Up to the Minute (CBS) - 2006-11-06

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[0:00] to do

[0:00] >> that was handed down yesterday after a

[0:02] 9-month trial. As CBS's Lara Logan

[0:05] reports from Baghdad, not all Iraqis are

[0:07] happy with the verdict.

[0:09] >> His face said it all. The judge about to

[0:12] make history first made his prisoners

[0:15] stand,

[0:17] >> then swiftly sentenced him to death.

[0:20] Saddam crying out in protest,

[0:23] "Long live the people. Long live the

[0:25] nation."

[0:26] >> And defiance. Down with the invaders. Go

[0:29] to hell, you and the court.

[0:32] >> He tried hard, but the former dictator

[0:34] couldn't drown out the judge's

[0:36] determined voice as he delivered the

[0:38] verdict. Death by hanging for crimes

[0:41] against humanity committed 24 years ago

[0:44] in the Shiite town of Dale after a

[0:47] failed assassination attempt on Saddam's

[0:49] life that led to the killing of 148 men

[0:52] and boys. Also sentenced to die,

[0:56] Saddam's equally unrepentant

[0:58] half-brother, Barzan Alteriti, and

[1:00] Hammed Al Band, then head of the court

[1:03] that signed the execution order for the

[1:05] Dujail killings.

[1:08] There were many of those so-called

[1:09] traitors on Iraq's streets today, out

[1:12] celebrating, mostly Shiites who endured

[1:15] 35 years of brutal repression under his

[1:18] regime.

[1:20] This is the happiness of the whole Iraqi

[1:23] people. This man told us the day that

[1:26] for millions here meant Saddam finally

[1:28] got what he deserved.

[1:30] >> He's my uncle. This man says Saddam

[1:33] executed him. Now we're going to execute

[1:36] him.

[1:38] >> But here on the streets just north of

[1:40] Saddam's hometown. They were protesting,

[1:43] not celebrating. A cry of anger from

[1:45] Iraq Sunnis who see in Saddam's downfall

[1:48] their own loss of power and protection.

[1:52] They are killing us, this man cried.

[1:54] We're in a bad situation without him. We

[1:57] want Saddam Hussein back. Evidence that

[2:00] a sentence meant to heal has instead

[2:03] left Iraq more divided. Lara Logan, CBS

[2:06] News, Baghdad.

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[4:16] >> It's 10 past the hour. A long and

[4:18] tortured history led up to Sunday's

[4:20] decision by a Baghdad tribunal to

[4:22] condemn former Iraqi leader Saddam

[4:24] Hussein to death by hanging. CBS's

[4:26] Richard Roth reports.

[4:28] >> Saddam Hussein's trial was meant to

[4:31] showcase a turning point in Iraq from

[4:33] tyranny to democracy. The charges were

[4:36] crimes against humanity committed more

[4:38] than 20 years ago. In 1982 in the town

[4:41] of Dja, Saddam's motorcade was hit by a

[4:44] volley of gunfire. For the Iraqi leader

[4:46] who first assured towns people only

[4:49] traitors would be punished, the incident

[4:52] became the excuse for a vicious campaign

[4:54] of revenge. A makeshift memorial still

[4:57] stands for 148 people tortured and

[5:01] killed. Hundreds more men, women, and

[5:03] children were deported. gas.

[5:07] >> Defiant in the courtroom or restrained,

[5:10] Saddam claimed the trial's outcome had

[5:12] been predetermined by the Bush

[5:13] administration and Iraqi officials. One

[5:16] of his first defense lawyers, former US

[5:19] Attorney General Ramsey Clark, warned it

[5:21] would be important to the country how

[5:23] the trial was perceived.

[5:25] >> Unless it is seen as absolutely fair,

[5:28] and is absolutely fair in fact, it will

[5:31] irreconcilably divide the people of

[5:33] Iraq. Clark had another warning.

[5:36] >> The defense cannot participate in this

[5:38] case until there is protection in place

[5:40] for these lawyers and their families.

[5:42] >> That was prophetic. Three defense

[5:44] lawyers were murdered as the trial

[5:46] progressed. The chief judge resigned,

[5:48] saying Iraq's political leaders were

[5:50] interfering with a court process

[5:53] criticized as chaotic.

[5:55] >> Amnesty International's Malcolm Smart.

[5:58] This was an opportunity to turn the page

[6:01] in Iraq after 30 years when unfair

[6:04] trials were the norm, if there were any

[6:06] trials at all. This was the chance to

[6:08] set set the tone for the future for

[6:11] Iraq. And it's been failed miserably

[6:13] because of inadequate planning,

[6:15] inadequate attention to the basic human

[6:18] rights needs of a fair trial.

[6:23] >> Yet the court did hear testimony from

[6:25] more than 100 witnesses. Saddam did

[6:27] speak in his own defense and a

[6:29] prosecutor cited precedents for this set

[6:32] more than 60 years ago in Nuremberg,

[6:34] Germany. History credits the Nuremberg

[6:37] trials of Nazi leaders for reckoning

[6:40] horrible crimes and reintroducing the

[6:43] rule of law. History's verdict on this

[6:46] trial yet to be delivered. But for many

[6:48] Iraqis gripped at first by the televised

[6:51] coverage of a tyrant called to account,

[6:54] interest simply waned.

[6:57] Distracted by the daily struggle for

[6:59] survival.

[7:01] >> CBS's Richard Roth reporting. Joining us

[7:04] with more on the verdict and death

[7:05] sentence for Saddam Hussein is CBS News

[7:07] foreign affairs analyst Pam Faulk. Good

[7:09] morning, Pam.

[7:09] >> Good morning, Maggie.

[7:10] >> How will the verdict affect the already

[7:12] intense fighting on the ground?

[7:14] >> Well, there's there will it will

[7:15] continue. It probably won't change that,

[7:18] but it does bring some closure to the

[7:21] people who have been and the victims who

[7:23] have been affected both by Saddam

[7:25] Hussein's 24-year rule and victims uh of

[7:29] the other trials that will that could be

[7:32] held. So, that's the good part. The bad

[7:35] part is it probably doesn't heal the

[7:37] wounds that they had hoped it would

[7:39] because the Sunni and the Shia are still

[7:41] fighting. But there is a sense of

[7:43] justice in the Shia community and and

[7:45] that's a good thing.

[7:46] >> What does that mean for their fledgling

[7:47] government?

[7:48] >> The fledgling government probably won't

[7:50] be affected by this in a real way. What

[7:53] the United States did and the coalition

[7:55] did when they brought the new government

[7:57] in and Saddam Hussein was toppled was

[8:00] try to bring all of these different

[8:01] sections and sects in different

[8:04] governments, the Sunni, the Shia, the

[8:06] Kurds into this coalition government.

[8:09] And um it just hasn't really worked. It

[8:12] hasn't worked because the Shia majority

[8:16] which was oppressed by Saddam Hussein

[8:18] and the Sunnis uh have still are

[8:21] attacking the Sunnis. The Sunnis are

[8:23] still attacking and there are almost 32

[8:25] different militias now operating within

[8:27] the country. But it I do think it's a

[8:30] good day for justice.

[8:31] >> So what happens next? When would this

[8:33] sentence be carried out?

[8:34] >> Well, the sentence will go into an

[8:36] immediate appeal. This was a five judge

[8:38] panel. It will go into an immediate

[8:40] appeal with nine judges and then it has

[8:43] to be ratified by the president and by

[8:46] two vice presidents. All of that may

[8:48] take a very short period of time. It may

[8:50] happen within a few months and then

[8:52] there is a mandatory 30 days in uh

[8:56] sentence has to be carried out. So that

[8:57] would be uh that he would be hung within

[9:00] those 30 days. So I would say within the

[9:02] next six months this is really a very

[9:04] quick trial. It looks like this is going

[9:07] to happen. There are no major roadblocks

[9:08] that could delay it.

