion is right there as well, long day ahead. Tony, let's go back to you.
HARRIS: Hey, Larry, and just quickly, this will be something if Tiger could come back and win this thing. We know he's playing with a heavy heart. His dad is not well, correct?
SMITH: Right. His dad is battling prostate cancer. It's been well documented the past few weeks. He did say before the Masters that would have no problems dropping everything including the Masters and a chance to defend his title if his dad needed him back in California. He is here. Play is just now resuming just a couple of moments ago. And so certainly -- but we do wish the Woods family well.
HARRIS: Man, that's a leader board for you. Boy, Larry Smith in Augusta. Boy, this is going to be quite -- you got to get your, you know, comfort foods, sit in front of the television. This is one of those days.
NGUYEN: And just watch. That's all you're going to be doing today. And the great thing is Reynolds Wolf is joining us right now. The weather is going to be just terrific.
WOLF: It should be OK out there. We are expecting just the opposite of yesterday. We're expecting a great deal of sunshine. Those temperatures are going to be warming up to 68 degrees, perfect to get out there and enjoy the azaleas and the sunshine, all that. Tony, by the way, are you a golfer?
HARRIS: Yes, sir.
NGUYEN: Is he a golfer? Give me a break.
HARRIS: I'm in my caddy gear today.
NGUYEN: Obviously me, too.
WOLF: The only place I go golfing has the big windmills and the big orange --
NGUYEN: Right, miniature golf courses. I'm right there with you.
WOLF: That's my style.
HARRIS: Note to Reynolds, that's not golf.
NGUYEN: For us, it is.
WOLF: There's a bit of news for me today. If you are trying to play some golf in central Florida, south Florida, you have a chance of some scattered showers. This is the line that came through parts of the southeast bringing all the rough stuff. It is much weaker but it could effect places like Miami where we have a live image out of Miami this morning where conditions for the time being looking pretty good. This may or may not be music to your ears. Who is that, by the way? Listen to that, Frank Sinatra. Boy, that voice is like syrup isn't it, absolutely beautiful.
And we've got beautiful conditions across the central plain state. However, there is one big issue we're going to be dealing with especially in Texas and in Oklahoma it is too dry, too dry that we have a fire danger in effect for those areas. So we're going to keep a really close eye on that. Just the opposite conditions in central and northern California where they are just soaked with so much rainfall. They don't need a drop more but it appears that more rain is on the way.
Windy conditions for the desert southwest, plenty of sunshine into the great lakes, nice and cool. Chicago is going to be just spectacular today with high temperatures warming up all the way into the 50s. For the northeast, for New York, for Boston, nice and cool and sunny. Temperatures mainly in the 50s. Washington, DC, 59 degrees. Atlanta has 68 degrees, a beautiful, beautiful day in the southeast. New Orleans, 73. That is a look at your forecast. And I'm sorry, I disagree. To me putt-putt, that's golf. That's the real deal.
NGUYEN: That's the only golf I know.
WOLF: Exactly.
HARRIS: All right.
NGUYEN: You should school us in the art of golf.
HARRIS: Absolutely. But a great day for the kings of swing in Augusta. That's going to be fun. Reynolds, thank you.
WOLF: All right. You bet.
NGUYEN: But don't head outside just yet. Stay tuned because the next hour of CNN SUNDAY MORNING begins in just a moment.
HARRIS: More Natalie Grant for you this morning.
NGUYEN: Unfortunately, no day of rest for many across the southeast. People are digging out from rubble left behind after a series of tornadoes. In Tennessee, 12 people were killed in Friday's storms. Yesterday, severe weather and tornadoes hop scotched across Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
Well, this is what they're dealing with in parts of Florida. The sunshine state is hoping for rain today to help battle brush fires that have burned hundreds of acres. There have been reports of evacuations but so far no reports of homes being damaged. Rain is in today's forecast.
