CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2005-11-14

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Bob Schaefer and welcome to

[0:02] the CBS Evening News online edition.

[0:04] Just ahead, Jordanian authorities

[0:07] believe they know how a husband and wife

[0:09] teen carried out the Rison Hotel

[0:12] bombing. David Hawkins will have

[0:14] details. Also, we'll begin another of

[0:16] our cross-country road trips. This time,

[0:19] we focus on one of America's greatest

[0:22] health problems, obesity. It's all

[0:24] starting now on the CBS Evening News

[0:27] online edition.

[0:30] And there are more indications tonight

[0:31] that the terror attack in Iman, Jordan

[0:34] may have backfired on the terrorists. As

[0:36] Secretary of State Rice made an

[0:38] unscheduled stop in Aman to offer

[0:41] condolences and lay a wreath near the

[0:43] site of one of the bombings, Islamic

[0:45] websites, which normally support Al

[0:48] Qaeda, leveled unprecedented criticism

[0:51] of the organization and said it will pay

[0:53] a heavy price for taking the lives of 57

[0:57] innocent people. And authorities say a

[0:59] woman arrested in connection with the

[1:01] attacks may have valuable information

[1:04] about the attacks planners. Here's David

[1:06] Hawkins in Aman.

[1:10] >> The US military says during its Fallujah

[1:13] offensive last year, it temporarily

[1:15] detained a man with the same name as one

[1:18] of the suicide bombers who attacked

[1:19] three hotels last week in Aman. A woman

[1:22] suspected of being the fourth bomber,

[1:24] 35-year-old Sajida al- Rashawi, modeled

[1:27] a thick belt packed with explosives and

[1:30] ball bearings during a confession

[1:32] broadcast on Jordanian state television.

[1:35] nervously told her interrogators how she

[1:37] tried and failed to blow herself up.

[1:40] >> Jordanians believe she's half of a

[1:42] husband and wife terror team sent by

[1:44] al-Qaeda's top terrorist in Iraq, Abu

[1:47] Musab al- Zarqawi.

[1:49] Rashawi says she and her husband crossed

[1:51] the border using fake passports, then

[1:54] rented a furnished apartment in an Aman

[1:56] suburb along with two Iraqi men. There

[1:59] she says her husband pulled out his and

[2:02] hers suicide bomb belts.

[2:06] He put one on me and wore the other. He

[2:08] taught me how to use it.

[2:10] >> Wednesday night, Rashawi says she and

[2:12] her husband left their rented apartment,

[2:15] got into a taxi, and drove to downtown

[2:17] Aman.

[2:19] They pulled up to the Rison Hotel and

[2:22] walked in.

[2:24] There was a wedding at the hotel with

[2:26] children, women, and men inside. My

[2:28] husband detonated. I tried to explode,

[2:31] but it wouldn't. People fled running.

[2:34] and I left running.

[2:36] >> Rashawi might have escaped except when

[2:38] al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility

[2:40] for the attacks in an internet message.

[2:43] It mentioned four bombers, a married

[2:45] couple and two others. That tip off put

[2:48] Jordanian police on her trail. CBS News

[2:52] has learned she was arrested on Sunday

[2:54] after a neighbor called the police when

[2:56] she returned to the apartment alone. Her

[2:59] videotaped confession was aired Sunday

[3:01] night. said

[3:02] >> Rashawi may have a lot more still to

[3:04] say. She's the sister of one of

[3:06] Zarqawi's top deputies who was killed by

[3:09] US forces and could provide valuable

[3:11] intelligence about Iraq's al-Qaeda

[3:13] network. Bob

[3:14] >> David, when Americans saw this woman on

[3:17] television, I mean, they were really

[3:18] fascinated. People were talking about it

[3:20] in every office that I was in today.

[3:22] What was the reaction of the Jordanians?

[3:24] >> I think Jordanians were relieved. It

[3:27] provided some sense of closure that this

[3:29] woman had been captured. There were

[3:30] celebrations in the streets after the

[3:32] televised broadcast of her confession,

[3:34] but some Jordanians are skeptical. They

[3:36] just don't believe that they could have

[3:38] found her so quickly.

[3:39] >> Okay. Well, thank you very much, Dave.

