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Pope Addresses Speech That Ignited Muslim Outrage; At Least 23 Killed in Series of Bomb Attacks in Kirkuk; Authorities Arrest Suspect in Text-Message Kidnapping
Aired September 17, 2006 - 07:00 ET
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RICK SANCHEZ, CNN ANCHOR: "Now in the News," the leader of the Catholic Church tries to diffuse Muslim outrage throughout the world. This past hour, Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance since igniting the anger in a speech Tuesday.
Three minutes from now, a closer look with Faith and Values Correspondent Delia Gallagher.
Also, in Kirkuk, Iraq, a series of bomb attacks killed at least 23 people, wounded more than 65. Officials say the victims were police and civilians.
A live report just minutes away on this.
And the number of E. coli cases linked to tainted spinach reaches 102, plus one fatality. And a health warning expands to include all fresh spinach, not just the prepackaged type. Investigators say they have traced the outbreak to a California company. They're still searching, though, for the source of the bacteria.
SUSAN ROESGEN, CNN ANCHOR: A text message sent by a kidnapped 14-year-old girl leads to her rescue. The police found the girl in a hand-dug booby-trapped bunker about a mile from her home in South Carolina. Now they're searching for a suspect.
The full story is minutes away.
Caught on tape. This is one of several tornadoes skipping across eastern South Dakota. Local media report at least two homes damaged. The area has been under a tornado watch all weekend.
And now to Bonnie Schneider for a quick check of your weather -- Bonnie.
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ROESGEN: We do run down the top stories every 15 minutes here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING, with in-depth coverage all morning long. Your next check of the headlines is coming up at 7:15 Eastern.
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POPE BENEDICT XVI: (SPEAKING ITALIAN)
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SANCHEZ: Words everyone seems to be watching. Following an angry reaction from many Muslims to his speech last week in Germany, Pope Benedict spoke out a short time ago.
We're going to talk to our faith and values correspondent, Delia Gallagher, in just a moment.
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It is September 17th.
Good morning. I'm Rick Sanchez.
ROESGEN: And I'm Susan Roesgen, filling in again this morning for Betty Nguyen.
Thanks for waking up with us.
SANCHEZ: So, here we are. The pope speaks now of regrets, but what did he mean? And is the Muslim world listening to him?
Now, here's what's going on right now. This past hour, Pope Benedict XVI confronted the Muslim outrage that he ignited Tuesday. Muslims worldwide have been offended by the pope's words which they say accused their faith of being just violent.
There have been protests. There have been some cases of violence.
Let's take a closer look at the pontiff's remarks last hour with CNN's faith and values correspondent, Delia Gallagher.
Delia, thanks so much for getting on a plane and flying down here. And take us -- take us through this.
Let's start with the interpretation of what's being said. Do we have a definitive sense of what he said? Because I know it's gone through a couple of different languages.
DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN FAITH AND VALUES CORRESPONDENT: Well, of course he's speaking in Italian, but the Vatican does releases an official English translation in which they say he's deeply sorry for his reactions to the comments.
SANCHEZ: Yes.
GALLAGHER: And the Italian -- there' a word ramaticato (ph). It's a word which suggests sorrow and almost remorse for what has occurred as a result of his comments.
SANCHEZ: Let's go, using this, what the Holy See is saying. And this is what they have put out. They say, "I wish also to add that I am deeply sorry for the reactions."
So he's not saying he's deeply sorry for what he said, he's deeply sorry for the reaction what he said has caused.
GALLAGHER: Yes. Well, because I think...
SANCHEZ: There's a difference.
GALLAGHER: Absolutely. And I think he feels he's been fundamentally misunderstood. You know?
I mean, this is the problem, that he doesn't feel that what he said was truly wrong, or offensive, because he thinks it was in this larger context. But the problem is that the larger context can't be understood in this world of sound bites and so on. And so he didn't feel that he was understood in fullness. So...
SANCHEZ: But likely this will not play as well as one would think in the Muslim world, because they're going to say, you still haven't apologized, Pontiff.
GALLAGHER: Yes. I would say that, you know, it's unusual for the Vatican to come out three times on the same topic since -- Thursday, the Vatican spokesman; Saturday, the secretary of state, which is the highest diplomatic post; and today, the pope again addressing the issue. I mean, I think they're making it clear that he is very upset and sorry for this brouhaha. But, that he would then go and say, I'm sorry for what I said would have to imply in some way that he disagreed with what he said, and I don't think that he does.
SANCHEZ: He's a powerful man.
This seems to go back to the very thing that you told us about this at the time of his election. He's a very different man from Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II seemed to be a man who massaged his words. This is not a man who massages his words.
GALLAGHER: Right. Yes.
No, I mean, you know, they were both intellectuals, as it were. But John Paul II had that -- more actor feel, and he had that kind of -- he was aware of the emotional impact that he had. And I think Pope Benedict -- and I think it's very indicative that, you know, until he was elected pope, he was -- he was planning to retire and go study and write books. You know, he wanted an intellectual life.
And I think that now the challenge for him is to realize that he can't really have that 100 percent, and that any time he does use examples like the ones he used in Tuesday's speech, it is going to ripple around the world. And he probably has to take that on board a little bit more.
SANCHEZ: What do you expect this will lead to? You follow these people. You talk to them. You have a lot of sources there.
What will happen next?
GALLAGHER: I think that he'll pull back a little bit from these intellectual talks and try to be a little bit more of the people, and somewhat more in the vein of John Paul II, perhaps. But I think it will be difficult for him, because I think he's a man who enjoys this kind of discussion. But you can't have it in today's world.
SANCHEZ: Right.
GALLAGHER: So it's tough.
SANCHEZ: Delia Gallagher, thanks so much. Interesting, fascinating discussion. We'll be following it.
Thanks for coming down -- Susan.
ROESGEN: And we do want to hear what you think about the pope's comments on Islam. Is an apology needed or is the controversy much ado about nothing?
You can e-mail us. The address is weekends@cnn.com.
Meanwhile, another bloody day in Iraq. Dozens of people dead and injured after a series of back-to-back car bombings in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
CNN's Cal Perry is in Baghdad -- Cal.
CAL PERRY, CNN BAGHDAD BUREAU CHIEF: Good morning to you, Susan.
In a period of less than three hours, four car bombs exploding in the city of Kirkuk. What we understand from police at this point, at least 23 people are dead, some 66 others wounded.
