[John Roberts, Cnn Anchor:] Breaking news. An urgent search right now for eight Boy Scouts missing in the mountains of North Carolina.
[Unidentified Female:] And there's eight children out there. So we'll find them as quick as we can, make sure no one is hurt.
[Roberts:] We're live alongside the rescue workers. Campus showdown. Columbia University under fire as it welcomes Iran's president to campus today.
[Unidentified Male:] In this case, we're providing not a platform but a classroom, and we're going to challenge this guy.
[Roberts:] We'll talk live to students on both sides of the controversy. And inside America's most secret society. A revealing new look at the Supreme Court and the nine justices who rule it, on this AMERICAN MORNING. An interesting inside look from our Jeffrey Toobin coming up. It's Monday, September the 24th. Welcome back. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Roberts.
[Kiran Chetry, Cnn Anchor:] And I'm Kiran Chetry. We're following this developing story out of North Carolina this morning, and that is the continuing search for missing Boy Scouts, eight Boy Scouts 11 through 14 and three adults on a weekend camp out in the mountains near Blue Ridge Parkway. They were to return to Raleigh last night, due to be back in around 7:00. Family members did not hear from them and so they alerted authorities. At 9:00 p.m. last night is when the first search efforts began. Rescue efforts went on all through the night and they are continuing this morning. Rescuers, though, are hopeful and optimistic. They say they think the group just got behind in the schedule, decided to camp for the night and come out in the morning. We were told a couple of things. One, that some or perhaps many of the members of the group did have cell phones. The problem is that cell service is very spotty in those mountains. So perhaps there was some attempt to try to walk to an area where they could possibly get cell service so they could notify their families. The other thing we heard is they were well equipped to be able to be on this camping trip for at least two or three days. They also had layered clothing. And they knew what to do in case of a problem. So, once again, rescuers are out in force again this morning, through these mountainous regions. About five square miles they're looking this morning for the missing Boy Scouts, eight of them, as well as their three troop leaders. We'll continue to follow this, and we're going to be hearing from our own Drew Griffin, who is there, in a couple of minutes John.
[Roberts:] Other headlines this morning. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York City today stirring up controversy ahead of his speech at Columbia University at 1:30 this afternoon. He denies that the United States and Iran are headed toward war. They handed in a question asked by "60 Minutes" last night. He denied that Iran is building nuclear weapons.
[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President:] We don't need a nuclear bomb. We don't need that. What need do we have for a bomb?
[Unidentified Male:] May I take that as a no, sir?
[Ahmadinejad:] It is a firm no.
[Roberts:] President Ahmadinejad already stirring strong emotions in New York. He has been invited, as we said, to speak at Columbia University today. Police are preparing for a large protest there. The format allows him to be challenged by students. He has denied that the Holocaust happened, said that Israel should be destroyed. He's also being accused by the administration and President Bush of supplying both weapons and fighters to insurgents in Iraq, targeting U.S. soldiers and marines. Ahmadinejad was denied permission to visit Ground Zero. Some of his staff tells Alina Cho that he may not go there anyway, just check in with officials from the NYPD. They say that they would not provide the security for him to go down there, so quite likely that he won't be able to make good on that request. You can watch live coverage of the Iranian president's address at Columbia University, 1:30 Eastern this afternoon. And if you're away from your television, go to CNN.com. Just follow the links to the live event and you can watch it right there on your desktop or laptop. Coming up now to six minutes after the hour. Time now to check in with our AMERICAN MORNING team of correspondents for other stories new that we're following this morning. Our Rob Marciano at the CNN weather desk down in Atlanta tracking extreme weather this morning. Prostate cancer, the second-leading cancer killer in men. More than 200,000 new cases will be diagnosed this year alone, but a new American Cancer Society report finds that men can better manage their risk by better managing their diet. CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen joins us live now from Atlanta. Elizabeth, is this true, that what you can eat would really prevent prostate cancer?
[Elizabeth Cohen, Cnn Medical Correspondent:] John, according to this study, men really can at least try to prevent prostate cancer. What's interesting about this and what's important is that, really, up until now, there hasn't been a whole lot that doctors have been able to tell men to do in their daily lives to try to prevent prostate cancer. So let's take a look at what appears to be good to eat and what appear to be bad to eat to prevent prostate cancer. Bad would be eating red meat and good would be eating tomatoes and soy. And when we say tomatoes, we mean in their raw form, as well as tomato products, like spaghetti sauce. Now, it this a guarantee that you won't get prostate cancer? Of course not. There are no guarantees. And this research is in many ways somewhat preliminary. However, this kind of diet, cutting back on red meat, eating more soy, eating more vegetables, it's good for your heart, so why not do it? John.
[Roberts:] In addition to foods, anything else that you could do to lower your risk of developing prostate cancer? What about some of these supplements like saw palmetto that they sell in health food stores?
[Cohen:] You know, those are a little bit iffy. And so that's something that you want to be careful about. Some of those might possibly help, but some of those won't. So you want to be careful about that. But there is there are a couple more things that men can do. First of all, keep your weight down. There seems to be increasing evidence that there's a link between obesity and prostate cancer. So keep your weight down. Of course, good for your heart, good for all sorts of things. Also, get the proper screening tests. Starting at age 50, men should start having a PSA blood test and a rectal examination. If a man is high risk, he should start having those tests at age 45. And if you want to know what high risk means, African-American men are considered to be at high risk, as are men whose fathers or sons or brothers had prostate cancer.
[Roberts:] All right. Elizabeth Cohen for us this morning in Atlanta.
[Cohen:] Thanks.
[Roberts:] The latest on prostate cancer prevention or at least lowering your risk. Elizabeth, thanks Kiran.