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Martial Law Declared in Pakistan; Kurdish Rebel Fighters Release Kidnapped Turkish Soldiers
Aired November 04, 2007 - 07:00 ET
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BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning, everybody. From CNN Center right here in Atlanta, it is 7:00 a.m. on the east coast. Hopefully you set your clocks back. Good morning, I'm Betty Nguyen.
T. J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: If not, you're all messed up right now. I'm T.J. Holmes. Yes, we are smiling and well because we got an extra hour of sleep.
NGUYEN: I only got 30 minutes, but that's OK.
HOLMES: I got the whole hour. It is going to be a good morning.
But first, we need to start with this story. We've been following it the past few days now. Look at the faces here. All innocent children, some as young as a year old, caught up in an alleged kidnapping plot and they may never see their real families again. This morning, there are new developments to tell you about. A story you will only see here on CNN.
NGUYEN: Also, we want you to take a look at this video. Looks like hurricane Katrina, right? People strapped on their roofs, some trapped in their flooded homes. Well the incredible rescues ahead on CNN SUNDAY MORNING. We'll tell you where that is happening.
In the meantime, though a state of emergency declared, the constitution suspended and police patrolling the streets. Where is it happening? Pakistan. Which is also T. U.S. ally in the war on terror. It's also a country with nuclear weapons and a volatile region of the world. President Pervez Musharraf says the state of emergency is for the good of Pakistan and that the country is threatened by terrorism and extremism.
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PRES. PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, PAKISTAN: Pakistan is on the verge of destabilization. If not arrested in time, now, without losing any further time or delaying the issue.
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NGUYEN: Now, former Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto says President Musharraf is probably acting out of fear. She says he is afraid the Supreme Court won't certify his reelection last month.
HOLMES: Meanwhile, the U.S. expects Pakistan's president to live up to his promises and hold free and fair elections. That's the reaction from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The State Department correspondent our Zain Verjee, she is traveling with Rice in Istanbul, Turkey.
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ZAIN VERJEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): With an exclusive interview with CNN, U.S. secretary of state called Pervez Musharraf's move to marshal law a big problem.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE: Anything that takes Pakistan off the Democratic path, off the path of civilian rule is a step backward and it's a highly regrettable.
VERJEE: A step Condoleezza Rice warned him not to take. Musharraf has been a key U.S. ally in the war on terror, but the U.S. has been pushing him to shed his military uniform, share power with former Prime Minister Bhutto and hold free and fair elections. Secretary Rice says the U.S. expects him to live up to that.
RICE: It is our policy, it is our view and we've communicated very clearly to the Pakistanis that the holding of free and fair elections is an absolute necessity.
VERJEE: Bhutto's triumphant return to Pakistan turned deadly. She was almost assassinated. Now the U.S. is worried Pakistan will be thrown into chaos. Secretary Rice urged restraint.
RICE: There really should not be violence. There should not be activity that will disturb calm because it's a difficult time for Pakistan.
VERJEE: U.S. officials say they're reviewing options, but none of them are good. Even though Musharraf's move is a blow to the U.S. code of democracy in Pakistan, Washington may not want to do anything that could jeopardize Musharraf's cooperation fighting al Qaeda in Pakistan. The number one U.S. priority in the region.
U.S. officials say they know that General Musharraf's days could be numbered, but even with all his flaws they add U.S. interest could be better served with him than without him.
Zain Verjee, CNN, Istanbul.
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HOLMES: The problems in Pakistan and what they mean for the Bush administrations push for democracy. Our Josh Levs is keeping it live for us. He'll dig deeper into the Pakistan story. He's coming your way in about 30 minutes.
Tonight, our senior international correspondent Nic Robertson reports on how Pakistan has become terror central, al Qaeda and the Taliban are regrouping, Muslim extremism is flourishing. "Pakistan: Terror Central" a CNN special investigations unit report, that's tonight at 7:00 Eastern, 4:00 Pacific. NGUYEN: In the meantime, an olive branch this morning. In the tense Turkish border battle, 8 kidnapped Turkish soldiers are now home. The soldiers were released by Kurdish rebel fighters two weeks after being taken in a deadly ambush, 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in that attack. Attacks on both sides of the border have been simplified since then. The ambush, the kidnapping also led to Turkey approving a plan for a possible incursion into northern Iraq.
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(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): I have something to tell you here today. You can go home.
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NGUYEN: The sound of relief. Wildfires evacuees in California dancing in the streets. Finally, after two weeks, the last group evacuated because of the Orange County, Santiago fire is going home. It was tense though for a little while yesterday. Santa Ana winds were expected to pick up yesterday. But those winds didn't stir; fire has burned more than 28,000 acres. Authorities expected to be fully contained today.
Lights out in parts of Massachusetts mostly on Cape Cod thanks to a huge power outage caused by what used to be hurricane Noel. The fierce winds downed trees and ripped out power lines. Of course most hunkered down waiting for that storm to pass over, except for some surfers of course hitting the waves. Luckily, no reports of injuries. The New England region was spared widespread damage.
HOLMES: Somebody always takes advantage.
NGUYEN: Oh they love it. Good surf, right?
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Oh absolutely. You get out the long board, do your thing and life is good. Today will be better today and they have the New York marathon, it is 26.2 miles. It's a big event. Have you guys ever ran --
NGUYEN: Are you kidding me? No way you'll see me do that.
WOLF: Not only is it an amazing thing to do.
NGUYEN: I can't.
WOLF: Oh, sure you can. Anybody can do it. I can do it.
NGUYEN: We'll put you to the test.
WOLF: All right. All right. It's an amazing thing. Temperatures mainly in the 40s, warming up to the 50s by the afternoon. The thing about these races, watch what people do. People actually eat. They will eat power bars; they will eat the power gel. I found by taking a big bowl of chili, I usually eat that during a race. You would be surprised what a difference that can make when you are just trying to make those last couple of miles on the marathon. Again great conditions there. Take a look at what we had yesterday. Boy, it was certainly a different situation in many parts. We're taking a look at I-report videos we'll see in a few minutes sent out to us by Seth Bond, this is out near Martha's Vineyard, I believe. This is all due to what's left of Noel making its way to the north. Where is Noel right now? The answer is right behind me, streaming its way into Canada. It travels northward. But then right behind we are going to have some dryer, so great conditions for New York.
Take a look at some of the temperatures, not the temperatures, but the wind speeds we had yesterday. Nantucket, 71 miles per hour gusts, Falmouth had 65, Chatham, 61, and 55 in Hyannis. It's a much better day for you today. If you're going out to race or just walk in central part, it will be wonderful for you.
In parts of the southeast, same story, but very dry. And out west dry conditions continue but we have a doozy of a storm that is coming in from the Pacific Northwest. Scattered showers are a long the coast. Any in the higher elevations of the Cascades, we're talking about snow. That's the latest on your forecast. Let's send it back to you at the news desk.
Chili, seriously.
NGUYEN: That's the key to a marathon. Never heard that one before. Maybe we'll try it one day. We'll will you go first, though.