It all started about 10:00 a.m. The first car bomb exploding outside the criminal investigation building there. Ten minutes after that, a second car bomb outside of an NGO that actually works on children's issues in Kirkuk.
Twenty minutes following that, an explosion outside a mosque. And just about two hours ago, at this point, the fourth and final explosion on a busy downtown street in Kirkuk.
Again, 23 people dead, at least 66 others wounded. It's worth mentioning ironically enough three weeks ago to the day, three car bombs exploded in Kirkuk at right around the same time on that day. The target was the offices of president Jalal Talabani. In addition to being the Iraqi president, he is also the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. On that day, at least 11 people dead.
But certainly things heating up in Kirkuk. In three weeks at least seven car bombs -- Susan.
ROESGEN: Now, Cal, the number is almost numbing. Just about every day last week we had more reports of more bodies found. As you mentioned, more people murdered, 60 one day, 20 the next, 40 the next day.
How do people there cope with all that? PERRY: Well, really, here in Iraq, the barometer for sectarian violence are bodies found. And as you said, the numbers are, quite frankly, staggering.
In the past 48 hours, at least 67 bodies found. Since Tuesday, more than 170.
We heard from Baghdad police that last month, 1,500 bodies found, all of those, they say, signs of sectarian violence. They showed signs of torture. Some were simply executed.
To put it in perspective, Baghdad has a similar population to a U.S. city of, say, Philadelphia or Dallas. So you can imagine what would happen in an American city if 1,500 bodies turned up in one month.
You ask, how do people cope? Quite frankly, they fend for themselves.
We do see neighborhoods at night pulling trees across the roads, neighbors relying on neighbors to defend their own neighbors. This is a growing trend here on the ground -- Susan.
ROESGEN: OK. Keep your head down, Cal. Thank you very much, reporting live for us today in Baghdad -- Rick.
SANCHEZ: This just in. The Associated Press is reporting that police in South Carolina just moments ago, in fact, have captured a suspected sexual predator that was wanted in the kidnapping of a teenager.
This is a story we were prepared to bring you as we prepared this newscast. A 14-year-old girl found yesterday after her call for help reached her mom by text message.
We get this story now from Dan Tordjman of affiliate WIS, who filed this report obviously before this capture we heard of just moments ago.
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DAN TORDJMAN, REPORTER, WIS (voice over): Fifteen feet deep, nearly twice as long. Authorities say this is the tunnel Elizabeth Shoaf was forced into by kidnapper Vinson Filyaw.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We found, of course, food and clothing. You know, propane cylinders.
TORDJMAN: Complete with cooking appliances and a makeshift pantry. WIS getting an inside look at what deputies say is one of four bunkers built by Filyaw. Officials also finding hand grenades and flare guns. Each underground home camouflaged by leaves and branches.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a criminal sexual conduct going on -- Vinson Filyaw. Before this incident we had been chasing him in this area, of course. He just kind of disappeared on us. We had not been able to find him, until we find out why.
Of course, he had built these bunkers in the woods. And that's where he had been living. Nobody has seen him. It's just like he dropped off the face of the earth.
TORDJMAN: But when authorities found Shoaf, she was above ground, standing frozen at the top of the bunker.
GERALDINE WILLIAMS, MISSING GIRL'S AUNT: She's doing fine. And I really have no details as to where they found her or anything like that. But she is fine, she's alive, and god did bring her home. And she was not a runaway.
TORDJMAN: A point stressed by family for nearly 10 days, wanting to know why authorities wouldn't put out an Amber Alert.
(on camera): Why wasn't the Amber Alert issued?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, it did not meet the criteria, number one. They did not leave the house. They've been within a half-mile of her house the whole time. You know, there's -- we had absolutely nothing to lead us to believe that she had left this area.
TORDJMAN: How about the fact that there was a known sex offender in the area?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, we had -- we've had several in here and we've cleared them out, you know?
TORDJMAN: OK. I mean, do you feel OK about the way the case unfolded? I mean, do you wish...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sure, I do. We all hate that we couldn't have done it quicker, but we worked as fast and quickly as we possibly could.
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SANCHEZ: That was Dan Tordjman of affiliate WIS.
And here's what we're trying to do. Since police have now said that they do in fact have a suspect in this case apprehended, we are going to try to see if we can make comment -- or get comments from them as soon as possible and bring you more reaction to the story as we get it.
Susan, over to you.
ROESGEN: And here are some other stories "Across America" this morning.
A bizarre kidnapping in rural Missouri. Detectives say a week- old baby girl is missing after a stranger attacked the young mother in her home with a knife. The mother's throat was slashed but she managed to get to a neighbor's house and ask for help. She's in stable condition now and the family has put out an urgent plea to try and find the baby.
Then this strange kidnapping in Maine. A 19-year-old woman's parents are under arrest. The woman told police that her parents were driving her against her will to New York to get an abortion after she told them she was pregnant. The daughter escaped from her parents when they stopped in New Hampshire.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All three of us fell out, crashing through the window, the screen, and we landed on the back patio.
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ROESGEN: This is one of those home invasion stories in Miami that didn't turn out as the intruders would have liked. Eighty-year- old Carl Muscarella (ph), whom you saw there, used to be a police officer, and he got one of the attackers in a choke hold and wouldn't let go until the police arrived. It also helped that his son, who's in the National Guard, was visiting there at the time.
SANCHEZ: And this story that we've been following for several days now. A city threatened, citizens on alert.
As of this morning, police in Las Cruces, New Mexico, say there has been no break in the extortion case against the city. Someone is literally threatening random against all citizens there with random shootings unless the city pays a substantial ransom.
Natalie Swaby of affiliate KOAT has these details.
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NATALIE SWABY, REPORTER, KOAT: Police and residents are reacting to the threat that people will be shot in the streets here in Las Cruces if the city does not pay up. Now, the public was first informed about this threat on Friday night, and since then, police tell us that they've received lots of tips and they're following up on those tips.
Now, to recap what we do know, it was Friday night around 8:30 that police first informed the public the city has received two communications. We've learned the communications were letters that stated citizens in Las Cruces would be shot at random if the city did not pay a significant amount of money by a certain time.
Police say they don't know if it is one person or a group of people behind the letter, and right now, they're not telling us specifics about the letter. Like the dollar amount or when the deadline is to pay. Police do say they are taking the threats very seriously.
