This program is 29 minutes long
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Biloxi, Mississippi: Susan Candiotti) The impact of Hurricane Georges, now downgraded to a tropical storm, on the gulf coast featured; scenes shown of the damages and rain and winds in Biloxi, Mississippi and of evacuees in New Orleans, Louisiana. [WOMAN - worries.] [Mississippi National Guard Lieutenant Kavanaugh BREAZEALE - downplays the damages.] [Radio station WORKER - describes what happened.] The reasons for the low loss of life in the United States discussed.
(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Satellite photograph of the movement of the storm shown.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(White House: Wolf Blitzer) The meetings of President Clinton with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority president Yasir Arafat about the Middle East peace process featured. [At the UN, ARAFAT - (thru translator) calls for the United States to work on the peace process.] [At photograph op, CLINTON - comments on peace talks.] [Secretary of State Madeleine ALBRIGHT - downplays any breakthrough.] Several issues that need to be put on hold to further the peace process and possible sites for an official summit meeting outlined. [NETANYAHU - hopes for a peaceful resolution.] The impetus for getting the peace process going now discussed.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement by Iraq that it will make no concessions to end the standoff over United Nations weapons inspections reported; scenes shown from the United Nations meeting of Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, where they talked about the sanctions on Iraq.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) A possible role for Germany's environmentalist Greens Party in a coalition government to be formed by newly elected Social Democrat German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder outlined on screen.
(Bonn: Richard Blystone) The problems for the new German government featured; details given of the various issues in the now post-Helmut Kohl era. [GERMAN, political analyst Jackson JANES, Greens SPOKESMAN - talk about the German government.]
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Announcement in Yugoslavia that separatists have been defeated in Kosovo province reported; details given of NATO's warning of a possible military strike.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Exclusive CNN report on the crisis along the Afghanistan-Iran border introduced.
(Kabul: Brent Sadler) The border war between the Sunni Muslim Taliban and Iranian forces featured; scenes shown of the shelling; details given of the murder of Iranian diplomats and of the presence of Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden somewhere in the war-torn state of Afghanistan.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) The movement of the House Judiciary Committee towards possible impeachment hearings for President Clinton following independent counsel Kenneth Starr's report to Congress reported; details given of the issue of whether Starr held back documents and of plans to make more documents public.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) National Council on the Aging's study findings on sex among older Americans outlined on screen.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Circulation study of the decline in a gender gap death rate for those hospitalized for heart disease outlined.
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(Studio: Judy Woodruff) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Greg LaMotte) The surprise reunion of a father and son after 29 years featured; details given of what happened after a routine traffic stop in Los Angeles. [Policeman Kelly BENITEZ - describes what happened when he stopped a motorist who turned out to be his father.] [Father Paul BENITEZ - expresses his reaction.]
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