HOLMES: We want to turn now to Chad. Facing charges related to the alleged kidnapping of more than 100 young children. This is an incredible story here that you are only going to see on CNN. Even the president of France is involved now. Just a few minutes ago Nicholas Argozi arrived at Chad to appeal directly for the release of French citizens at the center of this scandal. CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson has covered this story from the beginning he was there when the accused were hustled into court.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Sirens blaring, eleven of the accused in the alleged kidnapping of Chadian children were rushed to court in the capital. Among them, Eric Breteau, leader of Zoe's Ark and four Spanish flight attendants, working on the plane the children were to have boarded to leave the country.
No reporters were allowed inside the courtroom. After more than an hour and a half, the flight attendants were taken to the bathroom. You have to help us, one of them said to journalists standing nearby. For god's sake, we're in totally inhumane conditions. We're in a terrible situation. No help, she said, from Spanish consular officials. Spain's ambassador to Cameroon who came to Chad to help said the government had some access to those detained before they were taken to the capital, Angamina.
MARIA JESUS ALONSO, SPANISH AMBASSADOR: We are having more difficulties now at this moment and we were thinking that maybe the transfer would make things easier and it is going a little bit -- becoming a little bit difficult.
ROBERTSON: At the gates of the court compound, a handful of Chadians gathered to watch. No sympathy here. One person who was allowed inside said the judge questioned the defendants, cross- referencing Breteau's answers who stands accused of kidnapping with the flight attendants who were held on lesser charges and whom Chad's president has suggested should be freed. When Breteau made a trip to the bathroom, he looked down cast, refused to answer questions, later defiantly smoking a cigarette at the courthouse window.
These court appearances are only the beginning of a long, legal protest. Given the passions raised by the president about the possibility of organ snatching could long result in long jail sentences.
Nic Robertson, CNN, in Jamina, Chad.
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HOLMES: And as we said this is a story you'll see only on CNN. Our Nic Robertson will join us live at the next hour, an in-depth special with live coverage from both Chad and France, and that is today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern.
NGUYEN: All right. So you're not sure who to vote for president, not even sure who the candidates are? There are a lot of them.
HOLMES: There are like 56. Today we'll take a closer look at the candidates and where they stand. Plus we'll show you a quick way to gauge which candidate that shares your views.
NGUYEN: Plus, baby got books.
(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): Oh, baby, I want to that book you got makes me so holy.
NGUYEN: Me so holy. I love it. Its part of something called Dodge Soup and it's creating quite the buzz on the Internet. You ain't going down to a bad place.
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HOLMES: All right. Can you believe it? A year from today, a year, we're going to be voting. Everybody will be going to the polls to elect the president. We have a lot of people running right now. Sixteen altogether. Now, I hate to put you on the spot. How many could you name right now?
NGUYEN: OK, well you have Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Barack Obama --
HOLMES: The producer is telling us to move along. Yes, there are a lot of them. For the next few weeks, we're going to fill you in on all the candidates. Not just the front-runners.
NGUYEN: It can be confusing to sort of who stands for what. HOLMES: But we have something you can use, Vajoe.com. you see it there, you can fill out the candidate calculator and you can identify the candidate who best represents your views. I filled it out earlier and I was surprised at who came back.
NGUYEN: OK, well here is how it works. Let's say you do not support no child left behind, but you support the Patriotic Act. Then you're against the war in Iraq and you're also against same sex marriage. This is where you stand.
HOLMES: All right. So if that's where you stand, according to the calculator that would make Democratic Joe Biden your guy.
NGUYEN: Really?
HOLMES: Yes. He's a long time politician, previous presidential run to his spread, and he is hoping to get something started in '08.
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(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): I'm going to go out on a limb here, sir, and say you have Delaware sewn up. That is three electoral votes.
JOE BIDEN, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I don't know.
(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): Two hundred and sixty seven more, sir, and you are the next president.
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HOLMES: So Senator Joe Biden of Delaware entered the 2008 race for presidential. The 66 year old, father of three began his political career with a bang. He won his Senate seat in 1972, days before his 30th birthday. He supports abortion rights and gay marriage. He's backed the White House immigration reform efforts, but fought President Bush over the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. But the war in Iraq is his signature issue.
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BIDEN: This election is as serious as a heart attack, folks. This is the single most important election any of you, regardless of your age, will ever vote in.
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HOLMES: After initially voting for the use of military force in 2002, he's now an outspoken critic of the war and continues to call for the drawing down of troops by 2007. Biden's proposal to petition Iraq into three separate regions overwhelmingly passed the Senate in September as his son, Bo, prepares to deploy to the region in '08. On the trail by just clearly a second tier candidate. His campaign is struggling to raise money; he has said that Iowa is focus of his efforts. If he doesn't finish in the top three spots come January, he may not continue running for president.
Coming up next hour, we'll tell you about Republican Duncan Hunter.
Then at 9:00 Eastern we'll have a full run down on election news with Amy Walter, editor in chief of "The Hotline." She joins us here on CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
You should tune in as the Democratic hits the Vegas strip. That's going to be trouble. In two weeks, all bets are off as the Democrats clash in Vegas with CNN Wolf Blitzer, November 15th at 8:00 p.m. Eastern only right here on CNN.
NGUYEN: Well police say they ran away to Mexico to pursue their romance. Now it's gone from a love connection to an immigration issue involving a 13-year-old boy.
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(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): I like big bubbles and I cannot lie when a girl walks in with a KGV you get --
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HOLMES: Yeah. We are going to play this as much as we possibly can this morning. Jamming with Jesus. The Youtube like Web site that is rocking the net.
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HOLMES: Welcome back everybody. A lot of you were probably in bed last night at a certain time and missed Barack Obama's surprise appearance on "Saturday Night Live."
NGUYEN: Yes we sure can't stay up late enough to watch it. But we thought that you might like to see it this morning. Check it out.
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(UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE): Well who is that under there?
BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Hello, Hillary. Hello, Bill.
(UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE): Nice to see you, Barack. So you dressed as yourself?
OBAMA: Well you know Hillary, I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself. I'm not going to change who I am just because it's Halloween.
(UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE): Well, that's great.
OBAMA: And may I say, you make a lovely bride.
(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): She's a witch.
OBAMA: Live from New York, it's "Saturday Night!"
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NGUYEN: Obama is sending Hillary Clinton's Halloween party there.
What did you think?
HOLMES: I don't know.
NGUYEN: The delivery wasn't all there?
HOLMES: I wasn't feeling it, but I didn't see the whole thing.
NGUYEN: Well, at least he got in that trademark live from New York, right?
HOLMES: Everybody lives to do that.
NGUYEN: So before his SNL cameo, Obama was on the campaign trail in South Carolina. At one event he talked about the recent revelation that he is actually a distant cousin of Vice President Dick Cheney.
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OBAMA: Everybody has a -- from the past. Crazy how it happens.
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NGUYEN: Did he say black sheep in the family?
