CBS News - Iraq War - 2003-03-20 - 4 a.m. (E)

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[1:02] for a brief special report. CBS News

[1:05] continuing coverage of America at War.

[1:07] I'm Melissa McDermott. CBS News in

[1:09] Kuwait has learned from the Kuwaiti News

[1:11] Service citing Ministry of Defense

[1:13] sources that two Iraqi missiles landed

[1:16] in northern Kuwait a short time ago. CBS

[1:19] News correspondent Aaron Morardi is in

[1:21] Kuwait City where it is now midday.

[1:24] Erin, what do you know?

[1:26] Well, Melissa, there was this eerie calm

[1:29] all morning since the air strikes in

[1:30] Baghdad and then a little bit over an

[1:33] hour ago, we heard this muffled

[1:34] explosion and went to check it out. And

[1:36] as you just said, the Kuwaiti press

[1:38] agency citing the Kuwait Ministry of

[1:40] Defense sources says that two Iraqi

[1:42] missiles did land in northern Kuwait.

[1:45] But according to those same sources,

[1:47] there was no damage and there have been

[1:49] no casualties. What we also know is that

[1:51] there has been a gas alert that was

[1:53] issued at the base that is just west of

[1:56] here um at the Ali Alsam air base and

[1:59] that troops, as you probably know, in

[2:01] northern uh Kuwait have also been asked

[2:03] to dawn gas masks. and wear chemical

[2:06] suits.

[2:11] All right, Erin Morardi, stay safe.

[2:14] Thanks for that report. This has been a

[2:16] CBS News special report. I'm Melissa

[2:18] McDermott in New York. Now, for those

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[2:42] The peace of a troubled world and the

[2:44] hopes of an oppressed people now depend

[2:47] on you. That trust is well placed.

[2:51] The enemies you confront will come to

[2:53] know your skill and bravery. The people

[2:56] you liberate will witness the honorable

[2:58] and decent spirit of the American

[3:01] military. Now that conflict has come,

[3:04] the only way to limit its duration is to

[3:06] apply decisive force. And I assure you,

[3:11] this will not be a campaign of half

[3:13] measures, and we will accept no outcome

[3:16] but victory.

[3:18] >> Military analysts describe this surgical

[3:20] strike as an attempt to decapitate the

[3:22] Iraqi leadership. Reports say five top

[3:25] members were inside that bunker. It's

[3:27] unclear though who, if anyone, was

[3:29] killed or injured. About three hours

[3:31] later, Saddam Hussein appeared to

[3:33] broadcast that he was not one of the

[3:35] casualties.

[3:40] >> The Iraqi president took to the airwaves

[3:42] hours after the strikes to show his

[3:44] people and his army that he is still

[3:46] alive and still very much in charge.

[3:49] >> But Saddam's words of encouragement are

[3:51] apparently falling on deaf ears on the

[3:53] battlefield. at least near the southern

[3:55] Iraqi city of Bosra. Satellite

[3:57] intelligence shows two Iraqi infantry

[3:59] divisions and perhaps a mechanized

[4:01] division as well are preparing to

[4:03] surrender to Allied forces. That's up to

[4:05] 10,000 Iraqi soldiers. Although Saddam

[4:09] himself wasn't taken out in the strike

[4:11] on Baghdad, some of his top lieutenants,

[4:13] again, may have been. CBS's national

[4:15] security respondent David Martin has

[4:17] more. The entire strike was put together

[4:20] in about 5 hours after the CIA picked up

[4:22] intelligence on the location of the

[4:24] Iraqi leaders and President Bush ordered

[4:26] the military to conduct the attack. The

[4:29] strike came as soldiers and marines

[4:31] moved to their attack points in northern

[4:33] Kuwait for an invasion expected to begin

[4:35] in about 48 hours. The US dropped a

[4:38] record 2 million leaflets over southern

[4:40] Iraq Wednesday, warning Iraqi soldiers

[4:42] to lay down their arms and go home. 17

[4:46] Iraqis walked across the border into

[4:47] Kuwait and surrendered. The first in

[4:50] what is expected to be a flood tide of

[4:52] Iraqi soldiers who come out with their

[4:54] hands up once the shooting starts.

[4:57] >> The air campaign has been designed to

[4:59] convince the Iraqis they don't stand a

[5:01] chance. The effects that we are trying

[5:04] to create is to make it so apparent and

[5:06] so overwhelming at the very outset of

[5:09] potential military operations that the

[5:12] adversary quickly realizes that that

[5:13] there is no real alternative here other

[5:15] than to to fight and die or to give up.

[5:18] >> The Air Force has already showcased the

[5:20] 21,000 lb so-called mother of all bombs.

[5:23] And today the Pentagon talked about

[5:25] another weapon that will be used for the

[5:27] first time. This one able to destroy

[5:29] multiple tanks at the same time.

[5:32] The military also made clear that in

[5:34] this war, American planes will have a

[5:36] much easier time dominating the skies

[5:38] because after 12 years of knocking out

[5:40] missile sites in the no-fly zones, there

[5:42] aren't many air defenses left.

[5:44] >> It is a significantly less hostile place

[5:47] than it was in northern and southern

[5:49] Iraq on the opening night of the Gulf

[5:50] War.

[5:50] >> That air war is expected to begin before

[5:53] the week is out. But if the US was

[5:56] either very lucky or very good and

[5:58] succeeded in killing the top Iraqi

[6:00] leaders in the very first strike on

[6:02] Baghdad, it is perhaps still possible

[6:05] that a war can be averted. David Martin,

[6:08] CBS News, the Pentagon.

[6:10] >> The first troops across the Iraqi border

[6:12] will likely be the United States Marine

[6:14] Corps. Those Marines are now massing

[6:16] along the Iraqi Kuwaiti border. CBS's

[6:18] Byron Pittz is with the attack

[6:20] helicopter unit, which calls itself the

[6:22] Vipers. He's so close to the border, in

[6:24] fact, that no lights are allowed.

[6:27] >> Tonight, the mood here is as dark as a

[6:29] desert skyline. US and British forces

[6:31] now have the sense the time for war is

[6:34] near. Here at the secret US air base

[6:36] while I'm in position, all the practice

[6:38] runs are over.

[6:41] >> US and British forces are massing at the

[6:43] Iraqi border by the tens of thousands.

[6:45] The Army, Marines, Navy Seals, all on

[6:48] high alert, hidden under the cover of

[6:50] darkness. One can only see through a

[6:52] night vision lens. Technology believed

[6:55] to be in short supply in the Iraqi army.

[6:58] Tonight, for the first time here, all of

[7:00] these Marine Super Attack Cobra

[7:02] helicopters sit on the runway fully

[7:04] loaded with live ammunition. So, you

[7:06] feeling good about the preparation?

