CNN Saturday snippet - 2006-12-02 - 8 a.m. (E)

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[0:11] Check it out. Live this hour. A military

[0:13] parade is set to begin as Cubans gather

[0:15] to wish President Fidel Castro a happy

[0:17] birthday. But will the guest of honor

[0:20] actually show up? We're keeping watch

[0:22] from the CNN Center. This is CNN

[0:24] Saturday morning. Good morning,

[0:25] everybody. It is December 2nd and in

[0:27] many parts it feels like December. Oh

[0:29] yeah, with all that snowfall. It is 8:00

[0:30] a.m. here at CNN headquarters in Atlanta

[0:32] and in Havana. 7 a.m. in the Midwest

[0:35] where folks are waking up, as I said, to

[0:37] a cold but clear day and that's the good

[0:39] news. Good morning. I'm betting.

[0:41] >> Yeah, the clear is key there. I'm TJ

[0:43] Holmes. We have a live report from Cuba

[0:44] in 3 minutes. But first, we have a check

[0:46] of the headlines for you.

[0:50] An amazing operation underway this hour

[0:52] in Riad, Saudi Arabia. surgeons about 7

[0:54] hours into an operation that will

[0:56] separate conjoin Iraqi twins. Doctors

[0:59] say they're ahead of schedule right now

[1:01] and now expect the surgery to take 17

[1:03] hours. It's being broadcast live on

[1:06] Saudi TV. Much more on this story coming

[1:07] up in about 20 minutes.

[1:13] >> Anti-government protesters are back on

[1:15] the streets in Beirut. They're led by

[1:16] the pro-Syrian militant group Hezbollah

[1:18] and they're demanding the prime minister

[1:20] and his government step down. And in the

[1:23] Philippines, rescue teams plow through

[1:25] mud and muck, finding more bodies after

[1:27] yesterday's powerful typhoon. Accurate

[1:30] casualty figures still hard to come by,

[1:31] but they range from a low of over a 100

[1:34] to a high of about 300.

[1:36] >> Back here in the US, an Amber Alert has

[1:38] been issued for a missing baby from Fort

[1:40] Meyers, Florida. Take a look at the

[1:41] picture. Authorities say one-month-old

[1:44] Brian Dos Santos Gomez weighs 12 pounds

[1:48] and was last seen in Eststerero,

[1:50] Florida. Anyone with information is

[1:52] urged to call the Fort Myers Police

[1:53] Department. Here's the number. It's on

[1:55] your screen at the bottom. It's 239.

[1:57] Area code 3382120.

[2:01] A possible serial killer arrested in

[2:03] Louisiana. Ronald Dominique picked up at

[2:06] a Louisiana homeless shelter now charged

[2:08] with two murders. Serial killer task

[2:11] force making the arrest. The murders in

[2:13] 1998 and 1999 may be linked to as many

[2:16] as 20 other open murder cases. We run

[2:20] down the top stories every 15 minutes

[2:21] here on CNN Saturday morning with

[2:23] indepth coverage all morning long. Your

[2:25] next check of the headlines coming up at

[2:27] 8:15 Eastern.

[2:30] >> You're watching CNN, your severe weather

[2:33] headquarters.

[2:36] >> The big chill. The Northeast will be

[2:38] shivering today from the remnants of a

[2:40] powerful storm. The Midwest is digging

[2:42] out after more than a foot of snow fell

[2:44] in some areas. As many as 10 deaths are

[2:46] blamed on the storm. people. Uh, you can

[2:49] see there just a mess for them. Five

[2:51] people were killed in storm related

[2:53] traffic accidents. Hundreds of thousands

[2:55] were left without electricity. Officials

[2:57] say it will take days before the lights

[2:58] are back on. Airports back up and

[3:01] running today for the most part, but it

[3:03] will take time to get stranded travelers

[3:05] to their destinations. The storm forced

[3:07] airlines to cancel hundreds of flights.