[9:09] >> No, probably not.

[9:10] >> And how does this affect the US exit

[9:12] strategy?

[9:13] >> Well, it probably won't in the sense

[9:15] that uh there's still all of these

[9:17] problems within Iraq. Um it does bring a

[9:20] certain amount of closure and justice to

[9:23] the prime minister who is Shia who was

[9:25] forced into exile. This is Nuriel Maliki

[9:28] who we've heard so much about lately and

[9:30] who has had a real problem with some of

[9:32] the timets that the United States is

[9:34] talking about. He says, "I'll determine

[9:37] the timetables." But he personally has

[9:40] been affected by this. And so I think it

[9:42] may bring some of the government around.

[9:45] It doesn't help the US exit strategy.

[9:47] There still has to be some definition of

[9:50] how the United States is going to bring

[9:52] Iraqi forces in and get out.

[9:54] >> How about the people? Will it help them?

[9:56] >> It certainly helps. I mean, the victims

[9:58] of Dale, it was a very uh compelling

[10:01] trial. It was gripping in the evidence

[10:03] that was presented where so many people

[10:05] were forced in uh into to exile people

[10:09] the entire town was raised. This was in

[10:12] 1982. So this goes back a long way but

[10:14] it was a true sense of celebration in

[10:17] the town and it does bring a certain

[10:19] sense that even in the mess of Iraq and

[10:22] it really is that there is some sense of

[10:24] justice.

[10:25] >> Well, how will this affect or will it

[10:27] affect our elections here in the US?

[10:29] Well, both sides have have claimed

[10:32] different things. Republicans have said

[10:34] this is a very good day and a

[10:35] vindication really of the justice system

[10:38] with its flaws. Um, and some of the

[10:40] human rights groups have pointed those

[10:42] out. It it it was a very quick trial

[10:44] relative to international criminal

[10:46] tribunals. But on the other hand, the

[10:48] Democrats, some have said that this was

[10:50] timed to be just before the midterm

[10:53] elections. It probably won't affect by

[10:55] all things we've looked at, it probably

[10:57] will not affect the midterm elections.

[10:59] >> And real quickly, do you think we'll see

[11:00] a rise in violence over the next few

[11:02] days? We didn't see too much.

[11:04] >> There were cordons all around. There

[11:06] were checkpoints to make sure there

[11:07] wasn't violence. We probably will see

[11:09] some kind of a rise in violence.

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[13:53] >> It's 19 past the hour. Top stories and

[13:56] up to the minute. This is the end of the

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[14:01] that could change the face of Congress.

[14:04] Saddam Hussein's death sentence is going

[14:06] before an Iraqi appeals court. The

[14:08] former Iraqi leader was convicted Sunday

[14:09] of crimes against humanity and sentenced

[14:12] to death by hanging. An editorial in

[14:14] four influential military newspapers

[14:16] says defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld

[14:19] has lost credibility with military

[14:21] officers and that he quote must go. In

[14:25] overseas trading, Japan's benchmark Nikk

[14:27] index closed up 14 points to finish at

[14:29] 16,364.

[14:32] In New York, stocks will start the week

[14:33] after closing down on Friday as rising

[14:36] oil prices overshadowed a strong

[14:37] employment report. The Dow lost 32 and a

[14:40] half points while the Nasdaq Composite

[14:42] closed down three. Tomorrow is election

[14:45] day and you'll be hearing a lot of

[14:46] numbers, but perhaps the most important

[14:48] number to you this time of year could be

[14:50] the one that you should know but might

[14:52] not. It's your credit score. Joining us

[14:54] to explain why and how you can find

[14:56] yours is Ray Hennessy, editor of

[14:57] smartmoney.com. Good morning, Ray.

[14:59] >> Good morning.

[15:00] >> This is something I think a lot of

[15:01] people forget to check on. Why is it so

[15:02] important to

[15:03] >> Well, it's it's really a number that

[15:04] that follows you. It's sort of like your

[15:06] permanent record. And anytime you go to

[15:08] to, you know, borrow money, that's the

[15:10] number that people look at, and there's

[15:11] more and more decisions that are made,

[15:13] not just borrowing, but sometimes, you

[15:14] know, insurance companies use it other

[15:16] places that are that are extending you

[15:18] credit or doing business with you. This

[15:19] is what they use. Most people don't know

[15:21] their number, though, and it's an

[15:22] important number to know. If you go

[15:23] around asking people what their credit

[15:24] score is, they probably don't know it.

[15:26] But a lot of big companies are making

[15:27] decisions based on it.

[15:28] >> And if you find problems,

[15:30] >> right? I think the first thing you need

[15:31] to do is find out what the number is,

[15:33] see if it's high, and then get your full

[15:34] credit report. The best way to get that

[15:36] credit score down is to to first, you

[15:38] know, fix any mistakes. You'd be

[15:41] surprised when you see your credit

[15:42] report how many errors are on that. I

[15:44] mean, there there are, you know, a lot

[15:46] of lot of mistakes that that you you

[15:48] find. You've got to correct them

[15:49] immediately. The places have about 30

[15:51] days to to fix them before they can move

[15:53] on or or you know argue with you over

[15:55] whether or not it's actually cost you

[15:56] money.

[15:57] >> It definitely cost you money. The the

[15:58] lower your credit score, the worse it

[16:00] is. It's it's on a scale of 300 to 850.

[16:04] Anything over 700 is good, but above 770

[16:07] is the best. Second, I tell people pay

[16:09] down those credit cards. No one likes to

[16:11] see, you know, credit cards that are

[16:13] close to being maxed out. That's the

[16:15] number one determinant in a lot of cases

[16:16] is how much available credit you have.

[16:18] And lastly, and and people don't know

[16:20] this, stay with just a couple of credit

[16:22] card companies. Don't go switching your

[16:24] balances from place to place. Now, you

[16:26] can obviously get a lower interest rate

[16:27] if you you do something like that, but

[16:29] again, if you stay with one, you see

[16:31] loyalty. The credit bureaus, they like

[16:32] loyalty, and that's one of those big

[16:34] things that swings your number. Again,

[16:36] once you get below say 700 in your

[16:38] credit score, any 10 20 points that you

[16:41] get there really adds up in terms of the

[16:43] interest rates you're paying. So, this

[16:44] is a this is a big money decision. It's

[16:46] a big money number to know.

[16:47] >> Okay. So, everybody should be checking

[16:48] it. But how do you find your credit

[16:50] score?

[16:50] >> Well, you can go to places. There's

[16:52] myfico.com, which Fair Isaac runs, or

[16:55] any of the three credit bureaus can tell

[16:56] you what credit scores that they use.

[16:58] >> Does it cost money?

[16:59] >> Well, you can get your credit report

[17:00] free once a year. Or if you think that

[17:02] you've been the subject of fraud,

[17:04] sometimes we hear um of of our personal

[17:06] information being sent out or maybe

[17:08] there's a charge that you don't like on

[17:09] your credit card bill. You can get your

[17:12] free credit reports from these places. I

[17:13] always tell people at least once a year

[17:15] look at your credit reports because

[17:17] again this is this follows you and if

[17:18] you want to buy you you want to find out

[17:20] now rather than when you're sitting

[17:21] there trying to buy the house or buy the

[17:22] car

[17:22] >> and it's a good advice especially before

[17:24] the holidays

[17:24] >> right absolutely because you know what's

[17:26] going to happen in the next couple of

[17:26] months we're going to run those credit

[17:27] card bills and we're going to make those

[17:28] big big spending decisions

[17:30] >> right editor of smartmoney.com Ray

[17:31] Hennessy thanks for joining us

[17:32] >> thank you

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[17:50] It'll be a soaker today for the

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[21:18] one place in Los Angeles to really see

[21:20] the stars is ready for its closeup.

