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Missing 3-Year-Old Found With Dog; 7 Found Shot On Small Ohio Farm; France Rejects E.U. Constitution

Aired May 29, 2005 - 16:00   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, I'm Fredricka Whitfield in Atlanta. Welcome to CNN LIVE SUNDAY.
Let's go straight to Washington, D.C., where tens of thousands of veterans are paying special tribute to U.S. forces who have served in war today, on the eve of Memorial Day. Bikers from across the country roared into town for the annual Rolling Thunder memorial ride, and right now, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is addressing them. Let's listen in.

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: ... fighting today on frontlines in Afghanistan, in Iraq and on other troubled spots around the globe.

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They are serving with great courage, with skill, with confidence, with professionalism. And they are doing truly noble work for our country.

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They've toppled two tyrannies, liberated 50 million people, stood firm in the face of violent extremists, and they're making our country safer and the world more free.

Think back to 1987, when I guess that was your first Rolling Thunder year, the first Ride for Freedom. It's a world that has since been transformed, and it's been transformed by the same freedom for which you ride today.

1987 was a time when entire families died trying to escape from communism. Across a river in Czechoslovakia, or over the wall in Berlin, or through so many other desperate acts, seeking freedom.

It was a time of oppression and tyranny in Lebanon. A time when Soviet troops were the occupying force in Afghanistan, and when the dictator in Iraq was gassing the Iraqi people, killing tens of thousands and piling them in mass graves that the free Iraqi people are finding today.

Today, Saddam Hussein is in prison awaiting trial.

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The Berlin Wall is in pieces, and it's being sold as souvenirs of a totally discredited era.

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The Afghan people are free and building a proud, new country, having elected the first popularly elected president in the 5,000-year history of their country.

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And Lebanon is holding free elections.

Since 1987, the number of free elections -- free countries in the world has almost doubled. And that in major part is because of you and those we honor this weekend.

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You, along with millions of other veterans and America's allies, fought to make freedom a reality.

Victory wasn't always fast, and it wasn't ever easy. But as has been said about the price of freedom, no price that's ever been asked for it is half the cost of being without it.

You're here today because you know the price of freedom. And I thank you for your commitment to that cause, and I thank the millions who fought for that cause by your sides. We will never forget them.

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And may God bless you all. May God bless those who serve today across the globe. And may God continue to bless our wonderful country.

Thank you and God bless you all.

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WHITFIELD: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressing a number of members of the Rolling Thunder, who have rolled through the nation's capital this Memorial Day weekend just as they do every year.

Well, American forces will be getting little rest in Iraq this Memorial Day weekend. U.S. and Iraqi troops are gearing up for a massive security crackdown dubbed Operation Lightning. It's the largest anti-insurgency offensive of its kind since the ousting of Saddam Hussein. Iraqi forces hope checkpoint and street sweeps in Baghdad will lead to the arrest of insurgents.

Today, attacks by insurgents led to the deaths of at least 19 people, among them an Iraqi police officer and translator were found shot to death on a street in southern Baghdad. Two people were killed when a suicide car bomb blew up near the Iraqi Oil Ministry compound.

Meanwhile, a U.S. Marine was killed yesterday in a roadside bombing in western Iraq. The Marine was a member of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.

Saddam Hussein's former right-hand man is pleading for help from his jail cell, because of what he calls "a dire situation." London's "The Observer" newspaper today published several letters written by Tariq Aziz from prison in Baghdad. In the letters, Aziz says he is innocent and being held illegally. Aziz complains that he and others detainees are isolated, unable to receive packages or phone calls from family. Aziz was one of the most wanted regime members in Iraq. He's accused of committing war crimes against Iran, Kuwait and fellow Iraqis.

"The Washington Post" is reporting the Bush administration is considering a major overhaul in its fight against global terrorism. The policy shift would recognize the ever-changing landscape in the war against terror since the 9/11 attacks. CNN national correspondent Bob Franken joins us now from the White House with more on that -- Bob.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, what has happened is, according to the administration, Fredricka, is that there's been considerable success in combating al Qaeda, which has been the principal focus in the global war on terrorism after the 9/11 attacks, so much so that the administration is now trying to develop a revised policy that would include al Qaeda, but would expand it to have a similar focus on all the other groups that have grown up. Nature abhors vacuum, said the president's chief adviser on terrorism.

So that review is under way. Now, there's a really healthy debate going on within the administration over how much emphasis should be given to al Qaeda, and, also, there is concern because some of the key posts among the anti-terrorism hierarchy have very slowly been filled, all of which is causing a delay. That has caused criticism on the part of people within the administration.

President Bush came back to the White House today. As usual, when he gets off the helicopter like that, he does not come over and speak. But members of the administration confirm that that review is under way, and also, in the war, there is the question of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who of course is considered the insurgent leader in Iraq, a member, or somebody who is now in cooperation with al Qaeda, and talk that he might have been wounded. It's been rumored for several days. Web sites have said so. And for the first time today, we had a top member of the U.S. government saying the rumors have credibility.

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GEN. RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: What we are seeing is postings on their Web site that, in fact, he has been injured. Because we follow these Web sites, we tend to believe that that's probably true. We don't know more than that right now. I think what people need to know is, though, as the leader, as the al Qaeda leader and the foreign fighter leader, the jihad leader in Iraq, that he's an important target, but even getting him, the movement will continue. Al Qaeda has a way of continuing to put people in those leadership positions.

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FRANKEN: And what the new study is suggesting, Fredricka, is that the movement has expanded to the point that the focus has also got to expand beyond al Qaeda -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right, Bob Franken, thanks so much.

Well, to keep Americans safe in the sky, "The New York Times" reports tests will soon begin on missile defense systems designed to protect passenger planes from shoulder-fired missiles. "The Times" says an American Airlines Boeing 676 is the first airplane being equipped with the missile defense system. The report says a fire hydrant-shaped device is being installed on the belly of the aircraft, and by the end of the year, three airplanes will be used to test the infrared laser-based system.

Well, CNN is committed to providing the most reliable coverage of news that affects your security. Stay tuned to CNN for the latest information, day and night.

We have seen a Senate compromise on judicial nominees. Could the same thing happen with President Bush's Social Security plan? That's just one of the topics we'll discuss with CNN senior political analyst, Bill Schneider, coming up next.

Also -- voters cast their ballots in France, with the future of the European Union on the line. We're live from Paris.

And identity theft, you have heard the stories, but not like this one. Watch as private information is swapped among thieves right before your very eyes.

And this.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Holden is not saying much. Can you tell everybody thank you?

HOLDEN MODLIN: Thank you.

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WHITFIELD: A wonderful ending to a very frightening story. A little boy lost overnight in the woods is reunited with loved ones.

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WHITFIELD: Social Security, stem cell research and judicial nominees, a number of hot issues fueling debates on Capitol Hill. A last minute compromise helped the president's judicial nominees this past week. Is the C-word likely to come up again? Let's check in with our senior political analyst Bill Schneider in Washington. Good to see you, Bill.

BILL SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Fredricka. WHITFIELD: All right. Well, coming up this week, the president will devote a good part of his week on Social Security, and apparently Congress and the president are leaning towards, that C-word, a compromise. But why is it still an uphill battle.

SCHNEIDER: It is an uphill battle, because it's not sure that there's a constituency out there that sees this issue as an urgent matter for which compromise must be done right now. You know, you can see the outlines of a compromise, the Democrats would have to accept some trimming of benefits, or the growth of benefits. The Republicans would have to accept a increase a tax increase, the president would have to accept a private plan that's a little different, perhaps a lot different from the one he really wants. There's the outline of a compromise there and members of Congress, particularly Bill Thompson of the House Ways and Means Committee, are trying to make it happen.

The problem is, members of congress have to ask themselves, is there anyone out there who is going to reward them for compromising, or are there constituencies that'll punish them for giving too much away?

WHITFIELD: And why is it seemed that compromise seems to be a dirty word depending on the topic? Apparently it didn't come across as so much of a dirty word last week during the judicial nominees with Warner and -- Warner and -- I'm forgetting his name, Byrd, becoming kind of champions through it all, but others have kind of alienated themselves.

