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>>> HOW'S THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO HELP OUT IRAQ? WE'LL GO TO THE CAPITAL. >>> PRESIDENT BUSH TALKS POLITICS AND CRACKS SOME JOKES ABOUT WHAT HE AND ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER HAVE IN COMMON. >>> AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HELP CELEBRATE A MILESTONE IN POPE JOHN PAUL II'S TENURE. >>> IT'S 4:00 P.M. ON THE EAST COAST AND 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON OUT WEST. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON "CNN HEADLINE NEWS." I'M CHUCK ROBERTS. >> AND I'M LINDA STOUFFER. >>> "AMERICAN IDOL'S" CLAY AIKEN RELEASES HIS NEW ALBUM. WE'LL HAVE A PREVIEW COMING UP IN OUR SHOW. >>> NOW HERE'S OUR TOP STORY. >>> PRESIDENT BUSH'S PUSH FOR MONEY AND SUPPORT IN IRAQ IS RUNNING INTO OPPOSITION ON CAPITOL HILL, BUT THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FOR HELPING THE COUNTRY AT THE UNITED NATIONS. TWO VENUES, TWO DIFFERENT STORIES, TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS, IF YOU WILL. JONATHAN AIKEN JOINS US LIVE FROM WASHINGTON WITH DETAILS. JONATHAN? >> THE HOUSE AND SENATE AT WORK TODAY. BOTH HOUSES DEBATING THIS $87 BILLION IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION MEASURE. THE WHITE HOUSE IS PITCHING IN ON THIS, TOO. $66 BILLION WILL GO TOWARDS U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL AND MATERIAL IN BOTH IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. AND YOU'RE LOOKING NOW AT LIVE PICTURES FROM THE SENATE AS THE DEBATE ON THIS $87 BILLION QUESTION CONTINUE. THE SOAR SPOT IS $20 BILLION OUT OF THE $87 BILLION. AT ISSUE IS THE MONEY THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS REBUILDING IRAQ'S INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY'RE PUSHING DEMOCRATS TO MAKE HALF THAT AMOUNT THAT IRAQ WOULD HAVE TO REPAY DOWN THE ROAD FROM FUTURE OIL REVENUES. SOME LAWMAKERS MAKE IT CLEAR THIS MORNING THAT NO MATTER HOW ALL OF THIS WORKS OUT, THEY JUST CAN'T BUY IT. >> SO WHEN THE ROLE IS CALLED ON THIS $87 BILLION LEGISLATION, WHICH PROVIDES NO EFFECTIVE CONDITIONS FOR GENUINE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION AND A CLEAR CHANGE OF POLICY IN IRAQ I INTEND TO VOTE NO. >> IT'S A VOTE THAT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE. RIGHT NOW, CHUCK, MAYBE TOO CLOSE. THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS VOTE MAY BE LATER THIS EVENING, PROBABLY TOMORROW IS A BETTER GUESS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT PICTURES FROM THE UNITED NATIONS EARLIER TODAY WHERE THE U.S. GOT SOME GOOD NEWS. THE SUPREME COURT COUNCIL VOTING 15-0 THAT PUTS THE U.N. SEAL OF APPROVAL ON THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR AND COULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE U.S. TO GET HELP IN RESTORING NORMALCY TO IRAQ. >> WE WERE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN PASSAGE, A SOLID STATEMENT FROM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, IF POSSIBLE. WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS TO LISTEN TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND SECURITY COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT CONCERNS THEY HAD WITH THE RESOLUTION, BUT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM WHAT OUR PRINCIPALS WERE. >> THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, CHUCK. NEXT STOP, A DONOR'S CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK IN