Up to the Minute (CBS) - 2003-03-20

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[0:08] CBS News Up to the Minute already in

[0:10] progress

[0:11] >> begins as the first bombs land on

[0:14] Baghdad.

[0:17] >> This will not be a campaign of half

[0:18] measures and we will accept no outcome

[0:22] but victory.

[0:32] Good morning everyone. This is Up to the

[0:33] Minute. I'm Melissa McDermott. The war

[0:35] began just before dawn in Baghdad, 90

[0:38] minutes after the deadline President

[0:40] Bush gave for Saddam Hussein to leave

[0:42] Iraq expired. Air raid sirens blared as

[0:45] anti-aircraft fire lit the skies and

[0:47] explosions rocked the Iraqi capital. The

[0:50] target was a hardened bunker where US

[0:52] intelligence believed top Iraqi leaders

[0:54] were spending the night.

[1:01] About three dozen Tomahawk cruise

[1:02] missiles were launched from ships in the

[1:04] Red Sea and Persian Gulf. These

[1:06] precisiong guided missiles were quickly

[1:08] followed by F17 stealth bombers dropping

[1:12] at least one bunker busting 2,000lb

[1:14] bomb. Cameras were rolling when the

[1:16] bombs came down.

[1:29] military officials say this was a

[1:31] surgical strike at quote a target of

[1:33] opportunity and not the beginning of the

[1:36] invasion. Shortly afterward, President

[1:37] Bush addressed the nation.

[1:40] On my orders, coalition forces have

[1:43] begun striking selected targets of

[1:45] military importance to undermine Saddam

[1:47] Hussein's ability to wage war. These are

[1:51] opening stages of what will be a broad

[1:53] and concerted campaign. To all the men

[1:56] and women of the United States armed

[1:58] forces now in the Middle East, the peace

[2:00] of a troubled world and the hopes of an

[2:02] oppressed people now depend on you. That

[2:06] trust is well placed. The enemies you

[2:09] confront will come to know your skill

[2:11] and bravery. The people you liberate

[2:14] will witness the honorable and decent

[2:16] spirit of the American military.

[2:20] Now that conflict has come, the only way

[2:22] to limit its duration is to apply

[2:25] decisive force. And I assure you, this

[2:29] will not be a campaign of half measures.

[2:32] And we will accept no outcome but

[2:34] victory.

[2:36] Military analysts describe this surgical

[2:38] strike as an attempt to decapitate the

[2:40] Iraqi leadership. Reports say five top

[2:43] members were inside the bunker. It's

[2:45] unclear if anyone was killed or hit. One

[2:48] of the casualties was not Saddam

[2:50] Hussein.

[2:55] >> That's because the Iraqi president took

[2:56] to the airwaves hours after the strikes

[2:59] to show his people and his army that he

[3:00] is still alive and still very much in

[3:02] charge.

[3:06] But Saddam's words of encouragement are

[3:08] apparently falling on deaf ears on the

[3:10] battlefield near the southern Iraqi city

[3:12] of Bazra. Satellite intelligence shows

[3:14] two Iraqi infantry divisions and perhaps

[3:16] a mechanized division as well are

[3:18] preparing to surrender to Allied forces.

[3:20] That's up to 10,000 Iraqi soldiers.

[3:24] The first troops they're likely to

[3:25] encounter are the United States Marines

[3:27] who will lead the invasion of Iraq.

[3:29] Those Marines are now massing along the

[3:31] Iraqi Kuwaiti border. CBS's Byron Pitts

[3:34] is with the attack helicopter unit which

[3:36] calls itself the Vipers. He's so close

[3:38] to the bo border in fact that no lights

[3:40] are allowed.

[3:42] >> Tonight the mood here is as dark as a

[3:44] desert skyline. US and British forces

[3:47] now have the sense the time for war is

[3:49] near here at the secret US air base

[3:52] while I'm in position. All the practice

[3:54] runs are over.

[3:56] >> US and British forces are massing at the

[3:58] Iraqi border by the tens of thousands.

[4:00] The Army, Marines, Navy Seals, all on

[4:04] high alert, hidden under the cover of

[4:05] darkness. One can only see through a

[4:08] night vision lens. Technology believed

[4:10] to be in short supply in the Iraqi Army.

[4:13] Tonight, for the first time here, all of

[4:15] these Marine Super Attack Cobra

[4:17] helicopters sit on the runway fully

[4:19] loaded with live ammunition. So, you

[4:21] feeling good about the preparation?

[4:23] >> Absolutely. I mean, I we're ready. This

[4:26] is the commanding officer of Litech

[4:28] Helicopter Squadron 169 from Camp

[4:31] Pendleton, California. For security

[4:33] reasons, we cannot give his name.

[4:35] >> We're pros. I mean, this this is what we

[4:37] do and and we're just tremendous at it.

[4:41] >> Still concerned Saddam may use chemical

[4:43] weapons. All troops are now under orders

[4:45] to keep their gas mask at their side and

[4:47] their Kim suits nearby. When the war

[4:50] steps off, the Kim suits go on. This is

[4:53] video obtained exclusively by CBS News.

[4:56] It's the last practice run of Marine

[4:58] Cobra helicopters using live missiles.

[5:00] The pilots fire four tow missiles. All

[5:03] four hit the target.

[5:06] >> There you go.

[5:09] Good. Good. Good hit. Good hit. Two good

[5:12] hits.

[5:14] >> The commanding officer of this squadron

[5:15] has told his Marines to get ready. I

[5:18] don't know when the fight will start, he

[5:20] says, but quote, "It will be violent, it

[5:23] will be rapid, and we will overwhelm

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[7:42] It's 10 minutes past the hour, less than

[7:44] an hour after the initial attack began

[7:46] in Baghdad, President Bush addressed the

[7:48] nation. Here's what he said.