HOLMES: You see, now that's funny. That's good delivery right there. That's good stuff.
NGUYEN: That was the nice part of this speech. Obama offered even more pointed criticism toward President Bush and Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton.
HOLMES: Now, folks, we want to talk about the time change. No, not that time change. Not the end of daylight saving time on. It's the beginning for a new spot with "Lou Dobbs Tonight." We got a chance to talk with the man.
Lou, folks know you're changing times. That doesn't mean you're changing anything on the show. You're not going to go soft or anything on us, you're just going to change things up, right?
LOU DOBBS, "LOU DOBBS TONIGHT:" We guarantee it T.J. That's the only thing that is changing, 7:00 p.m. Eastern, 4:00 p.m. Pacific, nothing else changes. We will still bring our commitment to truth, justice and the American way.
HOLMES: All right. Well, lately some of that truth and justice and American way, I was thinking about what I was going to talk to you here, I was almost scared to mention this guy's name.
DOBBS: Who is that?
HOLMES: The governor of New York.
DOBBS: Oh, Prince Elliott. He's quite a fellow. He wants to give away driver's licenses, create de facto citizenship. He is frankly run into a problem. It's called democracy and the will of the people. He's hearing from New York residents and citizens who they really believe he should be serving their interests, not those of social ethno centric activist groups. The governor has run into something of a hard, porcelain wall that is resisting his arrogance and his foolishness. .
HOLMES: What's next for you on this topic? You've been talking about it for a bit now, but what's your next step and your show's next step in this fight?
DOBBS: In terms of illegal immigration, it's to continue to put forward the truth about what's happening in this country, 12 million to 20 million people here illegally with an arrogant group of activists trying to suggest that they should have equal rights with American citizens without securing our borders, without securing our ports. This is an administration, the Bush administration, best of your recollection, the Bush White House, the Democratic leadership in Congress and everyone every Democratic candidate for president with the exception of Chris Dodd who seemingly believes that American citizens don't amount to much, but by golly, give us group identity politics and we'll fight for you, say the Democratic leadership and this Republican White House. The American people are going to have something to say about that, as you might suspect over the course of the next year.
HOLMES: All right. And when the American people have something to say, certainly, and on Election Day, as well, but do you see to hit on politics, do you see anything new? There's a lot of candidates. Are they all saying the same only thing? Is this why so many people are turned off the on the process because it seems like every four years it's the same message and different packaging? Everybody promises to do something and at the end of the day, nothing happens.
DOBBS: The Republican apparently and the Democratic party are nothing more than opposing opposite wings of the same bird. There's not a dime's worth of difference between these two parties. Their branding mechanisms, their fund-raising mechanisms, and as opposing winds of the same bird, we basically have to remember who is getting the birds. It's working men and women, their families and our middle class in this country and the national interest.
That's one of the reasons we're seeing more people register as independents. It's why more people identify themselves as independents in this country than identify themselves as Republican or Democratic. I believe that train will continue because I believe the American people have had a bellyful of the partisan nonsense.
HOLMES: We know you've had a belly full of the nonsense. The only thing that will change is the time, Lou, good to see you and we'll see you at 7:00 Monday through Friday now.
DOBBS: You've got a deal. HOLMES: Lou Dobbs moves to 7:00 p.m. weeknights starting tomorrow night.
NGUYEN: Happening right now, Pakistan is in a state of emergency. What does it mean for the U.S.? Josh Levs is here to tell us. Good morning.
JOSH LEVS, DOT COM DESK: Hey good morning to you. OK, so the White House is calling on Musharraf to move back towards democracy. Can you move back towards something if you weren't going that direction in the first place? We are going to trace reality and show you how it can affect the United States. Coming up.
T.J.
HOLMES: All right. Thank you sir.
Also, plus, from rising waters to safety, choppers come to the rescue in the middle of massive flooding.
WOLF: Let's take a look. A live image, if you will, at the world's greatest city where in less than an hour, thousands will be running through the streets at the New York City Marathon. What kind of weather can they expect as they get things started? Better yet, what kind of weather cans you expects as you start the race into the workweek? The answer is coming up in a few moments right here on CNN SUNDAY.
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NGUYEN: Good morning, everybody. Welcome back. I'm Betty Nguyen.
HOLMES: And I'm T.J. Holmes.
The turmoil in Pakistan; a major set back in the Bush administration's push for democracy.
NGUYEN: Yes, Pakistan is under a state of emergency this morning. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged President Pervez Musharraf to get his country back on the path to civilian rule.
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CONDOLEEZZA RICE, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: I certainly hope that the intention is to have free and fair elections. We have been told that Pakistan will stay on the path to free and fair elections. We expect that to happen. The international community expects that to happen and a return to the constitutional order as quickly as possible would permit free and fair elections. I think we very much should focus on the need to have those elections move forward.
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NGUYEN: CNN's Josh Levs is doing a "Reality Check" on the situation. You join us now with what you've been able to find so far. JOSHUA LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right, you know, it's interesting to hear what the administration is saying.
NGUYEN: Yes.
LEVS: The big message they have right now: Please get back to democracy. Please get back to civilian rule. Well, they know better, pretty much. If you look at what Musharraf has been up to the last couple of years, where he comes from, how he even got power in the first place. And that's what I'm hoping we can trace you through right now.
Some of Musharraf's background, himself. How he came into power? Look, he came into power through a military coup. He appointed himself then to become president while he was a military leader. Then, within that, he granted himself all of these powers in the constitution, including the power to dissolve the parliament. None of these are even remotely democratic.
Let's give you two more. He promised to give up the military post while he remained civilian head of the country and that's how he got the parliament to agree to keep him. That's how he got this vote of confidence. But then after the vote of the confidence, he reneged on that promise. And he says he needs to keep all of these powers in order to hold onto the strength, in the fight on the war on terror.
So, if you look at his reality guys, there is no reason to believe that he was moving in this super democratic direction, and all the sudden steered off the road and decided to go it another way. But if you listened to the Bush administration throughout this time, you would have a different take on that. Let's listen to what President Bush said last year.
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GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I thank you for your extensive briefing today on your plans to spread freedoms throughout your country. America will continue to work with Pakistan to lay the foundations of democracy.
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LEVS: And that's really been the message all along. I was going through some quotes yesterday. I've seen them from President Bush a dozen times going back to Collin Powell, Secretary of State Rice. We keep seeing this over and over. What we keep seeing is this phrase from the White House, "we're so glad they're moving toward democracy" when in reality that's not what's been happening for the last few years. In general, his take on his power has been, he can do what he wants. This is his M.O. He's just doing it again.
NGUYEN: Yes, with the state of emergency that's going on. It's really a delicate balance between the U.S. and Pakistan.
LEVS: Yes.
NGUYEN: Because this is a U.S. ally.
LEVS: Right. And that's really important. Actually and that's where things get so tricky. And that's one thing I want to drill down for all of you, this morning.
