Early Today (NBC) - 2006-07-12

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[0:00] This morning on Early Today, act of war,

[0:03] Israel's Prime Minister vows a painful

[0:06] response to Hezbollah guerrilla attacks

[0:08] on Israel's northern border with

[0:10] Lebanon.

[0:11] Train of terror, the death toll

[0:13] continues to rise after eight bombs

[0:15] explode on a packed commuter train in

[0:17] India. And rush hour scramble, hundreds

[0:21] rush to escape smoke and flames after a

[0:24] Chicago train jumps the tracks.

[0:28] This is Early Today for Wednesday, July

[0:31] 12th, 2006.

[0:34] And good morning to you. Welcome to our

[0:36] viewers across the nation, including the

[0:38] Pacific time zone. I'm Christine

[0:40] Johnson, and today we begin with

[0:42] tensions reaching a fever pitch in the

[0:44] Middle East. Israeli ground troops have

[0:47] crossed into the Lebanese border in

[0:49] search of two soldiers kidnapped

[0:51] overnight by Hezbollah guerrillas. Now,

[0:53] NBC's Richard Engel is in Gaza. He will

[0:56] join us with the very latest in just a

[0:58] few moments. But in the meantime, in

[1:00] India, the focus is on tracking down

[1:03] those responsible for eight explosions

[1:05] aboard commuter trains yesterday.

[1:08] According to police in India, the toll

[1:10] at this hour stands at 190 killed and

[1:13] 625 injured in the blasts. The bombs are

[1:17] believed to have been hidden in overhead

[1:19] luggage racks aboard seven trains

[1:21] traveling during evening rush hour in

[1:23] Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay.

[1:27] Police suspect militants with ties to

[1:29] Al-Qaeda of carrying out the attacks,

[1:31] though no group has claimed

[1:32] responsibility. President Bush called

[1:35] the bombings vicious, saying the blast

[1:37] serve as a reminder that the fight

[1:39] against terror is a global endeavor.

[1:42] Back here in the US, parts of Chicago's

[1:45] metro system remain closed this morning

[1:47] after a subway train derailed and caught

[1:50] fire during Tuesday's evening rush hour

[1:52] commute. Officials say one of the cars

[1:55] jumped the tracks and caused sparks,

[1:57] which then ignited material that filled

[2:00] the subway tunnel with thick black

[2:02] smoke. Hundreds of soot-covered

[2:04] commuters had to be evacuated within

[2:06] minutes, and passengers described the

[2:09] harrowing experience.

[2:12] The rear end fishtailed. It was like

[2:14] derailed, and that's when I think they

[2:15] hit the third rail. I don't know, cuz

[2:17] then there was more flashes, and that's

[2:18] when the smoke came like crazy. It was

[2:21] scary. We just didn't know what was

[2:22] going on, and we didn't know

[2:25] We didn't I mean, the smoke was getting

[2:26] thicker, so we didn't know which way to

[2:27] go. We walked through about 600 ft of

[2:30] tunnel that was just engulfed with

[2:31] smoke. You couldn't see 5 ft in front of

[2:32] us.

[2:34] More than 150 people were taken to area

[2:36] hospitals, and most were treated for

[2:38] smoke inhalation. Authorities say there

[2:40] are no signs of terrorism or foul play.

[2:44] In a major reversal of its policy in the

[2:46] war on terror, the Bush administration

[2:48] now acknowledges that all detainees in

[2:51] US custody have legal rights. A

[2:53] statement issued by the Department of

[2:55] Defense recognizes terror suspects in

[2:57] military custody will now be afforded

[2:59] certain legal rights under the Geneva

[3:01] Conventions. The Pentagon is currently

[3:04] holding about 1,000 terror detainees

[3:06] worldwide, including 450 at Guantanamo

[3:09] Bay. Now, the reversal follows a Supreme

[3:12] Court decision 2 weeks ago that struck

[3:14] down the administration's use of

[3:15] military tribunals for trying terror

[3:18] suspects. And the announcement came on

[3:20] the same day the Senate began hearings

[3:22] on how to go about bringing terror

[3:24] detainees to trial. Senators on the

[3:26] Judiciary Committee warned the

[3:28] administration that Congress, not the

[3:30] White House, will be citing what form

[3:33] those trials take. Columnist Robert

[3:35] Novak is revealing who he says are his

[3:38] two confirming sources in the CIA leak

[3:41] case, but he still refuses to identify

[3:44] his primary source. Novak named the top

[3:47] presidential adviser Karl Rove and

[3:49] former CIA spokesperson Bill Harlow, who

[3:51] is now an NBC News analyst.