[3:41] This year and tonight, we are going to

[3:43] begin a new way to report stories of

[3:46] importance. Put a reporting team in a

[3:48] car and have them drive cross country to

[3:51] see how a particular issue is affecting

[3:53] people along the way. We did that to

[3:55] gauge the impact of high gas prices and

[3:58] to see how the war in Iraq was affecting

[4:00] the folks back home. Well, tonight we

[4:03] launch a tour to report on a health

[4:05] crisis, obesity. A CBS News poll shows

[4:08] that 93% of Americans believe obesity is

[4:12] a serious public health problem and 35%

[4:15] believe they are overweight. Mika

[4:17] Brzinski is heading our tour tonight.

[4:20] She is in Houston and she begins there

[4:22] for a reason. Ma.

[4:25] >> Well, that's right, Bob. Houston is the

[4:26] fattest city in what is becoming an

[4:28] increasingly fat country. 20 years ago,

[4:31] just a few states had a weight problem.

[4:33] But take a look at today. 41 states have

[4:37] dangerous levels of obesity. And we're

[4:39] going to travel right through that red

[4:41] zone where a quarter of the population

[4:43] is obese.

[4:45] We're starting out in Houston where

[4:48] everything is big. big buildings, big

[4:51] houses, and ground zero of the obesity

[4:54] crisis.

[4:54] >> You see it in school, you see it in the

[4:56] restaurants, you see them at the stores.

[4:58] Everywhere you look, you're you're

[4:59] seeing overweight children nowadays.

[5:02] >> And it's not just kids, it's everyone.

[5:05] >> And it almost seems like there's no end

[5:07] in sight.

[5:07] >> Dr. Samuel Klein says it's simple. Fat

[5:10] kills.

[5:11] >> It causes diabetes, bad lipids, high

[5:14] blood pressure, stroke, heart disease,

[5:16] cancer, liver disease, lung disease.

[5:20] And it's no secret how we got that way.

[5:22] Food that's fast, easy, and hard to

[5:25] resist is a big part of our diet.

[5:27] >> They want junk food.

[5:29] >> And how how often do they get it?

[5:31] >> A lot. A lot. Let's just put it that

[5:34] way.

[5:35] >> Nowhere is the temptation to eat junk

[5:37] greater than on the road. Just look at

[5:39] what's out there. And no one knows that

[5:41] better than truckers.

[5:43] >> I'm having catfish, potatoes, green

[5:46] beans, and macaroni and cheese. Randy

[5:48] Hail has been a trucker for 2 years and

[5:51] started putting on the pounds right from

[5:53] the start. How much did you put on?

[5:56] >> I put on 20.

[5:57] >> 20 lb.

[5:58] >> 20 lb.

[5:58] >> In how long?

[5:59] >> Uh

[6:01] about 4 months.

[6:03] >> 187 over 106.

[6:06] >> Little high.

[6:07] >> This national health tour is aimed at

[6:09] truckers. After a heart attack ended

[6:11] Barry Powellik's career as a driver, he

[6:13] started a campaign for healthier

[6:15] truckers. We can't make them change. I

[6:18] can't say eat this. I want them to make

[6:21] the change and I think they will do

[6:23] that.

[6:23] >> Randy thinks he's changing his diet, but

[6:26] is he really?

[6:27] >> There was fried food. There was macaroni

[6:29] and cheese. There was a lot of fat in

[6:31] that meal.

[6:32] >> Yes, it was.

[6:32] >> So, that was one of your healthier

[6:34] meals.

[6:35] >> Um, it would rank up there with the top

[6:37] five. Yeah.

[6:38] >> And like most of us, he's got an excuse.

[6:41] >> I was a good boy last night, so I

[6:43] cheated a little bit today.

[6:47] No, Bob. Macaroni and cheese is not a

[6:50] vegetable. But that's just the problem.

[6:51] We've developed such a warped sense of

[6:53] what a healthy balanced meal is. We

[6:55] don't even know when we're cheating.

[6:57] >> And where do you go to tomorrow?

[6:59] >> Well, we're headed to Louisiana where

[7:00] we're going to ask the question, Bob,

[7:02] can you be fat and fit at the same time?

[7:05] >> Okay, thanks. Stories are just a click

[7:07] away, but don't forget to join me on

[7:09] television for the on air edition of the

[7:11] CBS Evening News on Tuesday's broadcast.

[7:14] Can you weigh over 300 lb and be fit?

[7:18] You'll meet a man who weighs that much

[7:20] and competes in triathlons. For

[7:22] CBSN.com,

[7:24] I'm Bob Schaefer.