[21:22] CBS's Vince Gonzalez reports.

[21:26] >> It has co-starred in more than 300

[21:28] movies over the last 71 years, including

[21:31] The Terminator with Arnold

[21:32] Schwarzenegger.

[21:33] >> Nice night for a walk.

[21:34] >> And Rebel Without a Cause starring James

[21:37] Dean.

[21:37] >> Chicken. Call me that.

[21:39] >> The Griffith Observatory is one of LA's

[21:41] most famous cultural landmarks. But

[21:43] director Ed Crup says despite the statue

[21:46] of James Dean on its grounds,

[21:48] >> you know, we overlook Hollywood, but at

[21:49] Griffith Observatory, the stars are the

[21:51] stars.

[21:52] >> So to showcase the stars in the heavens,

[21:55] >> this is the hall of the eye.

[21:57] >> Longtime exhibits have been refurbished.

[21:59] >> Part of this beyond the visible exhibit

[22:01] includes an infrared camera

[22:03] >> and new ones added. All part of a $93

[22:07] million renovation. The whole idea is to

[22:10] capture the eye and catch the

[22:11] imagination with the goal being we just

[22:14] want people to feel a little more at

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[22:18] In a city where search lights cut across

[22:20] the night sky, Crup hopes the new star

[22:23] projector at the heart of the

[22:24] observatory's famous planetarium will

[22:26] help audiences learn to like the dark.

[22:29] Here in in Los Angeles and other major

[22:31] cities, people have forgotten the night

[22:33] sky because of the lights that that fill

[22:35] our sky with with unwanted light

[22:37] pollution. And the planetaria exists

[22:40] around the world to help remind us

[22:43] there's a sky there.

[22:44] >> During the day, the observatory's solar

[22:46] telescope is also at work tracking the

[22:48] sun and studying solar flares and

[22:51] sunspots. This magnified image of the

[22:53] sun has been seen by more people at

[22:56] Griffith Observatory than any other

[22:58] place in the world. And those small dark

[23:00] spots up there are bigger than the

[23:02] planet Earth.

[23:02] >> That's exactly right. But the

[23:04] observatory's newest additions are

[23:06] underground. That's where a new 40,000

[23:09] square ft exhibit space was built. It

[23:11] features one whole wall covered by a

[23:13] digital snapshot that shows millions of

[23:16] galaxies and other celestial objects

[23:18] normally invisible to the naked eye. And

[23:21] yet that wall is only 1,000th of the

[23:23] sky. There's also a sort of hall of

[23:26] planets where even Pluto still has a

[23:28] home.

[23:29] >> The fact that Pluto has been declared a

[23:31] dwarf planet and not a real planet after

[23:34] all uh doesn't mean it's any less

[23:36] interesting. So at Griffith Observatory,

[23:38] Pluto is always welcome.

[23:40] >> Amazingly, Pluto and other cosmic

[23:42] curiosities can still be seen through a

[23:44] vintage device that's been updated to

[23:46] the state-of-the-art.

[23:48] >> There's nothing like Griffith

[23:49] Observatory. There's no place like home

[23:51] for people in Los Angeles when they want

[23:53] to come home to astronomy.

[23:55] >> Vince Gonzalez, CBS News, Los Angeles.

[23:59] >> Since its opening in 1935, more than 70

[24:01] million people have visited Griffith

[24:03] Observatory. And we thank you for

[24:05] visiting CBS News up to the

[24:09] >> lie detector test. Next, Dr. Phil.

[24:27] Good morning. It's Monday, November 6.

[24:29] From CBS News in New York City, I'm Meg

[24:31] Oliver. Here's what's happening. Just

[24:33] one day to go until Americans go to the

[24:35] polls in Tuesday's historic midterm

[24:37] election. The latest public opinion

[24:39] surveys show Democrats maintaining a

[24:41] strong edge in public support, but there

[24:44] are signs Republicans are closing the

[24:46] gap in voter preference. It's an

[24:48] election that is shaping up as a

[24:50] referendum on Iraq. And it's been

[24:51] another deadly weekend for US troops

[24:53] there. At least eight more Americans

[24:56] have been killed, pushing the US death

[24:58] toll so far this month to 16. More than

[25:01] 2,834

[25:03] US servicemen and women have now been

[25:05] killed since the war start.

[25:08] Today, President Bush faces new attacks

[25:10] on Iraq. An editorial running in four

[25:12] major military newspapers, including the

[25:15] influential Army Times, calls on

[25:17] President Bush to fire Defense Secretary

[25:19] Donald Rumsfeld. It says, quote,

[25:21] "Rumsfeld has lost credibility with the

[25:23] uniformed leadership, with the troops,

[25:25] with Congress, and with the public at

[25:27] large." Regardless of which party wins

[25:30] November 7th, the time has come, Mr.

[25:32] president to face the hard bruising

[25:34] truth Donald Rumsfeld must go. Last

[25:37] week, Mr. Bush said Rumsfeld was doing a

[25:39] quote fantastic job.

[25:44] >> In other Iraq developments, this was the

[25:46] scene Sunday as former Iraqi leader

[25:48] Saddam Hussein was ordered to stand and

[25:50] receive his sentence of death by

[25:52] hanging. Saddam responded to the five

[25:54] judge tribunal yelling, "Death the

[25:56] occupiers, God is great."

[26:01] In the streets of Baghdad,

[26:06] >> Shiites celebrate it, but Sunnis are

[26:08] vowing revenge. On the campaign trail,

[26:10] President Bush hailed the verdict, and

[26:12] the Republican faithful loved it.

[26:19] >> Saddam Hussein trial is a milestone in

[26:22] the Iraqi people's efforts to replace

[26:24] the rule of a tyrant with the rule of

[26:27] law, and it's a major achievement for

[26:29] this young democracy.

[26:31] Democrats said justice was served, but

[26:33] that it was unclear how the verdict

[26:35] would change the course of the war.

[26:37] Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said

[26:39] the Iraqis have traded a dictator for

[26:42] chaos. As for Tuesday, Democrats need to

[26:45] gain six seats to gain control of the

[26:46] Senate, 15 to take control of the House.

[26:49] Still very much in the air is the race

[26:51] for Senate in Maryland. Correspondent

[26:53] Joey Chen has more.

[26:56] Ben Cardon entered the home stretch of

[26:58] the Maryland Senate race with just about

[27:00] everything going for him.

[27:03] >> A longtime Democratic congressman in a

[27:05] traditionally blue state, Carton held

[27:07] off tough primary challenges and seemed

[27:10] headed for a big win until his opponent

[27:12] unleashed the puppy.

[27:15] >> For the record, I love puppies. In the

[27:17] spot, Michael Steele warned voters to

[27:19] ignore attack ads on his character, but

[27:21] Cardan lashed back, charging Steel with

[27:24] using the cute canine to conceal his

[27:26] identity.

[27:26] >> The dog's not even his

[27:28] >> and his ties to an unpopular president.

[27:31] >> Good to see everybody.

[27:32] >> Lieutenant Governor Steele is the first

[27:34] African-Amean to win statewide office in

[27:36] Maryland from either party. He's jabbed

[27:38] at Democrats for not promoting more

[27:40] black candidates to top spots on their

[27:42] tickets.