[3:54] But Novak admits both Rove and Harlow

[3:56] have a different recollection. Novak

[3:58] also admits for the first time he

[4:00] cooperated in the CIA leak

[4:03] investigation. And now we want to return

[4:05] to that story that we told you at the

[4:06] top of the hour where tensions are

[4:07] rising between Israel and Lebanon.

[4:09] Israel has now entered into Lebanon

[4:11] territory. NBC's Richard Engel is in

[4:14] Gaza with the very latest. Richard, what

[4:15] can you tell us?

[4:18] Good morning, Christine. Israel is now

[4:20] facing a war on two fronts. One here in

[4:23] the Gaza Strip where air strikes

[4:25] continue, the other in southern Lebanon.

[4:28] That began this morning when Hezbollah

[4:30] launched an attack on an Israeli army

[4:32] patrol along the Israel-Lebanon border.

[4:36] Three Israeli soldiers were killed in

[4:38] that assault. Two others were taken

[4:40] hostage. Then Israeli troops went in

[4:43] reinforcements, that their vehicle hit a

[4:46] land mine. Four more Israeli soldiers

[4:49] were killed. The Israeli Prime Minister

[4:51] is calling this act an act of war, not

[4:53] an act of terrorism. Reserve troops in

[4:55] Israel have been called up. People along

[4:58] the border, Israelis living in that

[5:00] border area, have been ordered to into

[5:02] shelters. There have been Israeli air

[5:03] strikes continuing all morning into

[5:06] South Lebanon. Hezbollah says that it

[5:08] has taken these two Israeli soldiers to

[5:10] a safe area. The Israeli cabinet is

[5:13] expected to meet tonight to discuss

[5:15] further measures and promises a very,

[5:18] quote, deep and painful response. Israel

[5:21] says that the Lebanese government bears

[5:23] the full responsibility for what

[5:24] happened because Hezbollah is an active

[5:26] participant in the Lebanese government.

[5:28] Christine?

[5:29] All right, Richard Engel live in Gaza

[5:31] City. Thanks, Richard. It's a developing

[5:33] story, of course, that we'll be

[5:34] following for you throughout the day, so

[5:35] do stay tuned right here to this NBC

[5:37] station for the latest. Right now, let's

[5:39] shift gears a little bit, get a check at

[5:40] your regional and national weather

[5:42] forecast. Jeff Van Zandt is in for that

[5:43] this morning. Well, good morning,

[5:45] Christine. Good morning, everyone. We

[5:46] have some showers that could sneak by

[5:49] into the northwest today and some cooler

[5:51] temperatures, some 60s in the forecast.

[5:53] Otherwise, we are dealing with a lot of

[5:55] heat in the southwest and more high fire

[5:57] dangers. Over 15 fires continue to burn

[6:00] in the west. Here's a look at our

[6:01] national map, and you can see no

[6:03] raindrops, unfortunately, in the

[6:05] southwest, especially for California.

[6:07] You could use it, but as many of you

[6:08] know that live in California, this is

[6:10] the dry time of the year, so don't

[6:12] really hope on too many raindrops to uh

[6:14] help out the fire situation. And there's

[6:16] that weak system moving into the

[6:18] northwest that could spread a few

[6:19] showers there uh throughout Seattle as

[6:21] we head through today. And if you're

[6:23] traveling to the northeast, any of the

[6:24] major cities, New York, DC, Boston,

[6:27] Philadelphia, watch out for some strong

[6:28] thunderstorms this afternoon that could

[6:31] certainly delay your flights. Also for

[6:33] southern Indiana, Ohio, also uh right

[6:36] around the uh Tennessee Valley, looking

[6:38] for those storms to possibly be strong.