Yes, President Bush and the White House, in general, needs him as an ally because Musharraf is against Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda hates him. He fights Al Qaeda. He has arrested a lot of Al Qaeda members. So he is in a fight in that war on Al Qaeda. But when President Bush talks about his -- and, in looking for bin Laden, who is believed, as we said today
NGUYEN: To be somewhere on the Afghan/Pakistan border.
LEVS: Exactly, the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
It's believed by many intel officials that he could in fact be on the Pakistani side of the border. This is a critical ally of the United States. But this is what it drills down to, President Bush has two main messages for his foreign policy. Two things. One, fight war on terror. Two, spread freedom and democracy.
Now, when they talk, it usually sounds like those go hand in hand, right? Pakistan proves to us that they don't. And that is what is so important for us to get in foreign policy here. A lot of the time they're opposites, sometimes fighting the war on terror means that this White House has to bond with a leadership that is not spreading democracy, same in Saudi Arabia and it's just what's happening in Pakistan.
That's why any statement we're hearing from any official right now, Secretary Rice, President Bush, anybody, has to trace that delicate balance. They don't want to get rid of him from power, but they do want to stand for democracy. So the way that they phrase every statement we hear, it all comes through that vein. That's what it's all about.
NGUYEN: And we'll see where that democracy goes in this state of emergency.
Josh, thank you for that "Reality Check".
LEVS: Yes, thanks.
NGUYEN: Tonight, Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson reports on how Pakistan has become terror central, Al Qaeda and the Taliban are regrouping, Muslim extremism is flourishing. "Pakistan: Terror Central" CNN's Special Investigations Unit report, tonight at 7:00 Eastern.
HOLMES: All right, a few more things we want to tell you about here. The first story here, a new twist here on a story we talked about yesterday, which was shocking enough. About this alleged student/teacher affair story. We are we were talking about this yesterday, but now we have a new crinkle to this story. NGUYEN: Yes, because they went south of the border and now it turns out the 13-year-old student is actually an undocumented immigrant, and he may not be able to come back to Nebraska. His 25- year-old teacher is still in custody in Mexico, charged with kidnapping and child abuse. That's where the pair were caught on Friday.
HOLMES: Take a look at this. A mess. Look at this. Part of it looks like a scene from a movie, but this is real and this is what it looks like south of Fresno, California. Can you believe this mess? 100 cars and trucks smashed together in heavy, heavy fog.
NGUYEN: Looking at that, two people died in the massive chain reaction wreck. Police did arrest one man on suspicion of driving under the influence. But they say he may not have been the actual cause of that incredible crash there. That could take months to figure out exactly how it happened.
We also have a sad story out of New York for you today. A world class distance runner collapsed and died while trying to make the U.S. Olympic marathon team.
HOLMES: This is Ryan Shay, 28 years old. His father told the Associated Press that Shay was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. However, the doctors had cleared him to run. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
NGUYEN: Speaking of New York, the marathon is taking place. It will kick off in about an hour from now. I want to give you a live picture. Look at what a beautiful day on tap. At least it looks like it from here. Let's get to the on goods on the ground with CNN Meteorologist Reynolds Wolf.
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NGUYEN: OK, I know it's a Sunday morning, and you're probably eating your breakfast, but how about showing you a dead guy, a really, really dead guy, King Tut here. We're getting a first look at this.
HOLMES: This is a 3,000 year old mummy we're looking at here, King Tut. What we're watching here is they are working now, doing some restoration work with this mummy. I believe this is a live picture we do have right now.
But scientists have begun restoring King Tut's badly damaged mummy. They started this about two years ago and they are continuing their work. They say it's actually been deteriorated a lot by people visiting so much. Of course, this is over at Luxor's, the Valley of the Kings, thousands of people tour this thing a month in and month out. And they actually are damaging the tomb, so work is being done now to correct the damage.
NGUYEN: Another reason why you're just seeing the face, is because to be honest with you, that's the only good thing that's left right now because parts of the body are just in pieces. We understand that when they first took it out of the sarcophagus, they realized that the mummy's body was broken into 18 pieces, that they described to look just like stones that were damaged. Obviously, they have a bit of a puzzle to put back together.
But my goodness, when do you get a chance to see something this old and this famous? In fact, we have more video of that. That's what we're talking about, pieces of the body. And how they've been able to put some of on it back. In this new video we're seeing, they have quite some work ahead of them.
HOLMES: The restoration folks say that the face is really the only good part that is left and it's about to go back on display after a couple of years of restoration work.
Reynolds, sounds like you were jumping in there. Go ahead, buddy.
REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, I'm just blown away by how neat this looks. But also with the thought that, yeah, it's early morning, people are enjoying breakfast and here we are. Hey, we're CNN, your morning show. Seeing dead bodies, all right! Enjoy. Pass the scrambled eggs.
HOLMES: Thank you for chiming in, there, Reynolds.
WOLF: Whatever it takes, man. I'm here for you.
NGUYEN: One of the head guys, the archaeologist, the person that is helping with the restoration, is the guy you see there on the right with the kind of Indiana Jones-like hat on. He's been a big part of this. And it's quite interesting to be able to get to see something like this. We've all heard the stories of King Tut and all the mysteries surrounding -- if you take the mask all these things could happen. In fact, the guy you're looking at right there was a little worried about some of that. So far, so good, everyone is in perfect health. They just need to get this mummy restored.
HOLMES: Yes, the stuff of legends, as you say, the Indiana- Jones looking guy, but going back on display. Again, the mummy, King Tut was discovered some 85 years ago. Again, this is, of course, a place people love to go and take the history in, but that has actually been damaging it. So they decided to do some restoration work.
And now, it's going back on display, but we just got a hold of these live images. Some fascinating stuff to look at here. So we thought we'd just show it to you this morning. Sorry if you are eating breakfast and it was a little much for you.
NGUYEN: It was preserved pretty well, wouldn't you think? To be that old, what? 3,000 years old? If only we could all look that good at 3,000 years old.
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HOLMES: We just wanted to on show you that. We'll keep an eye on it and bring us anything else that jumps out at us about that story. Next, here, we turn to southern Mexico and the desperation for people there this morning. Tens of thousands stranded in flooded areas. Many forced to survive for days on their rooftops waiting for help from above. CNN's Harris Whitbeck is there.
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HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Dangling from what looks like an impossibly be thin cable, two children are hoisted from the rooftop where they and their family have been trapped since last Thursday. The rest of the family looks, awaiting their turn to be air lifted to a makeshift refugee center.
Helicopters crisscross the skies over Villamosa (ph) where swollen rivers have completely cut off entire neighborhoods. In El Poranill (ph), a project that houses about 1,000 families, people are waiting in line for the helicopters to land. Some hope they are carrying supplies, a bag of rice or water. Others hope for a ride out of town.
(On camera): The authorities estimate at least 65,000 people are still trapped on the rooftops of their homes. They've been trapped for days now. The only way to get to them is by helicopter. Those helicopters are used to bring people out. They're also being used to bring supplies into those who need them, water, food and medicine.
