Reckless Justice; Supply Shortage After Indonesia Quake
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Happening this morning, a bombing in Athens, Greece. The bomb exploded near the home of the Greek cultural minister. Nobody was hurt. Mt. St. Helens is rumbling. The volcano shot up steam and ash on Monday following a large rock fall in its crater. Scientists say there is no evidence of an explosion. And The Associated Press is reporting that Democratic Senator Harry Reid accepted free fight tickets from Nevada boxing officials between 2003 and 2005. On the left of your screen there, left edge, you can see him right there sitting with Republican Senator John McCain. Senator McCain apparently paid for his own ticket. Reid was pushing for more federal regulation of the sport at the time. Good morning. Welcome, everybody. I'm Soledad O'Brien.</s>MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: And I'm Miles O'Brien. Thanks for being with us. On Capitol Hill, they're calling it reckless justice. We're talking about that FBI raid on Congressman William Jefferson's office. A House panel holds a hearing today to see if the FBI crossed a constitutional line. Dana Bash with more.</s>DANA BASH, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Congress is not in session this week. Most lawmakers are back in their home states for Memorial Day recess. But that's not stopping the House Judiciary Committee from holding a hearing later this morning to look into the constitutional questions raised in the unprecedented FBI raid on a lawmaker's congressional office more than a week ago. Chairman James Sensenbrenner called constitutional experts to testify, not anyone from the Bush administration. Yet, his position is clear. The hearing is entitled "Reckless Justice." Did the Saturday night raid of Congress trample the Constitution? And the fact that he is even holding this hearing is fodder for Democrats, who see hypocrisy in the GOP outcry over the raid on its turf after years of the president's broad use of executive powers without much, if any, opposition from Republican congressional leaders. Dana Bash, CNN, Washington.</s>S. O'BRIEN: CBS reporter Kimberly Dozier is in critical condition, wounded by a car bomb in Iraq. She's been flown to the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, this morning. She's got some serious injuries to her lower body. Shrapnel has been removed from her head. Her cameraman, Paul Douglas, was killed in the explosion. He was 48 years old. Her soundman, James Brolan, also died. He was 42 years old. Between 1994 and 2005, 100 journalists and staff have been killed in the Iraq war. A growing shortage of medical supplies for victims of Saturday's big earthquake in Indonesia. The death toll stands at more than 5,400, with thousands more injured and tens of thousands left homeless. CNN's Dan Rivers in Yogyakarta now.</s>DAN RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is day four after this disaster now, four days of the survivors having to be camped out in the ruins of their homes. The big aid effort is now beginning to get under way. The airport has reopened in Yogyakarta, meaning that a lot of the supplies can be flown directly into the disaster zone, which will no doubt help the aid agencies and the Indonesian government get food and supplies out to the people that need it most. The World Food Program tell us that they are setting up a two- month feeding program. They estimate that there is a hard core of about 20,000 people who really desperately need help immediately. And then they are hoping to feed up to 80,000 people in the first month, and scaling that back to 50,000 people in the second month. And they're hoping that after two months, they will have been able to get most people in this area back on their feet and back able to fend for themselves. One other big area of concern is the hospitals. They have been completely unable to cope with the number of people coming in for treatment. We'd been up there yesterday, and there are people who have been waiting for days for treatment. There are no basic medical supplies, a shortage of basic painkillers, of antibiotics and bandages and stretchers. So they are appealing for more medical aid. They're appealing for any doctors in the region that can come in and help them to come here and help treat the thousands of injured that are now pouring into the hospitals. Dan Rivers, CNN, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.</s>M. O'BRIEN: Happening "In America" right now, in Richmond, Virginia, a deadly fire at a nursing home. Two elderly women died yesterday. Witnesses heard a loud boom before the fire broke out. An investigation under way. It's the third fatal fire at that nursing home in the past 28 years. The bills are piling up like the dirt as the FBI keeps digging for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa at that horse farm in Michigan. The second week of digging begins today. The FBI won't say how much they're spending, but more than 40 FBI personnel, plus demolition experts, archaeologists, anthropologists are on the scene. And they'll have to pay for a new barn to replace the one they tore down. Florida firefighters trying to control a 2,000-acre brushfire in Brevard County. Fog and smoke expected to slow down the morning commute, but the flames are far enough from the road to reopen parts of Interstate 95. Thousands of people in Orange County, Florida, meanwhile, got an automated phone call on Memorial Day at 5:12 in the morning.</s>S. O'BRIEN: Ouch.</s>M. O'BRIEN: Late by our standards. The message was about an attempted break-in at one of the elementary schools. It was supposed to go out to the school administrator only. The district blames human error. And whatever happened to just getting a certificate for perfect attendance? Oh, those were the days. In Albuquerque, the public school district there held a drawing for a free car. Thirteen students took part. Mica Livingston (ph) walked away with the car keys. She says, "Forget senior ditch day. This was well worth it."</s>S. O'BRIEN: What did she win?</s>M. O'BRIEN: She got a new car.</s>S. O'BRIEN: I know. What kind of car. Do you know? Can you tell?</s>M. O'BRIEN: I don't know. It's a new car. It's a new car.</s>S. O'BRIEN: And she calls her mom.</s>M. O'BRIEN: Oh, mom, you're not going to believe it. I'm in a new car. And she's like...</s>S. O'BRIEN: Good for her.</s>M. O'BRIEN: ... you're grounded. No. Anyway, fantastic. Perfect attendance. We're glad. But jeez, a car? I remember the day, Chad, when we walked to school barefoot in the snow. We didn't get new cars for showing up, did we?</s>CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Uphill -- uphill both ways.</s>M. O'BRIEN: Yes, all that stuff.</s>MYERS: Yes. Good morning, everybody.</s>S. O'BRIEN: Chad, thanks.</s>MYERS: You're welcome.</s>S. O'BRIEN: Still to come this morning, much more on CBS reporter Kimberly Dozier's condition. We'll bring you the very latest from Landstuhl Medical Center, as well as some new details about that ambush that killed two of her colleagues at CBS -- Miles.</s>M. O'BRIEN: Then, is New Orleans really ready? The Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff, will be checking out hurricane -- hurricane plans there firsthand today.</s>S. O'BRIEN: And we're going to show you how hip-hop superstars the Black Eyed Peas are inspiring youth in Africa. First, though, a look at what other stories are making news on this Tuesday morning.