SCHNEIDER: Warner and Byrd were heroes in Washington, they were heroes in the press. But again, the same question is raised, is there a constituency out there for compromise on judicial nominees?

A lot of the senators who worked over that compromise, worked it out, are nervous because they say, my God, if I'm a Republican, conservatives are going to come after me. And Democrats got a lot of criticism from the left because they let some of those controversial judges through, or they're going to let them through.

So there's a lot of anger on the left and on the right. And the question is, is there a constituency? Well, in the Senate there is. Warner and Byrd appealed to the sense of senators to preserve the bipartisan tradition, the consensus tradition of the institution. But is there a constituency out there for that in the country? I don't know.

WHITFIELD: All right.

Well, let's talk about this week or maybe even the following week with the U.N. ambassador nominee, John Bolton. Of course, there are some members of the world community who are saying that the U.S. is alienated itself because of its position on the U.N. And even with the appointment of John Bolton and now apparently next month, there's an anniversary dinner, a big anniversary dinner for the U.N. taking place in San Francisco and President Bush has not responded to the invitation. And in fact, Condi Rice has said, no, she won't attend.

What does this mean for the world interpretation of how the U.S. is involved, or choosing not to be involved with the U.N?

SCHNEIDER: Well, I do not think it's a secret, Fredricka, that this administration, a lot of Americans, particularly conservatives but not only conservatives, have no use for the U.N. or very critical of the U.N., sometimes contemptuous of the U.N. We saw that in the development in Iraq a couple of years ago.

This administration insists that it wants the U.N. to work. And one of the reasons it's pushing the Bolton nomination is they want him to go in there and shake things up. They insist the U.N. is a valuable intuition, but it's in desperate need of reform. And a lot of Americans agree with that.

WHITFIELD: All right. And real quick, France voting today on the European Union's constitution. And apparently some exit polls are showing an overwhelming huge, no, from the French on that. Why does this matter for the U.S.?

SCHNEIDER: Well, it matters, look, the French said no to the U.S., now they're saying to no to Europe. I mean, it is a very dramatic statement. Populism in France, it doesn't happen often. It happens in the United States all the time.

What it means is the European project is pushed too far, too fast by bureaucrats in Brussels trying to drag populations like that of France into an union they don't really want. It means it's going to slow down. I don't think it means a great deal for the United States. But boy this means an awful lot for Europe and for the European establishments.

WHITFIELD: All right. Bill Schneider, thanks so much. Always good to see you.

SCHNEIDER: All right. Thanks.

WHITFIELD: Well, on this Memorial Day weekend, CNN is honoring the fallen troops of our nation.

Coming up next, the story of Army Captain Jame Adamouski as told by his father.

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WHITFIELD: You are looking at live pictures of Arlington National Cemetery, hallowed ground for U.S. fores. So many that gave their lives to the service out Red, White and Blue are buried right there.

Well, during this Memorial Day weekend, we are remembering the sacrifices made in service to freedom and liberty. Many of the families of the fallen are taking the time to tell us about their sons and daughters, real profiles in courage that show us heroes come from many walks of life, like this one.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) FRANK ADAMOUSKI, JIMMY'S FATHER: Well, it will take a while to talk about Jimmy because he was one of those ideal children. When he was young, he was the one who always went to bed on time. Always took his bath before he went to bed, always took his bath before he went to bed. When you got into school, he always did his homework after he came home from school before he went out to play.

Jimmy was also a planner. I once asked him when was it, Jim, that you decided you wanted to go to "West Point" and he said, well dad, he said, I think it was fourth grade.

He just did so many really neat things. When he was stationed in Germany there was some avalanches in Austria and Switzerland and he flew his helicopter in an avalanche rescue down there. So proud of him for that. He just didn't seem to do anything wrong. He was always right.

I get kind of emotional when I talk about him, because he really was such a great kid.

He could talk to the pope or he could talk to a bum in the street and be equally at ease. Jimmy was the type of individual that would have made a great politician. And his goal was to be an U.S. Senator. And nobody in this family or anybody who knew him ever doubted that he would be able to do that.

In Jimmy's case, did he believe in what he was doing? Certainly. He was totally convinced that taking an oppressive regime out of the world order was the right thing to do.

I had two individuals call me on the telephone and say, sir, you don't know me. But I knew your son in Germany. He inspired me to go back to college and both of them said, I'm graduating this month and I owe it to your son. And so there were -- there were things like that that went on that were so emotional, really. To find out that he made such a difference in the lives of so many people during a very short life of only 29 years. And, I think he did more in his 29 years than a lot of people do in a hundred. And we love him for that.

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WHITFIELD: The Memorial Day holiday takes on a special significance for the troops of Charlie Company 3rd Infantry Regimen. Their duty to make certain the sacrifices of fallen soldiers are not forgotten.

And a joyous ending to a terrifying ordeal. A little boy who wandered away from home is found along with his dog.

And freed from prison after 35 years, did his punishment fit the crime?

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WHITFIELD: Here's a look at what's happening now in the news. Exit polls show French voters have rejected a proposed European Union constitution. It's a blow to French Jacques Chirac. And it throws a wrench into plans for the constitution that E.U. leaders signed last October. We'll have a live report from Paris coming up.

And just minutes ago, Englishman Dan Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500. Danica Patrick, the only woman in the race, finished 4th, but she does become the first woman to finish top 5 at Indy.

A small plane crash during an air show outside of Oklahoma City. Officials say the pilot trying to land when the plane lost power. The pilot is in critical condition. A ground crewman who was following the pilot's ambulance fell from the truck he was riding in and has since died.

Thousands of bikers are gathered in Washington, D.C. this weekend. They're taking part in "Rolling Thunder," an annual Memorial Day motorcycle rally to honor military vets. They rode their bikes from Arlington National Cemetery to the Vietnam War Memorial. And they heard from several speakers, including that of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Shock in a small Ohio town after a deadly shooting. It happened near Bellfontaine. Police found six people shot to death, including two children in two farmhouses. They believe one of the six was the shooter. A seventh person was shot in the neck and is being treated at a Columbus hospital.

Now joining me now by telephone is Michael Henry, the sheriff of Logan county, Ohio. Thank you for being with us.

SHERIFF MICHAEL HENRY, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO (via telephone): Yes, ma'am. How are you today?

WHITFIELD: What do you understand the circumstances of the shooting to be?

HENRY: We are still working at the scene. We have quite a -- we have two set of crime scenes. So, we still have officers at the site along with coroner's, investigators and VCNI to assist us in trying figure out what happened at the scene at this time.

WHITFIELD: Who discovered this scene of six bodies?

HENRY: Well, we got a cell phone call from a friend of one of the -- the only surviving victim at the scene which, in turn -- she called the friend who in tern called our office and the units responded. The location is only approximately one mile from our sheriff's office here in Bellfontaine.

WHITFIELD: And now these were two separate farmhouses, all on the same property? Or were these neighboring farmhouses?

HENRY: Yes, ma'am. They are both on the same -- owned by -- belonged to the same property, yes.

WHITFIELD: OK. And what are you able to find in terms of any kind of cooperating witnesses, anyone who can report anything unusual taking place prior to these shootings?

HENRY: We are doing that right now, ma'am. We are investigating it now. And we're talking to several people that we have -- friends of the family and people that may have been at the residence in the last couple of days. And we have several detectives working on that right now.

WHITFIELD: And now this seventh person who was shot, but injured -- I understand that person was shot in the neck but are you able to actually have an interviewing of this person as of yet?

HENRY: No, ma'am. Not yet. They were med-flighted to OSU in Columbus. And we have not had an opportunity to speak with them yet.

WHITFIELD: All right. And obviously, the largest hurdle in this investigation is really finding out the circumstances of this shooting. A grizzly scene for your department.

HENRY: Yes, that it is. That's the problem determining what occurred there and led to it. And of course, dealing with it in a small community like this, everyone knows everyone. So, that's what we're dealing with.

WHITFIELD: All right. Sheriff Michael Henry of Logan County in Ohio, thanks so much for joining us.

