>>> 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.