[7:50] My fellow citizens, at this hour,

[7:54] American and coalition forces are in the

[7:56] early stages of military operations to

[7:59] disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to

[8:02] defend the world from grave danger. On

[8:05] my orders, coalition forces have begun

[8:07] striking selected targets of military

[8:09] importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's

[8:12] ability to wage war. These are opening

[8:15] stages of what will be a broad and

[8:17] concerted campaign.

[8:20] More than 35 countries are giving

[8:22] crucial support from the use of naval

[8:25] and air bases to help with intelligence

[8:27] and logistics to the deployment of

[8:30] combat units. Every nation in this

[8:32] coalition has chosen to bear the duty

[8:36] and share the honor of serving in our

[8:39] common defense.

[8:41] To all the men and women of the United

[8:43] States Armed Forces now in the Middle

[8:45] East, the peace of a troubled world and

[8:47] the hopes of an oppressed people now

[8:50] depend on you. That trust is wellplaced.

[8:54] The enemies you confront will come to

[8:56] know your skill and bravery. The people

[8:59] you liberate will witness the honorable

[9:01] and decent spirit of the American

[9:04] military.

[9:06] In this conflict, America faces an enemy

[9:09] who has no regard for conventions of war

[9:12] or rules of morality.

[9:14] Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops

[9:16] and equipment in civilian areas

[9:19] attempting to use innocent men, women,

[9:21] and children as shields for his own

[9:24] military. A final atrocity against his

[9:27] people.

[9:29] I want Americans and all the world to

[9:31] know that coalition forces will make

[9:33] every effort to spare innocent civilians

[9:36] from harm.

[9:38] A campaign on the harsh terrain of a

[9:40] nation as large as California could be

[9:42] longer and more difficult than some

[9:45] predict.

[9:47] And helping Iraqis achieve a united,

[9:49] stable, and free country will require

[9:52] our sustained commitment.

[9:54] We come to Iraq with respect for its

[9:57] citizens, for their great civilization,

[10:00] and for the religious faiths they

[10:02] practice. We have no ambition in Iraq

[10:05] except to remove a threat and restore

[10:08] control of that country to its own

[10:10] people.

[10:12] I know that the families of our military

[10:14] are praying that all those who serve

[10:16] will return safely and soon.

[10:19] Millions of Americans are praying with

[10:21] you for the safety of your loved ones

[10:24] and for the protection of the innocent.

[10:27] For your sacrifice, you have the

[10:29] gratitude and respect of the American

[10:32] people. And you can know that our forces

[10:36] will be coming home as soon as their

[10:38] work is done.

[10:40] Our nation enters this conflict

[10:42] reluctantly,

[10:44] yet our purpose is sure. The people of

[10:47] the United States and our friends and

[10:48] allies will not live at the mercy of an

[10:51] outlaw regime that threatens the peace

[10:53] with weapons of mass murder.

[10:56] We will meet that threat now with our

[10:59] army, air force, navy, coast guard, and

[11:02] marines so that we do not have to meet

[11:05] it later with armies of firefighters and

[11:07] police and doctors on the streets of our

[11:10] cities.

[11:12] Now that conflict has come, the only way

[11:15] to limit its duration is to apply

[11:17] decisive force. And I assure you, this

[11:21] will not be a campaign of half measures.

[11:24] And we will accept no outcome but

[11:26] victory.

[11:28] My fellow citizens, the dangers to our

[11:31] country and the world will be overcome.

[11:36] We will pass through this time of peril

[11:38] and carry on the work of peace. We will

[11:41] defend our freedom. We will bring

[11:44] freedom to others. And we will prevail.

[11:48] May God bless our country and all who

[11:51] defend her.

[11:53] >> About 3 hours after the attack, a man

[11:55] believed to be Saddam Hussein addressed

[11:57] his people this morning. He read from a

[12:00] prepared text, and it's not clear if it

[12:02] was a live broadcast. He accused the US

[12:04] of committing a shameful crime and urged

[12:06] his people to quote, "Go draw your sword

[12:09] against the enemy.

[12:11] CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips is

[12:12] in Kuwait City where he's been

[12:14] monitoring developments this morning and

[12:15] I spoke with him a short time ago. As

[12:18] you know, there are these reports and

[12:20] this confirmed uh question now of the

[12:22] attack on the bunker in Baghdad. And

[12:25] there's a particular echo uh in this

[12:27] case uh you'll recall in the 1999 Gulf

[12:32] War uh that there was a similar attack

[12:34] on a bunker in Baghdad around which the

[12:37] discussion was very similar as well that

[12:39] there was Iraqi leadership in the

[12:41] bunker. That bunker was the Alamaria

[12:43] bunker. The same techniques were used

[12:46] there. a bunker buster bomb hitting the

[12:48] thick reinforced concrete roof of the

[12:51] bunker and then another uh bit of

[12:53] ordinance dropped inside to obliterate

[12:55] what was inside. In that case, quite

[12:58] sadly, it turned out that the Iraqi

[12:59] leadership was not in the bunker as had

[13:02] been thought, but rather groups of

[13:04] civilians and the death toll of

[13:06] civilians, women and children included,

[13:08] was upwards of 300. Uh we're presuming

[13:12] right now that there's a great deal of

[13:14] concentration going on uh in the

[13:16] intelligence circles as to whether the

[13:19] people senior Iraqi leadership as it's

[13:21] being described uh who are thought to

[13:23] have been in the bunker in this attack

[13:25] were in fact inside that. This is a war,

[13:28] as we know, that's being carried on in

[13:29] the face of great uh international

[13:31] opposition. And if there was any level

[13:34] of civilian casualty or any level of

[13:37] collateral damage, you can bet the

[13:39] Iraqis will make the most of it. Melissa

[13:42] >> Mark, how are they reacting in the area

[13:44] in Kuwait, in Kuwait City? A lot of the

[13:46] military might is coming out of that

[13:48] area you're in. What are they saying

[13:49] about what happened before dawn?