MADRID. TRY TO WIDDLE DOWN IRAQ'S GLOBAL DEBT. >> IF THE SENATE SENDS THE PRESIDENT THE BILL THAT $20 BILLION SPENDING ON A LOAN, IS HE EXPECTED TO VETO IT? >> THERE IS NO MENTION OF A VETO. HE PROBABLY WON'T BECAUSE THE MONEY IS NEEDED. THE BIG CONCERN THAT LAWMAKERS HAVE ABOUT A LOAN ARE TWO-FOLD. THOSE THAT SUPPORT THE IDEA OF MAKING IT A LOAN SAY AMERICAN TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THE $87 BILLION AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET SOME OF IT BACK. THIS WOULD CUT THE ARGUMENT SINCE THE WAR BEGAN SAYINGHAT WE'RE NOT AFTER IRAQ'S OIL. THOSE IN THE REGION THAT DON'T WANT TO SEE THE AMERICANS SUCCEED IMMEDIATELY. WE'RE GOING AFTER THE MONEY ALL ALONG. THE ODDS ARE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO GET THEIR WAY ON THAT BECAUSE THOSE WHO SUPPORTED LOANS HAVE NOW BACKED OFF THEIR SUPPORT AND NOW THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE HIS WAY. >> MANY THANKS, JONATHAN AIKEN IN WASHINGTON. >> ALL RIGHT. >>> MORE MONEY, MORE TROOPS. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE OF A NEW U.N. RESOLUTION ON IRAQ THAT WAS PASSED TODAY. IT TOOK SOME INTENSE LOBBYING, BUT THE U.S. MANAGED TO SECURE YES VOTES FROM ALL 15 MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, EVEN THE STAUNCHEST OPPONENTS OF THE WAR. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO STABILIZE IRAQ AND PUT IT ON THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE. THE RESOLUTION MAKES IT EASIER FOR COUNTRIES TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID AND PEACEKEEPING FORCES FOR IRAQ. TO WIN SUPPORT FOR THAT, THE U.S. HAD TO MAKE IT CLEAR IT HAS NO INTENTION OF STAYING IN THE COUNTRY INDEFINITELY AS AN OCCUPYING POWER. THE RESOLUTION STATES THE DAY WHEN IRAQIS GOVERN THEMSELVES MUST COME QUICKLY. >>> PRESIDENT BUSH IS MAKING A WESTWARD SWING WHICH WILL TAKE HIM FROM THE PACIFIC COAST TO THE PACIFIC RIM. TODAY IN CALIFORNIA, THE PRESIDENT MET WITH THAT STATE'S GOVERNOR-ELECT, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. THEY MET PRIVATELY AND THEN SCHWARZENEGGER INTRODUCED THE PRESIDENT AT AN APPEARANCE IN SAN BERNARDINO. SCHWARZENEGGER CALLED THE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST ALLY IN WASHINGTON. MR. BUSH EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE ECONOMY AND OF IRAQ, AND HE JOKED ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR-TO-BE. >> WE DID HAVE A GOOD VISIT AND DURING THAT VISIT I WAS ABLE TO REFLECT UPON HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN COMMON. WE BOTH MARRIED WELL. SOME ACCUSE US BOTH OF NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. WE BOTH HAVE BIG BICEPS. WELL, TWO OUT OF THREE ISN'T BAD. >> FROM CALIFORNIA, THE PRESIDENT WILL HEAD TO JAPAN. HIS VISIT TO SEVERAL NATIONS IN THE PACIFIC RIM. >>> FRAIL BUT DETERMINED. YOU MIGHT SAY POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS A SILVER LINING. THE 83-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF CELEBRATED MASS IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE TODAY TO MARK HIS 25th ANNIVERSARY AS HEAD OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE SAYS HE'S PUTTING HIS FATE IN GOD'S HANDS AS HE REACHES THIS MILESTONE. THE POPE HAS BEEN THE MOST-TRAVELED PONTIFF EVER, VISITING 129 COUNTRIES IN THE LAST QUARTER-CENTURY. SUNDAY, AS PART OF HIS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, HE WILL BEATIFY MOTHER TERESA, THE NUN WHO DEVOTED MOST OF HER LIFE TO CARING FOR THE SICK AND POOR. >>> POLICE IN NEW YORK SAY AN 11th PERSON NOW MAY BE DEAD IN A FERRY ACCIDENT. DIVERS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE WOMAN'S BODY NEAR THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY DOCK. IN ADDITION TO THE 10 CONFIRMED DEATHS, 42 OTHERS WERE HURT. INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE FERRY PILOT PASSED OUT WHILE CROSSING THE HARBOR. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE RACED HOME, SLIT HIS WRISTS AND SHOT HIMSELF TWICE WITH A PELLET GUN. HE'S NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND UNDER POLICE GUARD AT A HOSPITAL. >>> SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS ARE GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY FATTER NEXT YEAR. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A MODEST COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF 2.1%. THAT'S SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THIS YEAR'S COST OF LIVING INCREASE OF 1.4%. BUT MANY OLDER AMERICANS WON'T GET TO ENJOY ALL OF THE INCREASE BECAUSE OF A 13.5% JUMP IN MEDICARE PREMIUMS. THAT INCREASE ALSO TAKES EFFECT NEXT YEAR AND IS THE THIRD-LARGEST IN MEDICARE'S HISTORY. 51 MILLION AMERICANS RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS. >>> A SPLIT DECISION ON WALL STREET, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? JENNIFER WESTHOVEN IS LIVE AT THE NYSE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. >> DESPITE THE FACT THERE WERE ROCKY EARNINGS REPORTS OUT THERE IT MANAGED TO CLOSE NEAR THE BEST LEVELS FOR THE YEAR, IN FACT, FOR THE NASDAQ, IT DID CLOSE AT ITS BEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN A YEAR. UP 19 POINTS AND THE S&P 500 LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO MAKE A RECORD THERE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE JUST BY A HAIR. SINCE THESE NUMBERS AREN'T EXACTLY OFFICIAL, WE WON'T SAY IT YET, BUT IT'S OFFICIALLY CLOSE. THE DOW IS DOWN TODAY, BUT ONLY BY 11 POINTS AT 9791 AND ONLY 11 POINTS, EVEN ON A DAY WHEN YOU CAN SEE TWO OF ITS COMPONENTS GOT KNOCKED DOWN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CATERPILLAR HERE AND IBM REALLY OFF ON THE DAY AFTER THEIR CORPORATE REPORT CARDS CAME IN. HOW THEIR BUSINESS DID IN THE LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD. >>> LET'S GO TO MARTHA STEWART, RARE, SOME GOOD HEADLINES FOR MARTHA STEWART TODAY. KMART IS STARTING A TELEVISION AD CAMPAIGN THAT IS GOING TO FEATURE SOME OF ITS HIGH-END PRODUCTS, INCLUDING MARTHA STEWART AND HER MARTHA STEWART LIVING PRODUCTS WHICH ARE SOLD AT KMART. DESPITE HER LEGAL PROBLEMS, THEY'RE STILL A CUSTOMER FAVORITE. WE'LL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ONE. THE TRIAL STARTS IN JANUARY FOR MARTHA STEWART. SHE HAS SAID SHE IS INNOCENT OF CHARGES OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTS AND SECURITIES FRAUD. >> JENNIFER, THANKS. >>> THIS YEAR'S "AMERICAN IDOL" WINNER, RUBEN STUDDARD, CAST A PRETTY BIG SHADOW OVER HIS COMPETITION. >> NOW THE MAN WHO FINISHED SECOND IS STEPPING OUT OF THAT SHADOW AND INTO THE LIMELIGHT. WE KNOW CLAY AIKEN HAS MATINEE IDOL LOOKS, BUT HOW DOES HIS MUSIC STACK UP? WE'LL TAKE A LISTEN TO AIKEN'S NEW ALBUM WITH "TIME" MAGAZINE'S CHRIS FARLEY AFTER THE BREAK. >>> IT'S DO OR DIE R THE BOSTO RED SOX AND NEW YORK YANKEES WHEN THEY MEET TONIGHT AT YANKEE STADIUM FOR GAME SEVEN OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. IT'S A SEVEN-GAME SERIES, SO YOU KNOW THE SCORE. THE TEAMS ARE BITTER RIVALS. BOSTON