[6:40] Heat and humidity for the east, very

[6:42] warm, some of the hottest temperatures

[6:43] of the year through the central US, 88

[6:46] in Minneapolis, but throughout Pierre,

[6:48] uh much of North and South Dakota,

[6:49] temperatures in the triple digits, 113

[6:51] in Phoenix, 87 in Sacramento. And where

[6:53] do we start off this morning? Of course,

[6:55] mild to warm here in the deserts, 84 in

[6:58] Vegas, 94 in Phoenix, and a good mix of

[7:00] 50s and 60s from the coastline to the

[7:02] interior valleys. That's a look at your

[7:04] national forecast. Now, here's the

[7:05] weather where you are.

[7:08] All right, Lake Havasu, Arizona, some

[7:10] sun, some clouds, 80°. Reno, Nevada,

[7:13] sunny skies, 91° and in San Francisco,

[7:17] some sun, some clouds and the upper 60s.

[7:23] That's your national forecast,

[7:25] Christine. Back to you. All right, Jeff,

[7:26] thanks so much. Well, the army considers

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[9:56] Welcome back to Early Today. I'm

[9:58] Christine Johnson. Here now some of your

[10:00] top headlines this morning. Israeli

[10:02] Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is calling an

[10:05] attack by Hezbollah guerrillas this

[10:06] morning an act of war. Israel has called

[10:10] up reserve divisions of its armed forces

[10:12] to provide support as the military

[10:14] searches for two Israeli soldiers

[10:16] captured in the guerrilla attack. And

[10:18] police in India are trying to track down

[10:21] those responsible for eight nearly

[10:23] simultaneous bombings aboard rush hour

[10:25] commuter trains yesterday. At least 190

[10:28] people were killed in the attacks and

[10:30] more than 600 injured. And this morning

[10:34] Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says

[10:35] world leaders may have no choice but to

[10:38] haul Iran before the UN Security

[10:40] Council. The announcement comes as

[10:42] Tehran failed to meet today's deadline

[10:45] to respond to a series of international

[10:47] incentives aimed at suspending Iran's

[10:49] nuclear enrichment program.

[10:52] Now here's a look at one of your top

[10:53] health headlines on MSNBC.com.

[10:56] A new study brings bad news to women who

[10:59] smoke. Cigarette smoking women are twice

[11:01] as likely to get lung cancer than men

[11:03] who smoke, but apparently women have a

[11:06] better chance at surviving the disease.

[11:08] Once lung cancer is diagnosed and

[11:10] treated, women are 52% less likely to

[11:13] die than men. If you'd like more

[11:16] information on this and other health

[11:17] stories, just check us out on the health

[11:19] page. It's at MSNBC.com.

[11:22] Now an early look at how Wall Street

[11:24] will be kicking off the day. The Dow

[11:25] gained 31 points Tuesday to close at

[11:27] 11,134.

[11:29] The S&P added five points. The Nasdaq

[11:32] rose 11. In overseas trading, Tokyo's

[11:35] Nikkei tumbled 224 points. An up day in

[11:39] Hong Kong though, Hang Seng up 32.

[11:42] A report out this morning says the US

[11:44] Army is set to dump its most

[11:46] controversial business partner. For more

[11:49] on that and your early business

[11:50] headlines, we're joined by Steve

[11:51] Sedgwick from the London headquarters of

[11:53] CNBC Europe. Good morning, Steve.

[11:57] Yes, good morning to you. Thank you very

[11:58] much indeed. Interesting times at

[11:59] Halliburton, the company formerly run by

[12:02] Vice President Dick Cheney. Uh looks

[12:04] like, according to the Washington Post,

[12:06] it has lost a very lucrative

[12:08] contract to supply logistics to the US

[12:11] Army in Iraq. Now this contract last

[12:13] year was worth around about 7 billion US

[12:17] dollars, but army officials are saying

[12:18] it's nothing to do with uh disputes over

[12:21] audited accounts or question marks over

[12:23] the prices charged. It's just that they

[12:25] think they can get better value out of a

[12:27] system that has multiple contractors

[12:29] giving them better prices. Elsewhere,

[12:31] it's looking towards an interesting time

[12:34] on Friday in the auto sector. Rick

[12:37] Wagoner has said he's looking forward to

[12:38] having talks with uh Carlos Ghosn.

[12:41] Carlos Ghosn is the boss, the man who at

[12:43] Renault-Nissan turned the company

[12:45] around. Rick Wagoner uh has been under a

[12:47] bit of pressure as of late from Kirk

[12:49] Kerkorian, the Tracinda uh boss,

[12:52] basically just saying, "Come on, get

[12:53] together with the uh European stroke

[12:55] Japanese combine and let's see if we can

[12:57] get them taking a stake in GM uh and

[13:00] make this company move forward."