[13:53] Well, you have to remember the uh the

[13:56] part the elements uh of this invasion

[13:59] force that are based here are largely

[14:01] ground elements. There are of course air

[14:04] assets in Kuwait as well. But what you

[14:07] have poised now and moving up into

[14:10] position to launch their invasions uh

[14:13] are more than 150,000 US troops plus

[14:16] more than 25,000 British troops. They

[14:20] had thought and they were saying as late

[14:22] as yesterday afternoon when I was out at

[14:24] some of the desert encampments that they

[14:26] did not anticipate moving here for

[14:28] another day or two by the weekend is

[14:31] what they were saying. But it seems now

[14:33] that we may surmise that the timetable

[14:37] has been adjusted as it often is in war

[14:40] situations. Uh and we're now seeing some

[14:43] indications of units uh getting ready to

[14:45] move. The procedure is that they have

[14:47] been in holding areas in staging areas

[14:50] well back in the range of 30 or so miles

[14:54] back from uh the Iraqi frontier up until

[14:57] this week. That's to keep them out of

[14:59] the range of of Iraqi artillery. Uh over

[15:02] the last couple of days, we've seen

[15:03] movement up to advanced staging areas,

[15:06] tactical staging areas from which the

[15:08] actual invasions uh will be launched.

[15:11] And we're seeing now a pickup in the

[15:13] pace of that kind of movement. All

[15:15] right, Mark Phillips reporting from

[15:16] Kuwait City. Thank you, Mark. And you're

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[18:01] Showdown with Saddam. All the latest on

[18:03] tonight's CBS Evening News.

[18:07] >> Across the Pacific Rim this morning,

[18:08] major stock markets are enjoying a

[18:10] positive reaction to the start of war in

[18:12] Iraq. All major indices are trading

[18:14] higher. The key index we follow for you,

[18:17] Japan's Nikk gained 144 points, about 1

[18:20] and 3%. As for Wall Street, Alexis

[18:23] Christophus is on the CBS Market Watch.

[18:26] With war the main focus on Wall Street,

[18:29] the Dow managed to extend its recent

[18:31] winning streak. The Dow sprinted 71

[18:34] points, making it six winning days in a

[18:36] row, its longest winning streak since

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[18:45] Crude oil closed below $30 a barrel for

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[18:51] war with Iraq and little to no

[18:53] disruption in oil supplies coming out of

[18:55] the Middle East. A new survey finds

[18:58] nearly a third of all consumers are

[18:59] being very careful about their spending.

[19:01] But the survey by the NPD group found

[19:03] unemployment actually has more impact on

[19:06] spending plans than war or terrorism.

[19:08] Half of those surveyed plan to spend

[19:10] much less than usual on major

[19:12] appliances, electronics, and jewelry. JP

[19:15] Morgan Chase said it's been notified by

[19:17] the Securities and Exchange Commission

[19:18] that it may face disciplinary action for

[19:21] sharing profits with clients who

[19:23] received shares in initial public

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[19:50] At the NASDAQ, I'm Alexis Christopherus

[19:52] in New York. Let's take a look at your

[19:54] forecast this morning. The satellite

[19:56] picture finds sky still gray over the

[19:58] Rockies and Plains, but for the most

[20:00] part, the monumental snowfall has ended.

[20:02] The same storm is spreading clouds over

[20:04] the Midwest and Great Lakes, while the

[20:05] East Coast has also turned cloudy. Later

[20:08] today, a cold rain will develop across

[20:09] the Northeast. Thunderstorms will rumble

[20:11] across the Ohio River Valley and the

[20:13] Mid-Atlantic states across the Midwest

[20:15] and Central Plains. It'll be a rainy day

[20:17] with temperatures only in the chilly

[20:19] 40s. The Rockies will remain cloudy.

[20:21] Only a few flurries or some spotty

[20:23] drizzle is expected. Afternoon

[20:25] temperatures should climb into the upper

[20:26] 30s and lower 40s. While we're on the

[20:29] subject, the big digout is on in

[20:31] Colorado and Wyoming after what turned

[20:33] out to be one of the most intense

[20:35] blizzards in 20 years. CBS's Jerry Bowen

[20:38] reports.

[20:39] >> It's a paralyzing blizzard that's buried

[20:41] parts of Wyoming and Colorado under snow

[20:43] drifts topping 10 ft, closing roads,

[20:46] freeways, and Denver's international

[20:48] airport. 4,000 travelers were stranded

[20:50] there, and the fabric roof of the main

[20:53] terminal was torn open by the storm.

[20:55] Taxi ways are clear, but runways

[20:56] impassible, and jets are staying parked

[20:58] at the gate. This is from all

[21:01] indications

[21:02] uh both the storm of the century

[21:06] uh a back breaker

[21:09] uh a record breaker and a roof breaker.

[21:13] >> It was a heavy wet snow that collapsed

[21:15] roofs and buildings all over the Denver

[21:16] area.

[21:17] >> The snow load for this uh building got a

[21:20] little too extreme.

[21:21] >> When the roof and walls fell in at the

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[21:25] wake-up call for the neighbors. It just

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[21:29] just a like I don't even know how to

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[21:33] of water coming down.

[21:34] >> It was a storm that stopped the US

[21:36] Postal Service and its competitors from

[21:38] delivering anything in the Denver area

[21:40] and left stranded travelers stunned.

[21:42] >> We're from Oklahoma. We get a little bit

[21:43] of snow, but this is phenomenal.

[21:45] >> So big the locals were snowboarding off

[21:47] the front porch. And forecasters say

[21:49] it's not quite over. Jerry Bowen, CBS

[21:52] News, Los Angeles.

[21:56] We'll be right back. Don't go away.