[27:43] >> I don't see us represented. With polls

[27:45] showing the race tightening, Democrats

[27:47] brought out their own big dog to shore

[27:49] up support. Senator Barack Obama urged

[27:52] black voters not to use race as a litmus

[27:54] test.

[27:55] >> Marilyn, I think everybody needs to

[27:57] understand that you you don't vote for

[28:00] somebody uh because of what they look

[28:03] like.

[28:03] >> All right,

[28:04] >> you vote for what they stand for.

[28:06] >> But even some Cardon supporters admit

[28:08] Steel has a point.

[28:09] >> The Democratic Party has taken in many

[28:11] respects the African-American community

[28:13] for granted. This week, key Democratic

[28:15] politicians and pastors broke ranks to

[28:17] sign on with Steel.

[28:19] >> I am humbled.

[28:21] >> Political scientist Ron Walter says

[28:22] Steel's surprising success is a warning

[28:25] to Democrats.

[28:26] >> That's caused a tremendous explosion and

[28:30] u what it has done really is a shot

[28:33] across the bow of the party and uh and

[28:35] started people thinking that there may

[28:37] be a move toward him.

[28:39] >> Democrats on the national level are

[28:40] keeping a close eye on the Maryland

[28:42] Senate race as well. Here's why.

[28:44] Maryland votes 2 to one Democratic and

[28:47] African-Americans make up one in every

[28:50] five Democratic votes in the state. For

[28:52] Cardon to win this, he has got to hang

[28:53] on to the black Democrats. If he

[28:55] doesn't, it'll be a blow both to him and

[28:57] his party. Joey Chen, CBS News, Capitol

[29:00] Hill. The candidates aren't the only

[29:02] ones who will be put to the test on

[29:04] election day. Countless voters will

[29:06] likely face challenges, too, as they

[29:08] confront new voting machines and

[29:10] procedures. Correspondent Randle

[29:11] Kingston reports.

[29:13] the uh

[29:16] the camera into the uh computer.

[29:20] >> The instructor is a professional

[29:22] filmmaker. The students are amateur

[29:24] photographers hoping to paint a clear

[29:27] picture of what happens on election day.

[29:29] >> Video the vote is going to be the eyes

[29:31] and ears of America on election day.

[29:33] >> Ian and ABA got the idea to video the

[29:35] vote after completing his award-winning

[29:37] documentary American Blackout. The film

[29:40] retraced some of the anger and

[29:42] frustration at the ballot box during the

[29:44] 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

[29:47] >> And they tried to send me from here to

[29:48] go over there so that my vote wouldn't

[29:50] count for the provisional.

[29:51] >> I've taken this film across the country

[29:53] for 9 months and people are outraged and

[29:55] they want to get involved and they want

[29:56] to solve these problems.

[29:57] >> Both political parties are gearing up

[29:59] for election day challenges. One

[30:02] concern, new requirements in some states

[30:04] for picture ID that could prevent voters

[30:07] from casting ballots. There are also

[30:10] worries about new electronic voting

[30:12] machines.

[30:13] >> During the primaries, we saw repeated

[30:15] incidents of machines breaking down, not

[30:20] uh starting up properly in the morning.

[30:22] >> Attorney Laurel Finley has filed several

[30:24] lawsuits to block the use of electronic

[30:26] voting.

[30:27] >> What's your worst fear as you look

[30:30] towards Tuesday, election day?

[30:33] My worst fear is that with the vastly

[30:35] larger turnout in a general election

[30:37] than what we had in the primaries, we

[30:39] will see meltdowns in many states.

[30:43] If that happens, voters can call a

[30:46] nationwide hotline and flag problems

[30:48] worth putting on tape and uploading to

[30:51] video the votes link on the website

[30:53] YouTube.

[30:53] >> We also want to make sure that the

[30:55] voter, you know, which voters are

[30:57] winning and losing on election day,

[30:58] whether that story is told. Many

[31:00] Democrats and Republicans anticipate

[31:02] problems. They are already lining up

[31:05] lawyers and money to fight it out on and

[31:08] after election day. Randall Kingston,

[31:11] CBS News, New York.

[31:13] >> In other news now, the former president

[31:15] of the National Association of

[31:16] Evangelicals, which claims 30 million

[31:19] members, has confessed to a quote

[31:21] repulsive and dark past.

[31:24] >> I'm sorry for the disappointment, the

[31:26] betrayal, and the hurt.

[31:28] Ted Haggard's two-page statement was

[31:30] read at Sunday services at New Life

[31:32] Church in Colorado a day after he was

[31:35] fired as pastor for sexually immoral

[31:37] conduct. Haggard did not address

[31:39] allegations that he paid a male escort

[31:41] for sex and used drugs

[31:43] >> relationship with me if he had gay.

[31:45] >> The former Imperial wizard of the Ku

[31:46] Klux Clan has died in the Mississippi

[31:48] State Penitentiary. Samuel Bowers was

[31:51] serving life after being convicted eight

[31:53] years ago for ordering the assassination

[31:55] of civil rights activist Vernon Dmer in

[31:58] 1966. Bowers was 82.

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[34:18] officials are keeping a close eye on a

[34:20] major fire that's burning out of control

[34:22] at an old plastics factory outside of

[34:24] Memphis, Tennessee. All this week, we'll

[34:26] be focusing our eye on local news in

[34:28] Memphis. This morning, residents of

[34:30] nearby Hall, Tennessee, are keeping a

[34:31] weary eye to the skies over a dangerous

[34:33] blaze. Stephanie Skerlock of our Memphis

[34:36] affiliate, WREGTV, has the story. A

[34:40] thick black cloud of smoke hovers

[34:42] hundreds of miles in the air above the

[34:44] old Tupperware plant in Halls,

[34:46] Tennessee. It is visible from miles

[34:49] away. Firefighters from five different

[34:51] West Tennessee counties are helping put

[34:53] out the fire. Those living closest are

[34:56] asked to leave their homes. They just

[34:58] wanted to let me know uh to go with them

[35:00] and to tell my dad that he need to

[35:02] evacuate and come stay with me about 3

[35:03] days. They said

[35:04] >> I didn't know what kind of plastics they

[35:05] had over there might ignite.

[35:07] >> It's a blaze that from News Chopper 3

[35:09] lit up the dark sky. Firefighters were

[35:12] forced to battle the stubborn fire

[35:14] through the night.

[35:15] >> We really don't know. We don't know what

[35:17] all was in the building

[35:19] >> cuz we can't get in there to see.

[35:21] >> Most of the building is vacant, but part

[35:23] of it houses a small recycling company.

[35:25] They believe it is plastic inside the

[35:27] plant that fuel the fire and set off the

[35:30] explosions.

[35:31] >> You could hear them inside. Uh yeah,

[35:34] they were loud enough that you could

[35:35] hear them inside even with television

[35:37] going.

[35:41] >> It's taking tons of water to contain the

[35:43] fire. Volunteer firefighters from the

[35:45] Gates community fill this 1300galon

[35:48] tanker to take to the fire. This is just

[35:51] one of many trips. We made 16 last night

[35:54] from 7 till about 2:00 and we've made

[35:58] five this morning since 8:00.

[36:00] >> Firefighters believe they have enough

[36:02] water supply to fight the fire. A fire

[36:04] they believe will burn for a couple of

[36:06] days. Their job, keep it from spreading

[36:09] while the EPA monitors any possible

[36:12] environmental hazards. Stephanie

[36:14] Skirllock for CBS News. In Nashville,

[36:18] Tennessee, the campaign is heating up

[36:19] for a closely watched Senate race to

[36:21] replace retiring Senator Bill Frist. The

[36:23] nation's only black senator, Democrat

[36:25] Barack Obama, as voters Sunday to elect

[36:27] Harold Ford Jr., a Democrat who is

[36:30] trying to become the first black senator

[36:32] from the South in more than 100 years.