HENRY: Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

WHITFIELD: Today, a Missouri family is holding their 3-year-old boy just a bit more tightly than usual. That's because the boy disappeared from his great grandparent's backyard on Friday. And 15 hours later, he found 3 miles from home. The overnight excursion might not have ended so happily, though, had it not been for the child's loyal Labrador retriever. Bob Stepanich from our affiliate WDAF has more.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you want to ride on the...

BOB STEPANICH, WDAF CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is about a boy and his dog. And how they both created tears of joy, not sadness.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's adventurous. That's all I have to say.

STEPANICH: Family members say Holden's adventure began while he was playing in his great grandparent's backyard with their dog Chief. They say the pair just simply vanished. Even grandma's special whistle would not bring the black lab home with his playmate.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, scared to death.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, it's strange, to say the least.

STEPANICH: Two hours later, police sent out an amber alert and hundreds of volunteers started showing up to help out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As you guys are walking down through there, if you come to something, stay in a complete straight light. Whoever sees it, yell stop.

STEPANICH: They hunted north and they hunted south along the banks of the Missouri River all night long.

JAIME MODLIN, HOLDEN'S MOTHER: Oh, just pray for him to come back safe. That's all we can do.

STEPANICH: A piece of good news, family members say they were pretty certain the boy had not been kidnapped.

MARTY MODLIN, HOLDEN'S GREAT UNCLE: Because the dog is territorial and doesn't -- wouldn't be the type of dog to jump into a car.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's OK. They found him. I don't know. They found him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my God.

STEPANICH: And then about mid-morning, this nightmare ended when Holden's great uncle spotted them in a field three miles north of the home.

JIM DAWKINS JR. HOLDEN'S UNCLE: When we pulled up, Holden just starts waving at us like no big deal. And the dog was right behind him.

STEPANICH: Volunteers followed the path of the life saving caravan as it made its way making the way back home. And finally, 3- year-old Holden Modlin was safe back in his mother's arms.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Holden's not saying much. Can you tell everybody thank you?

HOLDEN MODLIN: Thank you.

CROWD: You're welcome.

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STEPANICH: Except for some ticks and a few bug bites, family members say Holden is in good health and always in good hands with Chief by his side.

BOBBIE DAWKINS, HOLDEN'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER: He kept him out of the elements. You know? The cold.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Away from the coyotes.

DAWKINS: There's coyotes up there.

HOLDEN MODLIN: That's a good doggy. STEPANICH: That's high praise indeed for this life saving canine.

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WHITFIELD: And that was Bob Stepanich reporting from affiliate WDAF.

So, what was it like for young Holden to be lost over night miles from home. CNN's Carol Lin found out when she talked to his mother just hours after Holden was found.

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Jaime, what has Holden told you about his adventure? Was he scared? Why did he wander off?

J. MODLIN: No, he said he wasn't scared. And he told us that they were just playing. He really -- it's like no big deal to him.

When he came back -- in fact, when we left out there today, he asked me why I was crying when he came in, you know. So, it was like he just didn't understand why all those people were out there, you know, like it was an every day thing. I just -- I couldn't believe it.

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WHITFIELD: A man jailed 35 years for stealing a black and white TV is freed. That story tops our look at news across America. 65- year-old Junior Allen was released on parole Friday from a North Carolina prison. He was sentenced to life in 1970 for second degree burglary. The crime carries only a 3-year maximum.

In Tennessee, the uncle of Senator Harold Ford Jr. resigned his state Senate seat. Democrat John Ford resigned his post yesterday amid a federal corruption case. He was arrested last week in a FBI sting nicknamed "Tennessee Waltz."

And in the nation's capital, honoring the war dead with a thunder. The veterans' motorcycle group Rolling Thunder took a ride for freedom to the Lincoln Memorial. The group is holding its annual Memorial Day rally. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke to the group earlier today.

It is a disturbing look at identity theft. An underground chat room where the personal information is bought and sold.

And is work getting in the way of that vacation? Well, guess what, you are not alone. Advice on how to make the time off truly time off.

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(COMMERCIAL BREAK) WHITFIELD: All right. So you are on vacation, but half the time you are on the cell phone responding to questions on your Blackberry about some problems at the office. Sound familiar? Well loyalty is nice, but you could be harming your productivity. A new survey by CareerBuilder.com says guess what? You are not alone. Rosemary Haefner is with CareerBuilder.com and she joins us from Chicago. Good to see you Rose Mary.

ROSEMARY HAEFNER, CAREERBUILDER.COM: Good afternoon.

WHITFIELD: All right well, laptops, blackberries, cell phones, all designed to make us much more efficient on the job. Why is it so difficult for so many of us to cut off the work and enjoy the vacation?

HAEFNER: It's a very good question. We're not quite sure as to the why. I think the technological improvements we all enjoy can also be a -- you know, a picturesque scene on a beach. You see families. You see people bathing in the sun and then all of a sudden you see laptops and cell phones. It is something Americans are still trying to figure out how to do right on vacation.

WHITFIELD: It has almost become a sickness, hasn't it, like an addiction. Your Website is showing that something like 33 percent of workers actually find themselves calling in, checking in at work even when they are on vacation?

HAEFNER: Exactly, and even more interesting is one out of ten are doing so on a daily basis? Sometimes several times a day and very difficult to actually get the mental break we all need.

WHITFIELD: So why is this so unhealthy? While people think they're being more productive, maybe even impressing their bosses, really they're kind of setting themselves back, aren't they?

HAEFNER: They are. You know, 50 percent of those that we surveyed say I feel some sort of stress or burnout on the job and so -- it is not rocket science here. What do you need to do? You need to take a break. You really need to decompress. Let yourself unwind and they're not really allowing themselves to do so. What's very interesting is, you know, four out of ten of those we surveyed say they need three to five days at an minimum to feel refreshed, but then when we go one step further and we say how much time are you going to take? Seventeen percent say two days or fewer and some cases no time at all.

WHITFIELD: Never really recover.

HAEFNER: Rarely.

WHITFIELD: Is there anyone to blame here, do you blame the individual for trying to go the one step further to perhaps impress their bosses or do you blame the bosses for imposing this kind of conditioned response or behavior?

HAEFNER: Yes, I really think it's a shared responsibility at this point. You know, supervisors, bosses, they're not helping. Twenty two percent of the workers we surveyed say their bosses expect them to keep in touch and that's an increase. Last year it was 16 percent. We're going in the wrong direction there. But we have also found that these employees, these workers are not doing some of the basics to help ensure their vacation is truly their time and it is pure break away.

Planning further out in advance sounds like an easy thing to do, but very few of those we surveyed have done so successfully so it's a last-minute vacation. Let's take advantage of a good deal on an airfare and a quick three-day weekend. They're short cutting taking the right amount of time off.

WHITFIELD: So planning further in advance is one way of helping the situation. What else do you advice?

HAEFNER: Absolutely. You need to really make sure you're cross training others on what you're doing. You need to make sure you have that backup in the office so you don't have to check e-mail every day. You don't have to call in using your cell phone. Another great tip that we find, let's go back to the basics. Turn the cell phone off.

WHITFIELD: Yes.

HAEFNER: Don't check the blackberry. It is your option in many cases. If you are an emergency-type contact, make sure you're clear when in the time of day you're reachable.

WHITFIELD: All right. Rosemary Haefner of CareerBuilders.com thanks so much and hopefully some folks gotten smart advice out of that, learn how to enjoy the vacations. That is what they are for. All right. Thanks a lot.

HAEFNER: Have a great day.

WHITFIELD: Well turning to concerns now about identity theft, we have been hearing stories about personal information being compromised, stolen from large data collection companies. Some of it could end on the virtual black market. Our technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg shows us how.

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DAN CLEMONS, CARD COPS: Here's a thief that says he has a Citibank credit card or checking account and he wants to be paid via WU which is Western Union to make a deal. And if you want to make a deal with him message him.