[21:59] >> Now that conflict has come, the only way

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[22:05] decisive force. And I assure you, this

[22:09] will not be a campaign of half measures.

[22:11] And we will accept no outcome but

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[24:34] Now, here's something you may not know

[24:35] about the US military poised to head

[24:37] into Iraq. Almost half the armed

[24:39] services are part-time soldiers,

[24:41] National Guard, and reserveists who now

[24:43] face full-time danger. And this

[24:45] morning's Eye on America, Jane Clayson

[24:47] looks at the new face of the reserves.

[24:50] >> How's it feel?

[24:52] >> Beautiful, sir. But of course,

[24:53] >> Lieutenant Colonel Martin Bishoff has a

[24:56] job to do.

[24:58] >> Training his unit and himself to face

[25:01] every kind of danger,

[25:04] but it's only a part-time job.

[25:08] I work for a relatively large company

[25:10] and uh very used to nice hotels, company

[25:14] cars perhaps, uh plush offices, and we

[25:17] come here and our office is what you see

[25:19] right here is outside.

[25:22] >> Bishop and more than 180,000 other

[25:25] part-time troops now train for missions

[25:27] that can last years instead of weeks.

[25:30] >> Two years ago, I was in Africa. A year

[25:32] ago, I was in Lithuania. It's just a

[25:34] changing way of our national defense

[25:36] policy. Signing up for part-time

[25:38] military duty means being able to serve

[25:40] on a moment's notice while holding down

[25:42] a full-time job. Not easy on the troops

[25:45] and increasingly difficult for their

[25:47] bosses back home.

[25:49] >> J, give me a quick insight. What we got

[25:50] here?

[25:51] >> Had only 5 days notice to switch from

[25:53] being a sales manager in New Jersey for

[25:55] the pharmaceutical company Fizer to

[25:57] reporting to Fort Bragg in North

[25:59] Carolina for training.

[26:00] >> I'd like to believe I'm indispensable,

[26:02] but uh I'm sure there'll be somebody

[26:04] there.

[26:04] >> You scramble. There's no question about

[26:05] it.

[26:06] >> Rob Norton runs human resources for

[26:08] Fizer where more than 60 employees are

[26:11] now on active duty.

[26:12] >> There will be a job waiting for them

[26:13] when they come back. We tend to look at

[26:15] this as as a as a version of public

[26:16] service.

[26:17] >> This is Martin's office. This is his

[26:19] headquarters.

[26:20] >> Bishop's wife, Catherine, finds it hard

[26:22] to adjust to the uncertainty.

[26:24] >> 6 weeks. When you have a specific date,

[26:26] you know they're coming home. Things run

[26:28] a lot easier because you can look at the

[26:29] calendar, go, okay, this is when he's

[26:31] coming back. We can manage quite easily.

[26:33] At the moment, we have no idea.

[26:34] >> How was school today?

[26:36] >> And on top of being a soldier and a

[26:38] salesman, Bishop tries to fill one more

[26:41] critical role.

[26:42] >> A super dad,

[26:44] >> a father to Michelle, Nicole, and

[26:46] Steven.

[26:47] >> Of course, I like want him back, but you

[26:50] have to think of other people. So, you

[26:52] got to think that everyone else has

[26:53] given up a bit, so we can too.

[26:56] >> It's a sacrifice this citizen soldier

[26:58] says he's willing to make to protect

[27:00] their future. We have great things in

[27:03] this country that we take so for granted

[27:05] and it's worth protecting. It's worth

[27:07] fighting for

[27:08] >> in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Jane

[27:10] Clayson for Eye on America.

[27:13] >> And we wish all of them the best this

[27:14] morning. This is CBS News Up to the

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[27:42] Good morning. It's Thursday, March 20th.

[27:44] From CBS News in New York City, I'm

[27:46] Melissa McDermott. Here's what's

[27:47] happening.

[27:53] >> A defiant, Saddam Hussein accuses the

[27:55] United States of committing a shameful

[27:58] crime by attacking Iraq. He's urging his

[28:01] people to quote, "Go draw your sword

[28:03] against the enemy."

[28:05] >> The US effort to overthrow Saddam

[28:07] Hussein began last night with a bang.

[28:16] Shortly after 9:45 p.m. Eastern, several

[28:18] dozen cruise missiles and bombs dropped

[28:21] from an F-17 stealth fighters and struck

[28:24] a fortified bunker near Baghdad. US

[28:26] officials say it was an attempt to kill

[28:28] certain Iraqi officials. Minutes later,

[28:31] President Bush addressed the nation.

[28:34] >> My fellow citizens, at this hour,

[28:37] American and coalition forces are in the

[28:39] early stages of military operations to

[28:42] disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to

[28:45] defend the world from grave danger. On

[28:48] my orders, coalition forces have begun

[28:50] striking selected targets of military

[28:52] importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's

[28:55] ability to wage war. These are opening

[28:58] stages of what will be a broad and

[29:00] concerted campaign. Now that conflict

[29:03] has come, the only way to limit its

[29:06] duration is to apply decisive force. And

[29:10] I assure you, this will not be a

[29:12] campaign of half measures. And we will

[29:15] accept no outcome but victory.

[29:19] My fellow citizens, the dangers to our

[29:21] country and the world will be overcome.

[29:26] We will pass through this time of peril

[29:28] and carry on the work of peace. We will

[29:32] defend our freedom. We will bring

[29:34] freedom to others.

[29:36] And we will prevail.

[29:38] May God bless our country and all who

[29:41] defend her.

[29:44] This is the first war to fall under

[29:45] President Bush's national security

[29:47] strategy, asserting the right of the

[29:49] United States to preemptively attack dee

[29:52] anything deemed a terrorist threat. Now,

[29:54] at this hour, US-led troops have not yet

[29:57] received orders to launch a ground

[29:58] attack. Correspondent Alan Pizzy is in

[30:01] northern Iraq. He spoke to Dan Rather

[30:02] after bombs, cruise missiles, and bombs

[30:05] targeted a bunker in Baghdad.