LT. RANDY LARA, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO: As far as the city being in danger, you know, there was -- there's a certain amount of credibility that we're giving this threat. I mean, we can't -- how can you -- anyone say for sure whether or not something's going to happen.
We just made an investigative decision and let the people know, here's what's going on. That doesn't mean anything's going to happen.
SWABY: Police stressed that people do not change their normal routine, but just be extra vigilant. They are also asking people to report any suspicious activity that they do see. Police tell us they're working with federal and local law enforcement as they investigate the extortion threat.
Natalie Swaby, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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ROESGEN: And still ahead, thousands of people dead, hundreds of thousands of homeless, and it's all in one place -- Darfur, Africa. And many around the world today are protesting. We'll have the story when we go global in about five minutes.
SANCHEZ: Also, Venezuela's leader, Hugo Chavez, speaking out against the United States again. This time, though, it's not only the United States he's criticizing. What he's saying in about 15 minutes.
ROESGEN: And "Faces of Faith" today. One nation under god. How religious are Americans?
Here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING in about 20 minutes.
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ROESGEN: And as we have just reported this morning, sheriff's deputies have found a suspect in the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl. She was kidnapped from her home in South Carolina. She used the text- message option on her cell phone to call her mother and escape. And apparently the detectives also now have a suspect.
We have Sheriff Steve McCaskill on the phone with us.
Sheriff, who is the suspect and how did you get him?
SHERIFF STEVE MCCASKILL, KERSHAW COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA: The suspect we have in custody is Vinson Filyaw. We were able to capture him this morning after a lady reported an attempted carjacking in Richland County near the Pontiac area, after she reported that her car -- she had almost been carjacked by an individual.
She was shown a picture of Filyaw by a Richland County deputy, and she positively identified him, and we were able to put the bloodhounds down, as well as the air support, the helicopter and the airplane that we already had in the air, and move the perimeter team that was in place in Kershaw County over to Richland County, where we were able to track him down and capture him.
ROESGEN: So, this guy, the suspect that we just saw on the screen there, you believe that he's a sex offender to begin with? MCCASKILL: Yes. He -- well, he's not on a registry or anything. We feel that he -- well, we know that he's a sex offender because we already had one outstanding warrant on him for committing a sex crime.
ROESGEN: OK, Sheriff. And a moment ago the reporter there in that area asked you a question that I think was a pretty good one. Why was an Amber Alert not put out?
And your answer to that reporter was, well, the girl wasn't taken very far from her home. Does that really make a difference when you're looking for someone, as it turns out, was kidnapped by a stranger?
MCCASKILL: Well, sure it does. I mean, the press was in on setting up the Amber Alert system.
You know, she was not moved. She -- this whole thing took place, you know, within a mile of the residence there. And it did not meet the criteria that, of course, the news agencies helped to establish for issuing an Amber Alert.
ROESGEN: Sheriff, we're looking at this bunker, this hand-dug bunker. Tell us about it.
What is this? How did he do it? How big is it? It's hard to tell from the screen just the size of this thing.
MCCASKILL: Susan, it's about 20 feet long, I would say. And I'm 6'4". I could stand up in it without any problem.
He went to great detail as far as, you know, having a front door and a back door. He was able to cook in there. He had a little system set up to let the smoke out as he cooked. And it was quite a bit of work that was put into it. It was really something to see.
ROESGEN: How about the girl? How is she doing?
MCCASKILL: She's doing well.
ROESGEN: Do you think that this guy had kidnapped anyone else, had used this bunker before that you're just not aware of? It sounds -- it looks like he's been there awhile.
MCCASKILL: Well, it had been there awhile. We, of course, had the forensic unit go through it, and, you know, we don't have anything to lead us to believe that anyone else was, you know, held in there against their will.
ROESGEN: OK. And again, this -- this bunker is how far from the nearest home?
MCCASKILL: I would say maybe three-quarters of a mile, something like that.
ROESGEN: OK. And you think he acted alone? It was just this one guy, this bunker, who kidnapped this 14-year-old girl? MCCASKILL: That's -- that's right. As far as the kidnapping was concerned, it was just this one individual. That's all that we've found so far.
ROESGEN: OK. Sheriff Steve McCaskill, thank you.
MCCASKILL: All right.
ROESGEN: Rick.
SANCHEZ: Fascinating story. And good to see it come to an end.
ROESGEN: A safe one.
SANCHEZ: It can never be quick enough, obviously. But at least there seems to be somebody in custody.
Meanwhile, as we move on, the fashion world, catwalks and models. And now the fashion industry in shock and in awe over an emerging trend. No models on the catwalk who are too skinny.
A report from Italy on this one in about 20 minutes.
And then Bonnie Schneider is going to have a check of the weather for us. In fact, she's looking at it right now.
Bonnie, what you got?
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, Tropical Storm Lane is definitely a threat for Texas. We have flood watches in place.
I'll tell you exactly what we can expect today in the forecast coming up.
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SANCHEZ: We want you to take a look at something. It's this, high winds, heavy rains from what was Hurricane Lane. It has battered the Mexican Pacific coast, and did so overnight. The resort towns of Los Cabos and Mazatlan saw the worst of the storm, but Lane quickly lost strength after coming ashore.
ROESGEN: And not just hurricanes in the weather, but tornadoes, too. Bonnie Schneider is checking it out for us -- Bonnie.
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ROESGEN: Coming up, Venezuela's strongman does it again. Hugo Chavez bashes President Bush and risks a downturn in relationships with another country.
You'll get the full story in five minutes.
SANCHEZ: Also, in our "Faces of Faith" segment, how religious are Americans? Are we still one nation under god? And how does it shape up when you look at the country by regions? "Faces of Faith" in about eight minutes here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
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SANCHEZ: Here's what's in the news right now.
A text message sent by a kidnapped 14-year-old girl leads to her rescue. Police found the girl in a hand-dug booby-trapped bunker underground. It's about a mile from her home in South Carolina, and just moments ago police confirmed to us that they have arrested the suspect.
There he is, 37-year-old Vinson Filyaw. Filyaw is also wanted on an unrelated sexual assault charge involving a 12-year-old.
