CBS Evening News Online Edition - 2005-11-28

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[0:00] Hello, I'm Bob Schieffer, and welcome to

[0:02] the CBS Evening News online edition.

[0:04] Just ahead, Saddam Hussein's day in

[0:07] court. Lara Logan was actually in the

[0:09] courtroom and has a first-hand report.

[0:12] Also, delivering humanitarian aid to

[0:14] earthquake-ravaged Pakistan. We'll have

[0:17] the inside story on why it has become an

[0:19] important dual mission for US forces.

[0:22] And you could call it a television

[0:24] revolution. Soon you'll be able to watch

[0:27] live TV on your cell phone. It's all

[0:30] starting now on the CBS Evening News

[0:32] online edition.

[0:35] Well, Saddam Hussein's trial resumed in

[0:37] Baghdad today for a while anyway, then

[0:40] it was adjourned until next month so

[0:42] Saddam's co-defendants could find new

[0:44] lawyers to replace the two who were

[0:47] killed by assassins. Today was something

[0:49] of a replay of the trial's opening day

[0:52] in October when a belligerent and

[0:54] unrepentant Saddam again blustered,

[0:56] badgered the judge, and argued about his

[0:58] rights. Lara Logan was in the courtroom

[1:01] and has our report.

[1:08] >> Saddam Hussein treated the courtroom

[1:10] like a stage with himself the star

[1:13] performer and once again began by

[1:15] attacking the judge.

[1:18] >> Why did you take my pen from me? How can

[1:21] I defend myself if you strip me of my

[1:23] pen and paper?

[1:25] >> In the argument that followed, it was

[1:26] the prisoner issuing commands.

[1:30] >> They brought me here. I was handcuffed.

[1:33] They cannot bring the defendant in

[1:34] handcuffs.

[1:36] >> I would tell the police about this.

[1:38] >> I don't want you to tell them. I want

[1:40] you to order them.

[1:42] They are the invaders and occupiers. You

[1:44] have to order them.

[1:46] >> Saddam's co-defendants followed their

[1:48] former president's example, complaining

[1:50] anytime they felt like it.

[1:53] "Someone inside this court has

[1:55] threatened to kill me," he says. And

[1:57] this former Ba'ath Party official wept

[1:59] for the right to see his son.

[2:01] The judge may have indulged the constant

[2:03] interruptions for the sake of a fair

[2:05] trial, but he seemed in danger of losing

[2:08] control.

[2:09] And the court's patience was not well

[2:11] received by a government anxious for a

[2:13] quick conviction.

[2:15] >> The trial did not go very well as far as

[2:17] the Iraqi people expectation. The Iraqi

[2:20] people did not want to see a slow

[2:21] system, slow trials.

[2:23] >> Swift justice may be impossible given

[2:25] the increasing chaos surrounding the

[2:27] trial.

[2:28] Two defense lawyers are dead, another

[2:30] wounded. Six more court officials have

[2:33] been killed. A plot to murder the chief

[2:35] investigative judge was just revealed,

[2:37] and witnesses are being intimidated.

[2:41] The only witness testimony today came

[2:43] from the grave. This video recorded just

[2:46] 4 days before Wadah al-Sheikh died of

[2:48] cancer.

[2:49] The trial was adjourned until next

[2:51] Monday to give the defense more time to

[2:54] replace the two lawyers who were

[2:55] murdered.

[2:57] >> Now, Lara, you were in the courtroom

[2:58] today, one of only two or three

[3:00] reporters in there. What was it like to

[3:02] be there and to watch this?

[3:05] >> Well, of course, Saddam Hussein is the

[3:07] center of everything in that courtroom.

[3:08] And the first thing I noticed was how

[3:11] different he looked when he strode into

[3:13] the courtroom. Although he was walking

[3:14] slowly, he wasn't as frail and gray as

[3:17] he was last time. He clearly was

[3:20] relishing the moment and came ready for

[3:22] a fight.

[3:23] >> All right. Well, thank you very much,

[3:24] Lara. Winter weather is arriving early

[3:27] in the mountains of northern Pakistan,

[3:29] where the earthquake last month left

[3:31] millions homeless, and the cold has now

[3:33] claimed its first life. A 3-month-old

[3:35] baby died of pneumonia. High elevations

[3:38] in the quake zone are covered with snow,

[3:40] and below the snow line, American and

[3:43] other aid groups are struggling to put

[3:44] up sturdy tent shelters. The relief

[3:47] effort and America's image in the region

[3:49] are also getting help from the US

[3:51] military. Here's Mark Phillips now with

[3:54] the inside story.

[3:58] The idea here is not just to help, but

[4:00] to be seen to be helping. In the air

[4:03] over Pakistan, the stars and stripes

[4:05] flies like a billboard advertising the

[4:08] US relief effort.

[4:09] But this is more than just a

[4:11] humanitarian mission. It's a new front

[4:13] in the war on terror.

[4:15] Because here, living among the people

[4:18] still [music] being evacuated from

[4:19] remote areas of Kashmir, militant

[4:22] jihadists, no friends of the United

[4:24] States, have been running their training

[4:26] camps, as this video obtained by CBS

[4:29] News shows. And they too have engaged on

[4:31] this new front.

[4:33] Fundamentalist Islamic groups were often

[4:35] the first to arrive to dispense help in

[4:38] the earthquake zone, recognizing that

[4:40] this is also a battle for hearts and

[4:42] minds.

[4:43] >> We had no experience in this field.

[4:46] But by the grace of Allah Almighty, when

[4:48] we saw the people they are in

[4:51] uh

[4:51] it's a very miserable plight. We did our

[4:54] best.