HARRIS: Three years to the day since the statue of Saddam Hussein came tumbling down, it is called Freedom Day in Iraq but there has been no freedom from valence. The military says U.S. troops killed eight suspected insurgents and at least five roadside bombs exploded in and around Baghdad killing three Iraqis.
In Italy, voters are deciding whether an ally to President Bush will stay or go. Premier Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's richest man. He has been in office for five years. That makes him Italy's longest- serving head of state since World War II.
NGUYEN: Crowds celebrate Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. This is the beginning of holy week. Pope Benedict led the Catholic faithful into his first Easter season as pontiff.
Welcome back to Earth with a flip of the latch. Brazil's first astronaut along with a Russian and an American returned from the International Space Station. The Russian space capsule landed in Kazakhstan.
Good morning, everybody. No, you're not seeing things.
HARRIS: We're in our spring colors. What of it? What of it?
NGUYEN: Who knows why? Good morning from the CNN Center. This is CNN SUNDAY MORNING, it is April 9th, 8:00 a.m. here in Atlanta, and 7:00 a.m. in the heartland. I'm Betty Nguyen.
HARRIS: Sometimes the wires get all crossed here.
NGUYEN: We just know each other too well, we are starting to think alike and dress alike. It is obviously a bad thing.
HARRIS: Good morning, everyone. I'm Tony Harris, thank you for putting up with this. Coming up this morning it's a story you have to see and hear to believe. A fast-talking escaped convict is still on the run this morning after bluffing his way through a close encounter with the police.
Also athletes who highlight their abilities despite their disabilities. We'll talk about vet games in our soldiers story this morning. And speaking of inspiring athletes we'll introduce you to the U.S. Olympic sport woman of the year. The 16-year-old is a world-class swimmer and she is one teen out to change the world.
NGUYEN: Well the cleanup after the storm across the south. Today people are picking through what's left of their homes and their lives. Tornadoes and storms that pounded the region left a dozen people dead in Tennessee. Some of the worst damage was in Gallatin, which is northeast of Nashville. To the west, the town of Charlotte was also in the eye of the storm. Details from CNN's Amanda Rosseter.
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AMANDA ROSSETER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Here in Charlotte, Tennessee about 40 miles due west of Nashville the storm hit hard and the damage is extensive. Homeowners here spent the morning assessing what's left and picking through the debris. And there is plenty of that. This man's trailer was demolished and he saw two funnel clouds crisscross just above him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It had trees in it, and a lot of debris and tin and stuff, just like -- and it wasn't dark. It was white. It was like a light gray cloud, the one that came over them. The other one that came, it was dark. This one that come over the house here, you can see all the trees, it pulled trees up out of the ground, it was light, and it touched down right there.
ROSSETER: And at R.A. Dukes, a landmark and favorite local store, nothing is left but an incredible story of survival from the family. As they headed to the basement with customers, the tornado picked up the store and took their mother with it. Miraculously she survived.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It got here fast, and it come in down on top of us. My mother went flying, and bless his heart, Brian, I can't think of his last name right now, grabbed her, and held -- if he hadn't have grabbed her, she'd have been gone. They were swirling in the air and ended up underneath all this stuff right here, and it just sucked them up. We were going -- we were down in the basement. He was right behind me. My mother was coming.
ROSSETER: The Duke family say they will rebuild with the outpouring of help from this community. A community that is in pieces.
Amanda Rosseter, CNN in Charlotte, Tennessee.
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HARRIS: Several other states are digging out from the mess left by the tornadoes and storms. A view from the air show some of the destruction in Alabama, homes and buildings were damaged and there were several injuries. The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down in Kentucky yesterday. Dozens of mobile homes were destroyed. Four people were hurt. Bulldozers will be busy clearing away debris again today in Georgia. Four twisters hit the state. The storms knocked out electricity to tens of thousands of customers. In South Carolina three tornadoes touched down in the Charleston area. One person was injured.
