CBS - Up to the Minute close and Morning News open - 2004-08-31

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[0:00] Um,

[0:00] >> there's a waiting list to put this on

[0:02] their rooftop.

[0:03] >> A waiting list to put this on their

[0:04] rooftop.

[0:05] >> Thank you.

[0:06] >> One rooftop activist who made the climb

[0:08] is 84year-old Ann Wood.

[0:11] >> It might have some impact. It may not,

[0:13] but at least you know you did something.

[0:15] >> Just being here to show my support. I

[0:16] think that's the most important thing.

[0:18] >> Not to be outdone, a Republican army of

[0:20] 200 volunteers has painted 20,000 signs

[0:24] tailor made for each night of the

[0:26] convention.

[0:27] >> Each states has their own sort of

[0:28] messaging. We have uh you know certain

[0:30] things that that are key for states. For

[0:31] example, I'm from Maine, so we got

[0:32] maniacs for Bush.

[0:33] >> Thank you.

[0:34] >> Whatever the sign reads, both sides have

[0:36] a message to get across.

[0:37] >> It's a good thing Carrie only has five

[0:39] letters.

[0:39] >> Very good. Very good.

[0:41] >> How far across depends on the messenger.

[0:44] Jim Acasta, CBS News, Brooklyn.

[0:48] >> And our message to you. Thank you for

[0:50] joining us. This is CBS News Up.

[1:19] Promises, promises. Four years ago,

[1:21] President Bush accepted the Republican

[1:23] nomination with these words. I will not

[1:25] attack a part of this country because I

[1:28] want to lead the whole of it.

[1:29] >> As he prepares to accept the nomination

[1:31] again, how has he done? We'll examine

[1:33] the president's record and give you the

[1:35] inside story tonight on the CBS Evening

[1:37] News with Dan Rather experience CBS

[1:42] News.

[1:47] >> Opening night of the Republican

[1:48] convention. Rudy Giuliani remembers 9/11

[1:51] and Senator John McCain salutes the

[1:53] president's war on terrorism. Wash out

[1:56] in Richmond. Heavy rain and flooding

[1:58] from tropical storm Gaston swamp

[2:00] Virginia. And jury poll. Prospective

[2:04] jurors in the Kobe Bryant case quizzed

[2:06] on race, sexual assault, and justice for

[2:08] the famous.

[2:11] This is a CBS Morning News for Tuesday,

[2:13] August 31st.

[2:19] Thanks for joining us. I'm Melissa

[2:20] McDermad in for Susan McGinness. The

[2:22] opening night theme at the Republican

[2:24] National Convention was clear. Speaker

[2:26] after speaker recounted the 9/11 attacks

[2:29] and praised the president's war on

[2:30] terror. As Bill Plant reports, two GOP

[2:33] stars took center stage, calling

[2:35] President Bush the right man to continue

[2:37] the fight.

[2:39] >> President Bush sees world terrorism for

[2:42] the evil that it is. The legacy of

[2:46] September 11th is a highly emotional

[2:48] subject in this city and Giuliani

[2:50] invoked it in support of the president's

[2:52] decision to go after those responsible.

[2:54] >> So long as George Bush is our president,

[2:57] is there any doubt they will continue to

[3:00] hear from us.

[3:03] >> Also featured on the first night,

[3:04] Senator John McCain. Four years ago, he

[3:07] was George Bush's bitter opponent. Now

[3:09] perhaps the most popular Republican in

[3:11] the party, McCain reached out to

[3:13] independents and Democrats, backing the

[3:15] president's choice to go to war.

[3:18] >> Our choice wasn't between a benign

[3:21] status quo and the bloodshed of war. It

[3:24] was between war and a graver threat.

[3:28] Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[3:32] McCain had no harsh words for John

[3:34] Kerry, but he did go after Michael

[3:36] Moore, who made the film Fahrenheit 911,

[3:38] without naming it, a disingenuous

[3:41] filmmaker who would have us believe

[3:46] who would have us believe, my friends,

[3:49] who would have us believe that Saddam's

[3:51] Iraq was an oasis of peace. The

[3:54] convention was barely underway when

[3:56] Democrats pounced on the president's

[3:58] answer to a question about whether the

[4:00] war on terror was a conflict that could

[4:02] be won.

[4:03] >> I don't think you can win it, but I

[4:04] think you can create conditions so that

[4:06] the uh those who use terror as a tool

[4:10] are uh less acceptable in parts of the

[4:12] world. Let's put it that way.

[4:14] >> The White House says the president meant

[4:16] the war could not be won in a

[4:18] conventional sense. During last night's

[4:20] convention session, a heckler breached

[4:22] the security surrounding Vice President

[4:24] Cheney. The protester dressed in a red

[4:26] shirt got within 40 ft of the Vice

[4:28] President's box. He was screaming and

[4:30] pointing before he was grabbed by Secret

[4:32] Service agents. He did not have the

[4:34] proper credentials and is being held for

[4:36] questioning. This morning, New York

[4:38] police are searching for a protester who

[4:40] attacked a detective.

[4:46] The protesters stomped and punched the

[4:47] policeman outside Madison Square Garden.

[4:49] The incident was triggered when police

[4:51] tried to push demonstrators away from

[4:53] the convention site. The policeman is

[4:55] hospitalized in serious condition.

[4:58] This morning, much of southeast Virginia

[5:00] is flooded thanks to tropical storm

[5:01] Gaston. In Richmond, high water storm

[5:04] through the streets, damaging hundreds

[5:05] of homes and cars. A state of emergency

[5:07] has been declared and more than 75,000

[5:10] customers