[36:34] The outcome of that race could determine

[36:36] whether the Democrats will gain control

[36:38] of the Senate. Voter interest in the

[36:40] rest of the country is the highest it's

[36:42] been in a quarter century. That

[36:43] according to the latest CBS news poll,

[36:46] the possible large voter turnout has

[36:47] many election workers on edge,

[36:49] particularly in one Bellweather state.

[36:52] CBS's Lee Cowan reports from Ohio.

[36:55] >> To hear some people talk, you'd think

[36:57] the new electronic voting machines had

[36:59] gotten together and planned a takeover

[37:01] on election day. A 40 lb battlebot with

[37:03] a beady red eye that can't be trusted.

[37:06] But like it or not, three out of four

[37:08] voters will shake hands with one of

[37:10] these things on Tuesday. And for about

[37:12] half the voters here in Ohio, it will be

[37:14] their first time. There's no doubt

[37:16] there'll be some confusion and

[37:18] apprehension, which will probably make

[37:20] for long lines.

[37:21] >> This is question one.

[37:23] >> But as unsettling as all that is,

[37:25] consider Don Washburn.

[37:27] >> They're all pre-numbered.

[37:29] >> He started working elections in 1948,

[37:31] the year Truman beat Dwey, when it was

[37:34] pretty sparse behind that voting

[37:35] curtain. There was nothing there but

[37:37] this small shelf with a pencil hanging

[37:39] on a string and and that's the way they

[37:42] voted. Yeah.

[37:43] >> In the years since, he's pulled levers,

[37:45] pushed buttons, and poked punch cards.

[37:48] But this year, he's learned all about

[37:49] touch sensors and memory chips and 1.4

[37:52] million lines of computer code. All so

[37:55] that he can walk voters through their

[37:56] vote on Tuesday.

[37:58] >> Some of them grasp it just like that.

[38:00] They know it. others. Why? Naturally,

[38:04] they're they have a little hesitation

[38:06] and things, but what the heck, that's

[38:08] that's normal.

[38:09] >> You ask the voters's name and the

[38:11] voters's address.

[38:12] >> All across Ohio, classes like this one

[38:14] have helped teach poll workers the

[38:16] basics.

[38:17] >> Remember, when you vote, take ID.

[38:20] >> Public service announcements have been

[38:21] running, too, to get voters up to speed.

[38:24] >> It is, however, rocket science for some.

[38:27] Michael Hoover has been studying the

[38:28] voting machine manual like he's about to

[38:30] take his bar exam. How long does it take

[38:31] you to get through the instruction

[38:32] manual?

[38:34] >> Which time?

[38:36] >> I mean, it's it's I went through it two

[38:38] or three times.

[38:39] >> If the addresses do not match,

[38:42] >> the stakes are high. The machines have

[38:44] jammed. Some of them have lost power.

[38:46] And late last week in Cleveland, it was

[38:48] discovered that these machines are

[38:49] having trouble reading absentee ballots

[38:51] that have been folded.

[38:53] >> Is that correct? But for all their

[38:55] shortcomings, Don Washburn thinks

[38:56] they're still better than a paper and a

[38:58] pencil. No matter how much he sometimes

[39:00] wishes they were better.

[39:02] >> Lee Cowen, CBS News, Columbus.

[39:06] >> Between 80 and 90% of this year's vote

[39:08] will be cast or counted electronically

[39:10] and onethird of the nation's precincts

[39:12] will be going electronic for the first

[39:14] time. Joining us to discuss the pros and

[39:16] cons of electronic voting is Doug

[39:18] Chapen, director of electionline.org.

[39:20] Good morning, Doug.

[39:21] >> Good morning. With so many people voting

[39:23] electronically for the first time, what

[39:25] kind of problems are we likely to see? I

[39:28] >> around the country, we're likely to see

[39:29] problems just with the machines not

[39:31] working properly. We've seen reports of

[39:33] machines not starting correctly at the

[39:35] beginning of the day, voters having

[39:37] trouble inputting their votes throughout

[39:38] the day and frequently at night. Uh poll

[39:41] workers having problems getting votes

[39:42] out of the machine for tabulation.

[39:45] >> Now, the government has spent about $3

[39:46] billion to fix the voting system since

[39:48] the 2000 debacle in Florida. It seems

[39:51] like it should be a smoother system at

[39:53] this point.

[39:54] >> Well, you'd think so. It's important to

[39:56] remember though that we're still very

[39:57] much in the middle of a huge change in

[39:59] the way that we conduct elections. Uh 6

[40:02] years seems like a long time since the

[40:04] 2000 presidential election, but it's not

[40:06] really that much time uh given the

[40:08] amount of change that we're undergoing

[40:09] in this country.

[40:10] >> If we could help voters at this point,

[40:12] do you have any tips to help them make

[40:14] this process go smoothly?

[40:16] >> Really two things they can do. first is

[40:18] to learn as much as they can before they

[40:19] go about what they need to bring in

[40:21] terms of ID, how to use the machines,

[40:23] but more importantly, when you're at the

[40:25] precinct, don't be afraid to ask

[40:26] questions. There are people there who

[40:28] are there to help you, and you shouldn't

[40:30] feel like you need to suffer in silence

[40:31] if things aren't going the way you think

[40:33] they should.

[40:34] >> Well, should you study up before you go?

[40:36] >> It always helps to study up before you

[40:38] go. An informed voter, not just about

[40:40] what's on the ballot, but how to use the

[40:42] machine, is always a voter who's got a

[40:43] better chance of making that vote count.

[40:45] What happens if the curtain is closed

[40:47] and you're in the booth and something

[40:48] comes up?

[40:49] >> Uh, you should get help. Um, pull back

[40:51] that curtain and say, "Excuse me, I've

[40:52] got a problem." Uh, and a pole worker

[40:54] will come over and help you. Um, and if

[40:57] it's serious enough that they have to

[40:58] call someone else in, they will, but

[41:00] don't suffer in silence. Get help. Ask

[41:01] questions.

[41:02] >> Do you think we're going to be seeing

[41:03] longer lines because the system might

[41:06] just take a little bit longer for people

[41:07] to get used to? Should people give

[41:08] themselves more time to vote on Tuesday?

[41:11] >> I They should. Uh the the other thing

[41:12] that I would advise voters to do is to

[41:14] bring their patience with them to the

[41:16] polls on election day. With new machines

[41:18] and longer ballots, lines are going to

[41:20] be longer. It's not like a trip to the

[41:21] drive-thru. It's going to take some

[41:23] time.

[41:23] >> How secure are these machines? A lot of

[41:25] people are concerned that maybe

[41:26] something would happen to their vote.

[41:28] >> Well, the security of these machines is

[41:30] um very much open to debate. Um it's

[41:32] been, I think, pretty conclusively

[41:34] demonstrated that these machines can be

[41:36] compromised in a laboratory setting.

[41:38] What we don't yet know is whether or not

[41:40] that compromise can occur in a real

[41:42] precinct on a real election day.

[41:44] >> And if we're looking, you know, down the

[41:46] road, what are we going to see late

[41:48] Tuesday night, early Wednesday morning?

[41:50] If we do run into problems, is that

[41:52] going to delay the the outcome?

[41:54] >> It will. It'll delay the results in lots

[41:56] of places. And uh I think if we do have

[41:58] those kinds of problems, we won't just

[42:00] see delays. will see litigation as all

[42:03] the lawyers who've been deployed around

[42:04] the country go to court to straighten

[42:06] out any mess that the machines create.