(Voice over): Helicopters also provide a vantage point for assessing how much this thriving city was affected. Only from the air can one get a true sense of the scope of the damage. Entire chunks of the city are under water. Roads and highways have made way for vast new lakes and lagoons. On the ground, the sense of urgency is more palpable. Long lines form wherever relief trucks park. People carrying away whatever is given to them, to try and bring order back to their lives. Harris Whitbeck, CNN, Villamosa (ph), Tabasco.
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HOLMES: And from clay tablets to the Internet, God changes with the times to get the word out.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's worn, and it's torn, and I know that girl is reborn, so ladies, do you want to stay cool?
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NGUYEN: Get this, T.J.'s alma mater asked him not to sing that song, but actually to come back. Yeah. Forget to pay all of those campus parking tickets?
HOLMES: No. I haven't been home in a while. They miss me.
NGUYEN: Yeah, right.
There's a story behind this and we're going to show it to you. Coming up. Don't go away.
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HOLMES: In today's faces of faith, think about this. Back in the day, Moses had to do pretty heavy lifting to spread the word, you know, thick tablets. Chris Wyatt just had to set up a Web site, GodTube.com. That's the domain name. Chris Wyatt, joining us now.
Good morning to you, sir. And for people who are not familiar with GodTube.com, can we say essentially say it is a YouTube with a Christian twist?
CHRIS WYATT, FOUNDER, GODTUBE.COM: That is absolutely right, T.J. Thanks for having me.
I think "Newsweek" said it best. We are the Christian answer to YouTube and we've just actually launched our social network, which is our family friendly answer to Facebook.
HOLMES: What are people expecting -- or what are you wanting them to get out of GodTube? Because a lot of the content is simply entertaining and you're not necessarily getting biblical teachings out of it?
WYATT: Actually, we've licensed 50,000 hours of biblical teachings, but it is that funny video, like "Baby Got Book" that you've been playing that really draw people to the site, but what we see is that once they come here, they end up really kind of getting deep into the biblical teaching.
HOLMES: We want to give people an idea here of kind of the concept we're talking about. We're going to show one clip here. This was actually -- and I'm asking for one here about the folks who were in the youth camp and there was a sling shot incident. We have that video and we want to take that and give people an idea of the kind of stuff they can find on GodTube. Now, here it is.
And, again, people hear GodTube and think it is maybe just teachings, but let's listen in to this right quick. You've got to hear this.
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HOLMES: Of course, not exactly any biblical teachings there, except what not to do, or what happens when Christians have too much time on their hands here. But again, this is the kind of stuff that is bringing people in. Now, are many people visiting just to see the funny stuff and maybe they're not getting much God out of it, if you will?
WYATT: Well, you know, we a record at GodTube.com on our launch. We grew 973 percent, outgrowing Facebook, Myspace and YouTube combined. So, certainly, there are a lot of people watching a lot of videos. We have about 30,000 hours of it, and about I'd say two- thirds of it is user generated, or the funny videos like the slingshot one there.
HOLMES: I assume you don't exactly want people or want your Web site to replace the church. You still want people to go to church. Still, for a lot of young people, I mean, your Web site might be a better way to go for them, at least.
WYATT: Well, you know, we at GodTube.com, we really are not a substitute for church. But we really are, is Christianity on demand, 24/7. We're there when you need it, in the middle of the night, or when you wake up early in the morning on Sunday, certainly, you know, we're there for everybody.
HOLMES: Would you say this is just for Christians, as well? Is everybody welcome? The differing opinions, are those welcome, as well?
WYATT: Well, you know, we're here really to serve the 2.1 billion Christians, but more importantly, really, the 4 billion people out there serving faith. Everyone is welcome at Godtube.com. We'd like to consider ourselves as the Switzerland of Christianity.
HOLMES: How do you -- I guess, keep an eye on some of these videos that come in? YouTube has issues, they have to make sure they look at some of this content because some of it can be not necessarily stuff that needs to be on any Web site, much less a Christian Web site. Do you have a good system in place to monitor these things and make sure people don't put something nasty up there?
WYATT: Absolutely, at Godtube.com we're family friendly and kid safe. Every single minute of every video is actually reviewed before it's published to the site. So are the comments. And more importantly, really it's a safe site. What that means is we actively flag and remove any violent criminals, as well as sexual offenders, before they become a part of our community.
HOLMES: We're going to wrap up here. But listen to this little girl reciting a Bible verse. We're going to listen to her for just a second.
Oh, give her a (UNINTELLIGIBLE). This little girl was so cute. I know that's a very popular one. I'm sure you know the one. Here she is.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You anoint my head with oil, surely --
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My cup ...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My cup, OK. My cup overflows.
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HOLMES: That little girl, this is one of the popular ones on your site. I want to give people an idea of the kind of stuff. This little girl here, reciting a Psalms 23 with some help from her dad there on the video. So, it's not just a lot of teaching and preaching, but a lot of entertaining stuff.
Like you said, Mr. Wyatt, it brings people to the site and hopefully they get something out of it. Mr. Wyatt, Chris Wyatt, the founder of Godtube.com. We appreciate your time. We'll keep an eye on your site. It is growing fast.
WYATT: Thanks for having me.
HOLMES: You bet.
NGUYEN: Here's something that is growing in popularity, King Tut, we're getting a look -- a live look -- at the mummy, 3,000 years old here on display for the first time in Egypt. We're going to be hearing a lot more about that and how this corpse actually was almost dropped. And that would have just been horrible when it comes to what this means in history. There they go. You see? They're trying to put it up there. Well, you know, here in the U.S. we'd probably have cranes and all kinds of people with special gloves and gear.
No. They do it the old fashioned way in Egypt. This mummy has been preserved for so long. We're going to get a live look at not only this, but a live reporter on the scene, as well. And we'll be going to that shortly. You're watching CNN. Don't go away.
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NGUYEN: All right. We want to get you back live to Egypt, because they are putting King Tut's body on display to the public for the very first time. It had been way down in an area, a chamber, an underground chamber. Today it has been risen, it has -- King Tut has arisen, folks. Aneesh Raman is on the scene.
Boy, this is quite an interesting story, Aneesh, as we've been watching live pictures coming in to CNN. Here's some tape of it. You only see his feet there. The point here is preserve this, because underground, actually people going in to see the remains have been damaging it, correct?
ANEESH RAMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. We have heard from the supreme -- the head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities that the thousands of visitors, Betty, that go into King Tut's tomb, in Luxor, each day have caused damage not just to the mummy, but also to the other relics that exist in the tomb.
So what they've done, they've now taken it out, in these extraordinary pictures we've just seen, out of the case it was in, they put it in, just the mummy, the body itself, the first time we've ever seen King Tut's body on it's own. They put it into a container that is climate controlled. That is where it will remain. As you mention, a big reason for that is to preserve the mummy. The other reason is that it makes it more of a tourist track, King Tut is an icon. In fact he really represents a big part of Egypt's Pharaonic history.