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Dan Clemons of Cardcops doesn't carry a badge or a gun but he is on patrol in cyberspace, in virtual black markets. Where thieves buy, sell and barter personal information in underground chat rooms. The format is called IRC or Internet Relay Chat a low frequency hum in the worldwide web. Think of it as the Internet equivalent of (COMMERCIAL BREAK) radio. CLEMONS: This is just a guy posting that he has hacked into checking account with a $2,100 balance and he has X'ed the numbers he is proving he has access to it and he wants to trade for some type of tool or ware and he wants to split the money on this account.

SIEBERG: So this is somebody's checking account just waiting to be robbed?

CLEMONS: Yes, yes. And he is looking for help. Looking for an accomplice.

SIEBERG: It is a live look at identity theft. Chitchat among con artists happening in real time. If you have heard about personal data being stolen, a lot of it ends up here.

CLEMONS: This is what they call a gold profile. This is all the information on this lady. We have her e-mail address, eBay account, Paypal account; we have a first name, last name. We have her address, phone. We even have her Social Security number. We have her M.N.M, which is mother's maiden name. If the thief has this information, he can absolutely rip this lady's identity off in seconds.

SIEBERG: Dan help me understand this ID thief community or black market, if you will. Each of those names down the right-hand side there, they're actual people in this virtual world trading all of this very real data in real time?

CLEMONS: That is correct. These people in the chat room. They're usually in Europe and they're trading credit cards and identities. They're swapping out different types of wares and tools to commit crimes. They're real. They're doing this right now.

SIEBERG: Clemons doesn't have the means to track down the criminals, but he earns his living by spreading the word. His team alerts law enforcement, credit card associations and merchants many of whom pay for his information. And he even notifies consumers whenever they spot a crime in the making.

CLEMONS: Hello Nestor, my name is Dan Clemons with Card Cops and I'm investigating some fraud on your MasterCard ending in 1992.

SIEBERG: A man named Nestor's entire personal profile is posted. We have no trouble calling him since, well, we have his home number. How do you feel knowing that all of this personal information of yours is in this chat room where anybody could come across it and buy and sell it how does that make you feel?

NESTOR: Oh, my gosh. It's in a chat room?

CLEMONS: Yes.

SIEBERG: Yes.

NESTOR: Well, no wonder because at this moment I'm still getting charges even from Spain, Italy.

SIEBERG: Does it scare you this is happening?

NESTOR: Well, it does, yes.

SIEBERG: Is it too late for Nestor now that this information is out there, Dan?

CLEMONS: Well, it is too late in one regard but Nestor you can put a fraud alert on your credit file.

NESTOR: I did that.

CLEMONS: You did that? That's good.

SIEBERG: A little later, Clemons gets a private communication. Somebody's messaging you right now?

CLEMONS: Right.

SIEBERG: On here?

CLEMONS: They are sending me an instant message. Let's see what they have to say.

SIEBERG: What do they often want?

CLEMONS: This particular gentleman is offering credit cards with CVV 2. Full info and Paypal, so he has those available and he wants to either sell them to me or trade them to me.

SIEBERG: A whole new meaning to the phrase online shopping. Price tags on your priceless information. Bought and sold in a marketplace right under our noses.

Daniel Sieberg, CNN, California.

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WHITFIELD: Well, initial polling projections indicate France has rejected the European Union's first constitution as reported a little bit earlier. The voting ended just about 20 minutes ago. Official results are not yet in. The French vote will have a dramatic impact not only on France but all of Europe. For the latest now, we go to Paris and CNN's European political editor Robin Oakley. Robin.

ROBIN OAKLEY, CNN'S EUROPEAN POLITICAL EDITOR: Fredricka, excuse me. We have already had President Jacques Chirac -- excuse me. President Chirac the French president has already conceded defeat in this referendum. It's been by a margin of 55-45 that the French announced against the constitutional treaty for the European Union. It's a massive blow to the authority of the French president and of his government. We are expecting to see government changes and the sacking of his prime minister Jean Pierre Raffarin.

It's a massive blow for the European Union leaders. Many of whom who had come to France and contributed to the referendum campaign and appealed to the French not to decide this matter on their grievances and grudges on the French government on other issues like unemployment but to think of the future of Europe because this treaty, this constitution has to be endorsed by all 25 countries if it is going to come into effect in the European Union. And effectively the 25-member European Union is now going to be left without a constitution enabling it to work effectively as an organization of 25 countries which is it's been since May 1st last year -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: It will be interesting to hear what Jacques Chirac is likely to say. I understand any moment now he might be addressing reporters and folks to kind of explain his point of view on the vote today.

OAKLEY: Well, President Jacques Chirac has already pronounced, he says he noted the wishes of the French people and that he will continue to cooperate with all the institutions of the European Union and to be as an effective member as France can be. But he said he would be going to the next European Union summit in mid-June with the other E.U. leaders to defend the interests of France and very much taking aboard the criticisms and worries and fears that have been expressed by French electors in the background to this referendum.

Which argues that Mr. Chirac is going to go to the next summit and start to fight rather strongly for French interests. He is going to have to do that if he is going to rebuild any political momentum for himself ahead of the French presidential elections due to be held in two years' time. And already, Nicholas Sarcozi likely rival to Mr. Jacques Chirac for the conservative nomination for the presidential elections has come forward and said that France has got to change. There is going to be a new action program. France has got to work harder to deal with unemployment issues and so we are going to see a battle royal internally in France, as well as the problems for the European Union. Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right, Robin Oakley thanks so much for that report from Paris.

Little over an hour from now more of CNN LIVE SUNDAY and that being hosted by Carol Lin. Here she is.

LIN: Fred we are covering all the day's news. I have to say that because in addition to that, we saw an interesting report about a 42- year-old mother who flew to the United States without telling her husband that she was going to get a facelift and she died of a heart attack in the process and we are talking with -- I'm talking with Carol Martin, former model and now advocate to tell us how do you shop for a plastic surgeon and how do you know your not going to die --

WHITFIELD: She is very open.

LIN: Very open, she has had ten procedures done and she researched this deeply. At 10:00 tonight in the prime time show, a story about a man that stole a television set 34 years ago and he is just getting out of prison. Pretty stiff sentence. And our Richard Quest did an interview, yet another interview with Angelina Jolie. He got the bottom line of Brad Pitt.

WHITFIELD: OK.

LIN: All of that tonight.

WHITFIELD: Are they together? Are they not? What are they doing?

LIN: Uh-huh. Hear from the woman herself. That's right. Timely, isn't it? Talking about Brad Pitt.

WHITFIELD: Interesting. We'll be tuning in. Thanks a lot Carol.

LIN: Sure.

WHITFIELD: Well Arlington National Cemetery, it is solemn duty on display every day but on Memorial Day, a little color is added. Walk along with the soldiers who make sure their fallen brothers in arms receive a proper honor with CNN LIVE SUNDAY returns.

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WHITFIELD: Arlington National Cemetery, a final resting places for many of America's war heroes. Some 290,000 people buried there honored with a flag for Memorial Day. As Bethany Chamberlain shows us, it's a meticulous yet noble task.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a way, way bigger cemetery than I thought it was. Countless war heroes are buried throughout this cemetery. They die for our country. They selflessly put their lives on the line. Even just putting a flag on them is a small honor. Basically, put the flag on the front of the headstone. It's a foot away. After you're done with the row, you stand there at the end and make sure they're fun form. If they're not, mess up your mess -- fix up your mess. Nobody's perfect, right? A flag like this will not go in somebody's stone. It is ripped. You know? That's not acceptable. They've been doing this for a long time.

Flags have seen a lot of action. Any flag that breaks or any flag that's like torn or anything like that does not go in front of anybody's tombstone. This is definitely a good one. This one looks pretty much grand new. Yes. Too faded. Everybody gets a flag. I mean, I just picture, you know maybe myself one day being in here and somebody giving me that honor of putting a flag on mine for a country that I have put my life to.

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WHITFIELD: That is going to do it for this hour of CNN LIVE SUNDAY. Straight ahead, a CNN special. Wolf Blitzer, behind the scenes in Iraq. Then at 6:00 Eastern, Carol Lin is here for "CNN LIVE SUNDAY" and at 7:00 Eastern, "People in the News" profiles Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi and I'll be back in a few minutes with a look at the top stories.