Also "Now in the News," Pope Benedict XVI confronts the Muslim outrage that he ignited around the world Tuesday. The leader of the Catholic Church quoted a 14th century text that linked Islam to violence. Well, he says he's sorry the Muslims have reacted so angrily. He said so this morning, in fact.
And just minutes ago, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood weighed in on the pope's comments. The group says this morning's remarks are "sufficient." Now, that's important. Muslim Brotherhood, founded by al-Zawahiri, one of the precursors to al Qaeda, interestingly enough.
ROESGEN: I Kirkuk, in Iraq, four back-to-back car bombings have killed at least 23 people, dozens more are wounded. The victims were civilians and Iraqi police.
We run down the top stories every 15 minutes here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING with in-depth coverage all morning long. Your next check of the headlines is coming up at 7:45 Eastern.
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HUGO CHAVEZ, VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT (through translator): He walks throwing stones, attacks (INAUDIBLE) from the hip with a machine gun.
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ROESGEN: From the CNN Center in Atlanta, this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
Good morning. I'm Susan Roesgen, filling in today for Betty Nguyen.
SANCHEZ: And I'm Rick Sanchez. Thanks so much for being with us this morning.
ROESGEN: We start with an outspoken foe of the U.S. talking about his relations with the Bush administration. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was among some of Washington's biggest enemies attending a summit in Cuba this weekend.
In an interview with CNN Spanish-language network, President Chavez took a swipe at President Bush.
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CHAVEZ (through translator): Relations with the U.S. are bad, terrible. We would love to improve them. With Clinton, I had good relations. There was never a lack of respect from either side. We even debated with him, or with the secretary of state, or ambassadors, openly, about oil, Colombia, drug trafficking, terrorism.
With this guy, we can't even have a conversation. He walks throwing stones, attacks from the hip with a machine gun.
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ROESGEN: Well, the Venezuelan leader also lashed out at the president-elect of Mexico, Felipe Calderon.
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CHAVEZ (through translator): How is a candidate like this man, Calderon, who said about me and about Venezuela what he wanted during his irresponsible electoral campaign, only to try to gain votes or keep votes from his opponents, now is going to come to me with a straight face, "How are you doing, President Chavez?" He's sincerely destroyed any chance of having good relations with Venezuela. But not only because of that, but because I believe they robbed the election in Mexico.
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ROESGEN: Well, after that interview, Mexico now says it may break off diplomatic relations with Venezuela because of those comments. In a statement, the government rejects the criticism of the presidential elections and Mexico accuses the Venezuelan leader of meddling in its internal affairs.
SANCHEZ: "One nation under god." It's a controversial phrase to many, but there may be more truth to it than ever. A Baylor University study on religion in America finds nearly 92 percent of Americans do believe in god or some higher power. But, see, not everyone has the same image of god.
Byron Johnson, co-director of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, is joining us now to explain.
Thank you so much, Professor, for being with us, and congratulations. This seems to be an extremely comprehensive report on something that's not easy to tackle, right? Because when it comes to religion, how do you get people to really share of themselves without saying what they think they're supposed to say?
BYRON JOHNSON, SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: Sure. Well, most previous surveys on religion simply ask a question like this, "Do you believe in god? Do you pray?" And they don't go any deeper than that typically. This survey, of course, we had the opportunity because of the funding from the Templeton Foundation to ask about 350 different questions on religion. So we asked not only, "Do you believe in god?" but "What do you believe?"
SANCHEZ: Well, that -- that's -- let's cut to the chase here if we possibly can, because I think what's most interesting about your study is, not only that people believe in god, but how they break god down. And apparently, they break him down into several categories.
We've got it up on the screen to share with the audience. This is the image of god that people have. And apparently, one of them is an authoritarian god, correct?
JOHNSON: Sure.
SANCHEZ: Authoritarian, benevolent...
JOHNSON: Authoritarian...
SANCHEZ: Go ahead.
JOHNSON: Authoritarian or authoritative, benevolent, critical, or distant god. And because we were able to ask questions about what they -- how they viewed god, we were able to divide the country into those different categories.
And what you see there is pretty remarkable. It was an unplanned finding. We're not aware of any previous research that's been able to uncover these different god types.
SANCHEZ: Well, there's almost a huge difference between authoritarian and detached, for example, or distant. I suppose the person who says "authoritarian," would you say has a stronger feeling about god?
JOHNSON: Well, the authoritarian god is someone who believes that god is engaged in the world, that god cares, god knows what's going on in our lives and is with us every day. The person who believes in a distant god, for example, thinks god is completely disengaged from the world.
SANCHEZ: So that person, the person who believes in an authoritarian god, would you say -- I don't want to use the word "more godly," but perhaps more devoted to their faith?
JOHNSON: Well, they're clearly people who attend much more often than other categories. The authoritarian or the benevolent god are people that attend at a much higher rate than other people. But the authoritarian god is someone who actually believes that god is upset about what god sees in the world, the sin in the world, and that at times god has to show god's wrath.
SANCHEZ: Right. All right. Now, let's see where those people live.
For example, the -- people who believe that god is an authoritarian god...
JOHNSON: Tend to live in the South.
SANCHEZ: ... we've got a map -- we've got -- we've got a map we can put up and show the audience, as a matter of fact. They tend to live toward the South, right?
JOHNSON: Well, they're -- they're more likely to live in the South. Of course, they can live anywhere.
And then the benevolent god, we found people are more likely to live in the Midwest that responded in that way. And then I think if you have the charts there on the screen, too...
SANCHEZ: Yes.
JOHNSON: ... the critical god would be more typical of the East. And the distant god, the West Coast.
SANCHEZ: All right. Now, let's get into the politics of this, because you hear people say it all the time, that people who tend to be conservative tend to associate themselves more with god. People who tend to be liberal, whatever those two terms mean, there's certainly a lot of room in the middle, tend to be less godly.
What did you find in your study?
JOHNSON: Well, we found something interesting, and that is that people who tend to be liberal, do in fact believe in god. It is a remarkably religious country. They just believe in god in a different way.
They may not believe that god is engaged in the world, as someone might if they believed in a benevolent god or an authoritative god, but they definitely believe in god. And -- but what we have found, too, is that we can somewhat predict your views on politics, or key moral issues if we know which god type category you fall into.
SANCHEZ: Byron Johnson, co-director of the Baylor Institute for Studies.
Fascinating survey. We thank you for conducting it and sharing it with us, sir.
