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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(White House: Ann Compton) The controversy over the authorized biography of President Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris examined; excerpts from Dutch quoted. [Former Reagan adviser Michael DEAVER - comments on Morris's view of Reagan's blood transfusion.] [ABC's George WILL - says wife Nancy Reagan is disappointed with the book.] [Former Random House editor Peter OSNOS - says the format is admittedly risky.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(London: Hilary Brown) The astonishing rescue of two men from a building in Taipei, Taiwan, that was wrecked by the earthquake last week featured; scenes shown of the brothers on stretchers and of relief workers running from the rubble during an aftershock.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Rocky Mount, North Carolina: Steve Osunsami) The extent of the flood damage in North Carolina from Hurricane Floyd reviewed; scenes shown from a flooded hog farm. [USDA Undersecretary Michael DUNN - comments on how tough it is.] [Farmer Allen McCOY, Lanier Farms Walter LANIER - call it a nightmare.] [Flood victim Delta DAVIS - comments.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Yesterday's crash of a sightseeing plane near the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Stephanopoulos) The contrasting campaign style of Democratic presidential candidates Vice President Al Gore and Bill Bradley examined; scenes shown from the campaign trail. [GORE - campaigns on education.] [BRADLEY - campaigns on gun control.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Death of Judith Campbell Exner, mistress to President John F. Kennedy, reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Brooklyn, New York: Jim Sciutto) The controversial art exhibit called "Sensation" that is opening at the Brooklyn Museum or Art examined; exhibits shown. [New York City Mayor Rudolph GIULIANI - calls the art sick.] [Curator Charlotta KOTIK - says the people should decide.] ["Newsweek" art critic Peter PLAGENS - says there will be curiosity seekers.] The politics of the mayor's actions and the possible legal consequences of his halting of museum funds outlined. [New York ACLU executive director Norman SIEGEL - criticizes Giuliani.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Studio: Dan Patrick) Dramatic comeback for the United States in golf's Ryder Cup; some NFL (National Football League) football games; the 60th home run for baseball's Mark McGwire and the record-setting victory by Kenyan Tegla Loroupe in the women's marathon in Berlin, Germany, reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Chicago: Jim Williams) The first investors' betting at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on the weather reviewed; scenes shown from the Mercantile floor; details given of how the commodities' gambling on weather futures works. [Castlebridge Securities Ethan KAHN - says you can bet on temperatures.] [Northwestern University professor Kent DANIEL - assesses the weather futures.] [Chicago Mercantile Exchange David GOONE - comments.]
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