He wasn't a really important pharaoh. The reason he has such a prominence is because in 1922, a British archaeologist discovered his tomb and it was really the only one that had virtually everything intact, the jewels there, the mask, of course that golden mask of King Tut, it's own iconic figure.
He was the source of a Steve Martin song. It's part of pop culture, if you will. So this is a huge day, not just for the global community to get a glimpse of King Tut for the first time, but for archaeologists, as well, to really be able to see with their own eyes what this mummified body looks like. And keep in mind, Betty, this is a man that has been dead for over 3,000 years, still to this day, fascinating the world -- Betty.
NGUYEN: And, you know, still to this day, he's looking pretty darn good to be that old. Let's talk about this because there is that legend that surrounded the tomb saying that an Egyptian curse had been placed on it, those who enter the sacred tomb shall swift be visited by the wings of death. Obviously, that didn't happen. Because you see the tomb, people shearing it up, we've seen the mummy and the remains of King Tut. Still, though, there's a lot of speculation over how he died. So get to the bottom of it. Do you know?
RAMAN: Yeah. A lot of myth and mystery over King Tut. As you said, no curse today, at least as far as we can tell. But there were a lot of people involved when they were excavating that tomb in 1922 that did parish, that did inspire that curse. But as you mention a big mystery as well, as to how this boy king died. He reigned from the age of about nine to 19 in the mid-1300s B.C.
There have been three actual X-rays done, Betty, of his mummified body. The last one in 2005 was an actual CT scan. Early on, people thought he suffered blunt head force trauma. Essentially, that he was murdered by a blow to the head, but X-rays haven't confirmed that and the latest CT shows a fracture in his leg. So the latest theory is that he might have gotten gangrene after an injury to his leg.
Now, we might never know. In all likelihood we will probably never will know. But it certainly keeps fodder among the archaeological community to find out and keep guessing how exactly he died. That whole discussion will be reinspired by today's unveiling of the actual body, Betty.
NGUYEN: I'm sure people will be lining up as they have in the past to just get a glimpse of this boy king who has been preserved for quite well for 3,000 years.
Aneesh, we do appreciate talking to you this morning. It is quite a fascinating story as we get new video in to CNN from this.
And, T.J., we've been talking about this mummy looks pretty doggone good. Look at that.
HOLMES: It looks pretty good. Then again, they say the head there is pretty much the one piece that is in really good shape. That is pretty much all that is left. Everything else is busted up and broken into pieces.
NGUYEN: Yes, 18 pieces, it was broken up into. They managed to put most of that back together. The head portion is what gives you a good idea of what the guy used to look like.
HOLMES: Looks, like some of our makeup people might have been working on him.
NGUYEN: You think so?
HOLMES: Stay here, folks. You need to hear about this flight that may make you a bit hot under the collar. An airline providing beds for the passengers. Can you imagine what that could lead to?
NGUYEN: Oh, they say, no, no, you can't do that, but we'll see. The mile high club, coming up.
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HOLMES: And hello there, everybody, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. I am T.J. Holmes. It is Sunday, November 4th, 8:00 a.m. here in the east.
It might be 9:00 a.m. for people that forgot to change the time.
NGUYEN: Good morning. I'm Betty Ngyuen. I want to thank you for joining us today.
There's a state of emergency in Pakistan. Troops stormed the Supreme Court. The constitution is suspended.
HOLMES: What does it mean for the U.S. for the war on terror? We'll break it down on this CNN SUNDAY MORNING.
NGUYEN: We do begin with a shocking adoption scandal in Chad. Even the president of France has thrown himself into it. This is a story you'll only see on CNN. Nicolas Sarkozy just arrived in Chad moments ago with the goal of winning the freedom of French citizens caught in the middle of kidnapping charges. The urgency of the situation cannot be overstated.
A French charity is accused of trying to kidnap 103 small children and send them to France. Some of these children are so small, finding out where they came from may be next to impossible. For the people accused, long prison sentences could loom on the horizon, adding even more fuel to this emotional story. The president of Chad has even suggested that pedophilia and organ snatching may have been the motive in trying to take the children. We'll keep you updated on the French president's mission to Chad throughout the day here on CNN.
And as we said, this is a story you'll only see on CNN. Later today, hear much more about this incredible adoption scandal. Coming up at 5:00 p.m. Eastern the "CNN Newsroom," an in-depth special with live coverage from both Chad and France, again that is today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern.
HOLMES: Critical movement overnight in the tense Turkish border battle. Eight kidnapped Turkish soldiers are now home, returning just a couple of hours ago. The soldiers were released by Kurdish rebel fighters two weeks after being taken in a deadly ambush, 12 Turkish soldiers were killed in that attack. Attacks on both sides of the border have intensified since then.
NGUYEN: A U.S. terror ally in trouble today. A country in turmoil. Pakistan under a state of emergency this morning. President Pervez Musharraf says it is good for the country to combat terrorism and extremism. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says she agrees with his assessment but not his solution.
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BENAZIR BHUTTO, FMR. PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: It's very difficult to work with the military dictator. I would like to see General Musharraf restore the constitution of Pakistan. I would like to see him restore the judiciary and the judges who have been removed and to hold free, fair and impartial elections.
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NGUYEN: OK. So you might think the problems in Pakistan have nothing to do with life here in the U.S. Well you better think again. Here's CNN's Tony Harris.
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TONY HARRIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Do we care what happens in Pakistan? Why should we? It's a relatively small Muslim country half a world away. Their chief export? Textiles. And their one main adversary is India. But there are plenty of reasons why chaos in Pakistan would spell trouble here in the United States. In no order, they are -- the troops. Nearly 30,000 American soldiers and marines are deployed immediately next door in Afghanistan.
Remember, most analysts believe Osama Bin Laden is somewhere in a rocky range of mountains between the two countries. Al Qaeda would certainly flourish in a country distracted by a worsening a state of emergency. Then there is the issue of the nukes. Pakistan has them. India has them. They've already fought three full-on wars, mostly about territory and autonomy, and they still threaten each other all the time.
It's safe to say that the world is safer with steady fingers on nuclear buttons. Next reason? Democracy. Pakistan's current President Pervez Musharraf took power in 1999. Literally took power. He was not elected. He hand picks judges, generals and lawmakers. His last re- election, he got 98 percent of the vote. That raises eyebrows in Washington where the White House would prefer to do business with a government of the people.
Still, Washington regards Pakistan as an indispensable ally in the war against global terrorism. But it's a relationship that will only weaken if order and stability is not soon restored in Pakistan.
Tony Harris, CNN, Atlanta.
(END VIDEO CLIP) HOLMES: Of course, the turmoil in Pakistan puts the Bush administration in a sticky situation here having to chastise a key ally in the fight against terrorism.
NGUYEN: White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux is in Washington with that part of the story this morning. It's really a fine line the U.S. is having to walk right now.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: This is a very difficult situation for the Bush administration. And really puts to test here the foreign policy of this president just how strong or perhaps even how weak he is in dealing with Pervez Musharraf. We heard from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in an exclusive interview yesterday with CNN. Essentially saying that she called the prime minister on Friday to try to talk him out of this whole scenario, military rule that did not work. She tried it before back in August and was able at least to delay this, what seems to be the inevitable here.