JOHNSON: My pleasure.
ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.
ROESGEN: And our breaking news story now. The Associated Press is reporting that an Italian nun has been shot and killed in Somalia. Shot and killed by Somali gunmen.
We don't have many details yet on the shooting, but an Islamist source in Somalia is telling Reuters there's a very high possibility that the nun's killing may be linked to the controversy over the pope's comments. We are working to get more information, and we'll bring it to you as soon as we do.
Still ahead, a woman's image of herself. How skinny should models be?
SANCHEZ: It's a controversy, believe it or not. But now the question could be, how skinny are you allowed to be to show off a Prada, an Armani, or a Lagerfeld?
I can't believe I got all those right.
Fashion world in a frenzy. That story in four minutes.
We'll be right back.
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ROESGEN: It was the duchess of Windsor back in the 1940s who said you can never be too rich or too thin. But today she might be only half right. In some places you can be too thin.
Skinny models, really skinny models, have been booted from fashion shows in Madrid. It took the fashion industry by surprise and many people now wonder if other cities might follow suit.
CNN's Alessio Vinci takes closer look.
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ALESSIO VINCI, CNN ROME BUREAU CHIEF (voice over): The Madrid ban is not because designers have decided that thin is no longer in, but because organizers want to promote healthier models, saying some put themselves through ridiculous diets to secure top modeling jobs.
So how do Madrid officials define too skinny? By something called the body mass index, a calculation that factors in both height and weight.
And just who would they ban? Well, the average American woman is 5'4' and weighs 164 pounds. If she shrank by 60 pounds and weighed anywhere under 105, she wouldn't be allowed to model in Madrid.
CUCA SOLANA, DIRECTOR, MADRID CATWALK: I certainly wish and hope that for the good of all these youngsters, this step that (INAUDIBLE) has taken will be followed by other.
VINCI: In Milan, arguably the fashion capital of the world, where even on a rainy day people manage to look fabulous, the ban seems to merit at least some consideration.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: These models make other women to go on diets and to go on (INAUDIBLE) and other stuff, just to look like this.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Like a skeleton? You know?
VINCI: Look likes a skeleton. Do you think it should be regulated?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Maybe yes.
VINCI: Here in Milan, Fashion Week kicks off in just a few days. But the mayor says that banning models who are too skinny would be just a last resort. But she wants to open a frank discussion between fashion designers and modeling agents, saying that promoting unhealthy looking girls is plain dangerous.
(voice over): Almost every model we met here on a recent visit would be banned in Madrid, too thin. And, in fact, the head of this Milanese modeling agency says if the ban were widespread, 80 percent of its clients worldwide, more than 600 girls, would be out of work.
PIERO PIAZZI, DIRECTOR, MODELING AGENCY: Rumors is a big word. You know? There is so much rumor about this thing which is correct, which is fine. But don't make it less, don't make it too much. Because designers, they know what they want.
VINCI: But those officials in Madrid do have a point. Most of the models we spoke with have a story to tell about crazy diets and the pressure they're under to be extra thin.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, to go to the gym like every day...
VINCI (on camera): Because you were feeling you were getting too fat?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was feeling not -- I was feeling not skinny enough. I don't know, because we're going to start the Fashion Week on 23 (ph). So I was, like, pushing myself to lose weight so much.
VINCI (voice over): Inna, 25, from Russia, would just squeak by Madrid's limits.
INNA MEREMERENKO, MODEL: I have one friend, and she's now 18. And what she do before -- during Fashion Week, she eat only two apples during the day. And when she goes out, because during this week always some party, and she drink one whiskey. Nothing else.
VINCI: There are, of course, exceptions.
(on camera): So, to prove that actually models do eat, you brought some cannolis.
EVA RICCOBONO, MODEL: Yes.
VINCI: Right.
RICCOBONO: Because I come from Sicily. So it's better than this. You cannot find...
VINCI (voice over): Eva Riccobono has worked for the likes of Giorgio Armani and Dolce Gabbana.
(on camera): Delicious.
You are a very successful model. And you're eating a cannoli.
RICCOBONO: Yes.
VINCI: Not very models do this, do they?
RICCOBONO: No. But it's important for he to enjoy of the life. You have to eat. And maybe if you get a little bit of fat, it's better if you go to the gym.
It's much more healthy for your body, for your mind, for everything. But if you don't eat, it's not human for me.
VINCI (voice over): With young girls around the world looking up to runway models as role models, maybe some day thin will no longer be in.
Alessio Vinci, CNN, Milan.
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ROESGEN: Well, we will revisit the issue this morning at 9:00 Eastern. A former fashion model, now a big fashion model agent, Irene Marie, will join us to share her thoughts on the Madrid ban. That's coming up in about two hours.
SANCHEZ: Right "Now in the News," a story we've been following since early this morning. The pope tries to diffuse Muslim outrage around the world.
This past hour, Pope Benedict XVI said he is sorry Muslims reacted so angrily to his speech. He had quoted a 14th century text that linked Islam and violence.
Now, just minutes ago, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood weighed in on the pope's comments. The group says this morning's remarks are "sufficient."
Another development possibly related to this story. In Somalia, an Italian nun has been shot to death in an African nation. The Reuters news service quotes one Islamic source as saying there's a very high possibility that her death is linked to the pope controversy.
A bloody day in Iraq. Police say 25 people have been killed, 23 died in a car bombing in the northern city of Kirkuk. And in another development, police found 24 more unidentified bodies. That was in Baghdad -- Susan.
ROESGEN: And breaking news this morning in South Carolina, near Columbia. An arrest in the case of a kidnapped girl.
The 14-year-old girl was rescued after she sent a text message to her mother from her abductor's phone. The police have arrested a suspect. Here he is, 37-year-old Vinson Filyaw. The girl was found in a booby-trapped, hand-dug bunker. The sheriff says she's OK. The bunker was only about a mile from her home.
And now to Bonnie Schneider for a quick check on the weather -- Bonnie.
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ROESGEN: And we run down the top stories every 15 minutes here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING with in-depth coverage all morning long. Your next check of the headlines is coming up at the top of the hour.
SANCHEZ: Who doesn't want to be a genius, right?
ROESGEN: Well, yes, sure. The question is, what makes a genius? Nicole Lapin will give us a hint right after a quick break.