[7:08] >> Absolutely. I mean, I we're ready.

[7:11] >> This is the commanding officer of Litech

[7:13] Helicopter Squadron 169 from Camp

[7:15] Pendleton, California. For security

[7:18] reasons, we cannot give his name. We're

[7:20] pros. I mean, this this is what we do

[7:22] and and we're just tremendous at it.

[7:26] >> Still concerned Saddam may use chemical

[7:28] weapons, all troops are now under orders

[7:30] to keep their gas mask at their side and

[7:32] their Kim suits nearby. When the war

[7:34] steps off, the Kim suits go on. This is

[7:38] video obtained exclusively by CBS News.

[7:41] It's the last practice run of Marine

[7:42] Cobra helicopters using live missiles.

[7:45] The pilots fire four tow missiles. All

[7:48] four hit the target.

[7:50] >> There you go.

[7:54] Good, good, good hit. Good hit. Two good

[7:57] hits.

[7:58] >> The commanding officer of this squadron

[8:00] has told his Marines to get ready. I

[8:03] don't know when the fight will start, he

[8:05] says, but quote, "It will be violent. It

[8:08] will be rapid, and we will overwhelm

[8:10] them." With the US Marine Viper

[8:12] Squadron, Byron Pittz, CBS News. US

[8:16] forces are also engaged in battle this

[8:18] morning. In Afghanistan, helicopters

[8:20] fied the so-called White Devils, about

[8:22] 1,000 combat soldiers from the 82nd

[8:25] Airborne Division to the remote

[8:26] mountains southeast of the city of

[8:27] Kandahar. They're reportedly hunting for

[8:30] al-Qaeda gunmen as well as Osama bin

[8:32] Laden himself. And we have a lot more

[8:34] news to come.

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[10:55] It's 10 minutes past the hour. Less than

[10:57] an hour after the initial attack began

[10:59] in Baghdad, President Bush addressed the

[11:01] nation. Here's what he said.

[11:04] My fellow citizens, at this hour,

[11:07] American and coalition forces are in the

[11:09] early stages of military operations to

[11:12] disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to

[11:15] defend the world from grave danger. On

[11:18] my orders, coalition forces have begun

[11:21] striking selected targets of military

[11:23] importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's

[11:26] ability to wage war. These are opening

[11:29] stages of what will be a broad and

[11:31] concerted campaign.

[11:33] More than 35 countries are giving

[11:36] crucial support from the use of naval

[11:38] and air bases to help with intelligence

[11:41] and logistics to the deployment of

[11:43] combat units. Every nation in this

[11:46] coalition has chosen to bear the duty

[11:49] and share the honor of serving in our

[11:52] common defense.

[11:55] To all the men and women of the United

[11:56] States armed forces now in the Middle

[11:58] East, the peace of a troubled world and

[12:01] the hopes of an oppressed people now

[12:03] depend on you. That trust is well

[12:06] placed.

[12:08] The enemies you confront will come to

[12:10] know your skill and bravery. The people

[12:12] you liberate will witness the honorable

[12:15] and decent spirit of the American

[12:17] military.

[12:19] In this conflict, America faces an enemy

[12:22] who has no regard for conventions of war

[12:25] or rules of morality.

[12:28] Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops

[12:30] and equipment in civilian areas

[12:32] attempting to use innocent men, women,

[12:35] and children as shields for his own

[12:37] military. A final atrocity against his

[12:41] people.

[12:42] I want Americans and all the world to

[12:44] know that coalition forces will make

[12:47] every effort to spare innocent civilians

[12:50] from harm.

[12:52] A campaign on the harsh terrain of a

[12:53] nation as large as California could be

[12:56] longer and more difficult than some

[12:59] predict.

[13:00] And helping Iraqis achieve a united,

[13:03] stable, and free country will require

[13:05] our sustained commitment.

[13:08] We come to Iraq with respect for its

[13:10] citizens, for their great civilization,

[13:14] and for the religious faiths they

[13:16] practice. We have no ambition in Iraq

[13:19] except to remove a threat and restore

[13:22] control of that country to its own

[13:23] people.

[13:25] I know that the families of our military

[13:27] are praying that all those who serve

[13:30] will return safely and soon.

[13:33] Millions of Americans are praying with

[13:34] you for the safety of your loved ones

[13:37] and for the protection of the innocent.

[13:41] For your sacrifice, you have the

[13:43] gratitude and respect of the American

[13:45] people.

[13:47] And you can know that our forces will be

[13:50] coming home as soon as their work is

[13:52] done.

[13:54] Our nation enters this conflict

[13:55] reluctantly.

[13:57] Yet, our purpose is sure. The people of

[14:00] the United States and our friends and

[14:02] allies will not live at the mercy of an

[14:04] outlaw regime that threatens the peace

[14:07] with weapons of mass murder. We will

[14:10] meet that threat now with our army, air

[14:13] force, navy, coast guard, and marines so

[14:17] that we do not have to meet it later

[14:19] with armies of firefighters and police

[14:21] and doctors on the streets of our

[14:24] cities.

[14:25] Now that conflict has come, the only way

[14:28] to limit its duration is to apply

[14:31] decisive force. And I assure you, this

[14:35] will not be a campaign of half measures.

[14:37] And we will accept no outcome but

[14:40] victory.

[14:42] My fellow citizens, the dangers to our

[14:45] country and the world will be overcome.

[14:49] We will pass through this time of peril

[14:52] and carry on the work of peace. We will

[14:55] defend our freedom. We will bring

[14:57] freedom to others. And we will prevail.

[15:01] May God bless our country and all who

[15:04] defend her.

[15:06] >> About 3 hours after the attack, a man

[15:08] believed to be Saddam Hussein addressed

[15:11] his people this morning. He read from a

[15:13] prepared text, and it's not clear if it

[15:15] was a live broadcast. He accused the US

[15:18] of committing a shameful crime and urged

[15:20] his people to quote, "Go draw your sword

[15:23] against the enemy. All right,

[15:24] >> CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips is

[15:26] in Kuwait City where he's been

[15:27] monitoring developments this morning and

[15:29] I spoke with him a short time ago. As

[15:31] you know, there are are these reports

[15:33] and this confirmed uh question now of

[15:36] the attack on the bunker in Baghdad. And

[15:38] there's a particular echo uh in this

[15:41] case uh you'll recall in the 1999 Gulf

[15:45] War uh that there was a similar attack

[15:47] on a bunker in Baghdad uh around which

[15:50] the discussion was very similar as well

[15:53] that there was Iraqi leadership in the

[15:55] bunker. That bunker was the Alamaria

[15:57] bunker. The same techniques were used

[15:59] there. a bunker buster bomb hitting the

[16:01] thick reinforced concrete roof of the

[16:04] bunker and then another bit of ordinance

[16:07] dropped inside to obliterate what was

[16:09] inside. In that case, quite sadly, it

[16:12] turned out that the Iraqi leadership was

[16:14] not in the bunker as had been thought,

[16:16] but rather groups of civilians and the

[16:18] death toll of civilians, women and

[16:21] children included, was upwards of 300.