BEAT THE YANKS LAST NIGHT 9-6 TO TIE UP THE SERIES AT THREE GAMES EACH. TONIGHT'S WINNER MOVES ON TO THE WORLD SERIES AGAINST THE FLORIDA MARLINS MATURDAY. >>> SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT "AMERICAN IDOL" BEING A GLORIFIED KARAOKE CONTEST, BUT THOSE WHO MAKE THE FINAL CUT ARE ALMOST GUARANTEED A TICKET TO THE BIG TIME. THE LATEST CONTENDER IS THIS YEAR'S RUNNER-UP, CLAY AIKEN, WHOSE NEW ALBUM HIT STORES THIS WEEK. "TIME" MAGAZINE'S MUSIC GURU, CHRIS FARLEY, IS HERE WITH THE VERDICT ON AIKEN'S PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. CHRIS, HOW ABOUT IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> GUILTY AS CHARGED. ISN'T THAT GOOD, CLAY MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. GREAT SINGERS TAKE MATERIAL AND THEN MAKE IT THEIR OWN, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T WRITE IT. THINK OF FRANK SINATRA AND "MY WAY." HE DIDN'T WRITE IT, BUT IT WAS HIS SONG. THERE'S NO SONG ON THIS ALBUM AFTER LISTENING TO "MEASURE OF A MAN" THAT'S A CLAY AIKEN SONG. NO ONE ELSE CAN SING IT LIKE CLAY. YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, THAT'S A BLAND SONG, LET ME FORWARD TO THE NEXT TRACK. LET'S PAUSE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND LISTEN TO A LITTLE BIT OF "INVISIBLE" WHICH IS ONE OF THE SINGLES OFF "MEASURE OF A MAN." WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND SNOETS WISH YOU COULD TOUCH I WAS INVISIBLE I COULD JUST WATCH YOU IN YOUR ROOM >> CLAY AIKEN PERFECTED A SINGING TECHNIQUE THAT ONLY CELINE DION AND MICHAEL BOLTON ONLY DO. YOU ARE OVERWHELMING AT THE SAME TIME. HE DOES HAVE SOME PASSION IN HIS LYRICS. HE IS TRYING TO BELT OUT THE SONG, BUT IT FEELS LIKE HE IS PERFORMING THE SONG AND NOT LIVING IN THE SONG, SO, IT DOESN'T REALLY QUITE WORK AND THE SONG JUST GO BY YOU AND GO BY YOU AND NOTHING SINKS IN TOO DEEPLY. >> CHRIS, I REMEMBER, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE "AMERICAN IDOL" PROCESS AND HIS IMAGE WAS CHANGING SO MUCH, THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE HIM LOOK MORE HIP, YOU WERE SAYING AT THE TIME THAT IF HE WOULD LOOK AT BROADWAY MUSIC, GO THAT SORT OF PATH HE MIGHT BE MORE SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL. >> I DON'T QUITE KNOW IF HE IS A POP STAR. I THINK THAT HE'S GREAT ON TV, I LIKED HIM IN "AMERICAN IDOL." I THINK THE SHOW IS TERRIFIC. I LIKE NEWLYWEDS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEM SING Y DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEIR CDs EITHER. I THINK HE SHOULD STICK TO TV AND NOT VENTURE INTO CDs. I THINK A LOT OF FANS ARE EXCITED BY THIS ALBUM. PEOPLE ARE DIE-HARD CLAY AIKEN PEOPLE, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SATISFIED WITH IT. I THINK PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM AND GO, THIS IS KIND OF A DISAPPOINTMENT. HE IS THE NUMBER TWO GUY. HE'S BEEN GETTING A LOT MORE ATTENTION THAN REUBEN STUDDARD WHO ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION. WHAT IF SOMEBODY FINISHED NUMBER TWO IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND GOT MORE ATTENTION. THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY, RIGHT? THE SAME THING HAPPENING HERE. CLAY AIKEN, I THINK HE'S A NIC % GUY AND OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF FANS THINK HE'S A CUTE GUY, TOO. I DON'T QUITE KNOW IF HE IS A POP STAR. >> WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT ANALOGY THERE, CHRIS FARLEY GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> IT