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, I'm Fredricka Whitfield in Atlanta. Welcome to CNN LIVE SUNDAY.
Let's go straight to Washington, D.C., where tens of thousands of veterans are paying special tribute to U.S. forces who have served in war today, on the eve of Memorial Day. Bikers from across the country roared into town for the annual Rolling Thunder memorial ride, and right now, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is addressing them. Let's listen in.

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: ... fighting today on frontlines in Afghanistan, in Iraq and on other troubled spots around the globe.

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They are serving with great courage, with skill, with confidence, with professionalism. And they are doing truly noble work for our country.

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They've toppled two tyrannies, liberated 50 million people, stood firm in the face of violent extremists, and they're making our country safer and the world more free.

Think back to 1987, when I guess that was your first Rolling Thunder year, the first Ride for Freedom. It's a world that has since been transformed, and it's been transformed by the same freedom for which you ride today.

1987 was a time when entire families died trying to escape from communism. Across a river in Czechoslovakia, or over the wall in Berlin, or through so many other desperate acts, seeking freedom.

It was a time of oppression and tyranny in Lebanon. A time when Soviet troops were the occupying force in Afghanistan, and when the dictator in Iraq was gassing the Iraqi people, killing tens of thousands and piling them in mass graves that the free Iraqi people are finding today.

Today, Saddam Hussein is in prison awaiting trial.

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The Berlin Wall is in pieces, and it's being sold as souvenirs of a totally discredited era.

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The Afghan people are free and building a proud, new country, having elected the first popularly elected president in the 5,000-year history of their country.

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And Lebanon is holding free elections.

Since 1987, the number of free elections -- free countries in the world has almost doubled. And that in major part is because of you and those we honor this weekend.

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You, along with millions of other veterans and America's allies, fought to make freedom a reality.

Victory wasn't always fast, and it wasn't ever easy. But as has been said about the price of freedom, no price that's ever been asked for it is half the cost of being without it.

You're here today because you know the price of freedom. And I thank you for your commitment to that cause, and I thank the millions who fought for that cause by your sides. We will never forget them.

(APPLAUSE)

And may God bless you all. May God bless those who serve today across the globe. And may God continue to bless our wonderful country.

Thank you and God bless you all.

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WHITFIELD: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressing a number of members of the Rolling Thunder, who have rolled through the nation's capital this Memorial Day weekend just as they do every year.

Well, American forces will be getting little rest in Iraq this Memorial Day weekend. U.S. and Iraqi troops are gearing up for a massive security crackdown dubbed Operation Lightning. It's the largest anti-insurgency offensive of its kind since the ousting of Saddam Hussein. Iraqi forces hope checkpoint and street sweeps in Baghdad will lead to the arrest of insurgents.

Today, attacks by insurgents led to the deaths of at least 19 people, among them an Iraqi police officer and translator were found shot to death on a street in southern Baghdad. Two people were killed when a suicide car bomb blew up near the Iraqi Oil Ministry compound.

Meanwhile, a U.S. Marine was killed yesterday in a roadside bombing in western Iraq. The Marine was a member of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.

Saddam Hussein's former right-hand man is pleading for help from his jail cell, because of what he calls "a dire situation." London's "The Observer" newspaper today published several letters written by Tariq Aziz from prison in Baghdad. In the letters, Aziz says he is innocent and being held illegally. Aziz complains that he and others detainees are isolated, unable to receive packages or phone calls from family. Aziz was one of the most wanted regime members in Iraq. He's accused of committing war crimes against Iran, Kuwait and fellow Iraqis.

"The Washington Post" is reporting the Bush administration is considering a major overhaul in its fight against global terrorism. The policy shift would recognize the ever-changing landscape in the war against terror since the 9/11 attacks. CNN national correspondent Bob Franken joins us now from the White House with more on that -- Bob.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, what has happened is, according to the administration, Fredricka, is that there's been considerable success in combating al Qaeda, which has been the principal focus in the global war on terrorism after the 9/11 attacks, so much so that the administration is now trying to develop a revised policy that would include al Qaeda, but would expand it to have a similar focus on all the other groups that have grown up. Nature abhors vacuum, said the president's chief adviser on terrorism.

So that review is under way. Now, there's a really healthy debate going on within the administration over how much emphasis should be given to al Qaeda, and, also, there is concern because some of the key posts among the anti-terrorism hierarchy have very slowly been filled, all of which is causing a delay. That has caused criticism on the part of people within the administration.

President Bush came back to the White House today. As usual, when he gets off the helicopter like that, he does not come over and speak. But members of the administration confirm that that review is under way, and also, in the war, there is the question of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who of course is considered the insurgent leader in Iraq, a member, or somebody who is now in cooperation with al Qaeda, and talk that he might have been wounded. It's been rumored for several days. Web sites have said so. And for the first time today, we had a top member of the U.S. government saying the rumors have credibility.

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GEN. RICHARD MYERS, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: What we are seeing is postings on their Web site that, in fact, he has been injured. Because we follow these Web sites, we tend to believe that that's probably true. We don't know more than that right now. I think what people need to know is, though, as the leader, as the al Qaeda leader and the foreign fighter leader, the jihad leader in Iraq, that he's an important target, but even getting him, the movement will continue. Al Qaeda has a way of continuing to put people in those leadership positions.

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FRANKEN: And what the new study is suggesting, Fredricka, is that the movement has expanded to the point that the focus has also got to expand beyond al Qaeda -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right, Bob Franken, thanks so much.

Well, to keep Americans safe in the sky, "The New York Times" reports tests will soon begin on missile defense systems designed to protect passenger planes from shoulder-fired missiles. "The Times" says an American Airlines Boeing 676 is the first airplane being equipped with the missile defense system. The report says a fire hydrant-shaped device is being installed on the belly of the aircraft, and by the end of the year, three airplanes will be used to test the infrared laser-based system.

Well, CNN is committed to providing the most reliable coverage of news that affects your security. Stay tuned to CNN for the latest information, day and night.

We have seen a Senate compromise on judicial nominees. Could the same thing happen with President Bush's Social Security plan? That's just one of the topics we'll discuss with CNN senior political analyst, Bill Schneider, coming up next.

Also -- voters cast their ballots in France, with the future of the European Union on the line. We're live from Paris.

And identity theft, you have heard the stories, but not like this one. Watch as private information is swapped among thieves right before your very eyes.

And this.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Holden is not saying much. Can you tell everybody thank you?

HOLDEN MODLIN: Thank you.

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WHITFIELD: A wonderful ending to a very frightening story. A little boy lost overnight in the woods is reunited with loved ones.

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WHITFIELD: Social Security, stem cell research and judicial nominees, a number of hot issues fueling debates on Capitol Hill. A last minute compromise helped the president's judicial nominees this past week. Is the C-word likely to come up again? Let's check in with our senior political analyst Bill Schneider in Washington. Good to see you, Bill.

BILL SCHNEIDER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Fredricka. WHITFIELD: All right. Well, coming up this week, the president will devote a good part of his week on Social Security, and apparently Congress and the president are leaning towards, that C-word, a compromise. But why is it still an uphill battle.

SCHNEIDER: It is an uphill battle, because it's not sure that there's a constituency out there that sees this issue as an urgent matter for which compromise must be done right now. You know, you can see the outlines of a compromise, the Democrats would have to accept some trimming of benefits, or the growth of benefits. The Republicans would have to accept a increase a tax increase, the president would have to accept a private plan that's a little different, perhaps a lot different from the one he really wants. There's the outline of a compromise there and members of Congress, particularly Bill Thompson of the House Ways and Means Committee, are trying to make it happen.

The problem is, members of congress have to ask themselves, is there anyone out there who is going to reward them for compromising, or are there constituencies that'll punish them for giving too much away?

WHITFIELD: And why is it seemed that compromise seems to be a dirty word depending on the topic? Apparently it didn't come across as so much of a dirty word last week during the judicial nominees with Warner and -- Warner and -- I'm forgetting his name, Byrd, becoming kind of champions through it all, but others have kind of alienated themselves.