[16:24] Uh we're presuming right now that

[16:26] there's a great deal of concentration

[16:28] going on uh in the intelligence circles

[16:31] as to whether the people senior Iraqi

[16:33] leadership as it's being described uh

[16:36] who are thought to have been in the

[16:37] bunker in this attack were in fact

[16:39] inside that this is a war as we know

[16:42] that's being carried on in the face of

[16:43] great uh international opposition and if

[16:46] there was any level of civilian casualty

[16:50] or any level of collateral damage you

[16:52] can bet the Iraqis will make the most of

[16:54] it. Melissa

[16:55] >> Mark, how are they reacting in the area

[16:57] in Kuwait in Kuwait City? A lot of the

[16:59] military might is coming out of that

[17:01] area you're in. What are they saying

[17:03] about what happened before dawn?

[17:06] >> Well, you have to remember the uh the

[17:10] part the elements uh of this invasion

[17:12] force that are based here are largely

[17:15] ground elements. There are of course air

[17:17] assets in Kuwait as well. But what you

[17:21] have poised now and moving up into

[17:23] position to launch their invasions uh

[17:27] are more than 150,000 US troops plus

[17:30] more than 25,000 British troops. They

[17:33] had thought and they were saying as late

[17:35] as yesterday afternoon when I was out at

[17:38] some of the desert encampments uh that

[17:40] they did not anticipate moving here for

[17:42] another day or two by the weekend is

[17:44] what they were saying. But it seems now

[17:47] that we may surmise that the timetable

[17:50] has been adjusted as it often is in war

[17:53] situations. Uh and we're now seeing some

[17:56] indications of units uh getting ready to

[17:59] move. The procedure is that they have

[18:00] been in holding areas in staging areas

[18:04] well back in the range of 30 or so miles

[18:07] back from uh the Iraqi frontier up until

[18:10] this week. That's to keep them out of

[18:12] the range of of Iraqi artillery. Uh over

[18:15] the last couple of days, we've seen

[18:17] movement up to advanced staging areas,

[18:19] tactical staging areas from which the

[18:22] actual invasions uh will be launched.

[18:24] And we're seeing now a pickup in the

[18:26] pace of that kind of movement. All

[18:28] right, Mark Phillips reporting from

[18:30] Kuwait City. Thank you, Mark. And you're

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[21:13] Showdown with Saddam. All the latest on

[21:15] tonight's CBS Evening News.

[21:19] >> Across the Pacific Rim this morning,

[21:20] major stock markets are enjoying a

[21:22] positive reaction to the start of war in

[21:24] Iraq. All major indexes are trading

[21:26] higher. The key index we follow for you,

[21:29] Japan's Nikk gained 144 points, about 1

[21:32] and 3%. As for Wall Street, Alexis

[21:35] Christophus is on the CBS Market Watch.

[21:38] With war the main focus on Wall Street,

[21:41] the Dow managed to extend its recent

[21:43] winning streak. The Dow sprinted 71

[21:46] points, making it six winning days in a

[21:48] row, its longest winning streak since

[21:50] August of 2000. The Nasdaq, meantime,

[21:52] dipped three points, dragged down by

[21:54] Oracle's disappointing software sales.

[21:57] Crude oil closed below $30 a barrel for

[21:59] the first time in two months. Traders

[22:02] are betting on a quick and successful

[22:03] war with Iraq and little to no

[22:05] disruption in oil supplies coming out of

[22:07] the Middle East. A new survey finds

[22:10] nearly a third of all consumers are

[22:11] being very careful about their spending.

[22:13] But the survey by the NPD group found

[22:15] unemployment actually has more impact on

[22:18] spending plans than war or terrorism.

[22:20] Half of those surveyed plan to spend

[22:22] much less than usual on major

[22:24] appliances, electronics, and jewelry. JP

[22:27] Morgan Chase said it's been notified by

[22:29] the Securities and Exchange Commission

[22:30] that it may face disciplinary action for

[22:33] sharing profits with clients who

[22:35] received shares in initial public

[22:37] offerings arranged by the bank. Nike

[22:40] said profits raced ahead to 47 cents a

[22:42] share, a penny better than estimates

[22:44] revenues rose 6% to $2.4 billion. And

[22:48] Walt Disney cut its profit target for

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[23:02] At the NASDAQ, I'm Alexis Christopherus

[23:04] in New York. Let's take a look at your

[23:06] forecast this morning. The satellite

[23:08] picture finds sky still gray over the

[23:10] Rockies and Plains, but for the most

[23:12] part, the monumental snowfall has ended.

[23:14] The same storm is spreading clouds over

[23:16] the Midwest and Great Lakes, while the

[23:17] East Coast has also turned cloudy. Later

[23:20] today, a cold rain will develop across

[23:21] the Northeast. Thunderstorms will rumble

[23:23] across the Ohio River Valley and the

[23:25] Mid-Atlantic states across the Midwest

[23:27] and Central Plains. It'll be a rainy day

[23:29] with temperatures only in the chilly

[23:31] 40s. The Rockies will remain cloudy.

[23:33] Only a few flurries or some spotty

[23:35] drizzle is expected. Afternoon

[23:37] temperatures should climb into the upper

[23:38] 30s and lower 40s. While we're on the

[23:41] subject, the big digout is on in

[23:43] Colorado and Wyoming after what turned

[23:45] out to be one of the most intense

[23:47] blizzards in 20 years. CBS's Jerry Bowen

[23:50] reports.

[23:51] >> It's a paralyzing blizzard that's buried

[23:53] parts of Wyoming and Colorado under snow

[23:55] drifts topping 10 ft, closing roads,

[23:58] freeways, and Denver's international

[24:00] airport. 4,000 travelers were stranded

[24:03] there, and the fabric roof of the main

[24:05] terminal was torn open by the storm.

[24:07] Taxiways are clear, but runways

[24:08] impassible, and jets are staying parked

[24:10] at the gate.

[24:11] >> This is, from all indications,

[24:14] both

[24:16] the storm of the century

[24:18] uh a back breaker,

[24:21] u a record breaker, and a roof breaker.