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SANCHEZ: Boy, this is one of those that gets a lot of interest. Dr. Sanjay Gupta hosts a CNN primetime special. It's called "Genius: Quest for Extreme Brain Power." It's tonight at 10:00 Eastern. But you can get a preview right now, as a matter of fact. It's on CNN.com.
And Nicole Lapin from CNN Pipeline is here to share with us.
NICOLE LAPIN, CNN PIPELINE: I will love to share with you. If you're smart, you'll see that special tonight. If you're a little bit smarter, you're going to go to CNN.com for a little bit more info.
SANCHEZ: Well phrased.
LAPIN: That -- that's where you're going to get Dr. Sanjay Gupta talking about what he found out at the Mind Institute. That's an independent research center that studies creativity, genius levels, all inside your brain.
Now, you can see some amazing artwork as well on the Web site. A 6-year-old artist named Marla (ph), this is her work.
And then there's another artist, Alexandria (ph). She began painting at the ripe open old of 2 years old.
And then, of course, we're going to have a couple of quizzes for you, you can take online, to find out if you, too, are a genius. And you never know, you could rank up there with the likes of Mozart, Einstein, Rick Sanchez. You know.
All right, Rick. I'm going to put you to the test right now.
SANCHEZ: OK. Go.
LAPIN: Here's a question that's on our Web site. What's the number that's two more than one-tenth of one-fifth of one-tenth of 1,000?
Did you write that one down?
SANCHEZ: You start with 1,000. A tenth is 100, a fifth is 20...
LAPIN: No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait. We're going to have to wait. You're going to figure this out. We're going to get you the answer coming up at 9:00 Eastern Time.
But in the meantime, you can go to our Web site. And here are the four options for you: 40, 4, 18, 24. And you can go to our Web site, cnn.com/genius, to get a little bit more info.
SANCHEZ: I know the answer. I'm ready.
ROESGEN: And even if you didn't, Rick, it's multiple choice. So you have a...
SANCHEZ: Yes, you can take a guess.
Thanks so much, Nicole.
LAPIN: Sure.
ROESGEN: Thanks, Nicole.
SANCHEZ: Other stories that we're going to be following for you, we'll have them for you right here.
Stay with us.
ROESGEN: We'll be right back.
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ROESGEN: Now in the news, near Columbia, South Carolina, an arrest in the case of a kidnapped girl who had been held in an underground bunker. Authorities caught 37-year-old Vinson Filyaw this morning and we'll hear from the sheriff in one more minute.
SANCHEZ: Just two hours ago the pope made his first public comments since Muslim outrage erupted over a speech. The pope made last week in Germany. We'll have in-depth analysis of the pope's speech and the controversy in just four minutes.
ROESGEN: Meanwhile, Egypt's Muslim brotherhood has weighed in on what the pope had to say. The group says that his remarks are sufficient and another developing story possibly related in Somalia, an Italian nun has been shot to death. Reuters news service quotes one Islamic source is saying that there is a very high possibility that her death is linked to the pope controversy.
Bombings in Iraq today have killed at least 25 people. The police say most of those died in a series of car bombings in the northern city of Kirkuk. SANCHEZ: Hurricane Lane weakens to a tropical storm after bashing Mexico's pacific coast as a powerful category 3 hurricane. Torrential rain left flooded streets and mud slights as well. As many as 2,000 people as a result were forced to evacuate.
What we do here, we run down the top stories every 15 minutes on CNN SUNDAY MORNING. With in-depth coverage all morning for you as well. Your next check of the headlines is coming at 8:15 Eastern.
ROESGEN: From the CNN Center this is CNN SUNDAY MORNING. It is September 17th, 8:00 am at CNN Headquarters here in Atlanta, 4 p.m. in Baghdad. Good morning I'm Susan Roesgen filling in again for Betty Nguyen.
SANCHEZ: I'm Rick Sanchez. Thank you very much for being with us.
ROESGEN: Breaking news this morning, an arrest in the case of a kidnapped girl. The suspect, 37-year-old Vinson Filyaw. South Carolina authorities caught up with him this morning. The 14 year old was rescued after she sent a text message to her mother. It turns out she had been in a hand-dug bunker about a mile from her home. We talked to the sheriff in the case just a minute ago.
MCCASKILL: The suspect we have in custody is Vinson Filyaw we were able to capture him this morning after a lady reported an attempted carjacking in Richmond County near the Pontiac area after she reported that she'd almost been carjacked by an individual. She was shown a picture of Filyaw by a Richmond County deputy and she positively identified him and we were able to put the blood hounds down as well as the air support, the helicopter and the airplane that we already had in the air and moved the perimeter team that was in place in Kershaw County over to Richmond County and we were able to track him down -- pardon me, capture him.
ROESGEN: So this guy, the suspect that we just saw on the screen now, you believe that he's a sex offender to begin with?
MCCASKILL: Well, he's not on the registry or anything. We know he's a sex offender because we had one outstanding warrant on him for committing a sex crime.
ROESGEN: OK, sheriff. A moment ago the reporter there in that area asked you a question that I think was a pretty good one. Why was an amber alert not put out and your answer was the girl wasn't taken very far from her home. Does that make a difference when you are looking for someone who was kidnapped by a stranger?
MCCASKILL: Sure, it does. They were setting up the amber alert system. She was not moved. This whole thing took place within a mile of the residence there, and it did not meet the criteria that, of course, the news agencies have established for issuing an amber alert.
ROESGEN: We're looking at this bunker. This hand-dug bunker. Tell us about it. What is this? How big is it? It's hard to tell from the screen just the size of this thing. MCCASKILL: Susan, it's about 20 feet long, I would say, and I'm 6'4'', and I can stand in it without any problem. He went through great detail as far as having a front door and a backdoor. He was able to cook in there. He had a little system set up to let the smoke out as he cooked and it was quite a bit of work he put into it. It was really something to see.
ROESGEN: It really was something to see. That was Sheriff Steve Mccaskill on the phone with us and we'll be following this story throughout the morning.
SANCHEZ: Faith and fury. That's the leader of the Catholic Church as he tries to diffuse Islamic outrage. Last week the pope's comments ignited Muslim protest. Here it is, we have it for you. "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith that he preached." So what did the pope really say earlier this morning now as a result of what reaction was caused by that quote last week?
