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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(Columbia, Missouri: John Cochran) Angry reaction of families of MIA/POWs to the campaigning President Bush featured; scenes shown of audience chanting for Bush to tell them the truth. [Brother of MIA (missing in action) Jeff DONAHUE - asks Bush why can't he negotiate with Vietnam.] [BUSH - tells the crowd to shut up; defends his role as commander-in-chief.] [MAN - apologizes for negative response.] [Later in Ohio, BUSH - comments on what happened.] [MIA (missing in action) author Bruce FRANKLIN - says the evidence indicates there are no live POWs.] [BUSH - rambles about getting it in focus.] Bush's position on Iraq mentioned.
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(White House: Jim Miklaszewski) Ultimatum from United States to Iraq unless it cooperates with United Nations weapons inspectors featured; scenes shown from Baghdad of burning effigy of President Bush. [BUSH - recalls kicking Iraqi President Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.] [Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin POWELL - says United States is prepared for military action.] [White House spokesman Marlin FITZWATER - says the situation is serious.] [Iraqi ambassador to United Nations Abdul Amir al-ANBARI - talks about a response.] Fear that Saddam is trying for one last stand noted. [Senator John WARNER - wants a conclusion to the issue.]
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(Bogota, Colombia: David Bloom) Colombia's manhunt for drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who escaped from a custom-built jail, featured; details given of exchange of conditions between him and the government seeking his surrender. [Colombian Liberal Party senator Fernando BOTERO - says Escobar is demanding a status quo that is unacceptable.] Public said blaming President Cesar Gaviria and military leaders.
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(Amsterdam: Robert Bazell) Reports about the AIDS virus coming out of the international AIDS conference in Amsterdam examined; details given of a new HIV strain in Thailand, the extent of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, the infection of babies through breast milk in poor nations and planned beginning of vaccine trials. [Netherlands health service Dr. Roel COUTINHO - comments.]
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Monthly figures on durable goods cited. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) Businesses' use of computer programs to test worker fitness examined; test examples cited that could help, for example, screen transportation workers for alcohol and drug use. [Essex Corporation Jeffrey LAPIDES - says employers want to protect safety and property.] [Transportation Department Robert KNISELY - talks about these screening tests.] [Air Line Pilots Association Captain J. Randolph BABBITT - opposes further testing.] Testing of Domino's truck drivers noted. [Truck driver Al CURTAZ - comments on fitness testing.]
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Flash flooding in Arizona; reinstatement by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and leaving of Bosnian athletes for the Olympic Games on a plane chartered by the International Olympic Committee reported; scenes shown from Phoenix, Arizona; Barcelona, Spain, and Sarajevo.
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(Barcelona: Dennis Murphy) The American team at the Olympics profiled; scenes shown from Barcelona, Spain. [Sprinter Dennis MITCHELL, "Chicago Tribune" Phil HERSH, long jumper Carl LEWIS - comment.] Prospective gold medal winners named and shown.
(Studio: Jane Pauley) NBC coverage announced.
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(Studio: Jane Pauley) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Keith Morrison) Priest Greg Boyle, a voice of reason in the barrio of east Los Angeles, profiled; scenes shown of him working with the gangs. [BOYLE - talks about the gang violence and the permanent under class here.] [Kid "STRANGER", two MEN - talk about Boyle and his last Mass.]
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