[24:25] >> It was a heavy wet snow that collapsed

[24:27] roofs and buildings all over the Denver

[24:28] area.

[24:29] >> The snow load for this uh building got a

[24:32] little too extreme.

[24:33] >> When the roof and walls fell in at the

[24:35] Great Rocky Foliage Company, it was a

[24:37] wakeup call for the neighbors.

[24:39] >> It just sounded like a a massive wave.

[24:41] Like it just a like I don't even know

[24:43] how to really describe it. Just like a

[24:44] big wave of water coming down. It was a

[24:46] storm that stopped the US Postal Service

[24:48] and its competitors from delivering

[24:50] anything in the Denver area and left

[24:52] stranded travelers stunned.

[24:54] >> We're from Oklahoma. We get a little bit

[24:55] of snow, but this is phenomenal.

[24:57] >> So big, the locals were snowboarding off

[24:59] the front porch and forecasters say it's

[25:02] not quite over. Jerry Bowen, CBS News,

[25:04] Los Angeles.

[25:08] >> We'll be right back. Don't go away.

[25:27] Now that conflict has come, the only way

[25:30] to limit its duration is to apply

[25:33] decisive force. And I assure you, this

[25:37] will not be a campaign of half measures.

[25:39] And we will accept no outcome but

[25:42] victory.

[25:46] >> Started back at the gym today.

[25:48] >> Heidi, how do you do it all? I couldn't

[25:50] do it without Max. The kids, the career.

[25:53] Max helps. And you still get to the gym.

[25:55] You're amazing. I don't do it alone.

[25:58] Come on, Max.

[25:59] >> For many blind people, a guide dog makes

[26:01] it possible to do all the things that

[26:02] add up to a full life. It means the

[26:04] freedom to go where they want and do

[26:06] what they want. That's why the law

[26:07] permits guide dogs to go everywhere

[26:09] that's open to the public. To learn

[26:10] more, call the Guide Dog Foundation for

[26:12] the Blind. 1-800548-4337.

[26:16] >> Can you imagine working all week and

[26:18] instead of cashing your paycheck, you

[26:19] rip it up? If you earn under $30,000,

[26:22] $20,000, or even under $10,000 a year,

[26:25] and you're not claiming your earned

[26:26] income tax credit, then you're doing

[26:29] just that, throwing away your

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[26:37] a home. Ask your employer or whoever

[26:40] helps you with your taxes about the

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[26:43] money. You've earned it. Now claim it.

[26:46] >> 3:00. Where do your kids go? When I was

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[26:51] jobs. She didn't get home till 11:00.

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[27:09] Does it work? It did for me. Support the

[27:12] Boys and Girls Clubs, the positive place

[27:14] for kids.

[27:20] >> Hi, I'm Joe Perry and Steven Tyler from

[27:22] Aerosmith. Here for Red, recording

[27:25] artists, actors, and athletes against

[27:28] drunk driving.

[27:33] Never, never, never let someone you know

[27:36] get behind the wheel if they've been

[27:38] drinking. Friends don't let friends

[27:40] drive drunk.

[27:47] >> Now, here's something you may not know

[27:48] about the US military. Poised to head

[27:50] into Iraq, almost half the armed

[27:52] services are part-time soldiers,

[27:55] National Guard and reser who now face

[27:57] full-time danger. In this morning's Eye

[27:59] on America, Jane Clayson looks at the

[28:01] new face of the reserves.

[28:04] >> How's it feel?

[28:05] >> Beautiful, sir.

[28:06] >> But of course,

[28:07] >> Lieutenant Colonel Martin Bishoff has a

[28:09] job to do,

[28:12] >> training his unit and himself to face

[28:15] every kind of danger.

[28:18] But it's only a part-time job.

[28:21] I work for a relatively large company

[28:24] and uh very used to nice hotels, company

[28:27] cars perhaps, uh plush offices, and we

[28:30] come here and our offices, what you see

[28:32] right here is outside.

[28:35] >> Bishoff and more than 180,000 other

[28:38] part-time troops now train for missions

[28:41] that can last years instead of weeks.

[28:44] >> Two years ago, I was in Africa. A year

[28:46] ago, I was in Lithuania. It's just a

[28:48] changing way of our national defense

[28:49] policy. Signing up for part-time

[28:51] military duty means being able to serve

[28:53] on a moment's notice while holding down

[28:55] a full-time job. Not easy on the troops

[28:58] and increasingly difficult for their

[29:00] bosses back home.

[29:02] >> Gentlemen, give me a quick insight what

[29:04] we got here.

[29:04] >> Had only 5 days notice to switch from

[29:06] being a sales manager in New Jersey for

[29:08] the pharmaceutical company Fizer to

[29:10] reporting to Fort Bragg in North

[29:12] Carolina for training.

[29:14] >> I'd like to believe I'm indispensable,

[29:16] but uh I'm sure there'll be somebody

[29:17] there.

[29:17] >> You scramble. There's no question about

[29:19] it.

[29:19] >> Rob Norton runs human resources for

[29:21] Fizer where more than 60 employees are

[29:24] now on active duty.

[29:25] >> There will be a job waiting for them

[29:27] when they come back. We tend to look at

[29:28] this as as a as a version of public

[29:30] service.

[29:31] >> This is Martin's office. This is his

[29:32] headquarters.

[29:33] >> Bishop's wife, Catherine, finds it hard

[29:36] to adjust to the uncertainty.

[29:37] >> Six weeks. When you have a specific

[29:39] date, you know they're coming home.

[29:41] Things run a lot easier because you can

[29:42] look at the calendar, go, okay, this is

[29:44] when he's coming back. We can manage

[29:45] quite easily. At the moment, we have no

[29:48] idea.

[29:48] >> How was school today?

[29:49] >> And on top of being a soldier and a

[29:51] salesman, Bishop tries to fill one more

[29:54] critical role.

[29:56] >> A super dad,

[29:57] >> a father to Michelle, Nicole, and

[30:00] Steven.

[30:01] >> Of course, I like want him back, but you

[30:03] have to think of other people. So, you

[30:05] got to think that everyone else has

[30:06] given up a bit so we can too.

[30:09] >> It's a sacrifice this citizen soldier

[30:11] says he's willing to make to protect

[30:14] their future.

[30:15] We have great things in this country

[30:16] that we take so for granted and it's

[30:19] worth protecting. It's worth fighting

[30:21] for

[30:21] >> in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Jane

[30:24] Clayson for Eye on America.

[30:26] >> And we wish all of them the best this

[30:28] morning. This is CBS News Up to the

[30:30] Minute.

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[30:40] Experience CBS News.

[30:56] Good morning. It's Thursday, March 20th.