WAS SO FUNNY TO SEE THE LITTLE CLIPS. >> HE HAS REALLY CHANGED. >>> CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR TO BE BINDS TIES TO WASHINGTON. THAT STORY IS JUST AHEAD. >>> ALSO, IT'S STEADY PROGRESS FOR THE SEPARATED EGYPTIAN TWINS. FIND OUT WHAT DELICATE STEPS DOCTORS ARE PLANNING TO TAKE TO HOPEFULLY HELP SPEED >>> IF EXPECTING MOTHERS NEEDED ANOTHER REASON TO QUIT SMOKING DURING THEIR PREGNANCY, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY BABIES OF MOTHER WHO SMOKED DURING PREGNANCY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE JITTERY AND MORE UNLIKELY TO CONSOLE. BABIES SHOWED SIGNS OF DISTRESS. BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO USE COCAINE OR OTHER DRUGS. >>> THANKS FOR CHECKING BACK WITH "CNN HEADLINE NEWS." I'M LINDA STOUFFER. >> AND I'M CHUCK ROBERTS. LET'S START OFF WITH A QUICK LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES -- PRESIDENT BUSH MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TODAY, SAYING THE GOVERNOR-ELECT WILL MAKE A FINE AND STRONG LEADER FOR CALIFORNIA. MR. BUSH NOW IS ON HIS WAY TO JAPAN -- THE FIRST STOP ON A TRIP THAT ALSO WILL TAKE HIM TO AN ASIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT NEXT WEEK. >>> INVESTIGATORS IN NEW YORK ARE SORTING THROUGH CONFLICTING STORIES AS THEY TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A FERRY ACCIDENT THAT KILLED TEN PEOPLE. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE PILOT PASSED OUT AT THE CONTROLS BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL CONDITION BEFORE THE FERRY CRASHED INTO A PIER NEAR STATEN ISLAND YESTERDAY. POLICE FEARED AN 11th PERSON WAS MISSING AND FEARED DEAD, BUT TURNED OUT ALIVE. >>> AND POPE JOHN PAUL II IS MARKING 25 YEARS AS LEADER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ADDRESSING A HUGE CROWD OF THE FAITHFUL IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE, THE FRAIL POPE GAVE NO INDICATION HE PLANS TO STEP DOWN, SAYING "A GOOD SHEPHERD STAYS WITH HIS FLOCK." >>> PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES HAVE FIVE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEADLY BOMBING OF A U.S. CONVOY. YESTERDAY'S ROADSIDE BLAST KILLED THREE AMERICAN SECURITY OFFICERS AND INJURED ANOTHER. THE SECURITY FORCES EXCHANGED FIRE WITH SOME OF THE SUSPECTS BEFORE DETAINING THEM, BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. PALESTINIAN SECURITY SOURCES SAY THOSE DETAINED INCLUDE THREE MEMBERS OF A BREAKAWAY MILITANT FACTION. COULD THERE SOON BE A CRACKDOWN ON MILITANTS BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY? SOME OBSERVERS SAY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, SINCE AUTHORITY PRESIDENT YASSER ARAFAT HAS NAMED A GENERAL CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF HIS LOYALISTS AS CHIEF OF ALL PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES. >>> PRESIDENT BUSH WANTS HIS TOP OFFICIALS TO STOP LEAKS TO THE MEDIA OR ELSE. HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE VERY OFFICIALS LEAKED THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS. MR. BUSH TOLD SENIOR AIDES THIS WEEK HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE MEDIA STORIES QUOTING UNNAMED ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS. THE WORD CAME FROM A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL WHO ASKED HIS NAME NOT BE USED. MR. BUSH IS QUOTED AS SAYING THERE WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES FOR ANONYMOUS LEAKS, BUT APPARENTLY, THIS