NGUYEN: Now some other stories across America, beginning in Detroit, Michigan, this 6-year-old boy called 911 for help when his mother collapsed. But instead of a quick response, Robert Turner got a scolding. The dispatcher apparently thought it was a prank even after Robert called back a second time. Well, by the time the crews did arrive, 46-year-old Sheryl Turner was dead. An attorney for the family says he will file a lawsuit on their behalf. Detroit police say the 911 operator has not been disciplined because the investigation is ongoing.
HARRIS: The city's police chief issued this statement, "The citizens of Detroit can be assured that our department is meticulously examining every aspect of what occurred, and if disciplinary action is recommended following the completion of the investigation, then that is the course that will be taken."
In Spokane, Washington, a motorist there sailed through the wall of a parking deck and plunged five stories to the sidewalk below. Look at that. The 62-year-old driver later died. Police aren't sure how she lost control of the vehicle.
In New Orleans, seven of the candidates seeking the mayor's office reached out to voters beyond the city limits. They took part in a forum televised to Katrina evacuees in about a half dozen other cities. Rebuilding was of course a main topic and they were reminded that the April 22nd primary comes just weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
I love this story. Birthday suits are often the attire around Hugh Hefner. Today there may be a cake as well.
NGUYEN: Uh-oh. Who's coming out of that cake? I'm afraid to ask.
HARRIS: I give two you guesses. The founder of "Playboy" Magazine turns 80 years old today. He says he feels better now than he did 10 or 15 years ago. Hefner founded "Playboy" in 1953.
NGUYEN: Fun times for the Hugh-man.
HARRIS: Great articles. Just wonderful articles.
NGUYEN: Also a little more than we need to know about you, Mr. Harris.
HARRIS: Great reporting.
NGUYEN: Just the articles, all right.
Caught on tape, a chance encounter with an escaped convict on the run. Take a look.
You won't believe what Richard Lee McNair did to slip out of police hands for a third time. You have to see this story. WOLF: We had some rough weather over the last couple of days. The tail end of that is now moving through parts of central and south Florida but still for the time being things in Miami look awfully nice. Here's a great shot we have for you this morning. Kind of hazy out there but you see some rain clouds forming up to the north. Got to love Frank Sinatra and got to love CNN. We are going to have more coming up in just a few minutes.
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Does a 3,000- year-old spa in Italy hold the key to the fountain of youth? Dr. Nicholas Fortunati thinks so, he is the director of one of the many spas in Italy's Tuscany region that claim their waters have anti-aging and healing properties.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You achieve a special sense of well being.
COSTELLO: He says the hydrogen sulfate is good for your heart and that you can drink the waters to purify your liver. Some doctors are skeptical.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't think there's really science or medical evidence or fact that the composition of the water does anything particularly healing for us but I think the whole idea of a hot spring is not so much dipping your toes in a magical water and getting better but I think it's the investment in yourself to come to hot springs to be healthy.
COSTELLO: Dr. Drew recommends his patients use the Colorado Glenwood hot springs for swimming and exercise.
Carol Costello, CNN.
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NGUYEN: Ahh, "you make me feel so young." You make me feel so young. You've got to be to hit the beach in Miami. Good morning, Miami. We'll have your complete weather forecast in about ten minutes from now. First a check of the top stories for the day.
Many people across parts of the south they are cleaning up and picking up the pieces from a wave of tornadoes and severe storms. In Tennessee dump trucks have been brought in to haul away debris. Now those storms left 12 people dead in that state.
Today marks the third anniversary of a milestone in Iraq. Take a look. Remember this? How could you forget the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in a Baghdad square?
The golfers are out early at Augusta National. The third round of the Masters was cut short by rain yesterday. Players are finishing that round and playing the fourth and final round today. Chad Campbell held a one-stroke lead when play resumes this morning.
HARRIS: America's most wanted put it out there and now a national manhunt is on for a brazen escaped convict. It is a story, prepared for Paula Zahn now. Here's CNN's Susan Roesgen.
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ROESGEN (voice over): Driving along a quiet country road in western Louisiana, a small town policeman spotted a man jogging along the railroad tracks. A convicted killer had escaped from a nearby federal prison. And officer Carl Boardlawn (ph) wanted to know who this guy was.