[13:01] Elsewhere, Delphi has finally filed uh

[13:04] its uh numbers for 2005. It's a $2.4

[13:07] billion loss, but that is a vast

[13:09] improvement on the $4.8 billion US

[13:12] dollars we saw in the previous year. And

[13:14] very briefly for you, Puma has emerged

[13:16] as the top uh sporting clothing wear

[13:20] group out of the World Cup. Uh Puma

[13:22] supplied 12 teams in the tournament.

[13:24] Second was Nike with eight teams who of

[13:26] course supplied the US. Back to you. All

[13:28] right, Steve. Thanks so much. Coming up

[13:30] in sports for you, the National League

[13:32] looks to end its losing streak at the

[13:34] All-Star game. Plus, who says men have

[13:37] all the fun? The WNBA's Diana Taurasi

[13:40] goes the distance as she shows off her

[13:43] All-Star skills at Madison Square

[13:45] Garden. Your early morning sports

[13:46] headlines are straight ahead.

[13:48] And good morning. Plenty of heat from

[13:50] the east to the west. Get a look at your

[13:52] highs coming up in your regional

[13:53] forecast. You're watching Early Today.

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[16:42] this is Early Today. And in sports,

[16:43] baseball's All-Star game turns into a

[16:45] nine-inning thriller. Plus a photo

[16:49] finish to decide stage nine of the Tour

[16:51] de France. Here's NBC's Fred Rogan with

[16:53] an early look at all your sports

[16:55] headlines.

[16:57] Good morning. Baseball's All-Star game

[16:58] took place in Pittsburgh last night. The

[17:00] National League has struggled the past

[17:01] decade and this year was no different as

[17:03] the American League showed they still

[17:04] dominate the midsummer classic. Top of

[17:06] the second, the AL struck first. The

[17:08] Angels' Vlad Guerrero took Dodger

[17:10] pitcher Brad Penny deep for a solo homer

[17:12] and the American League led it one to

[17:13] nothing. But the lead didn't stay for

[17:15] long. Bottom two, the Mets' David

[17:17] Wright, a solo shot to left and that

[17:19] tied the game at one. To the third

[17:21] inning, Roy Halladay was on the hill,

[17:23] the Toronto right-hander, with a wild

[17:26] pitch past Ivan Rodriguez. Carlos

[17:29] Beltran, who stole third, then came in

[17:31] to score the NL up two to one. Ninth

[17:33] inning, two outs, two strikes. The

[17:35] Padres' Trevor Hoffman trying to close

[17:37] it out, but that was Michael Young

[17:38] sending it into the gap. Jose Lopez

[17:41] scored. Troy Glaus scored. Young with a

[17:43] triple, the AL was back up three to two.

[17:46] Bottom nine, tying run at second for the

[17:48] NL, but Mariano Rivera took care of

[17:49] business. Got Carlos Lee to fly to

[17:52] Michael Young, the game's MVP. The AL

[17:54] won it three to two, giving them home

[17:56] field advantage in the World Series.

[17:59] No one's really giving huge rallying

[18:01] calls to to try and get home field

[18:02] advantage in the World Series, but we're

[18:03] all aware aware of how important this

[18:05] game is.

[18:06] Um someone now is going to,

[18:08] you know,

[18:09] be in good shape come October. Tour de

[18:11] France returned to the streets for the

[18:12] 105-mile ninth stage. Trouble eight

[18:14] miles from the finish as a group of

[18:16] riders were involved in a crash. No one

[18:18] seriously hurt. Great finish in this

[18:20] one, down to the wire. Spain's Oscar

[18:23] Freire beat Robbie McEwen in a photo

[18:25] finish. The Ukrainian rider retained the

[18:27] overall leader's yellow jersey. The

[18:29] Madison Square Garden, great shot by

[18:31] Phoenix's Diana Taurasi as she sank a

[18:34] half-court shot in the WNBA All-Star

[18:36] workout, then did a little dance for the

[18:38] camera to celebrate.

[18:39] All-Star game today at the Garden.

