Uh, thanks. Were you the hall monitor as a kid?
O'BRIEN: We begin, once again, in Iraq. Reports intensifying overnight about where Saddam Hussein is and how close he may be to execution. Iraqi officials denying that he has been transferred from U.S. to Iraqi custody. But "The New York Times" reporting Hussein could hang as early as tomorrow. CNN's Ryan Chilcote in Baghdad watching this for us.
Hello, Ryan.
RYAN CHILCOTE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Miles.
An official from Iraq's justice ministry and now a U.S. military official are telling CNN that Saddam has not been transferred from U.S. custody, where he's been for the last three years, to Iraqi custody. That's important because that is one of the final steps, as we understand it, that must be taken before Saddam is executed. Both of those officials effectively denying earlier unconfirmed reports today that Saddam had been transferred into Iraqi custody.
Now we spoke with Saddam's chief defense attorney earlier today. He said he simply doesn't know. In fact, he says, he asked American officials, but they refused to answer that question. What they did tell him, he says, is that a member of Saddam's defense team can now go to the detention facility here in Baghdad where Saddam was held to pick up Saddam's personal belongings and the personal belongings of Saddam's half brother who was also condemned to death by the Iraqi high tribunal for crimes against humanity. Meanwhile, Iraqi state TV is quoting the Iraqi prime minister as saying there will be no reversal of the decision to execute Saddam and no delay.
Miles.
O'BRIEN: Ryan, will there be any videotape or pictures that will be released after the execution once it happens in order to prove that it has happened?
CHILCOTE: The Iraqi government isn't saying. That is a possibility that there would be videotape or photographs. There is a precedent for that. About a week and a half ago the Iraqi government did release some video of 13 men who had been condemned to death as they were walking into the gallows. That was widely seen as the Iraqi government testing the waters for doing that perhaps in the case of Saddam's hanging.
But the Iraqi government isn't saying. It is something that, obviously, we will be watching for. No word yet from the Iraqi government. Very few details, in fact, as to actually how they plan on carrying out this execution.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/29/ltm.02.html
Uh, not even close.
I was only sent to the hall after making stink bombs in chemistry and releasing them in geometry, lol!