The Early Show (CBS) open - 2004-09-01 (Republican Convention)

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[0:55] station. Good morning. I'm Harry Smith

[0:58] at Madison Square Garden in New York

[1:00] where one of the biggest new stars of

[1:01] the Republican party, Arnold

[1:03] Schwarzenegger rocked the house last

[1:05] night. We'll have complete convention

[1:07] coverage.

[1:08] >> I'm Renee Syler. Storm ravage Florida is

[1:10] bracing for yet another potentially

[1:12] devastating hurricane as category 4

[1:15] Francis gets set to strike. We'll get

[1:17] the latest from the National Hurricane

[1:19] Center.

[1:19] >> I'm Hannah Storm. There's a dramatic

[1:21] hostage siege at a school in Russia.

[1:24] Hundreds of people, including some 200

[1:27] children, are being held by gunmen.

[1:29] We'll have a report. And I'm Julie Chenn

[1:31] in Los Angeles where I'll talk to

[1:33] Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Carly

[1:35] Patterson just back from Athens early

[1:38] this Wednesday morning, September 1st,

[1:41] 2004.

[1:43] From CBS News, Harry Smith, Hannah

[1:47] Storm, Julie Chen, Renee Syler, and Dave

[1:52] Price with the weather bring you the

[1:54] Early Show.

[1:59] >> Live from Fifth Avenue in New York City.

[2:07] >> New day is dawning. Good morning and

[2:09] welcome to the Early Show. And as you

[2:11] can see, we've got a split show this

[2:12] morning. We've got the country covered.

[2:14] Julie in Los Angeles. Harry down at

[2:16] Madison Square Garden for day three of

[2:17] the Republican National Convention. Good

[2:19] morning. Hi, Harry.

[2:21] >> Morning everybody. Let's get right to

[2:22] the news this morning. President Bush

[2:24] arrives in New York today after being

[2:26] officially nominated for a second term

[2:28] here at the convention last night. It

[2:30] was a night where the first lady helped

[2:32] set the tone and a former actor turned

[2:34] governor of California stirred up the

[2:36] delegates. CBS News White House

[2:38] correspondent Bill Plant is here at the

[2:39] garden with more. Good morning, Bill.

[2:41] >> Good morning to you, Harry. Boy, did he

[2:43] stir them up. Former movie action hero

[2:45] and current California Governor Arnold

[2:47] Schwarzenegger proclaimed himself proud

[2:49] to be a Republican. And he urged

[2:51] everybody to join him under the

[2:52] Republican tent, even if, like him, they

[2:56] don't necessarily agree with the party

[2:57] on every single issue.

[3:00] >> I believe that's not only okay, but

[3:02] that's what's great about this country.

[3:05] Here

[3:07] we can respectfully disagree and still

[3:10] be patriotic, still be American, and

[3:13] still be good Republicans.

[3:16] >> Republicans, said Schwarzenegger, have

[3:18] faith in free enterprise and the US

[3:20] economy. And for those who don't,

[3:23] >> I say don't be economic girly man.

[3:29] >> Then a rare appearance by the

[3:30] president's twin daughters, Barbara and

[3:32] Jenna. We spent the last four years

[3:35] trying to stay out of the spotlight.

[3:39] >> Sometimes we did a little better job

[3:41] than others.

[3:41] >> They introduced their dad live via

[3:44] satellite from the campaign trail at a

[3:45] softball game in Pennsylvania.

[3:47] >> You make me so very proud. Tonight I

[3:50] have the best and easiest job of this

[3:52] convention.

[3:55] Introducing our first lady.

[3:57] >> The first lady described what she called

[3:59] her husband's agonizing decisions

[4:01] leading to war. and he said that he can

[4:03] be counted on in a crisis.

[4:05] >> These are times that require an

[4:08] especially strong and determined leader

[4:11] and I'm proud that my husband is that

[4:14] kind of leader.

[4:15] >> Out on the campaign trail, the president

[4:17] backtracked on his statement that the

[4:19] war on terror can't be won and repeated

[4:22] himself in a telephone interview with

[4:23] the Rush Limbbo show.

[4:25] >> This is not the kind of war where you

[4:26] sit down and sign a peace treaty. It's a

[4:29] totally different kind of war, but we

[4:31] will win it. Your listeners have got to

[4:33] know that I am I know we'll win it.

[4:37] >> Now, the president gets to town tonight,

[4:39] but he doesn't speak till tomorrow. The

[4:40] big speaker tonight, the vice president,

[4:42] who can be expected, I think, to take a

[4:45] couple of shots as vice presidents

[4:47] traditionally do at the opposition.

[4:49] Harry.

[4:49] >> All right, Bill Plant with us here in

[4:51] the garden this morning. Thank you.

[4:52] Outside the convention, mass arrests.

[4:55] Nearly 1,000 pro protesters were

[4:58] arrested by New York police yesterday

[5:00] after blocking streets. Police used some

[5:02] orange netting to try to control the

[5:04] demonstrations. There were no reports of

[5:06] injuries. Now for the rest of the day's

[5:09] news, let's go back to Julie.

[5:10] >> All right, thanks a lot, Harry. A very

[5:12] dangerous Hurricane Francis is on a path

[5:14] to hammer the southeastern US. Francis

[5:17] is currently off the Bahamas, packing

[5:20] 140 mph winds. In Florida, people are

[5:23] already taking steps to protect their

[5:25] homes. This morning, Jack Beavenon,

[5:27] hurricane specialist at the National

[5:29] Hurricane Center, told me when he

[5:31] predicts Francis will hit.

