This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The arrival of the first female space shuttle commander, Air Force Colonel Eileen Collins, at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for the shuttle Columbia flight reported; details given of plans to deliver the Chandra telescope to space and of the 30th anniversary of the lift-off of Apollo 11; computer animation shown. [COLLINS - says the crew is ready to fly.] [In interview, science writer Bill HARWOOD - says NASA's first commitment is to the International Space Station; talks about plans to send men to Mars.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Kennedy Space Center: Byron Pitts) The 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 flight to the moon reported; [In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil ARMSTRONG - says "it's one small step. . . ." [Today, ARMSTRONG - talks about the importance of the Apollo flight.] [Apollo astronaut Gene CERNAN - says Armstrong is not much for publicity.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The firing by the United States of laser-guided missiles over northern Iraq reported.
(Pentagon: David Martin) Report from the front lines in the air war between the United States and Iraq presented; scenes shown of lots of United States planes. [SOLDIERS - talk about hitting targets.] [US Air Force Colonel Bill GORMLEY - says Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's military capability is not being degraded.] [F-16 pilot Lieutenant Colonel Charlie LYON - says he hopes Saddam gets the message.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Announcement by Texas Governor George W. Bush that he will not accept federal campaign fund money reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Plans for the next president to get a pay raise reported.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) The injury of 30 civilians in a grenade explosion in Kosovo reported.
(Paciane, Kosovo: Barry Petersen) The activity of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) peacekeepers in Kosovo examined; scenes shown of Americans performing peacekeeping work as police in the villages. [Marine Major Terry TRENCHARD - talks to Kosovars; says Albanians are bent on revenge.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Ely, Minnesota: Cynthia Bowers) Heavy damage caused by strong straight-line winds in Minnesota reported; scenes shown from Minnesota of damaged forests. [Wilderness photographer Jim BRANDENBERG - says his land just blew away.] [US Forest Service Mark RINGLEVER - says the damage looks like huge footsteps.] [National Weather Service Michael STEWART - says he doesn't want to think what would happen if the winds hit a populated area.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Suzanna Gratia Hupp's crusade to get more people to carry firearms after her family was murdered featured; graphic historical footage shown of the Luby's massacre in Killeen, Texas, in 1988. [HUPP - talks about the day her family was killed; says law-abiding people should be able to carry guns.] [Saint Peters, Missouri, police Chief Ronald NEUBAUER - says he has problems with people freely carrying weapons.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) United States State Department travel warning for Americans in Pakistan due to threats from Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Jerry Bowen) An update on the medical mission to deliver medical supplies to a scientist at the South Pole who may have breast cancer reported; details about the mission given; photographs shown from Antarctica during and after the recovery of the air-dropped pallets. [Antarctic Support Associates Dr. Gerald KATZ - says the mission operated under the assumption that the woman has cancer.]
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