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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv: Martin Fletcher) Terrorist bombing of a commuter bus in Israel featured; scenes shown from the explosion site in Tel Aviv. Militant Islamic group Hamas said claiming responsibility for the attack. [Israeli President Ezer WEIZMAN - promises action.] [PLO leader Yasir Arafat's adviser Ahmed TIBI - says the aim is to kill the peace process.] The position of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on both peace and terrorism outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reports introduced.
(Houston: Jim Cummins) The flood disaster area in east Texas featured; map and scenes shown of water and rescue operations around Houston. [COUPLE, homeowner Mark DAVENPORT - comment.]
(Liberty, Texas: Bob Dotson) The predicament in flood-weary Liberty County, Texas, featured; scenes shown of the Trinity River. [Residents Red and Kelly SMART - says they won't leave.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) The issues of fair trial versus free press in the O.J. Simpson murder trial examined in light of the publication of a book about murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson; letter from Judge Lance Ito asking the media to delay interviews with author Faye Resnick until the jury is selected quoted. [Constitutional law specialist professor Julian EULE - analyzes the judge's action.] [Talk show host Maury POVICH - says he will run the interview.] [Voice of Simpson lawyer Robert SHAPIRO - pushes for O.J.'s rights.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(New York: Robert Bazell) The issuance of federal guidelines for breast cancer mammograms featured; several points of the guidelines and the advice from the National Cancer Institute detailed. [Health and Human Services Secretary Donna SHALALA - says the guidelines will save lives.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest on the health of fish as food reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Saint Paul, Minnesota: Rehema Ellis) The controversy over the issue of whether the problems of black America are caused by white racism examined; statistics on racism in the Saint Paul, Minnesota, school system outlined. [Student Mikal DAVIS, mother Vicky DAVIS - cite racial reasons for Mikal's school problems.] [Banker Peter BELL, commission member Reverend Dr. James BATTLE - address the victim mentality among African Americans.] Black and white civil rights era film shown. [National Urban League Hugh PRICE, political scientist professor Andrew HACKER - offer views on blacks, victimization and the white structure.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The findings of the latest NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" poll on President Clinton's approval ratings and on aspects of the upcoming midterm elections outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Ed Rabel) The development of a high-tech spy plane, The Predator, featured; scenes shown of this latest venture into spy technology. [Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Major General Kenneth ISRAEL - defend the plane.] The spy capabilities of spy satellites, U-2 planes and unmanned Predators compared. [Federation of American Scientists John PIKE - talks about the robot planes.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Justice Department investigation into whether NASDAQ stock traders conspired to fix prices reported. "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Brian Williams) The incendiary debate relaunched by the publication of "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life", which is about the inheritance of intelligence and the consequent differences in race, examined. [On "Meet the Press", former cabinet member William BENNETT, Jesse JACKSON - clash.] [Co- author social scientist Charles MURRAY - compares races' IQs.] [Civil rights activist Roger WILKINS - reacts to the raising of the issue of racial intelligence.] [Social critic Jim HOLT - says the book provides a seeming scientific basis for racial division.]
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