Man Accused of Strangling, Dismembering Wife; Deadly Bus Crash
COLLINS: Want to get you some details now on a situation that happened in Michigan and how it is developing now. The story about a dismembered woman. Want to take you back to what happened. Stephen Grant is the suspect. He's 37 years old, and he is accused of killing and dismembering his wife, a 34 years old woman, mother of two, businesswoman. This happened last month. Today now we see some video. Actually, we will see that shortly here of him during all of these court proceedings that are taking place today. Also, a little bit of sound coming in from the sheriff in the area. Let's go ahead and see if we can listen in to what he has to say now about the case.</s>SHERIFF MARK HACKEL, MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN: The information we have in this particular situation, kind of to reveal, is somewhat interesting. Knowing that the attorney withdrew from this particular case, Stephen Grant became very aware of that, contacted our officers, our investigators, and indicated that he did want to talk, wanted to speak with them -- and to clear his mind in this particular situation. He was forthcoming with a lot of information and very detailed in his descriptions of exactly what took place. A lot of the physical evidence and information we have was corroborated by his actual statements, and he did indicate exactly the methods of which he caused her death and how he actually dismembered her body, and that he did, in fact, take her out to a fielded area out by Stony Creek to discard the body itself. Now, I'm not going to get too specific on exactly, you know, what was said and how it was said. That is something the prosecutor's office is obviously the lead on and will make a determination as to what evidence he can talk about, what information we have. We are very guarded for obvious reasons. We want to make sure the prosecutor has everything he needs to carry this case forward. We are confident he does. And we will continue to work with him on other information in making sure that we...</s>COLLINS: So, that Sheriff Mark Hackel there. As you hear, he is explaining that apparently Stephen Grant has confessed to killing and dismembering his wife's body. Of course, so much that they cannot say at this point because that investigation clearly ongoing. Just so you know, Stephen Grant is still in the hospital. You may remember that he was found in a snow-covered forest, and he is now recovering from hypothermia. So we will continue to follow developments on this one for you and bring them to you if anything else should happen today.</s>HOLMES: Now new details this morning about that deadly bus accident here in Atlanta. Federal investigators are taking a close look at the highway interchange where the crash happened. There have been more than 80 accidents at that same intersection in the past 10 years or so. Six people died in that crash on Friday, 29 were injured. The charter bus was carrying a baseball team from a small Ohio college. Investigators believe the driver mistook an exit ramp for the regular HOV lane. One NTSB official says it is not business as usual at that intersection and drivers need to know that. So, let's take a look at that left-hand exit ramp leading up to the intersection where the bus crashed into a barrier and fell to the highway below. The NTSB says it can be tough for drivers to figure out. You're kind of taking a ride here right now. What about the signs? Were they clear enough as well? Let's head to the highway and look at the lessons from another state.</s>GREG HUNTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Greg Hunter in Springfield, Virginia, and I'm at a place called the Mixing Bowl. It's an intersection that is very, very congested. Let me show you what I mean. If you take a look up here, it's where 395, 95, and 495 all meet. There's an HOV lane. You can go left. You can go right. You can go straight. It's one of the most accident-prone areas in the Washington, D.C., area. Five hundred thousand cars a day pass through here. Now, imagine what this looks like to a first-time driver. What would you expect? Well, according to one transportation expert we talked to, driver expectation is very, very important. For example, drivers expect to exit on the right-hand side of the road. And according to that same transportation expert, for every right-hand exit -- there are 50 of them -- there's only one left-hand exit. So it kind of violates driver expectation. But even so, those left-hand exits should be marked in a very uniform way -- a rectangular sign, yellow with black lettering saying "left" or "left exit". Also, HOV lanes -- that bus in Atlanta was involved in an HOV lane. Those lanes need to be marked in a very specific, uniform way, with an arrow pointing down straight over the HOV lane, diamonds in the HOV lane. And finally, signs should look the same day or night, whether your headlights hit them or whether sunlight hits them. They should be the same shape and about the same color. Greg Hunter, CNN.</s>COLLINS: Normalizing relations the goal of U.S. and North Korea. Officials meeting today in New York. The discussions coming out of last month's six-party talks. North Korea agreed to start shutting down its nuclear program for millions of dollars in energy and financial aid. But our next guest says don't expect to see a denuclearized North. Han Sung-joo, former South Korean foreign minister and former ambassador to the U.S., he is in Seoul with us this morning. Mr. Ambassador, thanks for being with us. I'd like to begin with you explaining to us, if you could, the significance of these talks, and, more importantly, what you think will come out of them.</s>HAN SUNG-JOO, FMR. SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER: Well, this talk is very significant in the sense that this is the first -- first bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea, which the U.S. has been refusing during the past few years. And they'll be talking about shutting down North Korean nuclear facilities, they'll be talking about the possibility of removing North Korea from the countries sponsoring terrorism. They'll be talking about the possibility of normalizing relations between North Korea and the United States.</s>COLLINS: All right. So, they have 60 days to do all this. That was the deadline originally. How serious do you think North Korea is in coming through with their promises?</s>HAN: Well, they have made promises which are not very difficult to implement, and so they will shut down their facilities, certainly the known facilities, and they will allow inspectors. And that is -- that is not a very tall order for North Korea to perform. And so, this does not necessarily mean that it means denuclearizing North Korea, but they will be able to deliver what they have promised.</s>COLLINS: So, then this was obviously carefully orchestrated -- make promises that you know that you can keep without really getting to the heart of the issue, denuclearization?</s>HAN: Well, that's true. And the United States, in fact, made it possible for North Korea to make those promises, and that the U.S. is accepting it as a good promise.</s>COLLINS: All right. Let's gets to this, then, if we could, Mr. Ambassador. I know that there have been questions that have come up regarding U.S. intelligence on North Korea's uranium enrichment program. Listen with me, if you would, to the chief intelligence officer for North Korea. This is where he was testifying before Congress just last week.</s>JOSEPH DETRANI, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SIX-PARTY TALKS: We had high confidence, the assessments was with high confidence that indeed they were making acquisitions necessary for, if you will, a production scale program. And we still have confidence that the program is in existence at the mid-confidence level.</s>COLLINS: Mid-confidence level. What does that say to you, sir? How much does the United States really know about exactly what's going on with North Korea?</s>HAN: Well, mid-confidence level means that it can go either way. There's no 100 percent confidence with that intelligence. What the United States is saying now is that the U.S. is sure that they have imported or purchased the centrifuge equipment for uranium enrichment, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they have the program. And so, as long as the North Koreans will ultimately declare that they have the equipment, whether they have used it or not is another matter. In the past, the U.S. was convinced that they were using it to have a program. But that's not -- that's not a matter that North Korea has to clarify now.</s>COLLINS: All right. Ambassador Han Sung-joo. We certainly appreciate your insight on this matter. We know that you'll be watching it closely, along with us. Thank you, sir.</s>HOLMES: Calling on the National Guard. They were among the first to respond in Enterprise, Alabama, but is the Guard really equipped to handle major disasters? That's ahead in the</s>NEWSROOM. COLLINS: And we're "Minding Your Business." Stephanie Elam is in for Ali Velshi this morning. She's here now, too, with a preview. Hi there, Stephanie.</s>STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi. Well, do you like a clean house but hate the house work? Well, there may be some help on the horizon a la Rosie from "The Jetsons". I'll tell you about it coming up in the NEWSROOM.