[30:58] From CBS News in New York City, I'm

[31:00] Melissa McDermott. Here's what's

[31:01] happening.

[31:07] >> A defiance, Saddam Hussein accuses the

[31:09] United States of committing a shameful

[31:11] crime by attacking Iraq. He's urging his

[31:14] people to quote, "Go draw your sword

[31:17] against the enemy."

[31:19] >> The US effort to overthrow Saddam

[31:21] Hussein began last night with a bang.

[31:29] Shortly after 9:45 p.m. Eastern, several

[31:32] dozen cruise missiles and bombs dropped

[31:34] from an F-17 stealth fighters and struck

[31:37] a fortified bunker near Baghdad. US

[31:40] officials say it was an attempt to kill

[31:42] certain Iraqi officials. Minutes later,

[31:44] President Bush addressed the nation.

[31:47] >> My fellow citizens, at this hour,

[31:50] American and coalition forces are in the

[31:52] early stages of military operations to

[31:55] disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to

[31:58] defend the world from grave danger. On

[32:01] my orders, coalition forces have begun

[32:04] striking selected targets of military

[32:06] importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's

[32:09] ability to wage war. These are opening

[32:12] stages of what will be a broad and

[32:14] concerted campaign. Now that conflict

[32:17] has come, the only way to limit its

[32:19] duration is to apply decisive force. And

[32:23] I assure you, this will not be a

[32:26] campaign of half measures. and we will

[32:28] accept no outcome but victory.

[32:32] My fellow citizens, the dangers to our

[32:35] country and the world will be overcome.

[32:39] We will pass through this time of peril

[32:42] and carry on the work of peace. We will

[32:45] defend our freedom. We will bring

[32:48] freedom to others. And we will prevail.

[32:52] May God bless our country and all who

[32:55] defend her.

[32:57] This is the first war to fall under

[32:59] President Bush's national security

[33:00] strategy, asserting the right of the

[33:02] United States to preemptively attack de

[33:05] anything deemed a terrorist threat. Now,

[33:08] at this hour, US-led troops have not yet

[33:10] received orders to launch a ground

[33:12] attack. Correspondent Alan Pizzy is in

[33:14] northern Iraq. He spoke to Dan Rather

[33:16] after bombs, cruise missiles, and bombs

[33:18] targeted a bunker in Baghdad.

[33:21] >> Nothing has happened here in the

[33:22] northern oil fields. They're about 20 mi

[33:23] from us and that's a primary target of

[33:25] the US military. They're going to have

[33:27] to take it probably with with parachutes

[33:29] and and and an airborne assault because

[33:31] they couldn't get the fourth infantry

[33:33] division in through Turkey. So, this

[33:35] area is going to be a major problem for

[33:37] them. And right now, nothing at all has

[33:40] happened up here. I I guess we would

[33:41] expect to see uh cruise missiles and so

[33:43] on when it actually starts because about

[33:46] 20 miles from where I'm standing, we

[33:48] know there is the Nebuchadnezzar

[33:49] battalion of the Republican Guard.

[33:51] several armored units of the regular

[33:53] army. Now, some people are saying a lot

[33:55] of these regular army will surrender.

[33:58] The Kurds who who rule the area that I'm

[34:00] in say they've had approaches already

[34:02] from senior officers in in the Iraqi

[34:05] military saying when it starts, we're

[34:07] going to give up. Uh we'll see if they

[34:09] do, but the Republican Guard is expected

[34:11] to fight. So, I think we can expect to

[34:13] see some fireworks around here, Dan,

[34:14] when it actually starts.

[34:16] >> CBS News correspondent Alan Pizzy

[34:18] reporting in northern Iraq. Many Western

[34:21] journalists have left Baghdad, one of

[34:22] the last to depart with CBS News

[34:24] correspondent Lara Logan. She and her

[34:26] crew are now in neighboring Jordan. Last

[34:29] night, Lara spoke to Dan Rather about

[34:31] what Iraqi military preparations or

[34:33] movement she saw on her way out. The

[34:35] first thing I noticed as we drove out of

[34:38] the city was Iraqi soldiers manning

[34:40] anti-aircraft guns on the top of

[34:42] buildings, including an apartment

[34:45] building. And then as we reached the

[34:46] outskirts of the city, there was a line

[34:49] of military activity on either side of

[34:51] the road with at least 40 large flatbed

[34:54] trucks dug into the earth. The kind the

[34:57] military would use as launching pads for

[34:59] multiple rocket systems. And further

[35:02] down the road, about six miles, there

[35:04] was another site um where we saw

[35:06] trenches, sandbagged fighting positions.

[35:09] And here there were dozens of huge

[35:12] cylindrical fuel containers. But strange

[35:15] as it may seem, the one thing that we

[35:17] really didn't see much of was Iraqi

[35:19] troops. And uh none of the fighting

[35:22] positions we saw were manned. There

[35:24] really wasn't a strong visual military

[35:27] presence anywhere, Dan.

[35:29] >> And what was the mood in Baghdad as you

[35:31] left?

[35:34] >> Well, people were really getting very

[35:35] nervous indeed. They were coming up to

[35:37] us asking tonight, tonight looking for

[35:40] some kind of confirmation that the US

[35:43] bombing would start tonight. Still,

[35:45] shops and businesses remain closed and

[35:48] uh the streets that are normally crowded

[35:50] with traffic were virtually empty. There

[35:52] was really an an eerie sense of calm on

[35:55] the surface, but then when you spoke to

[35:57] people, you got a sense of the fear and

[35:59] the panic underneath that. Um most

[36:01] people do have weapons at home. Some

[36:04] said they were going to fight the

[36:05] Americans, but others said these are

[36:07] just for protection and they plan to

[36:09] hide in their houses and wait until it's

[36:11] all over.

[36:12] >> At the United Nations, France, Russia,

[36:14] and Germany told the Security Council

[36:16] that a US attack to overthrow Saddam

[36:18] Hussein would be illegal.

[36:22] >> The Security Council has made available

[36:24] the instruments to disarm Iraq

[36:26] peacefully. The Security Council is not

[36:29] responsible for what is happening

[36:30] outside the UN. They say the UN charter

[36:34] does not authorize any nation to try to

[36:36] topple another nation's leader.

[36:44] >> Outside the White House, protest for

[36:46] peace continue. Critics say the

[36:48] president continues to gloss over the

[36:50] human financial costs of a war in Iraq.

[36:54] Democrats in Congress expect the

[36:56] president will ask for as much as $90

[36:58] billion to pay for the invasion. Some

[37:00] continue to say that American soldiers

[37:02] will be asked to pay with their lives

[37:04] for the president's failed diplomacy.