[18:42] That's your early look at sports on

[18:43] Early Today. I'm Fred Rogan. Shakira

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[22:37] Now here's an early look at this

[22:38] morning's headlines in entertainment,

[22:40] and most actresses would kill to get a

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[23:06] The Rolling Stones opened their

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[23:46] >> to give him some credit. At least he

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[23:50] >> he didn't deny, you know, being maybe,

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[23:55] >> It doesn't just seem like him though. He

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[23:59] >> Yeah, happy-go-lucky. Always happy.

[24:01] >> He was having a good time that night.

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[27:01] It is Wednesday, July 12th. You're

[27:02] looking live from our camera in Long

[27:04] Beach. Hello, everyone. It's turning

[27:06] 5:00 a.m.

[27:07] >> And here are some of the very important

[27:08] stories we're following right now today

[27:09] in L.A.

[27:11] I'm Gina Kim live in San Bernardino

[27:12] County, where a wildfire has

[27:15] destroyed some 30 structures and is

[27:17] threatening hundreds more, including a

[27:19] piece of Hollywood history. The latest

[27:21] coming up next.

[27:23] Morning, I'm Robert Kovac in South

[27:25] Robertson. A 16-year-old girl is shot

[27:28] and killed just blocks from her high

[27:30] school, and now the search for her

[27:32] killers.

[27:33] An LAPD officer remains in critical

[27:36] condition after his 3-year-old son gets

[27:38] a hold of his gun and pulls the trigger.

[27:41] Also ahead, their goal is to stop

[27:43] illegal border crossings, but federal

[27:45] officials say the Minutemen are helping

[27:46] to reduce another illegal activity along

[27:49] the U.S.-Mexican border.

[27:51] Well, after our minimal break from the

[27:53] heat, we might even call it a pseudo

[27:55] break yesterday, temperatures climbing

[27:57] yet again. We're getting ready to go

[27:59] into a very hot weekend and a return of

[28:01] the monsoonal moisture. I'll have that

[28:03] in a moment.

[28:04] And a good morning on our freeways this

[28:06] morning. Little construction on the

[28:08] Pasadena Freeway, injury accident going

[28:11] to be affecting your drive on the 60.

[28:13] We'll have your live drive 40 traffic

[28:14] coming up in a few minutes.

[28:16] And a series of road rage incidents

[28:18] along a local highway has the CHP on

[28:21] alert. Officers increased patrols after

[28:23] angry drivers threaten Caltrans workers.

[28:26] And the farm fight now becomes a legal

[28:28] fight. The battle over a South L.A.

[28:30] urban farm moves to a courtroom today.

[28:32] And looking live right now from downtown

[28:35] Los Angeles, very soon Today in L.A.

[28:37] starts right now.

[28:41] Live from NBC 4.

[28:45] This is Today in L.A.

[28:48] Good morning. It is Wednesday, July

[28:50] 12th. I'm Jennifer Bjorklund.

[28:51] >> And I'm Chris Schauble. Let's get right

[28:53] to our top story, the wildfire in

[28:54] Pioneertown in the Yucca Valley. It is

[28:56] now called the Ridge Fire. At last

[28:58] count, more than 17,000 acres have

[29:00] burned, dozens of structures have been

[29:02] destroyed. That acreage count is liable

[29:04] to be higher once they get a look after

[29:06] daylight. The area is just north of Palm

[29:08] Springs and has been the site of dozens

[29:10] of Hollywood Westerns. The fire is now

[29:12] threatening other nearby towns and

[29:14] forcing hundreds of evacuations. Today

[29:16] in L.A.'s Gina Kim live in the Yucca

[29:18] Valley with the very latest details.

[29:20] Gina. Good morning, Chris. As you said,

[29:22] the acreage of this fire right now is

[29:24] estimated to be about 17,000, but that

[29:26] was the figure that we got at 6:00 last

[29:28] night when they were able to give us the

[29:30] last estimate because that was the last

[29:31] time that air crews were able to fly

[29:33] over and get a good look at the fire

[29:35] from above ground. Now, as you said, the

[29:38] fire by now has grown to a lot bigger

[29:40] than that. You are looking at Big

[29:42] Morongo Valley, and you can see just how

[29:45] much this land covers. It is an area

[29:47] bordered roughly by Highway 62 and 247

[29:51] to the west and the Riverside County

[29:53] line on the south.