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Quick Guide & Transcript: Brown testifies, Al Qaeda's No. 2 in Iraq killed
RELATEDSPECIAL REPORTCNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- September 28, 2005 Quick GuideBrown Testifies - Head to Capitol Hill to hear what verbal shots were fired when FEMA's former director testified before a congressional committee. Al Qaeda in Iraq - Get the latest about the killing of al Qaeda's No. 2 man in Iraq. The Game of Life - Take to the field in the Game of Life to gauge the effects of cheating. TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. MONICA LLOYD, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Glad to have you along for today's broadcast of CNN Student News! I'm Monica Lloyd at the CNN Center. Words exchanged: Verbal fireworks light up Capitol Hill, when the former head of FEMA discusses the agency's response to Hurricane Katrina. Getting in the game: What is lost when sportsmanship takes a back seat to winning at all costs? And crossing the finish line: Soccer mascots got the chance to take to the field in England, but you'll never guess who won. First Up: Brown Testifies LLOYD: First up-- President Bush spent Tuesday in Texas and Louisiana getting an up-close view of the damage wrought by Hurricane Rita. While he was there, an emergency response official said the region needed the same kind of help that New Orleans was getting. And that topic came up at a congressional hearing into the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Michael Brown, the former leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, admitted making some mistakes after Katrina. But he called Louisiana "dysfunctional" in its response to the storm, and more than one Representative took issue with the way Brown placed the blame. Kareen Wynter reviews some of the shots fired in a verbal battle on Capitol Hill. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KAREEN WYNTER, CNN REPORTER: Brown testified before a House select committee investigating the local, state, and federal response to Katrina--and faced a crossfire of questions and attacks. REP. GENE TAYLOR, (D) MISSISSIPPI: You guys fell on your face. You get an F in my book. WYNTER: Brown defended his agency but admitted FEMA made --quote-- "some mistakes." Namely not convincing Louisiana officials --quote-- "this was the big one and they need to order a mandatory evacuation." REP. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS/(R) CONNECTICUT: I want to know how you coordinated the evacuation. MICHAEL BROWN, FORMER FEMA DIRECTOR: By urging the governor and the mayor to order the mandatory evacuation. SHAYS: And that's coordinating? BROWN: What would you like for me to do, congressman? SHAYS: Well, that's why I'm happy you left because that kind of, you know, look in the lights like a deer tells me that you weren't capable to do the job. BROWN: I take great umbrage to that comment, congressman. SHAYS: Why? BROWN: Because, what people are missing in this entire conversation is the fact that FEMA did more in Hurricane Katrina than it did in (Hurricane) Charley and Florida with the others. SHAYS: Why is that relevant? BROWN: We moved all of those in there. We did all of those things. And things were working in Mississippi and things were working in Alabama. I guess you want me to be the superhero that is going to step in there and suddenly take everybody out of New Orleans. WYNTER: Democrats refused to appoint members to the committee because they wanted an independent investigation. For CNN Student News, I'm Kareen Wynter. (END VIDEO CLIP) Shoutout CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Time for the Shoutout! Who is believed to be al Qaeda's leader in Iraq? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Ayman al-Zawahiri, B) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, C) Saddam Hussein or D) Richard Reid? You've got three seconds -- GO! B is the answer! There's a 25-million-dollar bounty on the head of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! Al Qaeda in Iraq LLOYD: An Iraqi government official describes the insurgency in his country as a fire, which authorities had no choice but to extinguish. Reports of bombings, ambushes, and mass killings coincide with news of victories over insurgents. And while the coalition hasn't yet extinguished the power of Iraq's top terrorist, Aneesh Raman shows us how it might have come a step closer over the weekend. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANEESH RAMAN, CNN REPORTER: Still at the top and still at large, Abu Mussab al Zarqwai defiantly remains in command of al Qaeda in Iraq. His capture, many suspect, would deal a Significant blow to the raging insurgency. Now, US and Iraqi officials Tuesday say, they've done the next best thing: killing this man, Abu Azzam, the group's second most wanted, in a shootout with U.S. and Iraqi security forces. It is, they say, a big deal. MOWAFFAQ AL-RUBAIE, IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: This is the biggest get for us since the capture of Saddam Hussein. Azzam, according to officials, planned countless car bomb attacks, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of Iraqis and was the group's financial planner. RAMAN: Removing Azzam