Now what does this mean? Clearly the Bush administration is reacting very strongly. That's about the best they can do now is put forward strong words. We heard from national security counsel spokesman Gordon Johndroe saying this action is very disappointing. Pervez Musharraf needs to stand by his pledges to have free and fair elections in January to step down as chief of army staff before retaking the presidential oath of office. All parties involved should move along the Democratic path peacefully and quickly.
But Betty you know there are very few good options that the Bush administrations has. The U.S. officials will privately concede one of the things that Secretary Rice is doing is she appealing for calm.
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CONDOLEEZZA RICE, SECRETARY OF STATE: Obviously, as we've said before, the United States would not support extra constitutional measures, and we would hope that whatever happens, that there will be quick return to a constitutional path. And we would urge everyone to be restrained and to avoid violence.
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MALVEAUX: Betty, another option is to cut aid from Pakistan. The U.S. gives billions of dollars to this country mostly in military assistance. Members of Congress may decide that that is a good idea, but so far the Bush administration not suggesting that. They believe that for all the trouble Musharraf is that he is better a strong leader than a weak leader or even perhaps a leader that is no longer going to be.
Betty.
NGUYEN: We'll see how it turns out there. Right now a state of emergency. Suzanne Malveaux, thank you.
HOLMES: Tonight folks senior international correspondent Nic Robertson reports on how Pakistan has become terror central. Al Qaeda and the Taliban regrouping, muslin extremism flourishing, "Pakistan: Terror Central," a CNN special investigations unit tonight at 7:00 Eastern, 4:00 Pacific.
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(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): You can go home.
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NGUYEN: The clapping, people, even some dancing in the streets if you can believe it there because of this. These folks are getting to go home. Finally after two weeks, the last group of evacuees is getting to see what is left of their homes. You know it was a tense moment for a little while yesterday because the Santa Ana winds were expected to pick up. Those winds did not stir. That's the good news. The fire has burned some 28,000 acres. Authorities expect it to be fully contained today. And thank goodness for that.
Lights out in parts of Massachusetts. Take a look at this, mostly on Cape Cod thanks to a huge power outage caused by what used to be hurricane Noel. Fierce winds, downed trees, ripped out power lines, of course most hunkered down waiting for that storm to pass. Luckily, no reports of injuries. The New England region was spared widespread damage.
HOLMES: What was hurricane Noel, it's funny. After they drop the name hurricane, still people think it's all good. But it still causes a lot of problems. Reynolds has been showing us this. The New York Marathon coming up today. That is just gorgeous. Makes me want to be there and running that thing.
WOLF: Yes, I mean I'm telling you timing is everything. Had they tried to run it yesterday, conditions would not have been quite as good. It looks marvelous for the time being. Dry air moving into the Empire state. Just to the north, we're seeing what's left of Noel now drifting up past Portland into parts of Canada.
Take a look at some video that we have for you from Nova Scotia that shows this storm coming onshore. You see the white caps, the flags, of course, they are just roaring if you will, in the wind. We had some wind gusts topping 60, 70, 80 miles per hour. The storm now beginning to die out. Now some problems in Halifax as we make our way into the evening hours.
However, for the rest of the northeast back into Boston, New York, temperatures this morning, current conditions mainly into the 40s, 39 in Albany, 40 in Buffalo, 46 in New York. Should be great for the race today, very dry up and down much of the eastern seaboard which is great for places like New York. Still in Atlanta, we'd trade the sunshine today for some showers. That is not in the picture for today or tomorrow.
Meanwhile out to the west. Plenty of sunshine in southern California. Up in the Pacific Northwest, got a big storm coming in that's going to give you rainfall in the lower elevations. In the Cascades, much of that will be switching over into light snowfall. That's your forecast. Let's send it back to you.
NGUYEN: Thank you. We were just talking about running and marathons.
HOLMES: I was suggesting the three of us should train, do the marathon next year. New York City Marathon.
WOLF: It's a fun thing.
NGUYEN: I could supervise and you two could do it.
WOLF: I've done a half marathon and that's really tough. You only live once. Let's do a full one.
NGUYEN: OK we will put it on the list. Thanks, Reynolds.
HOLMES: We have some quick hits for you. Smashing success in space. Astronauts were able to finally unravel the torn and tangled solar panel. It took a pair of space walking astronauts nearly the whole day to make the dangerous repairs. The ripped solar wings were still generating electricity even as the astronauts floated all around it.
NGUYEN: Well still no deal in the looming writers strike. The union plans to begin its strike tomorrow morning throwing the entertainment industry into damage control. The late night talk shows like Leno, Letterman, they will immediately go into repeats.
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(UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE): You're saying something?
BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yes, I just wanted to let the American people know that, live from New York, it's Saturday Night!
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HOLMES: He did all right. He did do all right.
NGUYEN: Strong toward the end.
HOLMES: He came with it toward the end. Barack Obama, a treat for those of you that couldn't stay up late enough. Barack Obama getting the line in last night's "Saturday Night Live."
He's one of the candidates. There are plenty of others. You may not know yet who you want to be your next president.
NGUYEN: But if you don't know, don't worry because we're going to help you with a quiz that you can take online.
HOLMES: Also, we'll help you with something else you might be interested in.
NGUYEN: The mile-high club? What? HOLMES: Your mile-high card. Airline passengers can really join it. How double beds are getting passengers hot under the collar.
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HOLMES: We're exactly one year away from Election Day. Can you name the candidates yet, folks? There are a lot of them. You did pretty good earlier.
NGUYEN: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama who we just saw, Mitt Romney, Giuliani, Ron Paul. You know. See?
HOLMES: Continue.
NGUYEN: We could go through the list. But I'm sure you'd like to get to your candidate that we're about to profile.
HOLMES: Some of the second tier candidates, as they are called. They probably don't appreciate that. Some of you have less than two months to know them before you vote. With so many candidates and important issues it can be hard to sort out who stands for what.
NGUYEN: If you go to online at Vajoe.com and fill out the candidate calculator, you can identify the candidate that best represents your views. You've done it.
HOLMES: I was surprised at -- you should do it. It surprised me who came back. But let's just say here for example. You support no child left behind. You also support the Patriot Act but not citizenship for illegal. Suppose you favor water boarding as an interrogation technique and you support the war in Iraq.
NGUYEN: You take all of those into consideration and according to the calculator; your ideal candidate would be Republican Duncan Hunter.
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DUNCAN HUNTER, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Look at your family. That's what's important in life.
HOLMES (voice over): You could probably sum up Duncan Hunter with one sentence. Whether it's the recent fires in California, the Iraq war or the Mexican border, Hunter wants one thing. To keep the U.S. safe. The California Republican won his first election against incumbent Lionel nearly 30 years ago and quickly got on the armed services committee. His father served as a marine. Hunter served as an army paratrooper and his son, a marine, is on his third tour of duty in Iraq and running for his dad's congressional seat.