SCHNEIDER: Warner and Byrd were heroes in Washington, they were heroes in the press. But again, the same question is raised, is there a constituency out there for compromise on judicial nominees?

A lot of the senators who worked over that compromise, worked it out, are nervous because they say, my God, if I'm a Republican, conservatives are going to come after me. And Democrats got a lot of criticism from the left because they let some of those controversial judges through, or they're going to let them through.

So there's a lot of anger on the left and on the right. And the question is, is there a constituency? Well, in the Senate there is. Warner and Byrd appealed to the sense of senators to preserve the bipartisan tradition, the consensus tradition of the institution. But is there a constituency out there for that in the country? I don't know.

WHITFIELD: All right.

Well, let's talk about this week or maybe even the following week with the U.N. ambassador nominee, John Bolton. Of course, there are some members of the world community who are saying that the U.S. is alienated itself because of its position on the U.N. And even with the appointment of John Bolton and now apparently next month, there's an anniversary dinner, a big anniversary dinner for the U.N. taking place in San Francisco and President Bush has not responded to the invitation. And in fact, Condi Rice has said, no, she won't attend.

What does this mean for the world interpretation of how the U.S. is involved, or choosing not to be involved with the U.N?

SCHNEIDER: Well, I do not think it's a secret, Fredricka, that this administration, a lot of Americans, particularly conservatives but not only conservatives, have no use for the U.N. or very critical of the U.N., sometimes contemptuous of the U.N. We saw that in the development in Iraq a couple of years ago.

This administration insists that it wants the U.N. to work. And one of the reasons it's pushing the Bolton nomination is they want him to go in there and shake things up. They insist the U.N. is a valuable intuition, but it's in desperate need of reform. And a lot of Americans agree with that.

WHITFIELD: All right. And real quick, France voting today on the European Union's constitution. And apparently some exit polls are showing an overwhelming huge, no, from the French on that. Why does this matter for the U.S.?

SCHNEIDER: Well, it matters, look, the French said no to the U.S., now they're saying to no to Europe. I mean, it is a very dramatic statement. Populism in France, it doesn't happen often. It happens in the United States all the time.

What it means is the European project is pushed too far, too fast by bureaucrats in Brussels trying to drag populations like that of France into an union they don't really want. It means it's going to slow down. I don't think it means a great deal for the United States. But boy this means an awful lot for Europe and for the European establishments.

WHITFIELD: All right. Bill Schneider, thanks so much. Always good to see you.

SCHNEIDER: All right. Thanks.

WHITFIELD: Well, on this Memorial Day weekend, CNN is honoring the fallen troops of our nation.

Coming up next, the story of Army Captain Jame Adamouski as told by his father.

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WHITFIELD: You are looking at live pictures of Arlington National Cemetery, hallowed ground for U.S. fores. So many that gave their lives to the service out Red, White and Blue are buried right there.

Well, during this Memorial Day weekend, we are remembering the sacrifices made in service to freedom and liberty. Many of the families of the fallen are taking the time to tell us about their sons and daughters, real profiles in courage that show us heroes come from many walks of life, like this one.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) FRANK ADAMOUSKI, JIMMY'S FATHER: Well, it will take a while to talk about Jimmy because he was one of those ideal children. When he was young, he was the one who always went to bed on time. Always took his bath before he went to bed, always took his bath before he went to bed. When you got into school, he always did his homework after he came home from school before he went out to play.

Jimmy was also a planner. I once asked him when was it, Jim, that you decided you wanted to go to "West Point" and he said, well dad, he said, I think it was fourth grade.

He just did so many really neat things. When he was stationed in Germany there was some avalanches in Austria and Switzerland and he flew his helicopter in an avalanche rescue down there. So proud of him for that. He just didn't seem to do anything wrong. He was always right.

I get kind of emotional when I talk about him, because he really was such a great kid.

He could talk to the pope or he could talk to a bum in the street and be equally at ease. Jimmy was the type of individual that would have made a great politician. And his goal was to be an U.S. Senator. And nobody in this family or anybody who knew him ever doubted that he would be able to do that.

In Jimmy's case, did he believe in what he was doing? Certainly. He was totally convinced that taking an oppressive regime out of the world order was the right thing to do.

I had two individuals call me on the telephone and say, sir, you don't know me. But I knew your son in Germany. He inspired me to go back to college and both of them said, I'm graduating this month and I owe it to your son. And so there were -- there were things like that that went on that were so emotional, really. To find out that he made such a difference in the lives of so many people during a very short life of only 29 years. And, I think he did more in his 29 years than a lot of people do in a hundred. And we love him for that.

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WHITFIELD: The Memorial Day holiday takes on a special significance for the troops of Charlie Company 3rd Infantry Regimen. Their duty to make certain the sacrifices of fallen soldiers are not forgotten.

And a joyous ending to a terrifying ordeal. A little boy who wandered away from home is found along with his dog.

And freed from prison after 35 years, did his punishment fit the crime?

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WHITFIELD: Here's a look at what's happening now in the news. Exit polls show French voters have rejected a proposed European Union constitution. It's a blow to French Jacques Chirac. And it throws a wrench into plans for the constitution that E.U. leaders signed last October. We'll have a live report from Paris coming up.

And just minutes ago, Englishman Dan Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500. Danica Patrick, the only woman in the race, finished 4th, but she does become the first woman to finish top 5 at Indy.

A small plane crash during an air show outside of Oklahoma City. Officials say the pilot trying to land when the plane lost power. The pilot is in critical condition. A ground crewman who was following the pilot's ambulance fell from the truck he was riding in and has since died.

Thousands of bikers are gathered in Washington, D.C. this weekend. They're taking part in "Rolling Thunder," an annual Memorial Day motorcycle rally to honor military vets. They rode their bikes from Arlington National Cemetery to the Vietnam War Memorial. And they heard from several speakers, including that of U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Shock in a small Ohio town after a deadly shooting. It happened near Bellfontaine. Police found six people shot to death, including two children in two farmhouses. They believe one of the six was the shooter. A seventh person was shot in the neck and is being treated at a Columbus hospital.

Now joining me now by telephone is Michael Henry, the sheriff of Logan county, Ohio. Thank you for being with us.

SHERIFF MICHAEL HENRY, LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO (via telephone): Yes, ma'am. How are you today?

WHITFIELD: What do you understand the circumstances of the shooting to be?

HENRY: We are still working at the scene. We have quite a -- we have two set of crime scenes. So, we still have officers at the site along with coroner's, investigators and VCNI to assist us in trying figure out what happened at the scene at this time.

WHITFIELD: Who discovered this scene of six bodies?

HENRY: Well, we got a cell phone call from a friend of one of the -- the only surviving victim at the scene which, in turn -- she called the friend who in tern called our office and the units responded. The location is only approximately one mile from our sheriff's office here in Bellfontaine.

WHITFIELD: And now these were two separate farmhouses, all on the same property? Or were these neighboring farmhouses?

HENRY: Yes, ma'am. They are both on the same -- owned by -- belonged to the same property, yes.

WHITFIELD: OK. And what are you able to find in terms of any kind of cooperating witnesses, anyone who can report anything unusual taking place prior to these shootings?

HENRY: We are doing that right now, ma'am. We are investigating it now. And we're talking to several people that we have -- friends of the family and people that may have been at the residence in the last couple of days. And we have several detectives working on that right now.

WHITFIELD: And now this seventh person who was shot, but injured -- I understand that person was shot in the neck but are you able to actually have an interviewing of this person as of yet?

HENRY: No, ma'am. Not yet. They were med-flighted to OSU in Columbus. And we have not had an opportunity to speak with them yet.

WHITFIELD: All right. And obviously, the largest hurdle in this investigation is really finding out the circumstances of this shooting. A grizzly scene for your department.

HENRY: Yes, that it is. That's the problem determining what occurred there and led to it. And of course, dealing with it in a small community like this, everyone knows everyone. So, that's what we're dealing with.

WHITFIELD: All right. Sheriff Michael Henry of Logan County in Ohio, thanks so much for joining us.