[37:07] >> We cannot convince the world of the

[37:10] necessity of this war for one simple

[37:12] reason.

[37:17] This is not

[37:20] a war of necessity

[37:24] but a war of choice.

[37:27] Madam President,

[37:28] >> now right afterward, Arizona Senator

[37:30] John McCain rose to disagree.

[37:32] >> Madam President, I to allege that

[37:33] somehow the United States of America

[37:37] has demeaned itself or tarnished our

[37:40] reputation by being involved in

[37:42] liberating the people

[37:45] of Iraq uh to me simply is neither

[37:50] factual nor fair.

[37:52] >> And briefly, one other item from the

[37:54] Senate. The Senate has rejected a

[37:55] measure to open Alaska's National

[37:57] Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The

[37:59] measure failed on a vote of 52 to 48.

[38:02] The vote was a major defeat for the Bush

[38:04] administration, which has made opening

[38:05] the refuge to oil drilling a central

[38:08] part of its energy plan.

[38:16] And this morning on Wall Street, the Dow

[38:17] Jones Industrials begin trading at 8265

[38:20] after closing up 71 points. The NASDAQ

[38:23] Composite Index is at 1397 and that's

[38:26] off three.

[38:34] And we're back in two. This is CBS News

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[38:38] War.

[38:51] Right. Right. Right. Got it.

[38:54] >> Mhm.

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[40:54] Updating our top story. The United

[40:56] States went to war with Iraq at about

[40:58] 9:30 Eastern time last night after some

[41:00] 90 minutes after President Bush's

[41:02] deadline for Saddam Hussein to go into

[41:04] exile or face invasion. Now, what is

[41:07] called the target opportunity was

[41:10] carried out on Baghdad, specifically on

[41:12] a bunker by a Tomahawk cruise by

[41:15] tomahawk cruise missiles and F-17

[41:17] stealth bombers. Pentagon officials tell

[41:19] CBS News the bunker was believed to

[41:21] contain highranking officials in the

[41:24] Iraqi government. President Bush then

[41:26] addressed the nation to announce the

[41:27] beginning of the military campaign. He

[41:30] was confident of a US victory, but

[41:31] warned it may not come quickly or

[41:34] easily.

[41:36] A campaign on the harsh terrain of a

[41:37] nation as large as California could be

[41:40] longer and more difficult than some

[41:43] predict.

[41:44] And helping Iraqis achieve a united,

[41:47] stable, and free country will require

[41:49] our sustained commitment.

[41:51] >> Now that bombs have been dropped, we

[41:53] take a closer look at what might follow.

[41:55] CBS News military analyst General Buck

[41:57] Kernan is here. And General Kernan

[41:59] headed the US Joint Forces Command

[42:01] beginning in 2000 until his retirement

[42:03] last year. Thanks for being with us this

[42:05] morning. Good to be here, Melissa. Thank

[42:06] you.

[42:07] >> This bunker where they're saying top

[42:09] military Iraqi officials, do you think

[42:12] they thought Saddam Hussein was one of

[42:14] those?

[42:15] >> Well, I'm thinking they're hoping that

[42:16] he was there. Unquestionably, they knew.

[42:18] They had some very precise intelligence

[42:20] that said at least some senior Iraqi

[42:24] leadership was there. And I think they

[42:26] would have hoped that Saddam Hussein,

[42:27] his sons, and the rest of that senior

[42:28] leadership uh was all in that bunker at

[42:31] one time. Do you think they thought it

[42:32] would be that easy and the war could be

[42:34] over that quickly?

[42:35] >> No, I don't think so at all. I think one

[42:36] of these things, it is truly a target of

[42:38] opportunity.

[42:39] >> They they had some intelligence that

[42:41] indicated that these people were

[42:43] spending the night there, having a

[42:44] meeting there, whatever they were doing,

[42:46] they rapidly were able to coordinate a

[42:50] very sophisticated attack using cruise

[42:53] missiles and F-17s.

[42:55] Uh the cruise missiles, of course, came

[42:57] out of both the Red Sea and the Persian

[42:59] Gulf. They were fired from ships and

[43:01] submarines and uh closely choreographed

[43:05] after the strike of the F1 of the cruise

[43:07] missiles, the F-17s rolled in with some

[43:11] bunker busters. Uh munitions designed to

[43:14] penetrate deep and explode after they

[43:17] penetrate deep inside the bunker. Um

[43:20] there was some three dozen cruise

[43:22] missiles and two F-17s, each carrying

[43:26] 2,000lb bunker buster bombs.

[43:28] >> Wow. Now, we're not calling this a first

[43:30] strike. No.

[43:31] >> But like you said, a target of

[43:32] opportunity. The Bush administration has

[43:34] taken pains to say we're just having a

[43:36] regime change. We're not trying to

[43:38] assassinate Saddam Hussein. But when

[43:39] you're dropping bombs on bunkers where

[43:42] you think military officials are, that's

[43:44] um that's pretty thorough.

[43:46] >> Well, but he is a he is a military

[43:47] target.

[43:48] >> Uh he is he and his leaders are military

[43:51] targets. So, we will target them. We

[43:53] will target command and control. we will

[43:55] talk target the communications

[43:57] facilities that support them. Uh the

[43:59] other thing in addition to the U

[44:03] regime change as you say is making sure

[44:05] that we can control the weapons of mass

[44:08] destruction and the delivery means and

[44:10] right now the the control of those is

[44:13] through Sodom Hussein and the special

[44:14] Republican guards. So if we can

[44:16] decapitate that leadership we can

[44:18] hopefully contain the employment of any

[44:21] chemical or biological weapons. Now, in

[44:22] the initial stages of any kind of a war,

[44:25] the first phase, if that's what you want

[44:26] to call it, when you're dealing with the

[44:28] Iraqi army, is there a sense of wanting

[44:30] to measure what they're capable of and

[44:32] to see how they respond to that first

[44:34] wave to let you know what you're dealing

[44:35] with?

[44:35] >> Yeah, I think we're going to get there's

[44:37] going to be some psychological impacts

[44:38] here. No question about it. We've

[44:39] already possibly seen some of that.

[44:41] There's indications right now that we

[44:43] may have two divisions in the south down

[44:45] in the vicinity of Bazra that are

[44:48] willing to surrender, have already

[44:49] indicated their desire to surrender. So,

[44:52] yes, there is going to be some of that

[44:53] unquestionably.

