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(Scituate Massachusetts: Jim Axelrod) The impact of the storm reviewed; scenes shown of waves, residents trapped by floodwaters in Sea Bright, New Jersey; details given about flight cancellations. [Scituate, Massachusetts fire Chief Rick JUDGE††- notes the water doesn’t have a chance to recede from the previous tide.] [Airline passenger Jeff GLICK‡- comments.] [Sea Bright Emergency Management Read MURPHY††- says this is most water he’s seen since Hurricane Sandy.] The forecast for more snow noted.
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(Capitol: Nancy Cordes) The reaction to Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster aimed at getting a guarantee that drones will not be used to target citizens on US soil featured; details given about the increase in drone strikes overseas under Brennan’s service as counterterrorism advisor; scenes shown of Paul eating candy while speaking. [PAUL – says no president from no party gets to be judge, jury and executioner.] [February 7, BRENNAN – asserts it is a last resort.] [Senator John McCAIN – says Americans are not in danger from their government.] [In interview, PAUL – explains his position on drones.] The letter to Paul from Attorney General Eric Holder noted.
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(Washington: Bob Orr) The capture of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith††, the son-in-law of late Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and a member of his inner circle, featured; video shown; details given about his role as a propagandist in the months surrounding the 9/11 attacks and his indictment for conspiracy to kill US nationals; photos shown of Al Qaeda operatives remaining around leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, including Adam Gadahn† and Adnan Shukrijumah†.
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(Washington: Jan Crawford) The new Arkansas law {the Human Heartbeat Protection Act} banning abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy enacted over the veto of Governor Mike Beebe examined; map shown of states with strict abortion restrictions. [State senator Jason RAPERT††- predicts more states will file this in their own legislatures.] [NARAL policy director Donna CRANE††- says anti-choice lawmakers in the states think there is an opportunity to get the Supreme Court to reopen the Roe v. Wade decision.] The exceptions to the law noted.
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(London: Elizabeth Palmer) The admission from dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko†† that he masterminded the attack on Bolshoi ballet artistic director Sergei Filin examined; scenes shown of Dmitrichenko in court; details given about the claim that the decision to use acid was the idea of the hitman and the role of ballerina Anzhelina Vorontsova††; scenes shown of Filin before and after the attack. [Bolshoi spokeswoman Katerina NOVIKOVA††- says it is horrible and disgusting.]
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(Newport News, Virginia: David Martin) The burial of the remains of 2 Civil War sailors who were on board the USS Monitor that sank in a storm featured; underwater scenes from the site off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; scenes shown of artifacts from the ship and facial reconstructions of the sailors. [Diver Joe HOYT††- comments on the remarkable shipwreck.] [Mariners Museum curator Anna HOLLOWAY††- comments on the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac and the Monitor’s impact on modern warships.] [Curator David KROP††- comments on the artifacts.]
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