[30:07] >> Nothing has happened here in the

[30:08] northern oil fields. They're about 20 mi

[30:10] from us, and that's a primary target of

[30:12] the US military. They're going to have

[30:14] to take it probably with with parachutes

[30:16] and and and an airborne assault because

[30:18] they couldn't get the fourth infantry

[30:20] division in through Turkey. So, this

[30:22] area is going to be a major problem for

[30:24] them. And right now, nothing at all has

[30:26] happened up here. I I guess we would

[30:28] expect to see uh cruise, missiles, and

[30:30] so on when it actually starts because

[30:32] about 20 miles from where I'm standing,

[30:34] we know there is the Nebuchadnezzar

[30:36] battalion of the Republican Guard,

[30:37] several armored units of the regular

[30:40] army. Now, some people are saying a lot

[30:42] of these regular army will surrender.

[30:44] The Kurds who who rule the area that I'm

[30:46] in say they've had approaches already

[30:48] from senior officers in in the Iraqi

[30:52] military saying when it starts, we're

[30:54] going to give up. Uh we'll see if they

[30:56] do, but the Republican Guard is expected

[30:58] to fight. So, I think we can expect to

[30:59] see some fireworks around here, Dan,

[31:01] when it actually starts.

[31:02] >> CBS News correspondent Alan Pizzy

[31:04] reporting in northern Iraq. Many Western

[31:07] journalists have left Baghdad, one of

[31:09] the last to depart with CBS News

[31:11] correspondent Lara Logan. She and her

[31:13] crew are now in neighboring Jordan. Last

[31:15] night, Lara spoke to Dan Rather about

[31:17] what Iraqi military preparations or

[31:19] movements she saw on her way out. The

[31:22] first thing I noticed as we drove out of

[31:24] the city was Iraqi soldiers manning

[31:27] anti-aircraft guns on the top of

[31:29] buildings, including an apartment

[31:31] building. And then as we reached the

[31:33] outskirts of the city, there was a line

[31:35] of military activity on either side of

[31:37] the road with at least 40 large flatbed

[31:41] trucks dug into the earth, the kind the

[31:43] military would use as launching pads for

[31:46] multiple rocket systems. And further

[31:48] down the road about 6 miles, there was

[31:51] another site um where we saw trenches,

[31:54] sandbagged fighting positions. And here

[31:56] there were dozens of huge cylindrical

[31:59] fuel containers. But strange as it may

[32:02] seem, the one thing that we really

[32:04] didn't see much of was Iraqi troops and

[32:07] uh none of the fighting positions we saw

[32:09] were manned. There really wasn't a

[32:11] strong visual military presence

[32:14] anywhere, Dan.

[32:16] >> And what was the mood in Baghdad as you

[32:17] left?

[32:20] >> Well, people were really getting very

[32:22] nervous indeed. They were coming up to

[32:24] us asking tonight, tonight looking for

[32:27] some kind of confirmation that the US

[32:29] bombing would start tonight. Still,

[32:31] shops and businesses remain closed and

[32:34] uh the streets that are normally crowded

[32:36] with traffic were virtually empty. There

[32:39] was really an an eerie sense of calm on

[32:41] the surface, but then when you spoke to

[32:43] people, you got a sense of the fear and

[32:45] the panic underneath that. Um most

[32:48] people do have weapons at home. Some

[32:50] said they were going to fight the

[32:51] Americans, but others said these are

[32:53] just for protection and they plan to

[32:55] hide in their houses and wait until it's

[32:58] all over. At the United Nations, France,

[33:01] Russia, and Germany told the Security

[33:02] Council that a US attack to overthrow

[33:04] Saddam Hussein would be illegal.

[33:08] >> The Security Council has made available

[33:10] the instruments to disarm Iraq

[33:12] peacefully. The Security Council is not

[33:15] responsible for what is happening

[33:17] outside the UN. They say the UN charter

[33:20] does not authorize any nation to try to

[33:22] topple another nation's leader.

[33:30] >> Outside the White House, protest for

[33:32] peace continue. Critics say the

[33:34] president continues to gloss over the

[33:36] human financial costs of a war in Iraq.

[33:41] Democrats in Congress expect the

[33:42] president will ask for as much as $90

[33:44] billion to pay for the invasion. Some

[33:47] continue to say that American soldiers

[33:49] will be asked to pay with their lives

[33:50] for the president's failed diplomacy.

[33:54] >> We cannot convince the world of the

[33:56] necessity of this war for one simple

[33:59] reason.

[34:03] This is not

[34:06] a war of necessity

[34:10] but a war of choice.

[34:13] Madam President,

[34:14] >> now right afterward, Arizona Senator

[34:16] John McCain rose to disagree.

[34:18] >> Madam President, I ask to allege that

[34:20] somehow the United States of America has

[34:23] demeaned itself or tarnished our

[34:27] reputation by being involved in

[34:29] liberating the people

[34:31] of Iraq uh to me simply is neither

[34:37] factual nor fair.

[34:39] >> And briefly, one other item from the

[34:40] Senate. The Senate has rejected a

[34:42] measure to open Alaska's National

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[34:46] measure failed on a vote of 52 to 48.

[34:48] The vote was a major defeat for the Bush

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[34:52] the refuge to oil drilling a central

[34:55] part of its energy plan.