[44:54] >> Now, could you tell what from the video

[44:56] we saw of of the uh target opportunity

[44:59] was there was anti-aircraft uh fire

[45:01] coming up from the ground supposedly

[45:03] from

[45:03] >> Well, that's what it sounded like. Uh

[45:05] and of course, much like we saw in

[45:06] Desert Storm, there's an awful lot of

[45:07] anxiety out there at the at any sound of

[45:10] anything overhead. Somebody probably

[45:11] sounded the alarm and they started

[45:13] firing. They may not have been able to

[45:15] identify anything. They may not have

[45:17] seen anything, but nonetheless, they

[45:18] they just fired uh out of anxiety into

[45:21] the air.

[45:22] >> Now, we know that Saddam Hussein is

[45:23] keeping his most elite forces near

[45:26] Baghdad, and we assume his best weapons,

[45:28] the uh surfaceto-air missiles that they

[45:30] have there. What kind of a danger does

[45:32] that present to these pilots as they're

[45:34] flying over? And is it more dangerous at

[45:36] night?

[45:36] >> No, we're much uh we're much safer at

[45:39] night. Uh we own the night. Uh we have

[45:41] the ability to operate very precisely at

[45:44] night. It minimized our profile. They

[45:47] can't see us as well. They don't have

[45:48] the same night capability that we have.

[45:51] Uh he's got a very extensive air defense

[45:53] system. Uh but many of his systems are

[45:56] dated. They're antiquated. Uh how well

[45:58] trained his people are is questionable.

[46:01] He's got a ring defense. He's got his

[46:03] he's got his conventional forces on the

[46:04] outside, mainly conscripts. He's got his

[46:07] he's got his Republican guards divisions

[46:10] on the next ring. And then he's got his

[46:12] special Republican guards in and around

[46:14] Baghdad. And that's who's providing the

[46:15] the security to him directly. He and his

[46:18] sons and his and his hierarchy. He's got

[46:21] a very extensive air defense umbrella

[46:23] around Baghdad because he knows that's

[46:25] where we're coming after.

[46:26] >> Right. Now, you mentioned a little bit

[46:27] about the next 48 hours and how all of

[46:30] these all of the weaponry is positioned

[46:33] around the periphery of Iraq. Talk a

[46:35] little bit more though. possible next

[46:36] time we're going to see a strike, first

[46:38] strike even, would this be when

[46:40] nightfalls or would they want him make

[46:42] him sit for a little while?

[46:44] >> Well, I think we're gonna we may

[46:45] exercise a little patience here. Let's

[46:47] see what unfolds. Uh if we've already

[46:49] had less than 2 hours after this strike,

[46:52] an accurate report of two divisions

[46:54] surrendering. Uh we may let that play

[46:56] out a little bit and see if we don't get

[46:58] mass surrendering. U that would be

[47:01] wonderful. So I think we are going to

[47:03] exercise a little patience. Will we

[47:04] attack at night? Yes. Uh it has a

[47:07] psychological effect uh that is

[47:09] overwhelming. Uh we are much more

[47:12] survivable at night. We can do we we

[47:15] have an awful lot of flexibility with

[47:16] our weapon systems that enable us to do

[47:18] things at night that they can't defend

[47:19] against. So I think the next strike will

[47:22] be a coordinated strike air, land, and

[47:24] sea coming at night. Uh you can pick the

[47:28] time.

[47:28] >> Okay. Well, and as far as ground forces,

[47:30] that's another question is when when do

[47:32] the ground forces come in? That's still

[47:34] it's really hard to tell at this point.

[47:35] >> Yeah, some of that's going to be an

[47:36] opportunity. Also, for instance, if say

[47:39] these two divisions do in fact surrender

[47:41] around Bazra, uh we'd probably tell them

[47:44] to stay in their barracks in their

[47:46] complex,

[47:48] cache their weapons, and as long as they

[47:50] didn't interfere, we wouldn't do

[47:51] anything against them, which would mean

[47:53] that we now have less resistance there,

[47:55] which means we can move a lot faster and

[47:57] start to move our forces more rapidly

[47:59] toward Baghdad uh and the Northwest. And

[48:02] speed is really the key here, especially

[48:05] with the ground forces moving quickly to

[48:06] Baghdad.

[48:07] >> Sure. You want to get in and you want to

[48:09] basically dominate his military. You

[48:12] also want to quickly secure those oil

[48:14] fields. Those oil fields are important

[48:15] to the future of Iraq. That's the very

[48:18] foundation of their economic stability.

[48:20] So, we don't want anything to happen to

[48:21] that if we're going to provide for uh a

[48:24] good opportunity for the Iraqi people.

[48:27] And then of course the other thing we

[48:28] want to do is try to identify where

[48:30] those weapons of mass destruction

[48:33] systems are whether they're in whether

[48:35] they're in bunkers stockpiled somewhere

[48:37] and the delivery means and we want to be

[48:39] able to get on top of those very quickly

[48:40] also.

[48:41] >> All right, General Kernan, thank you

[48:42] very much for being with us this

[48:43] morning.

[48:44] >> Happy to do it.

[48:44] >> Thank you.

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[51:27] >> Showdown with Saddam. All the latest on

[51:29] tonight's CBS Evening News.

[51:33] >> We're coming up on 51 past the hour. CBS

[51:35] News correspondent Russ Mitchell is on

[51:37] the war desk now with these headlines.

[51:39] Tell us what's going on, Russ.

[51:40] >> Good morning, Melissa. President Bush

[51:42] has taken the nation to war. Tomahawk

[51:44] missiles and 2,000lb bunker busters

[51:46] struck specific targets in Baghdad aimed

[51:49] at Saddam Hussein and highle members of

[51:51] the Iraqi leadership. The large-scale

[51:53] air attacks and ground assault have not

[51:56] yet begun. The missiles were launched

[51:58] from ships and submarines in the Red Sea

[52:00] and the Persian Gulf. President Bush

[52:03] appeared on television to tell the

[52:04] American people that this would be the

[52:06] beginning of a concerted effort to

[52:08] change the Iraqi regime. The larger war

[52:10] has yet to begin. However, shortly after

[52:12] the attack, Iraqis heard from a defiant

[52:14] Saddam Hussein. He went on Iraqi TV,

[52:17] read poetry, accused the US of

[52:19] committing a shameful crime. On the

[52:21] Kuwaiti border, we're getting word that

[52:23] two divisions of the Iraqi army are on

[52:25] the verge of surrender in southern Iraq.

[52:28] Weather could be a problem for the

[52:29] ground forces as sandstorms continue to

[52:32] sweep across the desert. So Melissa,

[52:34] here we go. We're wondering when this

[52:35] was going to start.

[52:37] >> We're there.

[52:37] >> And no telling when it's going to be a

[52:39] fullon barrage.

[52:40] >> That is true. Don't know yet.