is an undeniable success against Iraq's insurgency, but with this enemy and in this setting, success is rarely permanent, military officials have long said the insurgency here is incredibly flexible, able to fill holes rapidly, find new weaknesses constantly, and replace leaders killed or captured almost instantly. BRIG GEN. DONALD ALSTON, US MILITARY SPOKESMAN: This is going to degrade the network today, how long, this individual being out of the picture will affect the network is certainly hard to decipher. RAMAN: Case and point, just a few weeks ago the U.S. military took back areas in western Iraq that were under insurgent command; an operational success. Days later, Zarqawi's response: a string of bombings in the capital that left over 100 people dead. Victory in Iraq is becoming increasingly difficult to define. Instead the hope is that enough small successes, both political and in terms of security, will eventually turn the tide. So tonight a blow clearly dealt to the insurgency, but how big is yet to be seen. Aneesh Raman, CNN, Baghdad. (END VIDEO CLIP) Written Word "For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He writes - not that you won or lost - But how you played the game." -- Grantland Rice, "Alumnus Football" The Game of Life LLOYD: When playing fairly and respecting your opponent come in second to winning, the sportsmanship in sports is threatened. And Congress is holding hearings this week about steroid abuse in sports, because taking illegal, performance-enhancing drugs is a form of cheating. Here's Kelly Wallace with a story that shows that how we play our games, can affect the "the game of life". (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KELLY WALLACE, CNN REPORTER: Richard Dresser remembers the day when his son Sam, who was 10 at the time, learned his coach had a new strategy for the playoffs and it involved cheating. WALLACE: I mean when you heard this, you must have been what? RICHARD DRESSER, PARENT: Yeah, I went crazy. But being a writer, I thought, hey, I can use this. WALLACE: With his son's former coach in mind, Richard wrote a play called "Rounding Third" which is in theaters around the country. We asked the actors to perform for us. DON, ACTOR/COACH: As soon as you get on base, you look at me. If my hat is turned around like that, when you get to the next base, you slide. And when you slide, pretend to injure your leg. MIKE, ACTOR/COACH: Why do I want you to do this? DRESSER: So we can take you out of the game and put in a faster runner and maybe we get a run we wouldn't have otherwise. MIKE: That isn't strategy. That's called cheating. WALLACE: Mike is the coach who thinks fun should be the goal. Don, the win at all costs type. MIKE: It's my team too, and I don't want them to cheat. If we can't find a way to win fair and square, then personally I would rather lose. DON: You can't stand up in front of people in their formative years and say you would prefer to lose. MICHAEL: I would prefer to lose than cheat. WALLACE: Richard says he was surprised to realize he was a little like Mike and Don. WALLACE: What do you learn about yourself as you start coaching? RICHARD: Well, I learn really unpleasant things like I really want to win, like I want the kids to have fun but it's more fun to win than to lose. WALLACE: So, are you a win at all costs dad? RICHARD: No,no, no. WALLACE: There are plenty of recent examples of overzealous coaches and parents; A Texas man charged with critically shooting his son's high school football coach, Parents and other fans banned from a Massachusetts arena after a brawl following a hockey game. RICHARD: A lot of it comes out of the personal frustrations that parents feel in their own lives, they want to see their own kids win and it's very easy to go over the line. WALLACE: And even the best-intentioned sometimes can get carried away. MIKE: I have a confession to make, Don. DON: Oh? What's that? MIKE: I really want to win. WALLACE: And so the lesson of the play? RICHARD: How do we raise our kids to function in this ruthlessly competitive society that's getting more ruthless with each passing day? WALLACE: On this day, those words really hit home. Richard's son's team lost in the playoffs. RICHARD: I talked to him a little bit. What can you say when you play that well. And you know, the other part of it is you get up the next morning and you got to put it behind you. WALLACE: Kelly Wallace, CNN, Portchester, New York. (END VIDEO CLIP) Promo LLOYD: Even if you have a burning love for the game, can too much of a good thing leave you simply burned out? We'll delve into more details tomorrow, when "The Game of Life" continues. Before We Go LLOYD: Before we go... A professional soccer game lasts 90 minutes -plus, and at the end it's not always clear who the better team is. So why inconvenience so many players when individual team mascots can settle differences in one race? Part of the answer lies with the winner of this sprint in England: The squirrel didn't represent an actual club, but rather a tabloid newspaper. And some plush players thought that was just plain nuts. Goodbye LLOYD: Luckily, they didn't bring any pellet guns. That finishes up today's show. For CNN Student News, I'm Monica Lloyd. 
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