[3:11] >> Reynolds Wolf joins us now with a look

[3:12] at the weather outside. Seems like uh

[3:14] maybe things will start to clear up a

[3:16] little bit today. Oh, absolutely. Things

[3:18] are going to get much better, but still

[3:19] that cold air is in place. It's not

[3:21] going to go anywhere for the next couple

[3:22] of days, but still plenty of sunshine.

[3:24] Current temperatures that we have in

[3:26] this hour, the sun is coming up in

[3:27] Chicago. We have 13 degrees there. 31 in

[3:30] Detroit out by Coma Park. Currently, 15

[3:32] for Minneapolis, the Twin Cities, 13 in

[3:34] Billings. Back in New York, they were

[3:36] snowfree. They did have some storms last

[3:38] night, 45 the current temperature, 41 in

[3:40] Washington DC, 32 in Atlanta. A cool

[3:42] time. Plenty of sunshine this southeast.

[3:45] However, Florida, you may have some

[3:46] scattered showers. Plenty of sunshine

[3:48] out in the west looks pretty good for

[3:49] San Francisco. A mix of sunshine and

[3:51] clouds. That is a quick look at your

[3:52] forecast. We're going to have a lot more

[3:54] coming up in just a few moments. Back to

[3:56] you.

[3:56] >> We'll be waiting. See you then,

[3:58] Reynolds. Well, a massive party without

[4:00] a guest of honor. Yeah, that's what

[4:02] Cubans are facing this morning. Fidel

[4:04] Castro so far unseen during this week's

[4:07] birthday celebrations. Here's a live

[4:08] look. You see, uh, I guess some cannons

[4:11] are being set off today and part of that

[4:13] celebration. But there is hope though

[4:15] that Castro will appear this morning at

[4:17] a major military parade. CNN's Morgan

[4:20] Neil joins us from Havana. Good morning,

[4:22] Morgan. Uh, talk to us a little bit

[4:23] about what's happening. I can hear some

[4:24] shots in the background. I imagine those

[4:26] are cannons being fired.

[4:29] >> That's right, Betty. We're just now

[4:31] seeing this military parade get

[4:33] underway, this ceremony that we've been

[4:35] expecting today. Uh this is this is a a

[4:37] ceremony to honor 50 years uh since a a

[4:41] tiny yacht known as the Grandma landed

[4:43] on Cuba's southeastern shore carrying

[4:45] the revolutionaries including Fidel

[4:47] Castro and Chevara Raul Castro that

[4:50] would eventually topple the government

[4:52] of Pencio Batista. Now today as we're

[4:54] looking at these pictures all eyes are

[4:56] eventually going to be on the reviewing

[4:58] stand to see if President Fidel Castro

[4:59] himself can make an appearance. Um, but

[5:03] in the meantime, we're going to be

[5:04] seeing tanks, uh, armored vehicles. Uh,

[5:07] we're expecting to see a total of some

[5:09] 300,000 civilians and troops together. A

[5:12] lot of these these machines, the

[5:14] weapons, all these things are from the

[5:16] Soviet era. Uh, but again, just a a big

[5:19] day for Cuba's military. Uh, and the day

[5:22] on which, as I say, a lot of the

[5:23] attention is going to be up there on

[5:25] their viewing stand. I don't know if you

[5:26] can see the image yet. You'll see a big

[5:28] statue at the very front uh of a lot of

[5:31] the celebrations going on and that's uh

[5:33] underneath the Cuban flag and that will

[5:34] be uh Jose Marque independence hero and

[5:38] just around there right right near that

[5:40] statue is where we would expect to see

[5:42] President Fidel Castro if he is able to

[5:44] make it.

[5:45] >> So haven't seen him so far any word or

[5:48] anything of that sort from Castro about

[5:51] these celebrations?

[5:56] No, that's what's made this so

[5:58] interesting, Betty. It's a real sense of

[6:00] suspense here. Everyone is is really

[6:02] looking to see if he does make an

[6:04] appearance today. He wasn't able to

[6:06] appear at these celebrations earlier

[6:07] this week. There was a letter read out

[6:09] at at one of the festivities in which

[6:12] the president apologized for not being

[6:14] there, saying that his doctors had told

[6:15] him he just wasn't ready to appear in

[6:18] such a in front of such a challenging

[6:19] environment. But as far as today, mom's

[6:22] been the word so far. So, so a real

[6:24] sense of suspense, Patty.