[42:08] >> Well, let's look ahead to 2008. Will we

[42:10] be ready across the country by the time

[42:12] the presidential elections come around?

[42:14] >> I think so. We'll certainly be readier

[42:16] than we are today. I mean, as as was

[42:19] mentioned in the leadin, something like

[42:20] a third of voters across the country are

[42:22] going to be seeing these machines for

[42:24] the first time uh in 2006. Time is

[42:27] always a benefit. Uh, and by 2008, some

[42:29] of this new technology will be much more

[42:32] familiar and therefore, I think, a lot

[42:33] less likely to fail on election day.

[42:36] >> If you could fix something though before

[42:37] 2008, what would it be with this new

[42:39] system?

[42:40] >> I probably the one thing that would be

[42:41] best to fix would be find a way to make

[42:44] sure that all voting systems produce

[42:46] results in the same way so that we don't

[42:48] struggle with different jurisdictions

[42:50] trying to combine results on election

[42:53] night. something that makes the process

[42:55] a little more simple and a lot more

[42:57] straightforward would be uh very

[42:58] helpful.

[42:59] >> All right, Doug Chapen, director of

[43:00] electionline.org. Thank you so much.

[43:02] >> Thank you.

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[45:46] >> We're just one day away from the midterm

[45:47] elections, and the airwaves are crammed

[45:49] with political ads of every stripe, and

[45:52] most of them appear to be negative. If

[45:54] you can't wait for election day to be

[45:56] over just to see those political ads

[45:57] disappear, you're not alone.

[46:00] >> Well, we are almost there. On Wednesday

[46:02] morning, we can all take the obligatory

[46:05] shower and wash off as much of this

[46:07] election as we can. Remember back when

[46:09] the day after the election was a time we

[46:11] celebrated if our favorite candidate won

[46:14] or were sad because our favorite lost.

[46:17] Now we just want to be sure we don't get

[46:19] any of it on us. And no wonder if all we

[46:22] knew about the elections is what we

[46:24] learned from the TV ads, we'd think the

[46:26] only people running for public office

[46:28] were crooks, deviates, and fools. True,

[46:31] we did have a handful of crooks and two

[46:33] or three deviates in the news, but they

[46:36] are exceptions. Call me a hopeless

[46:38] romantic, but I still believe most

[46:40] people who run for office are good

[46:42] people. But don't expect to hear that

[46:44] from the guy with that raspy voice who

[46:47] seems to narrate all the TV ads. A long

[46:50] time ago, someone said, "Democracies get

[46:52] the governments they deserve, but don't

[46:54] we deserve an election process better

[46:56] than this?" How have we come from a time

[46:59] when every grandmother thought her

[47:01] grandchild would grow up to be president

[47:04] to an era where you can't find a soul

[47:06] who wants his or her child to go near

[47:09] politics, let alone run for office? May

[47:12] I ask the obvious question? Does that

[47:14] have anything to do with the kind of

[47:16] campaigns we're now made to suffer?

[47:18] We'll never get the government we

[47:20] deserve until we make the hard choices

[47:23] needed to reform the way we pick our

[47:25] leaders. I'm Bob Sheaffer and I hate

[47:28] these commercials. All of them.

[47:31] >> CBS News Chief Washington correspondent

[47:33] Bob Sheaffer anxiously awaiting election

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[51:28] opinion from our own Andy Rooney.

[51:30] >> There's a silent little war going on in

[51:32] this country. It's between people who

[51:34] wear the American flag in their button

[51:36] hole and people who do not. Every night

[51:39] on the evening news, you see people,

[51:41] politicians mostly, being interviewed or

[51:44] giving speeches, wearing a little metal

[51:46] American flag. Are they suggesting they

[51:49] love America more than I do? If a

[51:52] politician running for office has an

[51:54] opponent who wears a flag, he usually

[51:56] thinks he has to wear one, too. Afraid

[51:59] people might say he isn't as patriotic

[52:01] as his opponent is. President Bush

[52:03] always wears an American flag. Would we

[52:06] think he was unAmerican if he didn't?

[52:09] His father wore one sometimes, didn't

[52:12] wear one other times. I think

[52:14] politicians wearing the American flag is

[52:16] a fairly new phenomenon. Politicians

[52:19] weren't wearing them as much just a few

[52:21] years ago, not as much as they are now.

[52:24] President Bush didn't wear one when he

[52:26] was governor of Texas. I don't remember

[52:29] seeing Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, or

[52:31] Dwight Eisenhower wearing one. We did

[52:34] come across a picture of Richard Nixon

[52:36] in the 70s wearing a flag. Maybe he

[52:38] started it. I've always wondered if a

[52:41] politician who wears a flag when the

[52:43] cameras are rolling wears one on

[52:45] Saturdays when he's home alone in his

[52:47] old clothes. Or is he only patriotic in

[52:50] public? Women politicians don't seem to

[52:54] use the flag as decoration like men do.

[52:57] Maybe that's because they have no good

[52:59] place to hang a flag or they don't want

[53:01] to put a hole in their dress with the

[53:03] pin. I suppose it isn't a very popular

[53:06] opinion I have, but I don't like to see

[53:08] a politician or anyone else for that

[53:10] matter wearing an American flag. Using

[53:13] the flag as decoration is demeaning to a

[53:16] great symbol. The American flag may be

[53:19] the best symbol ever designed. It's

[53:21] perfect. It represents our current 50

[53:23] states and the 13 original colonies.

[53:26] It's both attractive and meaningful, and

[53:28] it stands for who we are. That's a lot

[53:31] to ask of a piece of cloth, and the

[53:33] American flag does it magnificently. It

[53:36] should not be used as a bumper sticker.

[53:39] >> And we thank you for joining us this

[53:41] half hour. This is CBS News Up to the

[53:43] Minute.

[54:05] CBS News. See it now.

[54:07] >> Dr. Phil talks about marriage, meth, and

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[54:15] Now on CBS News Up to the Minute Saddam,

[54:20] >> the former president of Iraq, Saddam

[54:22] Hussein, he is convicted and sentenced

[54:23] to death for crimes against humanity.

[54:26] His lawyers are planning an appeal.

[54:28] >> I called him to buy some meth, but I

[54:30] threw it away.

[54:31] >> And the former president of the 30

[54:33] million strong National Association of

[54:35] Evangelicals apologizes to his flock

[54:38] amid a gay sex scandal.

[54:39] >> Us right now, Father, we bless them in

[54:42] your name.

[54:53] Good morning from CBS News headquarters

[54:55] in New York. This is Up to the Minute.

[54:57] I'm Meg Oliver. The campaign is winding

[55:00] down and the countdown has begun to

[55:01] election day 2006. People of the United

[55:04] States go to the polls tomorrow in a

[55:06] midterm election that is expected to

[55:08] change the face of Congress and may very

[55:10] well render President Bush a lame duck

[55:12] for his final two years in office. The

[55:15] war in Iraq has cast a long shadow over

[55:17] the races and many incumbent Republicans

[55:19] who voted time and again to support

[55:21] President Bush's Iraq policy find

[55:23] themselves vulnerable. Anger with the

[55:26] war is expected to be felt strongest in

[55:28] the House of Representatives, where all

[55:30] 435 seats are up for grabs. Democrats

[55:33] need a net gain of 15 seats to retake

[55:36] control of the chamber. And political

[55:37] analysts say at least 50 seats currently

[55:39] held by Republicans are now considered

[55:41] competitive. The GOP is clinging to the

[55:44] latest poll by the Pew Research Center.

[55:46] It asked likely voters which party

[55:48] should control the House. The Democrats

[55:51] won by four percentage points, but just

[55:53] two weeks ago, they held an 11-point

[55:56] advantage. In the Senate, 33 seats are

[55:59] at stake, and the Democrats need a net

[56:01] gain of six to retake control.