[5:34] If the storm follows our forecast track,

[5:36] we expect it to make landfall up on the

[5:38] east central Florida coast in a little

[5:40] more than 72 hours. Now, the storm is

[5:43] approaching the coast at a somewhat

[5:44] oblique angle. And if it moves a little

[5:46] to the left of our forecast track, it

[5:48] could come in much further south in

[5:50] Florida and much faster as early as

[5:51] Friday.

[5:52] >> So, it sounds like right now is the time

[5:53] to prepare. No,

[5:55] >> that's correct. And people in Florida

[5:56] should be preparing for this storm,

[5:58] getting the supplies that they need,

[6:00] making sure their shutters and plywood

[6:01] are functioning properly. Uh making sure

[6:04] they know what to do if they live in an

[6:05] evacuation zone and they're ordered to

[6:07] go. Uh we will probably be issuing

[6:09] watches and warnings for parts of the

[6:10] Florida coast later today or tonight.

[6:13] And when that happens, there will be

[6:14] some evacuation orders given.

[6:16] >> How dangerous do you expect Francis to

[6:18] be?

[6:18] >> Well, right now it is a category 4

[6:20] hurricane on the Saffer Simpson

[6:22] hurricane scale with winds of 140 mph.

[6:24] It has some potential to get stronger.

[6:27] We do anticipate that it'll be a strong

[6:29] category 4 hurricane when it gets to the

[6:31] gets near the Florida Peninsula and it

[6:33] there is even an outside chance it could

[6:35] get the category 5 status. Certainly not

[6:37] impossible.

[6:38] >> Jack Beavenon from the National

[6:39] Hurricane Center. Thank you.

[6:42] >> Thank you.

[6:43] Meanwhile, the latest storm in Richmond,

[6:45] Virginia has left behind a disaster.

[6:47] Five people were killed by tropical

[6:49] storm Gastone after as much as 14 inches

[6:52] of rain fell, especially hard hit the

[6:54] city's historic downtown. As we noted,

[6:57] there is a tense hostage standoff at a

[7:00] school in Russia this morning and the

[7:02] attackers are threatening to blow up the

[7:04] school and the hostages, including as

[7:06] many as 200 children. CBS News

[7:08] correspondent Richard Roth reports.

[7:11] Running for their lives and terrified, a

[7:13] handful of children and a few of their

[7:15] teachers slipped away from their school

[7:17] in southern Russia as hostage takers

[7:19] were still holding several hundred more

[7:22] inside.

[7:24] This was the first day of classes. The

[7:26] gunman stormed a schoolwide assembly and

[7:29] several people were killed in the chaos

[7:32] that followed. Some of the attackers

[7:34] wear suicide bomb belts. They claim the

[7:36] building's booby trapped and they've put

[7:39] small children at windows as a warning

[7:41] in case Russian security forces are

[7:44] considering a shootout. The school's in

[7:46] a region bordering Chetchna and the

[7:48] terrorists are said to be demanding

[7:50] freedom for rebel fighters held by

[7:52] Russia. Terror fears could hardly be

[7:55] higher throughout the country. The

[7:57] government now believes the twin crashes

[7:59] of two commercial jets one week ago was

[8:02] a suicide attack by two women from

[8:04] Cheschna. And so was an explosion

[8:07] outside a Moscow metro station just

[8:10] yesterday which killed 10 people and

[8:12] injured more than 50. With the crisis at

[8:15] the school, President Putin's rushed

[8:17] back to Moscow with one of his top

[8:19] officials now saying war has begun.

[8:22] Richard Roth, CBS News, London. Here in

[8:26] California, a scent found by a search

[8:28] dog could provide important evidence in

[8:30] the Scott Peterson murder trial. CBS

[8:32] News correspondent John Blackstone

[8:34] reports.

[8:35] >> In the search for Lacy Peterson,

[8:37] volunteer dog handler Eloise Anderson

[8:39] helped hunt for clues. She told the jury

[8:41] in Scott Peterson's double murder trial

[8:44] that a lab named Tremble picked up

[8:46] Lacy's scent on a boat ramp at the

[8:48] Berkeley Marina, exactly where Scott

[8:50] said he went fishing the day Lacy

[8:52] disappeared. The scent ended at the W's

[8:55] edge.

[8:55] >> If the jury believes the dog tracking

[8:58] evidence, it certainly puts Lacy

[9:01] Peterson at the Berkeley Marina. Does

[9:04] this damage the defense? Certainly it

[9:07] does. If you buy into this in a double

[9:09] murder case with little hard evidence,

[9:11] the trail found by the tracking dog

[9:13] could be crucial, suggesting Lacy's body

[9:16] was in Scott's boat when he launched it.

[9:18] But defense attorney Pat Harris

[9:20] suggested Lacy scent could have been

[9:22] carried to the ramp on Peterson and he

[9:24] challenged the scientific validity of

[9:27] dog tracking. This is going to be a

[9:29] science battle of scientists, a battle

[9:31] of experts. How scientific are the dogs?

[9:34] Can they really scent one person over

[9:37] another? The dogs can't be witnesses. So

[9:40] they can't get on the stand and say, you

[9:42] know, the scent I picked up was

[9:43] absolutely Lacy's. Judge Alfred Dookuchi

[9:46] has already disallowed some dog tracking

[9:48] evidence, calling it iffy at best. John

[9:52] Blackstone, CBS News, San Francisco.

[9:54] >> In sports, the Bronx Bombers got bombed

[9:57] last night. Cleveland went into Yankee

[9:59] Stadium and