Well, for a closer look we're joined by faith and values correspondent Delia Gallagher who's been looking into this. We're talking about words and words obviously have a semantic reaction to people. Different people see them different ways. At this point where are we in the story? Has he apologized?
GALLAGHER: Yes, he has apologized and even more so, he's clarified. That quote that you just showed --
SANCHEZ: Which were not his words, by the way.
GALLAGHER: Were not his words. That is exactly what he says, he says this was a quotation that I used and does not reflect my personal feelings in this regard. So, I think that, you know, that's the main point that he wants to get across because that was an example that he was using in a much larger, dense, difficult, academic discussion.
SANCHEZ: What is the official language being used now by the holy sea or the pope to describe how he now views this situation? Either his words or the reaction of those words?
GALLAGHER: Well, they've said three times now. He's deeply sorry for the reaction.
SANCHEZ: Right.
GALLAGHER: The problem is that people are expecting him to say I'm sorry that I said it.
SANCHEZ: Right.
GALLAGHER: And --
SANCHEZ: There's a big difference.
GALLAGHER: There's a big difference and he is not going say that. If he was sorry that he said it would imply that he disagrees with what he says, and he obviously doesn't, I think he feels he is sorry that it was misunderstood.
SANCHEZ: Is he saying that Islam is a violent religion or was he simply doing an analysis of religion?
GALLAGHER: He was doing an analysis, really, of science and faith and the idea that we think nowadays that the only certainty is in science and that faith is not something rational. That only science is rational and uses reason. He was saying that Christianity in particular and Catholicism. It was a defense of Catholicism more than anything against modernism saying Catholicism uses reason because of great philosophy. He says let's look at Islam as this example that happens to certain radical Islamists when you don't use reason to arrive at your understanding of god. Therefore you might think that violence can please god. It was a very complicated example, but he was just trying to say what happens in a religion if we don't use our reason, if we're not rational.
SANCHEZ: From an intellectual standpoint, even Imams have told me here on the air yesterday that what he said is defensible from an intellectual standpoint. From a political and public relations standpoint, probably not wise.
GALLAGHER: It's completely not p.c. But this is an intellectual pope who doesn't place a priority on being p.c.
SANCHEZ: And he is not in a hurry to become p.c.
GALLAGHER: No, he is not. But he may become more so after this.
SANCHEZ: Maybe dragged in that direction by some of the folks there at the Vatican. Thanks so much for bringing us up-to-date on this, Delia.
We'd like to hear what you think about the pope's comments and some of the discussion that we have set into perspective, it's a very semantic topic, but is an apology needed, I mean a direct apology saying I'm sorry for what I did, as opposed to I'm sorry that it has caused this reaction or is the controversy really to do about nothing? We would love to know what you think about this. Email us; the address is WEEKENDS@CNN.com.
ROESGEN: Severe weather in South Dakota. Tornadoes. This one was caught on tape. A local television station says as many as 10 tornadoes have touched down in this area, which has been under a tornado watch this weekend. Now let's find out what Bonnie Schneider has to say. Bonnie, are they still getting some rough weather out there?
BONNIE SCHNEIDER, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well you know when you look at the map you can see that the tornado watches have now expired not to say that we won't have more issues later today and tonight. The box has disappeared in this place, but we still are watching a line of very strong thunderstorms. You'll find them to the south of where we had the severe weather yesterday. Oklahoma City in line coming through a very strong storm right now with heavy down pours and gusty winds. The areas in green you see here around Dallas and then south towards San Antonio that is a flood watch. That's in effect because of the remnants that is tropical depression lane. So it's something we'll be watching as well for some flooding.
As we take a look at our severe weather threat for today. Here's a more expansive look at which cities will be effective, Chicago all the way down through Dallas can see very strong storms including places like Memphis and Little Rock right in the middle. The reason why, cooler, dryer air colliding with warm, moist air and that air is enhanced by moisture from Lane and from the Gulf of Mexico. So it's a firing ground today for powerful thunderstorms. Now ahead of the front the weather is very nice, we'll being see fair conditions after morning fog in places like Philadelphia, otherwise things will be clearing up nicely later in the day.
Susan, Rick.
ROESGEN: Thanks, Bonnie.
SANCHEZ: The science behind brainiacs. Remember the name we would use to call the kid who was real smart in class? Dr. Sanjay Gupta, aside from being one of those, explains what you can do to improve your brainpower. That's coming up at the bottom of the hour on "House Call."
ROESGEN: Plus star power. Using the star power of an Olympic gold medal to help children in Darfur. We're are going to talk to Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek about today's rally in New York to try to get the world to act in Sudan.
SANCHEZ: Tune in for t "This Week at War" today at 1 p.m. Eastern. CNN correspondents will be discussing the grim war in Iraq. Fighting in Afghanistan suddenly renewed and the crisis in Darfur.
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ROESGEN: Now in the news, an arrest in the case we've been following all morning. A 14-year-old girl rescued after sending a text message to her mother from a booby-trapped bunker. It was about a mile from her South Carolina home near Columbia. Deputies caught the alleged kidnapper, 37-year-old Vinson Filyaw this morning.
The pope tries to diffuse Muslim outrage. Earlier, Pope Benedict said he's sorry that Muslims reacted so angrily to his speech last Tuesday. He had quoted a 14th century text that linked Islam and violence.
Possibly related in Somalia, an Italian nun has been shot to death. Reuters news service quotes one Islamic source as saying there is a, quote, very high possibility that they her death is linked to the pope's comments.
Bombings in Iraq today have killed at least 25 people, but police say most died in a series of car bombings in Kirkuk. Also today the police found two dozen more unidentified bodies in Baghdad. We run down the top stories every 15 minutes here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING with in-depth coverage all morning long. Your next check of the headlines is coming up at 8:30 Eastern.
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GEORGE CLOONEY, ACTOR, ACTIVIST: This genocide will be on your watch. How you deal with it will be your legacy. Your Rwanda, your Cambodia, your Auschwitz.
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SANCHEZ: Actor/activist George Clooney speaking before the United Nations about Sudan's war-torn Darfur region where more than 200,000 people may have been killed since 2003, more than 2 million driven from their homes in ethnic fighting. Protests are taking place today in 30 cities, worldwide demanding some kind of action be taken to end this conflict. Among those calling for change in Darfur is Olympic gold medallist Joey Cheek. He joins us now from New York where a save Darfur rally is scheduled for today. Joey thanks so much for being with us.
