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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince: Jim Maceda) United States military raid on a FRAPH paramilitary headquarters in Haiti featured; scenes shown from Port- au-Prince, Haiti, where the United States arrested Haitian policemen and searched and seized weaponry. [US Army Captain J.B. SHATTUCK, task force commander Lieutenant General Hugh SHELTON - comment on the soldiers' role.] The wounding of a United States soldier in Les Cayes, Haiti, mentioned.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Ed Rabel) The view from administration officials about the role of the United States military mission in Haiti examined. [Defense Department deputy secretary John DEUTCH, September 20, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman John SHALIKASHVILI - comment on the mission.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(White House: Andrea Mitchell) The resignation of Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy due to charges that he violated ethics rules by accepting gifts from the meat and poultry industries featured. [ESPY - comments.] [Earlier in the day, President CLINTON - thanks Espy.] White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta's role in getting Espy to step down noted. [Center for Public Integrity Charles LEWIS - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Keith Miller) Underwater pictures indicating the cause of the sinking of the ferryboat Estonia in the Baltic Sea featured; remote control camera film and animation shown to illustrate why the ship filled with water and sink. [Investigator Tuomo KARPPINEN - comments.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Washington: Robert Hager) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval of a heart pump to be used while heart patients await transplants featured; diagram shown to illustrate how the device works. [Heart patient Demitrius JOHNSON, heart surgeon Dr. Albert PFISTER - praise the device.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Judge Lance Ito reported setting a date for hearings to consider banning television cameras from the courtroom in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Trial in Pensacola, Florida, of Paul Hill, accused of violating the new federal law guaranteeing access to abortion clinics, reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) The crackdown in San Diego against illegal immigrants in the border control effort dubbed Operation Gatekeeper reported.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Week-long series on women's health introduced.
(Bethesda, Maryland: Robert Bazell) American women, breast cancer and the state of research, prevention and treatment featured. [Cancer patient Tammy LeBLANC, Michigan State University Dr. Janet OSUCH, National Cancer Institute Dr. Barnett KRAMER - talk about breast cancer.] The inconclusive search for environmental factors, some hopeful signs and the importance of age noted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Tomorrow's segment previewed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Medical report linking smoking in the daughters of women who smoked during pregnancy noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Spokane, WA: Lisa Myers) The Washington state race in which Speaker of the House Tom Foley is running behind featured; campaign scenes shown. [FOLEY - comments.] [Two VOTERS - criticize Foley.] Foley's opposition to term limits noted. [Challenger George NETHERCUT - says Congress needs a new generation of leaders.] [VOTER - backs Foley.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Death of actress Harriet Nelson reported; clip shown from "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(London: Richard Roth) The latest book on Prince Diana that alleges she had an affair with her riding instructor James Hewitt featured; excerpts from "Princess in Love" quoted. [Author Anna PASTERNAK - comments.] ["Majesty" magazine editor Ingrid SEWARD - says he told.]