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[37:41] Updating our top story. The United

[37:42] States went to war with Iraq at about

[37:44] 9:30 Eastern time last night after some

[37:47] 90 minutes after President Bush's

[37:48] deadline for Saddam Hussein to go into

[37:50] exile or face invasion. Now, what is

[37:54] called the target opportunity was

[37:56] carried out on Baghdad, specifically on

[37:58] a bunker by a Tomahawk cruise by

[38:01] Tomahawk cruise missiles and F-17

[38:03] stealth bombers. Pentagon officials tell

[38:06] CBS News the bunker was believed to

[38:08] contain highranking officials in the

[38:10] Iraqi government. President Bush then

[38:12] addressed the nation to announce the

[38:13] beginning of the military campaign. He

[38:16] was confident of a US victory, but

[38:18] warned it may not come quickly or

[38:20] easily.

[38:22] A campaign on the harsh terrain of a

[38:24] nation as large as California could be

[38:26] longer and more difficult than some

[38:29] predict.

[38:31] And helping Iraqis achieve a united,

[38:33] stable, and free country will require

[38:36] our sustained commitment.

[38:38] >> Now that bombs have been dropped, we

[38:40] take a closer look at what might follow.

[38:41] CBS News military analyst General Buck

[38:43] Kernan is here. And General Kernan

[38:45] headed the US Joint Forces Command

[38:47] beginning in 2000 until his retirement

[38:50] last year. Thanks for being with us this

[38:51] morning. Good to be here, Melissa. Thank

[38:52] you.

[38:53] >> This bunker where they're saying top

[38:56] military Iraqi officials, do you think

[38:59] they thought Saddam Hussein was one of

[39:00] those?

[39:01] >> Well, I'm thinking they're hoping that

[39:03] he was there. Unquestionably, they knew.

[39:05] They had some very precise intelligence

[39:07] that said at least some senior Iraqi

[39:10] leadership was there. And I think they

[39:12] would have hoped that Saddam Hussein,

[39:13] his sons, and the rest of that senior

[39:15] leadership uh was all in that bunker at

[39:17] one time. Do you think they thought it

[39:18] would be that easy and the war could be

[39:20] over that quickly?

[39:21] >> No, I don't think so at all. I think one

[39:23] of these things, it is truly a target of

[39:24] opportunity. They they had some

[39:27] intelligence that indicated that these

[39:28] people were spending the night there,

[39:30] having a meeting there, whatever they

[39:32] were doing, they rapidly were able to

[39:35] coordinate a very sophisticated attack

[39:38] using cruise missiles and F-17s.

[39:41] Uh the cruise missiles, of course, came

[39:43] out of both the Red Sea and the Persian

[39:46] Gulf. They were fired from ships and

[39:47] submarines and uh closely choreographed

[39:51] after the strike of the F1 of the cruise

[39:54] missiles, the F-17s rolled in with some

[39:58] bunker busters. Uh munitions designed to

[40:01] penetrate deep and explode after they

[40:03] penetrate deep inside the bunker. Um

[40:06] there was some three dozen cruise

[40:08] missiles and two F-17s, each carrying

[40:12] 2,000lb bunker buster bombs.

[40:14] >> Wow. Now, we're not calling this a first

[40:16] strike. No.

[40:17] >> But like you said, a target of

[40:18] opportunity. The Bush administration has

[40:20] taken pains to say we're just having a

[40:22] regime change. We're not trying to

[40:24] assassinate Saddam Hussein. But when

[40:26] you're dropping bombs on bunkers where

[40:28] you think military officials are, that's

[40:31] um that's pretty thorough.

[40:32] >> Well, but he is a he is a military

[40:34] target.

[40:34] >> Uh he is he and his leaders are military

[40:37] targets. So, we will target them. We

[40:40] will target command and control. we

[40:41] would talk target the communications

[40:43] facilities that support them. Uh the

[40:45] other thing in addition to the um

[40:49] regime change as you say is making sure

[40:52] that we can control the weapons of mass

[40:54] destruction and the delivery means and

[40:56] right now the the control of those is

[41:00] through Saddam Hussein and the special

[41:01] Republican guards. So if we can

[41:02] decapitate that leadership we can

[41:05] hopefully contain the employment of any

[41:07] chemical or biological weapons. Now, in

[41:09] the initial stages of any kind of a war,

[41:12] the first phase, if that's what you want

[41:13] to call it, when you're dealing with the

[41:14] Iraqi army, is there a sense of wanting

[41:16] to measure what they're capable of and

[41:18] to see how they respond to that first

[41:20] wave to let you know what you're dealing

[41:21] with?

[41:22] >> Yeah, I think we're going to get there's

[41:23] going to be some psychological impacts

[41:25] here. No question about it. We've

[41:26] already possibly seen some of that.

[41:28] There's indications right now that we

[41:29] may have two divisions in the south down

[41:32] in the vicinity of Bazra that are

[41:34] willing to surrender, have already

[41:36] indicated their desire to surrender. So,

[41:38] yes, there is going to be some of that

[41:40] unquestionably.

[41:40] >> Now, could you tell what from the video

[41:42] we saw of of the uh target opportunity

[41:45] was there was anti-aircraft uh fire

[41:48] coming up from the ground supposedly

[41:49] from

[41:50] >> Well, that's what it sounded like. U and

[41:51] of course, much like we saw in Desert

[41:53] Storm, there's an awful lot of anxiety

[41:54] out there at the at any sound of

[41:56] anything overhead. Somebody probably

[41:58] sounded the alarm and they started

[42:00] firing. They may not have been able to

[42:02] identify anything. They may not have

[42:03] seen anything, but nonetheless, they

[42:05] they just fired uh out of anxiety into

[42:08] the air.

[42:08] >> Now, we know that Saddam Hussein is

[42:10] keeping his most elite forces near

[42:12] Baghdad, and we assume his best weapons,

[42:14] the uh surfaceto-air missiles that they

[42:17] have there. What kind of a danger does

[42:18] that present to these pilots as they're

[42:20] flying over? And is it more dangerous at

[42:22] night?