[4:55] >> How much does the US view this as a

[4:57] public relations contest? How often do

[5:00] you see an admiral helping to offload

[5:02] aid?

[5:03] >> This is a strategic moment in time where

[5:06] we demonstrate what the US people are

[5:08] all about, and that is caring and

[5:10] helping other people in need.

[5:12] >> Which is not the image the US has had

[5:14] here. The Pakistani government may be a

[5:16] declared American ally, but until now

[5:19] many here have seen the US not as a

[5:21] friend of Islam, but as an enemy.

[5:24] And the jihadists suspect the US is here

[5:27] for another reason, to spy.

[5:30] >> People think that uh they have their own

[5:32] agenda. I mean that uh they have come to

[5:35] these places, and their helicopters are

[5:37] moving freely, and they are making these

[5:40] maps.

[5:40] >> The agenda at the US field hospital here

[5:43] is to heal.

[5:44] >> Tell them I'm going to cut out about a

[5:45] piece of tissue about that, that wide.

[5:47] >> The injured are ferried in or often walk

[5:50] for days to get here.

[5:52] >> Are you winning hearts and minds here?

[5:53] Is that part of the mission?

[5:55] >> I would [snorts] say so, yes. And I'll

[5:56] say so by this much. A lot of my

[5:57] patients are coming in here they're

[5:58] saying we're going home, we're telling

[6:00] our folks what a great job you're doing.

[6:02] And they keep saying the word insaniat,

[6:04] humanity. Americans have humanity.

[6:06] >> And an opportunity to turn the

[6:08] suspicious into friends.

[6:11] Mark Phillips, CBS News, Muzaffarabad.

[6:14] >> Well, television has come a long way. 50

[6:17] years ago only half of American homes

[6:19] even had a television set. It was black

[6:22] and white, small screen, and the viewing

[6:23] choices included I Love Lucy. Well, Lucy

[6:27] is still on. Some things never change,

[6:29] but there are a lot more ways to watch

[6:31] her now including on the phone. That's

[6:33] right, I said on the phone. Anthony

[6:36] Mason reports.

[6:38] >> The Hawaiian Islands

[6:39] >> You can watch on plasma, on your iPod,

[6:42] on the internet.

[6:43] >> Technology is just advancing so fast.

[6:45] >> keep up with it.

[6:46] >> I can't keep up with it.

[6:47] >> But hang on and tune in because

[6:49] television is going to be changing even

[6:51] faster.

[6:52] You thought that was your cell phone?

[6:54] Now it's a TV, too.

[6:55] >> So I can get live television on this

[6:57] phone?

[6:57] >> 17 channels.

[6:58] >> 17?

[6:59] >> 17 channels.

[7:00] >> Sprint is offering TV service. Access a

[7:02] menu.

[7:03] >> Let's say we want to watch the Discovery

[7:04] Channel.

[7:05] >> And in a matter of seconds

[7:06] >> There it is.

[7:07] >> So I'm This is Discovery Channel live

[7:09] right now. What I see on my TV at home.

[7:11] >> Absolutely.

[7:14] >> But will you need a TV phone if you can

[7:16] bring your TV with you?

[7:18] >> This is the location-free TV.

[7:19] >> Plug Sony's new base station into your

[7:21] TV, DVR, or DVD player at home and

[7:25] >> You actually can take this location-free

[7:27] TV monitor and go anywhere in the world

[7:29] and access your television content.

[7:30] >> Okay. So you're telling me I can travel

[7:32] anywhere with this?

[7:33] >> That's absolutely right.

[7:34] >> it on and it talks to my TV back home?

[7:36] >> That's right.

[7:37] >> Exactly. So it's a fundamental shift in

[7:39] how we watch television.

[7:40] >> Professor Robert Thompson says

[7:42] >> Strangely enough, we are in the middle

[7:44] of two revolutions in television.

[7:46] >> TV used to be called the small screen,

[7:49] but now it's getting bigger, much

[7:51] bigger, and smaller.

[7:54] Too small for some.

[7:56] >> You don't want TV on your cell phone?

[7:57] >> No.

[7:58] >> Not on your iPod?

[7:59] >> No.

[7:59] >> So it may be in fact that two different

[8:01] uh

[8:02] styles of programming develop.

[8:06] >> They already are.

[8:08] >> And we looked at these phones and

[8:09] thought, what would be really cool and

[8:12] fun to see on your phone?

[8:14] >> I just want to take it slow, okay?

[8:15] >> At Fox, they've created minute-long mini

[8:18] episodes of the show 24.

[8:20] >> Essentially a separate suspenseful

[8:23] storyline

[8:25] that's occurring only on your mobile

[8:27] phone.

[8:27] >> It's TV on a phone, but it's really not

[8:29] a phone anymore.

[8:30] >> Well, TV on a phone, phone on a TV, I

[8:32] guess it's those lines are getting

[8:34] blurred now.

[8:35] >> some snow here in parts of the Midwest.

[8:37] >> The lines may be blurring, but the

[8:39] picture is getting clearer.

[8:42] In the future, your favorite shows will

[8:44] follow you anywhere.

[8:46] Anthony Mason, CBS News, New York.

[8:51] >> More stories ARE JUST A CLICK AWAY, but

[8:53] don't forget to join me on television

[8:55] for the on air edition of the CBS

[8:57] Evening News. On Tuesday's broadcast,

[8:59] millions listen to those personal music

[9:02] systems, but a whole generation may be

[9:04] damaging its hearing. We'll take a look

[9:06] at how loud is too loud. For

[9:09] CBSNews.com,

[9:11] I'm Bob Schieffer.