[6:26] >> All right. And we'll be watching and

[6:28] we'll be speaking with you throughout

[6:29] the morning. Also want to talk a little

[6:30] bit about his health condition and we'll

[6:32] get to that next time we see you. Morgan

[6:34] Neil, thanks for joining us live from

[6:36] Havana today. TJ,

[6:37] >> well, further contamination in that

[6:39] radiation poisoning case in London.

[6:41] Former Russian agent Alexander Lipeno is

[6:43] dead. The opto is finished, but still a

[6:46] secret. And now a longtime friend and

[6:48] contact hospitalized showing signs of

[6:51] radioactive palonium poisoning. CNN's

[6:54] Malaka Kapoor is live in London this

[6:56] morning. Good morning.

[6:58] >> Good morning DJ. We do have an update

[7:00] for you on the condition of Mario Scar

[7:02] Scaramelo, the gentleman you just

[7:03] mentioned, who is being treated at the

[7:05] University College Hospital in central

[7:07] London, which is the hospital right

[7:08] behind me. Doctors from this hospital

[7:10] issued a statement at 11:00 a.m. local

[7:12] time, which is about two hours ago from

[7:14] now, saying that he appears to be in

[7:16] good and stable health this morning, and

[7:18] does not appear to be showing symptoms

[7:20] of radiation poisoning this morning at

[7:22] 11:00 a.m. Now, this update follows

[7:24] another one from the hospital, which we

[7:26] got at about 9:00 p.m. local time last

[7:28] night. Now, last night, doctors here did

[7:31] confirm that they have found traces of

[7:33] pelonium 210 in Mario Caramela's body.

[7:36] This is of course the same ele element

[7:38] that led to Alexander Lipinenko's death

[7:40] last week. However, they did say that

[7:42] the levels of pelonium 210 in Mr.

[7:45] Scaramello's body is very low and much

[7:47] lower than the levels that were found in

[7:49] Alexander Lipenko's body. This of course

[7:51] is not surprising because if it had been

[7:53] of the same levels, we would have seen

[7:54] some symptoms by now. So, at the moment,

[7:57] we're just still waiting for further

[7:58] update on his health, but at the moment,

[8:00] it is not he does not appear to be

[8:02] showing any signs or symptoms of

[8:03] radiation poisoning. TJ.

[8:06] >> All right. Uh what do we know right now?

[8:09] Is there anything else around town as

[8:11] well? Uh I know they've been finding

[8:13] traces of this stuff uh in several

[8:15] areas. Uh still considered a a threat to

[8:18] the public right now that some of this

[8:19] stuff could still be floating around

[8:20] somewhere.

[8:22] >> That's right. They are still continuing

[8:24] to search uh certain locations. The

[8:26] health protection authority here in

[8:28] Britain is still asking people to report

[8:30] to them if they were in one of three

[8:32] locations on November the 1st, which is

[8:34] the day Alexander Lipinena was

[8:36] apparently poisoned. They're asking

[8:38] people if they ate lunch at the Japanese

[8:39] restaurant where Alexander Litpenena was

[8:41] allegedly poisoned. If people ate lunch

[8:43] there to call in, if people were in a

[8:46] hotel where he was to call in. But

[8:48] generally people aren't really that

[8:50] nervous about their own health because

[8:52] authorities here have been have done a

[8:54] very good job of reminding the public

[8:56] that the risk to public health is very

[8:59] low and pelonium can only be can only

[9:01] enter their body. They were really in

[9:03] very close contact with someone who had

[9:05] pelonium. So people really aren't that

[9:07] nervous but yes tests are continuing at

[9:09] about 12 locations uh throughout the

[9:11] city.

[9:12] >> All right Malaka Kapoor for us in

[9:14] London. Thank you so much this morning.

[9:15] And you can be sure to tune in Monday

[9:17] night for a special AC3.