[52:42] >> All right, Russ Mitchell, thank you very

[52:43] much. Thank you. Good to see you. Well,

[52:45] when President Bush set the deadline for

[52:46] Saddam Hussein to be out of Iraq or face

[52:48] war, he included Saddam's sons, two of

[52:50] whom hold important posts in the Iraqi

[52:53] regime. Kus Saddam Hussein is head of

[52:55] the elite Republican Guard and of the

[52:57] Iraqi Intelligence and Security Service.

[52:59] Uday Saddam Hussein, the eldest son with

[53:02] a reputation for ruthlessness, controls

[53:04] Iraqi State Media. Uday has another

[53:06] position as well, head of the Iraqi

[53:08] Olympic program. As CBSander Hughes

[53:11] reports, that was bad news for the team.

[53:15] These former elite Iraqi athletes once

[53:18] prayed for Olympic glory.

[53:21] >> But it was a quest that turned into

[53:23] torture before escaping Iraq after the

[53:26] first Gulf War. They trained to win

[53:28] under Saddam Hussein's son U head of

[53:31] Iraq's Olympic program. Champion

[53:33] volleyball player Isam Al Dwan says

[53:36] losing brought the ultimate threat. We

[53:38] receive calls from Hud. If you lose the

[53:42] game, that's mean nobody come to Iraq or

[53:47] will kill you and will execute all your

[53:50] family inside Iraq.

[53:51] >> Isam says he was jailed and tortured

[53:54] while athletic victories were celebrated

[53:56] in the streets of Baghdad. He claims

[53:58] other players were beaten, had their

[54:00] children burned with acid, or just

[54:03] disappeared. Ibraham Alwan was on Uday's

[54:06] handpicked soccer team when he missed a

[54:08] practice.

[54:09] >> They put me in the jail. I get in the

[54:11] jail 7 days.

[54:14] >> This national wrestling hero, Najim

[54:16] Alakabi, took part in a political march

[54:19] and was shot by Iraqi police.

[54:21] >> Soldier sat down and shot me in my back

[54:24] and

[54:27] this hole in the side in my chest. After

[54:29] documenting the abuses, a London human

[54:32] rights organization sent this formal

[54:34] complaint to the International Olympic

[54:36] Committee, asking it to expel Iraq from

[54:38] competition. The IOC is investigating,

[54:41] but tells CBS News its findings so far

[54:44] are confidential.

[54:46] >> In the headquarters of the Iraqi

[54:47] National Olympic Committee, there's a

[54:49] prison and a torture chamber, and we

[54:51] believe that hundreds of athletes have

[54:53] been tortured and as many as 50 athletes

[54:55] have been killed. Isam now runs the

[54:57] Iraqi Olympic Council, a group opposed

[54:59] to Iraq's government.

[55:01] >> Saddam Hussein, he is war criminals. We

[55:04] welcome the one who saved us from Saddam

[55:06] Hussein.

[55:07] >> But for now, they wait and watch,

[55:10] remembering how their dreams of Olympic

[55:12] glory were destroyed.

[55:14] >> Sandra Hugh, CBS News, Elcohone,

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[57:47] >> It's been just 12 years since the last

[57:49] military campaign against Iraq. But for

[57:51] the youngest Americans, this is the

[57:53] first morning they'll awake to their

[57:55] nation at war. For parents, this

[57:57] presents an opportunity to talk with his

[58:00] or her child to ease his fears. And as

[58:03] Mory Alter of station WCBS TV reports,

[58:06] parents have a familiar and furry friend

[58:08] to help them. See what silly things

[58:11] happen in here now.

[58:12] >> Chances are you might not think your

[58:13] kindergarteners interested in over

[58:15] there, but you might be very wrong.

[58:18] They're reading these days in

[58:19] kindergarten and they may have older

[58:21] brothers and sisters to overhear and

[58:23] they may just have a question. Am I

[58:26] going to be all right?

[58:27] >> Reassurance. Reassurance. Reassurance.

[58:30] We need to say to them that everyone in

[58:33] the school, in their community, in the

[58:35] government is working to keep them safe.

[58:37] She says, "You can't promise nothing

[58:39] will happen, but we can provide

[58:41] reassurance." And another thing, we can

[58:43] report someone else is on the case on

[58:45] TV.

[58:46] >> Do you ever feel scared and upset when

[58:48] you see or hear something scary? Oh,

[58:51] Elmo does, too.

[58:52] >> Elmo and his friends at the Sesame

[58:54] Street Workshop in Manhattan have put

[58:56] together eight public service

[58:57] announcements that never mention the

[58:59] word war, but the timing is obvious.

[59:01] It's time for that because the media is

[59:04] filled with images and discussion about

[59:07] war and terrorism and children are

[59:09] picking up on these messages from the

[59:11] media.

[59:11] >> So from Sesame and Elmo, you get

[59:13] messages for parents.

[59:14] >> Children can get frightened by what they

[59:16] see and hear on television. But you can

[59:19] help them feel better, right, Elmo?

[59:21] >> Right.

[59:21] >> And messages for them.

[59:22] >> You know what Elmo does when he feels

[59:24] scared like that? Well, Elmo talks to a

[59:26] grown-up.

[59:27] >> One announcement encourages reading to

[59:29] get the kids to open up. When you're

[59:31] reading, talk about the different

[59:32] emotions that the characters are

[59:34] feeling.

[59:34] >> And remember, when the questions come,

[59:36] the experts all seem to agree. Don't

[59:39] overload. And remember to be patient,

[59:41] understanding, and reassuring.

[59:43] >> And maybe if you're lucky, one of, if

[59:45] not the question you'll get will be like

[59:47] this one from Elmo.

[59:48] >> Elmo has a question. Go ahead.

[59:50] >> Oh, sure. Elmo,

[59:51] >> can Elmo have a hug?

[59:52] >> Absolutely. Mory Alter for CBS News.

[59:55] >> You know, can make adults feel better,

[59:57] too. This is CBS News Up to the Minute.

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[60:49] Now on CBS News Up to the Minute,

[60:53] the war in Iraq begins as the first

[60:56] bombs land on Baghdad.

[61:00] This will not be a campaign of half

[61:02] measures, and we will accept no outcome

[61:05] but victory.

[61:15] Good morning everyone. This is Up to the

[61:17] Minute. I'm Melissa McDermott. The war

[61:19] began just before dawn in Baghdad, 90

[61:22] minutes after the deadline President

[61:23] Bush gave for Saddam Hussein to leave

[61:25] Iraq expired. Air raid sirens blared as

[61:28] anti-aircraft fire lit the skies and

[61:30] explosions rocked the Iraqi capital. The

[61:33] target was a hardened bunker where US

[61:35] intelligence believed top Iraqi leaders

[61:38] were spending the night.