[56:03] Republican insiders concede the seats

[56:05] held by Senators Mike Dwine of Ohio,

[56:07] Rick Santorm of Pennsylvania, and

[56:09] Lincoln Chaffy of Rhode Island are

[56:11] likely lost. That leaves four key

[56:13] battleground states. In Missouri,

[56:15] Republican Senator Jim Talent is now

[56:17] dead even with his Democratic challenger

[56:19] Clare McCascal. In Montana, Republican

[56:22] Senator Conrad Burns is neck andneck

[56:24] with Democrat John Tester. And in

[56:26] Virginia, Democrat and former Navy

[56:28] Secretary Jim Webb is in a dead heat

[56:31] with Republican Senator George Allen.

[56:33] The one ray of hope for Republicans is

[56:36] in Tennessee, where former Chattanooga

[56:38] Mayor Bob Corker has opened a lead over

[56:41] Democrat Harold Ford Jr. for the seat

[56:43] being vacated by Bill Frist. Not all the

[56:46] elections are national. Voters will pick

[56:48] governors in 36 states and decide

[56:51] thousands of state legislative and local

[56:53] races. Propositions will also appear on

[56:56] the ballot in 37 states, including

[56:58] Colorado, where voters will decide

[57:00] whether to ban samesex marriage or allow

[57:03] civil unions. The Colorado vote has been

[57:05] thrust into the national spotlight after

[57:08] a leading opponent of same-sex marriage.

[57:10] The president of the 30 million strong

[57:12] National Association of Evangelicals was

[57:15] fired from his post amid a gay sex

[57:17] scandal. CBS's Kelly Kovier reports from

[57:20] Colorado Springs.

[57:21] >> My dear New Life Church family, I am so

[57:25] sorry.

[57:26] >> Reverend Ted Haggard's pulpit was his

[57:28] confessional. In a two-page letter read

[57:30] by another pastor, he told thousands of

[57:32] followers that he's a sinner.

[57:34] >> I am guilty of sexual immorality. I am a

[57:38] deceiver and a liar. There is a part of

[57:41] my life that is so repulsive and dark

[57:44] that I've been waring against it all of

[57:46] my adult life.

[57:47] >> There was no explanation, no admission

[57:49] of a homosexual relationship or drug

[57:52] use. only this

[57:54] >> the accusations that have been leveled

[57:56] not all true but enough of them are true

[57:59] that I have been appropriately and

[58:01] lovingly removed from ministry.

[58:03] >> Haggard was fired as head of

[58:05] conservative New Life Church on

[58:06] Saturday. The latest fallout from

[58:08] allegations he had a homosexual

[58:10] relationship with former gay prostitute

[58:12] Mike Jones. Jones told a Denver radio

[58:15] host that Haggard had paid him for sex

[58:17] and had used methamphetamine over the

[58:19] course of the past three years. you're

[58:21] saying. I felt like this just needed to

[58:22] come out.

[58:23] >> It was a bombshell for the evangelical

[58:26] community. Haggard had lobbied against

[58:27] homosexuality and same-sex marriage. And

[58:30] as the leader of a massive mega church

[58:32] and president of the National

[58:34] Association of Evangelicals, people

[58:36] listened.

[58:37] >> Do you know Mike Jones?

[58:39] >> No, I do not know Mike Jones. Haggard at

[58:42] first denied any involvement with Jones,

[58:44] but then changed his story, admitting he

[58:46] paid for a massage and bought

[58:48] methamphetamine, but never used the

[58:50] drug.

[58:50] >> Did you ever have sex with him?

[58:52] >> No, I did not.

[58:53] >> In his goodbye letter, Haggard tried to

[58:55] make amends and said he plans to seek

[58:57] help.

[58:58] >> I'm sorry for the disappointment, the

[59:00] betrayal, and the hurt.

[59:02] >> Sunday's sermon at the church Haggard

[59:04] founded focused on forgiveness. Many

[59:07] here were at best heartbroken, at worst

[59:10] angry and disappointed.

[59:12] >> You can't preach one thing and then live

[59:14] contrary to that. And I think that was

[59:17] the problem.

[59:18] >> Question now is, will that

[59:19] disappointment have any effect on

[59:21] election day when voters here will have

[59:23] to decide whether they want to ban

[59:25] samesex marriage. Kelly Kobier, CBS

[59:28] News, Colorado Springs. One of the chief

[59:31] architects of the war in Iraq, Defense

[59:32] Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, finds himself

[59:35] in the crosshairs again. An editorial

[59:37] published today in four influential

[59:39] military newspapers, including the Army

[59:41] Times, says Rumsfeld must go. The

[59:44] editorial says Rumsfeld has lost

[59:46] credibility with military officers,

[59:48] troops, Congress, and the public. White

[59:51] House press secretary Tony Snow calls

[59:52] the editorial, quote, a shabby piece of

[59:55] work. Inside Iraq, lawyers for Saddam

[59:57] Hussein are preparing to appeal the

[59:59] death sentence that was handed down

[60:01] yesterday after a nine-month trial. The

[60:03] CBS's Lara Logan reports from Baghdad.

[60:06] Not all Iraqis are happy with the

[60:08] verdict.

[60:09] >> His face said it all. The judge about to

[60:12] make history first made his prisoners

[60:15] stand,

[60:17] >> then swiftly sentenced him to death.

[60:20] Saddam crying out in protest,

[60:23] "Long live the people. Long live the

[60:25] nation

[60:26] >> and defiance. Down with the invaders. Go

[60:29] to hell, you and the court.

[60:31] >> He tried hard, but the former dictator

[60:34] couldn't drown out the judge's

[60:35] determined voice as he delivered the

[60:37] verdict. Death by hanging for crimes

[60:40] against humanity. Committed 24 years ago

[60:44] in the Shiite town of Dale after a

[60:46] failed assassination attempt on Saddam's

[60:48] life that led to the killing of 148 men

[60:52] and boys. Also sentenced to die,

[60:55] Saddam's equally unrepentant half

[60:58] brother, Barzan Alteriti, and Hammed Al

[61:01] Bandar, then head of the court that

[61:03] signed the execution order for the D

[61:05] jail killings.

[61:07] There were many of those so-called

[61:09] traitors on Iraq's streets today, out

[61:12] celebrating, mostly Shiites who endured

[61:15] 35 years of brutal repression under his

[61:18] regime.

[61:20] This is the happiness of the whole Iraqi

[61:22] people. This man told us the day that

[61:25] for millions here meant Saddam finally

[61:28] got what he deserved.

[61:30] >> He's my uncle. This man says Saddam

[61:32] executed him. Now we're going to execute

[61:35] him.

[61:37] >> But here on the streets just north of

[61:39] Saddam's hometown. They were protesting,

[61:42] not celebrating. A cry of anger from

[61:45] Iraq's Sunnis who see in Saddam's

[61:47] downfall their own loss of power and

[61:50] protection.

[61:52] They are killing us, this man cried.

[61:54] We're in a bad situation without him. We

[61:57] want Saddam Hussein back. Evidence that

[62:00] a sentence meant to heal has instead

[62:02] left Iraq more divided. Lara Logan, CBS

[62:06] News, Baghdad.

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[64:18] tortured history led up to Sunday's

[64:20] decision by a Baghdad tribunal to

[64:22] condemn former Iraqi leader Saddam

[64:24] Hussein to death by hanging. CBS's

[64:26] Richard Roth reports.