ANONYMOUS SOURCE WASN'T TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT. >>> THE POINT OF ORIGIN FOR THE TWO PLANES THAT HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER STILL IS HAVING SECURITY PROBLEMS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY FIVE UNDERCOVER FEDERAL AGENTS SUCCESSFULLY GOT WEAPONS PAST SECURITY AT BOSTON'S LOGAN AIRPORT LAST WEEK. THE AIRPORT'S FEDERAL SECURITY DIRECTOR SAYS THE SCREENERS WHO MISSED THE CONTRABAND WERE PULLED ASIDE IMMEDIATELY AFTER MISSING THE ITEMS AND TOLD WHAT HAPPENED. LOGAN INTERNATIONAL WAS ONE OF 15 AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHOSE SECURITY SCREENERS WERE TESTED. >>> OPENING STATEMENTS MAY BEGIN MONDAY IN THE TRIAL OF ACCUSED DC-AREA SNIPER JOHN ALLEN MUHAMMAD. THE TRIAL SHOULD LAST SIX WEEKS. RIGHT NOW, PROSECUTING AND DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE TRYING TO SEAT A JURY. MUHAMMAD HAS ENTERED PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY TO FOUR CHARGES CONNECTED TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A MAN AT A MANASSAS, VIRGINIA GAS STATION LAST OCTOBER. THAT'S JUST ONE OF A STRING OF SNIPER KILLINGS WITH WHICH HE'S CHARGED. >>> THERE'S AN OPTIMISTIC NOTE FROM DOCTORS TREATING TWO EGYPTIAN TWINS WHO WERE SURGICALLY SEPARATED THIS WEEKEND. THEY SAY THE TWINS ARE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS, AND THE MEDICAL TEAM NOW WILL BEGIN LIFTING THEM OUT OF DRUG-INDUCED COMAS. THEY WERE PLACED IN THAT STATE TO MINIMIZE COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING THE 34-HOUR SURGERY. DOCTORS SAY THERE'S STILL A RISK OF PROBLEMS DEVELOPING, AND IT COULD TAKE WEEKS BEFORE THEY KNOW WHETHER THE 2-YEAR-OLDS DEVELOPED BRAIN DAMAGE FROM THE SURGERY. >>> A MOVIE THAT HELPED DEFINE TEEN ANGST IS GETTING A SEQUEL. MAKE SOME ROOM ON THE CAKE FOR 16 MORE CANDLES. >> COMING UP, WILL IT BE A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR ITS FANS? FIND OUT WHAT'S IN STORE FOR PART TWO OF A CLASSIC TEEN COMEDY. YOU KNOW, THIS USED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW IT'S A MESS. YOU GOT ALL THESE POLYPS RUNNING AROUND. SPEAKING OF THE DEVIL. AAH! Announcer: COLON CANCER ALMOST ALWAYS STARTS WITH A POLYP. GET THE POLYP EARLY AND STOP COLON CANCER BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS. WHERE'D YOU THINK YOU WERE RUNNING TO, HUH? I DIDN'T EVEN SEE YOU GUYS THERE. I WANT TO TALK TO MY LAWYER! r Polyp: I GOT A PHONE CALL! >>> THIS NEXT STORY IS FOR THOSE WITH A "NOSE" FOR NEWS. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH BY TOOTHPASTE MAKER AQUAFRESH, MORE THAN HALF OF BRITONS MAY HAVE WORSE BREATH THAN THEIR DOGS. WOMEN ACTUALLY ARE THE WORST OFFENDERS, WITH THREE OUT OF FIVE FAILING A BREATH TEST. ONE DENTIST SAYS BRITONS CAN OVERCOME DRAGON BREATH BY SIMPLY BRUSHING THEIR TONGUES IN ADDITION TO THEIR TEETH. ACTUALLY, NOT EVERYONE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS SWAMP MOUTH. THE SURVEY FOUND JUST 10% OF SCOTTISH PEOPLE SUFFERED FROM BAD BREATH. >>> THE PHILADELPHIA '76ers WERE DEFINITELY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BUN. SOME LUCKY SIXERS FANS WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THEIR TACO BELL ORDERS WERE BEING TAKEN BY NONE OTHER THAN BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR ALLEN IVERSON WHEN THEY ROLLED UP TO THE DRIVE-IN WINDOW YESTERDAY. THE STAR GUARD FOR THE SIXERS WAS TAKING PART IN THE TEAM'S FAN APPRECIATION DAY. >>> A POPULAR COMING OF AGE MOVIE IS DUE