[42:23] >> No, we're much uh we're much safer at

[42:25] night. Uh we own the night. Uh we have

[42:28] the ability to operate very precisely at

[42:30] night. It minimized our profile. They

[42:33] can't see us as well. They don't have

[42:34] the same night capability that we have.

[42:37] Uh he's got a very extensive air defense

[42:40] system. Uh but many of his systems are

[42:42] dated. They're antiquated. Uh how well

[42:45] trained his people are is questionable.

[42:47] He's got a ring defense. He's got his

[42:49] he's got his conventional forces on the

[42:51] outside, mainly conscripts. He's got his

[42:54] he's got his Republican guards divisions

[42:56] on the next ring. And then he's got his

[42:58] special Republican guards in and around

[43:00] Baghdad. And that's who's providing the

[43:02] the security to him directly. He and his

[43:04] sons and his and his hierarchy. He's got

[43:07] a very extensive air defense umbrella

[43:10] around Baghdad because he knows that's

[43:11] where we're coming after.

[43:12] >> Right. Now, you mentioned a little bit

[43:14] about the next 48 hours and how all of

[43:17] these all of the weaponry is positioned

[43:19] around the periphery of Iraq. Talk a

[43:21] little bit more though. possible next

[43:23] time we're going to see a strike, first

[43:25] strike even, would this be when

[43:27] nightfalls or would they want to make

[43:29] him sit for a little while?

[43:30] >> Well, I think we're going to we may

[43:32] exercise a little patience here. Let's

[43:33] see what unfolds. Uh if we've already

[43:36] had less than 2 hours after this strike,

[43:39] an accurate report of two divisions

[43:40] surrendering. Uh we may let that play

[43:42] out a little bit and see if we don't get

[43:44] mass surrendering. Um that would be

[43:47] wonderful. So I think we are going to

[43:49] exercise a little patience. Will we

[43:51] attack at night? Yes. Uh it has a

[43:53] psychological effect uh that is

[43:56] overwhelming. Uh we are much more

[43:59] survivable at night. We can do we we

[44:01] have an awful lot of flexibility with

[44:02] our weapon systems that enable us to do

[44:04] things at night that they can't defend

[44:06] against. So I think the next strike will

[44:09] be a coordinated strike air, land, and

[44:11] sea coming at night. Uh you can pick the

[44:14] time.

[44:15] >> Okay. Well, and as far as ground forces,

[44:17] that's another question. When do when do

[44:18] the ground forces come in? That's still

[44:20] it's really hard to tell at this point.

[44:22] >> Yeah, some of that's going to be an

[44:23] opportunity. Also, for instance, if say

[44:25] these two divisions do in fact surrender

[44:28] around Bazra, uh we'd probably tell them

[44:31] to stay in their barracks in their

[44:33] complex,

[44:34] cache their weapons, and as long as they

[44:36] didn't interfere, we wouldn't do

[44:38] anything against them, which would mean

[44:40] that we now have less resistance there,

[44:42] which means we can move a lot faster and

[44:44] start to move our forces more rapidly

[44:45] toward Baghdad uh and the Northwest. And

[44:49] speed is really the key here, especially

[44:51] with the ground forces moving quickly to

[44:53] Baghdad.

[44:53] >> Sure. You want to get in and you want to

[44:55] basically dominate his military. You

[44:58] also want to quickly secure those oil

[45:00] fields. Those oil fields are important

[45:02] to the future of Iraq. That's the very

[45:04] foundation of their economic stability.

[45:06] So, we don't want anything to happen to

[45:08] that if we're going to provide for uh a

[45:11] good opportunity for the Iraqi people.

[45:13] And then uh of course the other thing we

[45:15] want to do is try to identify where

[45:17] those weapons of mass destruction

[45:19] systems are whether they're in whether

[45:22] they're in bunkers stockpiled somewhere

[45:24] and the delivery means and we want to be

[45:25] able to get on top of those very quickly

[45:27] also.

[45:27] >> All right, General Kernan, thank you

[45:29] very much for being with us this morning

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[48:13] >> Showdown with Saddam. All the latest on

[48:15] tonight's CBS Evening News.

[48:19] >> We're coming up on 51 past the hour. CBS

[48:22] News correspondent Russ Mitchell is on

[48:23] the war desk now with these headlines.

[48:25] Tell us what's going on, Russ.

[48:26] >> Good morning, Melissa. President Bush

[48:28] has taken the nation to war. Tomahawk

[48:31] missiles and 2,000lb bunker busters

[48:33] struck specific targets in Baghdad aimed

[48:36] at Saddam Hussein and highle members of

[48:38] the Iraqi leadership. The large-scale

[48:40] air attacks and ground assault have not

[48:42] yet begun. The missiles were launched

[48:44] from ships and submarines in the Red Sea

[48:47] and the Persian Gulf. President Bush

[48:49] appeared on television to tell the

[48:51] American people that this would be the

[48:52] beginning of a concerted effort to

[48:54] change the Iraqi regime. The larger war

[48:57] has yet to begin. However, shortly after

[48:59] the attack, Iraqis heard from a defiant

[49:01] Saddam Hussein. He went on Iraqi TV,

[49:03] read poetry, accused the US of

[49:06] committing a shameful crime. On the

[49:08] Kuwaiti border, we're getting word that

[49:09] two divisions of the Iraqi army are on

[49:11] the verge of surrender in southern Iraq.

[49:14] Weather could be a problem for the

[49:15] ground forces as sandstorms continue to

[49:18] sweep across the desert. So Melissa,

[49:21] here we go. We're wondering when this

[49:22] was going to start.

[49:23] >> We're there.

[49:24] >> And no telling when it's going to be a

[49:25] fullon barrage.

[49:27] >> That is true. Don't know yet.