HENRY: Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

WHITFIELD: Today, a Missouri family is holding their 3-year-old boy just a bit more tightly than usual. That's because the boy disappeared from his great grandparent's backyard on Friday. And 15 hours later, he found 3 miles from home. The overnight excursion might not have ended so happily, though, had it not been for the child's loyal Labrador retriever. Bob Stepanich from our affiliate WDAF has more.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you want to ride on the...

BOB STEPANICH, WDAF CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is about a boy and his dog. And how they both created tears of joy, not sadness.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's adventurous. That's all I have to say.

STEPANICH: Family members say Holden's adventure began while he was playing in his great grandparent's backyard with their dog Chief. They say the pair just simply vanished. Even grandma's special whistle would not bring the black lab home with his playmate.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, scared to death.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, it's strange, to say the least.

STEPANICH: Two hours later, police sent out an amber alert and hundreds of volunteers started showing up to help out.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As you guys are walking down through there, if you come to something, stay in a complete straight light. Whoever sees it, yell stop.

STEPANICH: They hunted north and they hunted south along the banks of the Missouri River all night long.

JAIME MODLIN, HOLDEN'S MOTHER: Oh, just pray for him to come back safe. That's all we can do.

STEPANICH: A piece of good news, family members say they were pretty certain the boy had not been kidnapped.

MARTY MODLIN, HOLDEN'S GREAT UNCLE: Because the dog is territorial and doesn't -- wouldn't be the type of dog to jump into a car.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's OK. They found him. I don't know. They found him.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh my God.

STEPANICH: And then about mid-morning, this nightmare ended when Holden's great uncle spotted them in a field three miles north of the home.

JIM DAWKINS JR. HOLDEN'S UNCLE: When we pulled up, Holden just starts waving at us like no big deal. And the dog was right behind him.

STEPANICH: Volunteers followed the path of the life saving caravan as it made its way making the way back home. And finally, 3- year-old Holden Modlin was safe back in his mother's arms.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Holden's not saying much. Can you tell everybody thank you?

HOLDEN MODLIN: Thank you.

CROWD: You're welcome.

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STEPANICH: Except for some ticks and a few bug bites, family members say Holden is in good health and always in good hands with Chief by his side.

BOBBIE DAWKINS, HOLDEN'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER: He kept him out of the elements. You know? The cold.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Away from the coyotes.

DAWKINS: There's coyotes up there.

HOLDEN MODLIN: That's a good doggy. STEPANICH: That's high praise indeed for this life saving canine.

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WHITFIELD: And that was Bob Stepanich reporting from affiliate WDAF.

So, what was it like for young Holden to be lost over night miles from home. CNN's Carol Lin found out when she talked to his mother just hours after Holden was found.

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Jaime, what has Holden told you about his adventure? Was he scared? Why did he wander off?

J. MODLIN: No, he said he wasn't scared. And he told us that they were just playing. He really -- it's like no big deal to him.

When he came back -- in fact, when we left out there today, he asked me why I was crying when he came in, you know. So, it was like he just didn't understand why all those people were out there, you know, like it was an every day thing. I just -- I couldn't believe it.

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WHITFIELD: A man jailed 35 years for stealing a black and white TV is freed. That story tops our look at news across America. 65- year-old Junior Allen was released on parole Friday from a North Carolina prison. He was sentenced to life in 1970 for second degree burglary. The crime carries only a 3-year maximum.

In Tennessee, the uncle of Senator Harold Ford Jr. resigned his state Senate seat. Democrat John Ford resigned his post yesterday amid a federal corruption case. He was arrested last week in a FBI sting nicknamed "Tennessee Waltz."

And in the nation's capital, honoring the war dead with a thunder. The veterans' motorcycle group Rolling Thunder took a ride for freedom to the Lincoln Memorial. The group is holding its annual Memorial Day rally. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke to the group earlier today.

It is a disturbing look at identity theft. An underground chat room where the personal information is bought and sold.

And is work getting in the way of that vacation? Well, guess what, you are not alone. Advice on how to make the time off truly time off.

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(COMMERCIAL BREAK) WHITFIELD: All right. So you are on vacation, but half the time you are on the cell phone responding to questions on your Blackberry about some problems at the office. Sound familiar? Well loyalty is nice, but you could be harming your productivity. A new survey by CareerBuilder.com says guess what? You are not alone. Rosemary Haefner is with CareerBuilder.com and she joins us from Chicago. Good to see you Rose Mary.

ROSEMARY HAEFNER, CAREERBUILDER.COM: Good afternoon.

WHITFIELD: All right well, laptops, blackberries, cell phones, all designed to make us much more efficient on the job. Why is it so difficult for so many of us to cut off the work and enjoy the vacation?

HAEFNER: It's a very good question. We're not quite sure as to the why. I think the technological improvements we all enjoy can also be a -- you know, a picturesque scene on a beach. You see families. You see people bathing in the sun and then all of a sudden you see laptops and cell phones. It is something Americans are still trying to figure out how to do right on vacation.

WHITFIELD: It has almost become a sickness, hasn't it, like an addiction. Your Website is showing that something like 33 percent of workers actually find themselves calling in, checking in at work even when they are on vacation?

HAEFNER: Exactly, and even more interesting is one out of ten are doing so on a daily basis? Sometimes several times a day and very difficult to actually get the mental break we all need.

WHITFIELD: So why is this so unhealthy? While people think they're being more productive, maybe even impressing their bosses, really they're kind of setting themselves back, aren't they?

HAEFNER: They are. You know, 50 percent of those that we surveyed say I feel some sort of stress or burnout on the job and so -- it is not rocket science here. What do you need to do? You need to take a break. You really need to decompress. Let yourself unwind and they're not really allowing themselves to do so. What's very interesting is, you know, four out of ten of those we surveyed say they need three to five days at an minimum to feel refreshed, but then when we go one step further and we say how much time are you going to take? Seventeen percent say two days or fewer and some cases no time at all.

WHITFIELD: Never really recover.

HAEFNER: Rarely.

WHITFIELD: Is there anyone to blame here, do you blame the individual for trying to go the one step further to perhaps impress their bosses or do you blame the bosses for imposing this kind of conditioned response or behavior?

HAEFNER: Yes, I really think it's a shared responsibility at this point. You know, supervisors, bosses, they're not helping. Twenty two percent of the workers we surveyed say their bosses expect them to keep in touch and that's an increase. Last year it was 16 percent. We're going in the wrong direction there. But we have also found that these employees, these workers are not doing some of the basics to help ensure their vacation is truly their time and it is pure break away.

Planning further out in advance sounds like an easy thing to do, but very few of those we surveyed have done so successfully so it's a last-minute vacation. Let's take advantage of a good deal on an airfare and a quick three-day weekend. They're short cutting taking the right amount of time off.

WHITFIELD: So planning further in advance is one way of helping the situation. What else do you advice?

HAEFNER: Absolutely. You need to really make sure you're cross training others on what you're doing. You need to make sure you have that backup in the office so you don't have to check e-mail every day. You don't have to call in using your cell phone. Another great tip that we find, let's go back to the basics. Turn the cell phone off.

WHITFIELD: Yes.

HAEFNER: Don't check the blackberry. It is your option in many cases. If you are an emergency-type contact, make sure you're clear when in the time of day you're reachable.

WHITFIELD: All right. Rosemary Haefner of CareerBuilders.com thanks so much and hopefully some folks gotten smart advice out of that, learn how to enjoy the vacations. That is what they are for. All right. Thanks a lot.

HAEFNER: Have a great day.

WHITFIELD: Well turning to concerns now about identity theft, we have been hearing stories about personal information being compromised, stolen from large data collection companies. Some of it could end on the virtual black market. Our technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg shows us how.

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DAN CLEMONS, CARD COPS: Here's a thief that says he has a Citibank credit card or checking account and he wants to be paid via WU which is Western Union to make a deal. And if you want to make a deal with him message him.

DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Dan Clemons of Cardcops doesn't carry a badge or a gun but he is on patrol in cyberspace, in virtual black markets. Where thieves buy, sell and barter personal information in underground chat rooms. The format is called IRC or Internet Relay Chat a low frequency hum in the worldwide web. Think of it as the Internet equivalent of (COMMERCIAL BREAK) radio. CLEMONS: This is just a guy posting that he has hacked into checking account with a $2,100 balance and he has X'ed the numbers he is proving he has access to it and he wants to trade for some type of tool or ware and he wants to split the money on this account.

SIEBERG: So this is somebody's checking account just waiting to be robbed?

CLEMONS: Yes, yes. And he is looking for help. Looking for an accomplice.

SIEBERG: It is a live look at identity theft. Chitchat among con artists happening in real time. If you have heard about personal data being stolen, a lot of it ends up here.

CLEMONS: This is what they call a gold profile. This is all the information on this lady. We have her e-mail address, eBay account, Paypal account; we have a first name, last name. We have her address, phone. We even have her Social Security number. We have her M.N.M, which is mother's maiden name. If the thief has this information, he can absolutely rip this lady's identity off in seconds.

SIEBERG: Dan help me understand this ID thief community or black market, if you will. Each of those names down the right-hand side there, they're actual people in this virtual world trading all of this very real data in real time?

CLEMONS: That is correct. These people in the chat room. They're usually in Europe and they're trading credit cards and identities. They're swapping out different types of wares and tools to commit crimes. They're real. They're doing this right now.

SIEBERG: Clemons doesn't have the means to track down the criminals, but he earns his living by spreading the word. His team alerts law enforcement, credit card associations and merchants many of whom pay for his information. And he even notifies consumers whenever they spot a crime in the making.

CLEMONS: Hello Nestor, my name is Dan Clemons with Card Cops and I'm investigating some fraud on your MasterCard ending in 1992.

SIEBERG: A man named Nestor's entire personal profile is posted. We have no trouble calling him since, well, we have his home number. How do you feel knowing that all of this personal information of yours is in this chat room where anybody could come across it and buy and sell it how does that make you feel?

NESTOR: Oh, my gosh. It's in a chat room?

CLEMONS: Yes.

SIEBERG: Yes.

NESTOR: Well, no wonder because at this moment I'm still getting charges even from Spain, Italy.

SIEBERG: Does it scare you this is happening?

NESTOR: Well, it does, yes.

SIEBERG: Is it too late for Nestor now that this information is out there, Dan?

CLEMONS: Well, it is too late in one regard but Nestor you can put a fraud alert on your credit file.

NESTOR: I did that.

CLEMONS: You did that? That's good.

SIEBERG: A little later, Clemons gets a private communication. Somebody's messaging you right now?

CLEMONS: Right.

SIEBERG: On here?

CLEMONS: They are sending me an instant message. Let's see what they have to say.

SIEBERG: What do they often want?

CLEMONS: This particular gentleman is offering credit cards with CVV 2. Full info and Paypal, so he has those available and he wants to either sell them to me or trade them to me.

SIEBERG: A whole new meaning to the phrase online shopping. Price tags on your priceless information. Bought and sold in a marketplace right under our noses.

Daniel Sieberg, CNN, California.

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WHITFIELD: Well, initial polling projections indicate France has rejected the European Union's first constitution as reported a little bit earlier. The voting ended just about 20 minutes ago. Official results are not yet in. The French vote will have a dramatic impact not only on France but all of Europe. For the latest now, we go to Paris and CNN's European political editor Robin Oakley. Robin.

ROBIN OAKLEY, CNN'S EUROPEAN POLITICAL EDITOR: Fredricka, excuse me. We have already had President Jacques Chirac -- excuse me. President Chirac the French president has already conceded defeat in this referendum. It's been by a margin of 55-45 that the French announced against the constitutional treaty for the European Union. It's a massive blow to the authority of the French president and of his government. We are expecting to see government changes and the sacking of his prime minister Jean Pierre Raffarin.

It's a massive blow for the European Union leaders. Many of whom who had come to France and contributed to the referendum campaign and appealed to the French not to decide this matter on their grievances and grudges on the French government on other issues like unemployment but to think of the future of Europe because this treaty, this constitution has to be endorsed by all 25 countries if it is going to come into effect in the European Union. And effectively the 25-member European Union is now going to be left without a constitution enabling it to work effectively as an organization of 25 countries which is it's been since May 1st last year -- Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: It will be interesting to hear what Jacques Chirac is likely to say. I understand any moment now he might be addressing reporters and folks to kind of explain his point of view on the vote today.

OAKLEY: Well, President Jacques Chirac has already pronounced, he says he noted the wishes of the French people and that he will continue to cooperate with all the institutions of the European Union and to be as an effective member as France can be. But he said he would be going to the next European Union summit in mid-June with the other E.U. leaders to defend the interests of France and very much taking aboard the criticisms and worries and fears that have been expressed by French electors in the background to this referendum.

Which argues that Mr. Chirac is going to go to the next summit and start to fight rather strongly for French interests. He is going to have to do that if he is going to rebuild any political momentum for himself ahead of the French presidential elections due to be held in two years' time. And already, Nicholas Sarcozi likely rival to Mr. Jacques Chirac for the conservative nomination for the presidential elections has come forward and said that France has got to change. There is going to be a new action program. France has got to work harder to deal with unemployment issues and so we are going to see a battle royal internally in France, as well as the problems for the European Union. Fredricka.

WHITFIELD: All right, Robin Oakley thanks so much for that report from Paris.

Little over an hour from now more of CNN LIVE SUNDAY and that being hosted by Carol Lin. Here she is.

LIN: Fred we are covering all the day's news. I have to say that because in addition to that, we saw an interesting report about a 42- year-old mother who flew to the United States without telling her husband that she was going to get a facelift and she died of a heart attack in the process and we are talking with -- I'm talking with Carol Martin, former model and now advocate to tell us how do you shop for a plastic surgeon and how do you know your not going to die --

WHITFIELD: She is very open.

LIN: Very open, she has had ten procedures done and she researched this deeply. At 10:00 tonight in the prime time show, a story about a man that stole a television set 34 years ago and he is just getting out of prison. Pretty stiff sentence. And our Richard Quest did an interview, yet another interview with Angelina Jolie. He got the bottom line of Brad Pitt.

WHITFIELD: OK.

LIN: All of that tonight.

WHITFIELD: Are they together? Are they not? What are they doing?

LIN: Uh-huh. Hear from the woman herself. That's right. Timely, isn't it? Talking about Brad Pitt.

WHITFIELD: Interesting. We'll be tuning in. Thanks a lot Carol.

LIN: Sure.

WHITFIELD: Well Arlington National Cemetery, it is solemn duty on display every day but on Memorial Day, a little color is added. Walk along with the soldiers who make sure their fallen brothers in arms receive a proper honor with CNN LIVE SUNDAY returns.

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WHITFIELD: Arlington National Cemetery, a final resting places for many of America's war heroes. Some 290,000 people buried there honored with a flag for Memorial Day. As Bethany Chamberlain shows us, it's a meticulous yet noble task.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a way, way bigger cemetery than I thought it was. Countless war heroes are buried throughout this cemetery. They die for our country. They selflessly put their lives on the line. Even just putting a flag on them is a small honor. Basically, put the flag on the front of the headstone. It's a foot away. After you're done with the row, you stand there at the end and make sure they're fun form. If they're not, mess up your mess -- fix up your mess. Nobody's perfect, right? A flag like this will not go in somebody's stone. It is ripped. You know? That's not acceptable. They've been doing this for a long time.

Flags have seen a lot of action. Any flag that breaks or any flag that's like torn or anything like that does not go in front of anybody's tombstone. This is definitely a good one. This one looks pretty much grand new. Yes. Too faded. Everybody gets a flag. I mean, I just picture, you know maybe myself one day being in here and somebody giving me that honor of putting a flag on mine for a country that I have put my life to.

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WHITFIELD: That is going to do it for this hour of CNN LIVE SUNDAY. Straight ahead, a CNN special. Wolf Blitzer, behind the scenes in Iraq. Then at 6:00 Eastern, Carol Lin is here for "CNN LIVE SUNDAY" and at 7:00 Eastern, "People in the News" profiles Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi and I'll be back in a few minutes with a look at the top stories.

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