FOR AN UPDATE. TWO HOLLYWOOD WRITERS ARE HARD AT WORK COMING UP WITH A SEQUEL TO "16 CANDLES." MOLLY RINGWALD AND ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL STARRED IN THE 1984 COMEDY ABOUT A TEENAGER WHOSE FAMILY FORGETS HER 16th BIRTHDAY. THE NEW MADE FOR TV MOVIE WILL PICK UP WITH SAM BAKER ON HER 32nd BIRTHDAY. IT WILL INCLUDE UPDATES ON OTHER CHARACTERS, LIKE FARMER TED AND JAKE RYAN. THERE'S NO WORD ON WHETHER RINGWALD OR HALL WILL APPEAR IN THE SEQUEL. >>> GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE LIVES A LIFE THAT'S FREE, BUT LAWYERS ARE DOGGING HIM RIGHT INTO THE JUNGLE. CATERPILLAR INCORPORATED IS SUING TO BLOCK NEXT WEEK'S RELEASE OF THE DIRECT TO DVD MOVIE "GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2." THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT MAKER SAYS THE SEQUEL TIES ITS MACHINES TO INDUSTRIALISTS SEEKING TO DESTROY THE JUNGLE. CATERPILLAR SAYS THE CONNECTION WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE SALE OF ITS CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS. DISNEY SAYS IT BELIEVES VIEWERS WILL NOT TAKE THE MOVIE SERIOUSLY. NO COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET. >>> A SPECIAL SHOWING OF THE "LORD OF THE RINGS" TRILOGY HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF A THREE-RING CIRCUS. FANS LINED UP AROUND BLOCKS AND CRASHED WEBSITES LAST WEEK IN AN EFFORT TO BUY TICKETS TO NEW LINE CINEMA'S "TRILOGY TUESDAY." EXTENDED VERSIONS OF "THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING" AND "THE TWO TOWERS" WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE MIDNIGHT DEBUT OF "THE RETURN OF THE KING." ONLY 99 U.S. THEATERS WILL HOST THE 11-HOUR MARATHON DECEMBER 16th. "THE RETURN OF THE KING" OPENS NATIONWIDE THE FOLLOWING DAY. >>> "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY" HAS COME OUT WITH ITS LIST OF THE MOST POWERFUL ENTERTAINMENT FIGURES. AND THIS YEAR, JERRY BRUCKHEIMER TOPS IT. THE MAGAZINE SAYS BRUCKHEIMER HAS BECOME A BRAND, WITH SUCH SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS AS THE FILM "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN" AND THE NUMBER-ONE TV SERIES, "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION." ALSO RANKING HIGH ON THE LIST OF CREATIVE FORCES ARE STEVEN SPIELBERG, TOM HANKS, IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT CO-CHAIRMEN RON HOWARD AND BRIAN GRAZER AND "HARRY POTTER'S" CREATOR, J.K ROWLING. ROUNDING OUT THE TOP TEN ARE OPRAH WINFREY, TOM CRUISE, "LORD OF THE RINGS" DIRECTOR PETER JACKSON, EMINEM AND NICOLE KIDMAN. BRUCKHEIMER MAY BE THE MOST POWERFUL, BUT IT'S KIDMAN WHO'S GETTING THE MOST FACE TIME. SHE GRACES THE COVER OF THIS ISSUE OF "ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY," WHICH GOES ON SALE FRIDAY. >>> ACTOR JAMES GARNER IS TACKLING WHAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ROLES ON PRIME TIME TV THIS SEASON. HE WILL GUEST STAR IN FOUR EPISODES OF ABC'S SITCOM, "EIGHT SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER." THE SHOW STARRED JOHN RITTER AS A FRANTIC DAD AND NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST. BUT AFTER RITTER'S DEATH FROM A HEART AILMENT LAST MONTH, THE SHOW IS TAKING A MORE SERIOUS TURN AS THE FAMILY BECOMES A ONE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD. GARNER WILL PLAY THE GRANDFATHER WHO COMES TO SUPPORT HIS DAUGHTER AND THREE GRANDCHILDREN. HIS FOUR EPISODES MAY BEGIN AIRING EARLY NEXT MONTH. >>> I'M LINDA STOUFFER. >> I'M CHUCK ROBBERTS.