[64:28] >> Saddam Hussein's trial was meant to

[64:30] showcase a turning point in Iraq from

[64:33] tyranny to democracy. The charges were

[64:36] crimes against humanity committed more

[64:38] than 20 years ago. In 1982, in the town

[64:41] of Da, Saddam's motorcade was hit by a

[64:44] volley of gunfire. For the Iraqi leader

[64:46] who first assured towns people only

[64:49] traitors would be punished, the incident

[64:51] became the excuse for a vicious campaign

[64:54] of revenge. A makeshift memorial still

[64:57] stands for 148 people tortured and

[65:01] killed. Hundreds more men, women, and

[65:03] children were deported. Yes.

[65:07] >> Defiant in the courtroom or restrained,

[65:10] Saddam claimed the trial's outcome had

[65:12] been predetermined by the Bush

[65:13] administration and Iraqi officials. One

[65:16] of his first defense lawyers, former US

[65:18] Attorney General Ramsay Clark, warned it

[65:21] would be important to the country how

[65:23] the trial was perceived.

[65:25] >> Unless it is seen as absolutely fair,

[65:28] and is absolutely fair in fact, it will

[65:31] irreconcilably divide the people of

[65:33] Iraq. Clark had another warning.

[65:36] >> The defense cannot participate in this

[65:38] case until there is protection in place

[65:40] for these lawyers and their families.

[65:42] >> That was prophetic. Three defense

[65:44] lawyers were murdered as the trial

[65:46] progressed. The chief judge resigned,

[65:48] saying Iraq's political leaders were

[65:50] interfering with a court process

[65:52] criticized as chaotic.

[65:55] >> Amnesty International's Malcolm Smart.

[65:58] This was an opportunity to turn the page

[66:01] in Iraq after 30 years when unfair

[66:04] trials were the norm, if there were any

[66:06] trials at all. This was the chance to

[66:08] set set the tone for the future for

[66:10] Iraq. And it's been failed miserably

[66:13] because of inadequate planning,

[66:15] inadequate attention to the basic human

[66:18] rights needs of a fair trial.

[66:22] >> Yet the court did hear testimony from

[66:24] more than 100 witnesses. Saddam did

[66:27] speak in his own defense and a

[66:29] prosecutor cited precedents for this set

[66:32] more than 60 years ago in Nuremberg,

[66:34] Germany. History credits the Nuremberg

[66:37] trials of Nazi leaders for reckoning

[66:40] horrible crimes and reintroducing the

[66:42] rule of law. History's verdict on this

[66:45] trials yet to be delivered. But for many

[66:48] Iraqis, gripped at first by the

[66:50] televised coverage of a tyrant called to

[66:53] account, interest simply waned.

[66:57] Distracted by the daily struggle for

[66:59] survival,

[67:01] >> CBS's Richard Roth reporting. Joining us

[67:04] with more on the verdict and death

[67:05] sentence for Saddam Hussein is CBS News

[67:07] foreign affairs analyst Pam Faulk. Good

[67:09] morning, Pam.

[67:09] >> Good morning, Maggie.

[67:10] >> How will the verdict affect the already

[67:12] intense fighting on the ground?

[67:14] >> Well, there's there will it will

[67:15] continue. It probably won't change that,

[67:18] but it does bring some closure to the

[67:21] people who have been and the victims who

[67:23] have been affected both by Saddam

[67:25] Hussein's 24-year rule and victims uh of

[67:29] the other trials that will that could be

[67:32] held. So, that's the good part. The bad

[67:35] part is it probably doesn't heal the

[67:37] wounds that they had hoped it would

[67:39] because the Sunni and the Shia are still

[67:41] fighting. But there is a sense of

[67:43] justice in the Shia community and and

[67:45] that's a good thing.

[67:46] >> What does that mean for their fledgling

[67:47] government?

[67:48] >> The fledgling government probably won't

[67:50] be affected by this in a real way. What

[67:53] the United States did and the coalition

[67:55] did when they brought the new government

[67:57] in and Saddam Hussein was toppled was

[67:59] try to bring all of these different

[68:01] sections and sects in different

[68:04] governments, the Sunni, the Shia, the

[68:06] Kurds into this coalition government.

[68:09] And um it just hasn't really worked. It

[68:12] hasn't worked because the Shia majority

[68:16] which was oppressed by Saddam Hussein

[68:18] and the Sunnis uh have still are

[68:20] attacking the Sunnis. The Sunnis are

[68:23] still attacking and there are almost 32

[68:25] different militias now operating within

[68:27] the country. But it I do think it's a

[68:30] good day for justice.

[68:31] >> So what happens next? When would this

[68:32] sentence be carried out?

[68:34] >> Well, the sentence will go into an

[68:36] immediate appeal. This was a five judge

[68:38] panel. It will go into an immediate

[68:40] appeal with nine judges and then it has

[68:43] to be ratified by the president and by

[68:45] two vice presidents. All of that may

[68:48] take a very short period of time. It may

[68:50] happen within a few months and then

[68:52] there is a mandatory 30 days in uh

[68:55] sentence has to be carried out. So that

[68:57] would be uh that he would be hung within

[69:00] those 30 days. So I would say within the

[69:02] next six months this is really a very

[69:04] quick trial. It looks like this is going

[69:06] to happen. There are no major roadblocks

[69:08] that could delay it.

[69:09] >> No, probably not.

[69:10] >> And how does this affect the US exit

[69:12] strategy?

[69:13] >> Well, it probably won't in the sense

[69:15] that uh there's still all of these

[69:17] problems within Iraq. Um it does bring a

[69:20] certain amount of closure and justice to

[69:23] the prime minister who is Shia who was

[69:25] forced into exile. This is Nuriel Maliki

[69:28] who we've heard so much about lately and

[69:30] who has had a real problem with some of

[69:32] the timets that the United States is

[69:34] talking about. He says, "I'll determine

[69:36] the timetables." But he personally has

[69:40] been affected by this. And so I think it

[69:42] may bring some of the government around.

[69:44] It doesn't help the US exit strategy.

[69:47] There still has to be some definition of

[69:50] how the United States is going to bring

[69:52] Iraqi forces in and get out.

[69:54] >> How about the people? Will it help them?

[69:56] >> It certainly helps. I mean, the victims

[69:58] of Dale, it was a very uh compelling

[70:01] trial. It was gripping in the evidence

[70:03] that was presented where so many people

[70:05] were forced in uh into exile. People the

[70:10] entire town was raised. This was in

[70:11] 1982. So this goes back a long way. But

[70:14] it was a true sense of celebration in

[70:16] the town. And it does bring a certain

[70:19] sense that even in the mess of Iraq and

[70:22] it really is that there is some sense of

[70:24] justice.

[70:25] >> Well, how will this affect or will it

[70:27] affect our elections here in the US?

[70:29] Well, both sides have have claimed

[70:32] different things. Republicans have said

[70:33] this is a very good day and a

[70:35] vindication really of the justice system

[70:38] with its flaws. Um, and some of the

[70:40] human rights groups have pointed those

[70:42] out. It it it was a very quick trial

[70:44] relative to international criminal

[70:45] tribunals. But on the other hand, the

[70:47] Democrats, some have said that this was

[70:50] timed to be just before the midterm

[70:53] elections. It probably won't affect by

[70:55] all things we've looked at, it probably

[70:57] will not affect the midterm elections.

[70:59] >> And real quickly, do you think we'll see

[71:00] a rise in violence over the next few

[71:02] days? We didn't see too much.

[71:04] >> There were cordons all around. There

[71:06] were checkpoints to make sure there

[71:07] wasn't violence. We probably will see

[71:09] some kind of a rise of violence.

[71:10] >> All right, thank you so much, CBS News

[71:12] Affairs analyst Pam Faulk.

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