RICHARD MCNAIR: I'm at the hotel; we're working on the houses and stuff like that.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What it is, we've got an escapee.
MCNAIR: Where from?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Prison.
MCNAIR: There's a prison here?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
ROESGEN: The man Officer Boardlawn (ph) stopped gave his name as Robert Jones. In fact his real name was Richard McNair. McNair had been serving a life sentence for killing a man in Minot, North Dakota during a burglary in 1987. He had broken out of prison twice before and on Wednesday he escaped in a mail van. But Boardlawn (ph) said he had seen a fuzzy fax of an older picture of McNair so he calls the dispatcher to ask for a description and McNair plays along.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is Carl. Subject wears glasses? What kind of eyes you got?
MCNAIR: Green, kind of purple.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Turquoise blue? Yes.
MCNAIR: Want me to give me some more?
ROESGEN: Officer Boardlawn (ph) tells McNair that the description matches him and McNair laughs it off, fooling the cop into letting him go.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When I crossed the tracks down there, I saw you running, I said well, how lucky can I be?
MCNAIR: Nope, nope, nope, I'm not going to prison to escape.
BOARDLAWN: Just call 911, that's all you got to do, get a hold of us.
MCNAIR: Have a good day now. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Take care, buddy. All right.
ROESGEN: Now officers armed with machine guns are combing the woods to find the convict who got away, and the local mayor says he made the decision to release this video as embarrassing as it is, hoping someone might see him.
MAYOR ROY HEBRON, BALL, LOUISIANA: To make sure no doubt that if you see this individual, our video, you seen him on our video then you knew who he looked like. And that way, it helps all of us catch this individual a whole lot quicker.
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HARRIS: Well the U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 award for any information that leads to the arrest of Richard Lee McNair. The tip line number is 866-641-tips.
NGUYEN: Are you ready for this, Tony? Up next, take a listen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've been Rockin', hey, hey, you got me rockin'
NGUYEN: Got you rockin', we'll have you rockin' as east meets west as the Rolling Stones shake up Shanghai.
Plus this --
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, my gosh! It just blew their house away.
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NGUYEN: Oh, my gosh, I think I'd be yelling something else. Would you be that calm if you saw something like that coming towards you, blowing a house away? Well, meet the amateur photographer who caught this stunning image next hour as CNN SUNDAY MORNING continues in just a moment.
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NGUYEN: Every year "Teen People" Magazine highlights 20 teens who will change the world, weather they are fighting poverty or fighting crime on the Internet, these teens are making a huge difference in the lives of others. Proving you're never too young to do amazing things. These remarkable young men and women are featured in "Teen People's" April issue. You want to check out.
Now earlier I spoke with Katie Hoff, just named 2005 Sports Woman of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Well good morning Katie. The first thing I want to ask you is you've done so much in swimming especially last year in 2005, what a record year for you that has been. How did you get interested in swimming? KATIE HOFF, OLYMPIC SWIMMER: I think when I was younger, I was in a neighborhood team and one of my really good friends was doing it and I thought it looked like a lot of fun so I decided to try it.
NGUYEN: Wow, a lot of fun turned into you becoming the youngest athlete on the 2004 Olympic swimming team. What was that like?
HOFF: That was just amazing. It was really a dream come true for me, because I wanted to do that since I was 10. To do that when I was 15, it was so amazing.
NGUYEN: You've said that you didn't accomplish all of your goals at that Olympics in 2004, but I have to tell you, in 2005 and you know this very well, you set an American record in the 200-meter, and U.S. Open record in the 400-meter took home three gold medals at the world championships. What did you gain in 2005 that you didn't have in 2004?
HOFF: I think it was really the experience, just knowing the pressures and the kind of the international elites are, I learned how to handle that, and just kind of relax and have fun.
NGUYEN: That's the key, just kind of relax and do what you know to do. In fact, the 2005 Sportswoman of the Year, that is you, the U.S. Olympic Committee has named you Sportswoman of the Year. That's quite an honor. What does that feel like?