[49:28] >> All right, Russ Mitchell, thank you very

[49:29] much. Thank you. Good to see you. Well,

[49:31] when President Bush set the deadline for

[49:33] Saddam Hussein to be out of Iraq or face

[49:35] war, he included Saddam's sons, two of

[49:37] whom hold important posts in the Iraqi

[49:39] regime. Kus Saddam Hussein is head of

[49:42] the elite Republican Guard and of the

[49:44] Iraqi Intelligence and Security Service.

[49:46] Uday Saddam Hussein, the eldest son with

[49:48] a reputation for ruthlessness, controls

[49:50] Iraqi state media. U has another

[49:53] position as well, head of the Iraqi

[49:55] Olympic program. As CBS Hughes reports,

[49:58] that was bad news for the team.

[50:01] These former elite Iraqi athletes once

[50:04] prayed for Olympic glory.

[50:08] >> But it was a quest that turned into

[50:10] torture before escaping Iraq after the

[50:12] first Gulf War. They trained to win

[50:14] under Saddam Hussein's son U head of

[50:17] Iraq's Olympic program. Champion

[50:19] volleyball player Isam Al Dwan says

[50:22] losing brought the ultimate threat.

[50:25] >> We receive calls from UD. If you lose

[50:28] the game that's mean nobody come to Iraq

[50:32] or will kill you and will execute all

[50:36] your family inside Iraq.

[50:38] >> Isam says he was jailed and tortured

[50:41] while athletic victories were celebrated

[50:43] in the streets of Baghdad. He claims

[50:45] other players were beaten, had their

[50:47] children burned with acid, or just

[50:49] disappeared. Ibraham Alwan was on UD's

[50:53] handpicked soccer team when he missed a

[50:55] practice. They put me in the jail. I get

[50:58] in the jail. Seven days.

[51:00] >> This national wrestling hero, Najim

[51:03] Alakabi, took part in a political march

[51:05] and was shot by Iraqi police.

[51:07] >> Soldier sat down and shot me in my back

[51:11] and uh and this hole in the side in my

[51:14] chest. After documenting the abuses, a

[51:17] London human rights organization sent

[51:19] this formal complaint to the

[51:21] International Olympic Committee, asking

[51:23] it to expel Iraq from competition. The

[51:26] IOC is investigating, but tells CBS News

[51:29] its findings so far are confidential.

[51:32] >> In the headquarters of the Iraqi

[51:34] National Olympic Committee, there's a

[51:35] prison and a torture chamber, and we

[51:38] believe that hundreds of athletes have

[51:39] been tortured and as many as 50 athletes

[51:41] have been killed. Isam now runs the

[51:44] Iraqi Olympic Council, a group opposed

[51:46] to Iraq's government.

[51:47] >> Saddam Hussein, he is war criminals. We

[51:51] welcome the one who saved us from Saddam

[51:53] Hussein.

[51:54] >> But for now, they wait and watch,

[51:56] remembering how their dreams of Olympic

[51:59] glory were destroyed.

[52:00] >> Sandra Hugh, CBS News, Elcohone,

[52:03] California.

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[54:34] It's been just 12 years since the last

[54:36] military campaign against Iraq. But for

[54:38] the youngest Americans, this is the

[54:40] first morning they'll awake to their

[54:42] nation at war. For parents, this

[54:44] presents an opportunity to talk with his

[54:46] or her child to ease his fears. And as

[54:49] Mory Alter of station WCBS TV reports,

[54:52] parents have a familiar and furry friend

[54:55] to help them.

[54:56] >> See what silly things happen in here.

[54:58] Chances are you might not think your

[55:00] kindergartener is interested in over

[55:02] there. But you might be very wrong.

[55:04] They're reading these days in

[55:06] kindergarten and they may have older

[55:08] brothers and sisters to overhear and

[55:10] they may just have a question. Am I

[55:12] going to be all right?

[55:14] >> Reassurance. Reassurance. Reassurance.

[55:17] We need to say to them that everyone in

[55:19] the school, in their community, in the

[55:21] government is working to keep them safe.

[55:24] She says you can't promise nothing will

[55:26] happen, but we can provide reassurance.

[55:28] And another thing, we can report someone

[55:30] else is on the case on TV.

[55:33] >> Do you ever feel scared and upset when

[55:35] you see or hear something scary? Oh,

[55:38] Elmo does, too.

[55:39] >> Elmo and his friends at the Sesame

[55:40] Street Workshop in Manhattan have put

[55:42] together eight public service

[55:44] announcements that never mention the

[55:46] word war, but the timing is obvious.

[55:48] It's time for that because the media is

[55:50] filled with images and discussion about

[55:53] war and terrorism and children are

[55:55] picking up on these messages from the

[55:57] media.

[55:58] >> So from Sesame and Elmo, you get

[55:59] messages for parents.

[56:01] >> Children can get frightened by what they

[56:03] see and hear on television. But you can

[56:05] help them feel better, right, Elmo?

[56:07] >> Right.

[56:08] >> And messages for them.

[56:09] >> You know what Elmo does when he feels

[56:10] scared like that? Well, Elmo talks to a

[56:13] grown-up.

[56:14] >> One announcement encourages reading to

[56:16] get the kids to open up. When you're

[56:17] reading, talk about the different

[56:18] emotions that the characters are

[56:20] feeling.

[56:21] >> And remember, when the questions come,

[56:23] the experts all seem to agree. Don't

[56:25] overload. And

[56:26] >> remember to be patient, understanding,

[56:28] and reassuring.

[56:30] >> And maybe if you're lucky, one of, if

[56:32] not the question you'll get will be like

[56:34] this one from Elmo.

[56:35] >> Elmo has a question, Gordon.

[56:36] >> Oh, sure. Elmo,

[56:37] >> can Elmo have a hug?

[56:38] >> Absolutely. Mory Alter for CBS News. You

[56:42] know,

[56:42] >> make adults feel better, too. This is

[56:44] CBS News Up to the Minute.

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