This program is 28 minutes long
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NOTE: Time numerals represent seconds into broadcast, not clock time, since the telecast originated in Washington, DC.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Sciutto) The clash between protesters and Washington, DC, police featured; scenes shown of the unrest outside the meeting site for the World Bank and IMF and of some peaceful demonstrations. [Protester Liz PIERCE - comments.] [Protest organizer Han SHAN - assesses the "insidiousness" of these institutions.] [Washington Metropolitan Police Department Chief Charles RAMSEY - reasserts the police goals.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: Martha Raddatz) Today's protests as compared to those of the past (the 1960s and 1970s) examined; scenes shown from these protests against world poverty. [Protester David MILLER - says the demonstration process has changed.] [Campaign for Labor Rights Emily LaBARBERA-TWAROG, Rainforest Action Network Shannon WRIGHT - cite the goals.] The use of the Internet explained.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(New York: Steve Aveson) Speculation about the next direction of a battered stock market examined. [Yale University economist professor Robert SHILLER - talks market corrections.] [In New York, Los Angeles, Chicago INVESTORS - comment on the drop.] [PaineWebber chief strategist Edward KERSCHNER - says technology cannot be dead in the water.] [Treasury Secretary Lawrence SUMMERS - says the economy is very good.]
(Studio: Carole Simpson) Linkage to stocks via the ABCNews website mentioned.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Miami: Karla Davis) The wait for the latest legal decision in the custody case for six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez reviewed; scenes shown of father Juan Miguel Gonzalez and of Elian in Miami, including video from the Univision interview. [Miami Herald newspaper reporter Eunice PONCE - describes Elian's reaction when he talked to his father on the phone.] The issue of the pressure on the child outlined. [University of Miami psychology department Alan DELAMATER - says Elian has been distracted by the surreal atmosphere around him.] [National Council of Churches Rev. Joan Brown CAMPBELL - describes Elian's father's reaction to the Univision video.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Federal Aviation Administration scrutiny of the rudder system of Boeing 737 airplanes noted. [ABC aviation consultant John NANCE - explains the scientific study of the Boeing rudder mechanism.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Medical examiner's conclusion that a boy's heart attack was due to his long-term use of Ritalin reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Washington: John Yang) Campaigning by Vice President Al Gore and President Clinton in California featured; scenes shown of the pair together. [Last night at Hollywood fund-raiser, CLINTON - praises Gore's impact as vice president.] [GORE - praises Clinton under pressure.] Examples of the tension between Gore and Clinton cited.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(London: Hilary Brown) The battle for land in Zimbabwe between white farmers and black activists featured; scenes shown of injured men and of the sacked Stevens farm. [White FARMER, farmer John OSBOURNE - describe what happened.] The black veterans' invasions of white-owned farms and the political position of President Robert Mugabe that he will not stop the land seizures reviewed. [MUGABE - says he will not order the war veterans out.] [Farmer's son Nick ARNOLD - comments on the situation.]
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The explosion of toxic gas canisters in a nightclub in Lisbon, Portugal, that led to a deadly stampede reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) The three leaders in the weekend's box office revenue reported.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Baltimore Orioles baseball player Cal Ripken shown getting his 3,000th hit.
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(Studio: Carole Simpson) Report introduced.
(Rancho Mirage, California: John Martin) A tennis championship for elder statesmen aged 90 and over featured; scenes shown from Rancho Mirage, California. [96-year-old Ken BEER, 90-year-olds Barry KUSNICK, Herman RATCLIFFE, Naylor JONES - comment on tennis and their lives.] [USTA tournament director Steve SOLOMON - cites the number of eligible players over 90.] [PLAYER - reads joking poem.]
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