Hunter has been a steadfast supporter of the war in Iraq, including the president's plan earlier this year to increase the number of troops. He supports immigration overhaul and makes a big promise regarding a border fence.
HUNTER: As president of the United States, I'll complete that border fence, all 854 miles in six months. That's my commitment to you.
HOLMES: Duncan Hunter opposes abortion and wants a constitutional amendment to define marriage between a man and a woman. He's hoping his campaign message is spreading and using his grandson as a messenger.
HUNTER: My grandpa is going to be president and then he looked her right in the eye and he said, now can I count on your vote.
HOLMES: Yes, every vote counts.
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HOLMES: Next half hour, we're going to dig a little deeper through all the candidates with Amy Walter, the editor in chief of "Hotline."
NGUYEN: During the weekend shows, we'll be doing more of these profiles going through, what, eight of them?
HOLMES: The folks you don't know so well. We're going to tell you about them.
NGUYEN: You did it once. Now time for history to repeat itself. Go to CNN.com/youtube debates and post your questions for Republican presidential candidates. Wednesday, November 28th, your voice will be heard only on CNN, home of the best political on television.
HOLMES: People watch us right here. A lot of people check out CNN by clicking on CNN.com. What are they clicking on the most? Our Josh Levs here from the dot com desk.
Good morning to you again. .
LEVS: Good morning. We're going to do a lighter change of pace. This number one video is hilarious. I can't show you the hilarious parts until after the break. Just so you know the topic, take a look.
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JERRY SEINFELD, COMEDIAN ACTOR: I went off the air as the number one show on television. Do you know who I am?
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LEVS: People are picking on it like crazy. Number one on dotcom this morning. That's coming up, guys.
NGUYEN: Thank you, Josh.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta has a preview of today's "House Call."
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thanks. From the country that brought us tainted pet food and lead paint on toys, China is sending us large amounts of prescription medications. Then simple things you can do right now to stop stress at work. How do you do this?
Finally, the no-period pill. Is it safe? We'll look at the latest generation of birth control. All that is coming up on "House Call" at 8:30.
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NGUYEN: So if you have been out of the loop for a few days, CNN.com is the best place to get you caught up on what's happening.
HOLMES: Josh Levs is here. You wear so many hats around here. You're with the dotcom desk now. So you are dot coming it.
LEVS: I feel like a yo-yo through the morning. I'm all over the place. Have you seen this? It's so funny. It's so funny. The thing is, I've been told I'm allowed to keep us on it. What's so funny is there's no end to Larry's cluelessness. Watch this video.
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LARRY KING, "LARRY KING LIVE:" It lasted how long?
SEINFELD: Nine years, 180 episodes.
KING: You gave it up, right? They didn't cancel you. You canceled them.
SEINFELD: You aren't aware of this?
KING: No, I'm asking you.
SEINFELD: You think I got canceled? Are you under the impression I got canceled?
KING: Have I hurt you, Jerry?
SEINFELD: Is this still CNN? I was the number one show on television, Larry. Do you know who I am?
KING: Jewish guy, Brooklyn.
SEINFELD: Yes, 75 million viewers. Last episode.
KING: Don't take it so bad.
SEINFELD: Well, that's a big difference between being canceled and being number one.
KING: OK. I'm sorry. We'll be right back.
SEINFELD: Geez.
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NGUYEN: Take it to break quick. We'll be right back. That is hilarious. LEVS: You got it love it. If you go online you can see more. People watching it like five, six times. People are watching the same video over and over. It's too awesome. I love Larry, love you, but, come on. How can you not eat that up? There's a whole archive of Larry stuff.
NGUYEN: He's a trip.
LEVS: Nobody like him.
NGUYEN: Thank you Josh.
I can't believe you called him clueless, though.
We're going to get to something really interesting. King Tut on display. You'll see the tomb right here being lifted. Soon we're going to show you some pictures we just got in as well this morning where you actually see the face of King Tut because, as I mentioned, it's going on display for the first time today in Egypt. And this mummy is no spring chicken.
HOLMES: That's one way to put it.
NGUYEN: Dead for some 3,000 years. When you see the shot of King Tut's head, you're going to see how well preserved this mummy has been. It's really just the head that's been well preserved. The rest is deteriorating.
HOLMES: They got it down to the piece. But there are some of the pieces there. It's been restored. Again, when you look at it, when you think 3,000 years it does look pretty good. Now a lot of, as we were talking to Aneesh Raman about this earlier, so much pop culture and allure surrounding this boy king who really didn't have that great of a rain or that long of a rain or historic of a reign. Became a part of pop culture and thousands a month do visit. There it is. Interesting pictures we saw today. There's a good shot of it of that face.
NGUYEN: Not only a mummy would love. Thanks. I made that up, folks. Can you tell?
HOLMES: No, I want to stay with this for a minute. You need to be scolded for that.
NGUYEN: Here is something you might like though. Stratospheric sex? Got your attention, didn't I?
HOLMES: You've had our attention all morning.
Singapore Airlines says make yourself comfortable, but don't get that comfortable. Richard Quest investigates high altitude hanky- panky.
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NGUYEN: All right. The Mile-High Club, you a member? You all know what that's about. Don't need to explain.
HOLMES: That's just rude to ask the viewers a question like that.
NGUYEN: Well, because we've got a story about the Mile-High Club because you can become a member. Not that kind of mile-high club. A new a-380 super jumbo jet could be popular for airborne lovers.
HOLMES: One airline is trying to discourage the inevitable fooling around. Our Richard Quest takes a spin in the new love machine.
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RICHARD QUEST, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Expensive, luxurious and, oh, yes, they are big. But the new double beds on the a-380 have got Singapore Airlines all hot under the collar. It's the prospect of passengers joining the Mile-High Club that's got them sweating. The Mile-High Club is for those who boast they have, how shall I say this, made whoopee on a plane. Until now, joining the club has meant waiting until the dead of night and sneaking off to the lavatories, or making unorthodox use of blankets in a seat.
Salacious and some say sordid. Some airlines even winked at the possibility of red eye getting a whole new meaning. Singapore Airlines' new suites could mean many more people joining this club in comfort. A double bed, sheets, doors, curtains. And there's total privacy. The lot. Now the problem of nocturnal hanky-panky has caused the airline to say...
(UNIDENTIFIED MALE): We ask customers to observe standards of behavior on the aircraft that don't cause offense to customers or crew.
QUEST: Joining the Mile-High Club on the a-380 has an expensive admission price. Each seat from Singapore to Sydney costs $4,000 one way. So unless you want to chance your luck with a passenger next door, it would cost a cool $8,000 to ensure success. In the end, the Mile-High Club is usually more about bravado than reality. More hot air than hot stuff and now thanks to Singapore Airlines, a dose of cold water has extinguished those burning embers.
Richard Quest, CNN, Hong Kong.
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