JOEY CHEEK, OLYMPIC SPEED SKATER: Thanks for having me. Good morning.
SERWER: How'd you get wrapped up in this?
CHEEK: Originally that was this was the calls that I made a call to support and to try to raise awareness at the Olympics, and the reason I picked this of many things that we talked about was that as I traveled overseas in Europe and Asia competing in speed skating, I saw over and over and over again this story coming up on the news and I come to the U.S. and there was no coverage about it. Coverage has gotten better in the last six, seven, eight months, however the situation on the ground has gotten worse than it was.
SANCHEZ: How do you make people care about it? Joey where are you from?
CHEEK: I'm from North Carolina originally.
SANCHEZ: When you talk to your friends in North Carolina, your neighbors, your family and you talk about Darfur do they look as though they're dumbfounded and how do you break through?
CHEEK: I regret to admit that even a couple of years ago that if you asked me to point out Sudan on a map I doubt I could have done it. That is part of the reason why myself, and some one like a George Clooney obviously has better visibility, but we have a great opportunity to be in the spotlight. The reason I am able to talk to you today is not because I'm a concerned citizen, it's because I am a gold medallist. I feel like we have a bit of an obligation to talk about something. The situation in Darfur has become so tragic and there are so many people killed and it looks like it could take a very severe turn for the worse yet by the end of this month. SANCHEZ: Are we as Americans and I mean every single one of us, do we get a little eccentric when it comes to things like this? It's Africa. It doesn't matter. If it were Europe I'd care a little more. Do you find that to be an attitude and is it something you need to conquer?
CHEEK: The people that I've talked to since I've started working on trying to raise awareness for this cause, over and over again the people that I have talked to are interested, they are just not seeing it. The problem with Sudan and Africa, we don't have a strategic interest there. People don't have a vested, personal relationship with what happens in Africa.
However, I think the people in the U.S. care. Everyone I've talked to about this situation, everyone who knows -- excuse me, the facts of it is a over and over again say that this is something that we think is worth trying to put a stop to. It's not just the United States. The United Nations passed a resolution at the end of August saying that we need up to 22,000 troops. That's United Nations troops on the ground.
SANCHEZ: Are you convinced we need those troops?
CHEEK: I'm becoming more and more so, absolutely.
SANCHEZ: You know what the problem is, though. You know what people will say. We don't want to get in a situation like Somalia where we end up doing more harm there and to ourselves than good because it's hard to send soldiers in a peacekeeping situation.
CHEEK: Absolutely. That's why I think it has to be a true international force. We've got soldiers committed to other places in the world and Sudan is a Muslim country. You know, there are a lot of Muslims who do not want to see the west come in and put more boots on the ground. They see it as an invasion.
SANCHEZ: So we should probably make sure there are peacekeeping troop, but they shouldn't necessarily be from one place.
CHEEK: They should absolutely be from many different countries and the U.N. has said the same thing, and the United States government has said the same thing.
SANCHEZ: Why isn't it being done?
CHEEK: It isn't easy to get troops to the ground.
Sudan had said that it refuses to put troops on the ground. It's a weird resolution, it is a resolution that is sort of like asking the Nazis in Germany, the Russia's, British and the U.S. will put troops on the ground if Germany will allow it and that's not a very -- it's not a resolution with teeth, if you know what I mean.
SANCHEZ: It's good talking to you. Your hearts in the right place and you're a true scholar/athlete.
CHEEK: Thank you for having me.
SANCHEZ: Thanks so much for being with us. Our coverage of the Darfur rally in New York by the way will continue throughout the day. Coming up at 6:00 Eastern we're going to speak with the former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
The pope reacts to the Muslim outrage over his speech. What do you think of the controversy? We are going to read some of the viewer e-mails that we are going to be getting.
ROESGEN: But first, here's Dr. Sanjay Gupta with a preview of what's ahead on "House Call."
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thanks guys. Coming up on "House Call" how do super smart people get that way? We're taking an in-depth look at all genius from angles. A sperm bank made of geniuses. How do kids turn out 20 years later? Find out how taking a break from the hard work could make you more intelligent. Let's take a break. Come join us on "House Call" 8:30, Eastern.
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ROESGEN: All morning we've been asking for your thoughts on this controversy. The pope's comments on Islam, is there an apology need or much ado about nothing? We've got a couple of emails to share with you.
SANCHEZ: We're going to start with Louis; he just e-mailed us from Strongville, Ohio. He's saying Muslim reaction proves the 14th century inferences are still valid today. Why don't we see Islamic protests over the sectarian killing in Iraq? Mohammed would be in tears over his follower's actions.
ROESGEN: Then we received another email this one says, "The pope and anyone else need not apologize for anything. Why is Islam treated as if it were holy to everyone? The Muslims exhibit a fanatic paranoia about their faith and the rest of the world walks on eggs." That comes to us from Rick sending us an e-mail from Cabot, Vermont.
SANCHEZ: Details on the series of deadly attacks in Iraq when we run down the mornings top stories. That's coming up in three minutes.
ROESGEN: Plus how a cell phone text message led to the rescue of a kidnapped South Carolina teenager.
SANCHEZ: And then it's "House Call" with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. What does it take to turn your child into a genius? Can it even be done? We'll be back.
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ROESGEN: Now in the news, an arrest in the case of a kidnapped girl in South Carolina. The 14-year-old was rescued after she sent a text message to her mother. This morning the police arrested 37-year- old Vinson Filyaw. He's accused of holding the girl in an underground bunker about a mile from her home.
Pope Benedict says he's sorry Muslims reacted so angrily to his Tuesday remarks. He says the 14th century quotes that linked Islam and violence do not reflect his own feelings and at least one Muslim group is satisfied with that. The Muslim brotherhood of Egypt calls the pope's clarification sufficient.
In a developing story possibly related in Somalia, an Italian nun was shot to death. Reuters news service quotes one Islamic sources saying there is a very high possible they her death was linked to the pope controversy.
Bombings killed at least 25 people in Iraq today. Most died in a series of car bomb attacks in Kirkuk. The latest on what's happening in Iraq on "This Week at War" later today at 1:00 Eastern on CNN.
The "Atlantis" shuttle astronauts have left the International Space Station after six days and three walks in space. Later this hour "Atlantis" will undock and then return to Earth on Wednesday.
We will have another update next hour.
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