HOFF: That really was a shock and an honor. I couldn't believe it when they told me, because just so many great athletes have been named that and to be part of that is just truly an honor.
NGUYEN: That's got to be a huge boost for your confidence.
HOFF: Yes.
NGUYEN: So what's next for you? I'm reading the information on you, and what you've done and what you will be doing. You signed a ten-year deal with Speedo, the longest in the swimwear's history. You also have been named one of the "Teen People" Magazine's 20 teenagers who are going to change the world, done so much already. With that said, what do you feel that you're doing to change the world?
HOFF: I feel like I'm trying to, you know, something really important as far as water safety for kids that get in the water and not be afraid to swim, and I feel like you know, doing as well as I've done kids can look and see how much fun it is and hopefully want to get into the sport.
NGUYEN: Next on the agenda I imagine is the 2008 summer Olympics?
HOFF: Is what?
NGUYEN: Next on your agenda, the summer Olympics 2008?
HOFF: It's definitely a goal. I have to qualify in 2008, but if I do, then that's definitely what I'm working for right now.
NGUYEN: After what you've done I'm sure that you are headed that way.
HOFF: Thank you.
NGUYEN: Let me ask you, aside from swimming, obviously that's been a big part of your life and you've done so well at it. Is there anything else that you want to accomplish career-wise?
HOFF: I really like writing and journalism.
NGUYEN: It's a good career, let me tell you.
HOFF: Yes. So hopefully after swimming I can get into that kind of field.
NGUYEN: Well it sounds like you can do just about anything you set your mind to.
HOFF: Thanks.
NGUYEN: Thanks for spending a little time with us today and best of luck with all that you do, both swimming and outside of that.
HOFF: Thank you.
NGUYEN: Take care.
What a great teenager. Now each teenager receives a $1,000 scholar ship from L'Oreal, Paris. You want to join us next Saturday when we talk to more teens who are change the world.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You start me up I'll never stop.
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HARRIS: Is that the only song that you recorded a little bit of when you go to a Stones concert and you want to put a little bit on television.
NGUYEN: It's all we ever hear.
HARRIS: OK, well after more than 40 years, maybe you just say "Brown Sugar." The Rolling Stones rocked the Far East in the first ever concert in Mainland China. The legendary Sir Mick and the boys, quite a crowd, 8,000 in Shanghai, and they could make a grown man cry. You hear how appreciative the fans were.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can't get no satisfaction.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Rock and roll! (END VIDEO CLIP)
HARRIS: Here's the thing you can't always get what you want. The Chinese government censored some of the songs on the play list saying they were inappropriate, "Honky Tonk Women" and "Brown Sugar" excised from the play list.
NGUYEN: So they changed the lyrics?
HARRIS: No, couldn't play them. I don't have a list but three other songs.
NGUYEN: No doubt the fans are going to be singing them regardless. Those guys looked like they could try out for "American Idol."
WOLF: Absolutely.
NGUYEN: It's a beautiful thing.
WOLF: We're seeing much better weather across the country, compared to what we've had.
HARRIS: We needed a break. We really did.
WOLF: We really did. With the exception of parts of Florida, just parts of Florida and parts of the west coast, we're looking pretty good.
NGUYEN: Love to hear that.
WOLF: Let's start off with Miami, we had a beautiful shot. Sometimes a beautiful shot, you just got to keep going back to it. Look at this.
HARRIS: It's good. It's good.
NGUYEN: Fog?
HARRIS: More Sinatra and a little fog there?
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HARRIS: And still ahead Massachusetts takes a major step toward health care for all. Is it a prescription that could come to your state in find out next hour.
NGUYEN: Up next, "House Call" with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Elizabeth Cohen is in for Sanjay this morning taking a closer look at medical alternatives like acupuncture and massage. Find out if they're effective when it comes to treating pain.
HARRIS: More from the Rolling Stones.
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